French A2

TEACHING UNIT 1. LEXICAL AND SEMANTIC CONTENT

1. Personal identification. Forms of address and greetings.
2. Vocabulary relating to the classroom and computers.
3. Personal/everyday objects.
4. Human and social relations. The family.
5. Countries, nationalities.
6. Everyday activities.
7. Vocabulary relating to leisure. Sports.
8. Travel and holidays.
9. Accommodation (furniture and fittings).
10. The town (shops and services).
11. Means of transport.
12. Location, movements.
13. The date, the months of the year, the seasons.
14. The weather. ”Il fait” / “Il y a”.
15. The world of work. Working life. Professions and roles within a company. Sectors of activity.
16. Food, cooking.
17. Clothing and accessories.
18. Health.
19. Email addresses. Common phrases used in emails.
20. Telephone expressions.
21. The figures.
22. Weight (kilo…), measurements (metre…), quantities.
23. Common expressions for the functions covered (allô, ça va, voilà, s’il vous plaît, avec plaisir, désolé, excusez-moi…)
24. Word families and the meanings of the most common affixes (re-, -er, -eur, -íen, -in, -im).
25. Formation of adverbs ending in -ment.
26. Related fields of the topics covered.
27. Common synonyms and antonyms.
28. Commonly used interjections.
29. Abbreviations, initialisms and acronyms.
30. False friends.

TEACHING UNIT 2. GRAMMAR TOPICS

1. Prayer
2. Nouns and adjectives
3. Determinants
4. Pronouns
5. Verbs
6. Adverbs
7. Conjunctions/prepositions

TEACHING UNIT 3. SPELLING CONTENT

1. Revision and consolidation of punctuation marks.
2. A review of question marks and exclamation marks.
3. Review and consolidation of auxiliary symbols (accents, cedilla, apostrophe, umlaut, short hyphen “trait d’union”).
4. The use of the apostrophe in relation to the phenomenon of elision.
5. The French orthographic accent and its values:
6. Graphical representation of consonant sounds
7. Capitalisation of proper nouns and nationalities.
8. The spelling of nasal vowels as opposed to oral vowels: “bon, bonne; copain, copine; prend, prennent; etc.”.
9. Spelling of frequently used foreign words (stress, football).
10. Correct spelling of commonly used vocabulary, with a focus on high-frequency words that present the greatest difficulty.
11. Key spelling rules.
12. Word division at the end of a line.

TEACHING UNIT 4. PHONETIC, PHONOLOGICAL AND ORTHOEPTIC CONTENT

1. A review of the pronunciation of the letters of the alphabet.
2. A review of the general features of French.
3. Revision and consolidation of the vowel and consonant phonemes already covered.
4. Liaison and elision. Revision.
5. Correct pronunciation of silent letters.
6. The different ‘e’s and the accent marks.
7. The aspirated silent ‘h’.
8. The pronunciation of ‘plus’.
9. The pronunciation of ‘tout’ and ‘tous’
10. The melody of French
11. Vowel and consonant phonemes. The relationship between sound and spelling.
12. Oral/nasal oppositions (revision)
13. One hundred and five) '[ā]' '[ē]' '[ō]' (revision).
14. Intonation in interrogative sentences.
15. Semivowels or semiconsonants.
16. Diphthongs.
17. Consonants: (revision and further study).
18. Contrast '[b]' ≠ '[v]'.
19. Contrast '[s]' ≠ '[z]'; '[s]' ≠ '[ʃ]'.
20. Contrast: '[g]' ≠ '[ ]'; '[f]' ≠ '[v]'.
21. Contrast '[ks]' ≠ '[gz]'; '[aj]' ≠ '[ej]'
22. Contrast between '[g]' and '[k]'
23. Contrast between '[wi]' and '[yi]'
24. Nasalisation and denasalisation in morphological derivation processes (bon / bonne, vient / viennent) – a review.
25. Phonemes that pupils find most difficult.

TEACHING UNIT 5. SOCIOLINGUISTIC AND SOCIOCULTURAL CONTENT

1. Forms of greeting (“Bonjour Madame, Bonjour Monsieur”) and farewells, both formal and informal.
2. Non-verbal communication in greetings, farewells, introductions and physical contact (handshakes, kisses, etc.).
3. Use polite expressions or phrases: s’il vous plaît, merci, de rien, je vous en prie, excusez-moi, je voudrais, j’aimerais, ‘Would you like…?’, ‘Can I help you?’, etc.
4. The use of ‘tú’ and ‘usted’.
5. Common phrases used in emails and letters.
6. Common phrases used on the phone.
7. Working hours and customs relating to work and leisure time.
8. Social conventions.
9. Living conditions.
10. To appreciate socio-cultural differences.

TEACHING UNIT 6. FUNCTIONAL CONTENT

1. Using everyday expressions from French lessons.
2. Greeting and saying goodbye, introducing yourself and introducing someone else, and responding when introduced; addressing someone; asking permission; making excuses and apologising; expressing thanks; and offering congratulations.
3. Repeat, or ask for something to be repeated or clarified; spell out a word and ask for it to be spelled out; ask the speaker to speak more slowly; ask for the meaning of a word or expression that you do not know or have forgotten.
4. Showing an interest in people; reacting to information or a story with common expressions of interest, surprise, joy or sadness.
5. Other common social uses: giving gifts, paying compliments, inviting someone, offering congratulations, making a toast, welcoming someone, expressing good wishes and responding in these situations.
6. To ask for and provide information about people (address, telephone number, occupation, education, family ties/relationship).
7. To ask for and provide information about places, itineraries, timetables, quantities, prices, dates, items, activities and schedules.
8. Describing one’s state of health and physical sensations.
9. Expressing moods and feelings: surprise, joy, indifference, sadness, worry, disappointment, fear, anger….
10. Ask for help.
11. To talk about the different types of transport and be able to use them.
12. Compare people, objects, media, etc.
13. Indicate possession.
14. Talk about your professional experience and your workplace.
15. Going shopping, carrying out simple transactions, acquiring a good or service.
16. To report on routines, habits, preferences, plans and decisions.
17. Describe people, objects and places.
18. Making a booking at a restaurant. Ordering at a restaurant.
19. To warn, to prevent.
20. Book an appointment (confirm / bring forward / postpone / cancel).
21. Invite someone / accept / decline.
22. Having a conversation on the phone.
23. To express agreement, disagreement or uncertainty.
24. To express an opinion, a wish, or an intention to do or not to do something.
25. To express an obligation to do something, or a prohibition.
26. To ask for or give instructions on how to do something, or to suggest it.
27. To ask for an explanation or clarification about something.
28. To suggest doing something.
29. To describe experiences, actions and projects relating to past, present and future events.

TEACHING UNIT 7. DISCURSIVE CONTENT

1. Conversational phrases for addressing someone, starting a conversation, cooperating, reacting and interacting, taking the floor, asking for help, interrupting politely, speaking on the telephone, and expressing an opinion: “Pardon”?; “excusez-moi”; “n’est-ce pas?”; “eh bien moi”; “allô”; “d’après moi”; “à mon avis”; etc.; “je vais vous parler de”.
2. Use of basic conjunctions to organise the text, such as: “and, or, but, so, therefore, because…”.
3. Phrases used to structure speech: “D’autre part; en effet; c’est-à-dire”; etc., and to provide context in terms of time and place: “Alors; d’abord; après; ensuite; puis; finalement; avant de là-bas; etc.”.
4. Discursive connectors for the functions covered: “and, or, but, so, because, since, however, when, ever since”.
5. Stay on topic and avoid unintentional repetitions by using simple substitution techniques with clear referents: ellipsis, pronouns and adverbs or expressions with anaphoric function: “that, that day, over there, the problem, the subject”.
6. Basic consistency of verb tenses in discourse.
7. To emphasise: “Ce qui, c’est...que / qui”.
8. Make sure the other person has understood correctly.
9. Ask for clarification on key points.
10. Intonation and basic discourse punctuation to convey information, separate or link ideas, or emphasise points.
11. Use the appropriate register: formal/informal.
12. Text formats for this level and the distinction between formal and informal letters: email, personal letter, order letter, request for information.