Key Competence: Communication in Foreign Languages (French) – N2

TEACHING UNIT 1. THE USE OF LINGUISTIC FUNCTIONS AND SOCIO-CULTURAL ASPECTS IN COMMUNICATION SITUATIONS IN FRENCH
1. Use of the French language for:
2. Recognition of sociolinguistic and cultural aspects. Formal and informal uses.
3. Use of vocabulary in spoken and written expression:
TEACHING UNIT 2. GRAMMATICAL AND PHONETIC ELEMENTS IN THE USE OF THE FRENCH LANGUAGE
1. Sentence structure
2. Nouns: Gender and number. Irregular plurals. Countable and uncountable nouns.
3. Adjectives: Types, usage and position. Positive, comparative and superlative forms. Irregular forms.
4. Adverbs: Use and position. The most common types of expressions. Common expressions of place, time, manner, frequency, quantity and probability. Expressions of affirmation and negation
5. Determiners. Types and most common uses. Use in sentences.
6. Pronouns: Personal pronouns: subject and object. Position. Possessive pronouns. Impersonal pronouns. Demonstrative pronouns. Interrogative pronouns. Indefinite pronouns. Relative pronouns
7. Use of verb tenses.
8. Description and comparison of habits and lifestyles with ongoing actions. Present indicative. Interrogative pronouns.
9. Expressing past events linked to the present or to an earlier past. Simple past. Third person singular and in written language. Present perfect. Subject and object questions. Discourse markers.
10. Making predictions and expressing intentions. Expressing certainty and probability. Temporal clauses using adverbs of time and conditionals.
11. Expressing preferences and opinions. Making and responding to invitations. Connectors.
12. Formulating hypotheses and giving advice. Conditional clauses (type II).
13. Conveying other people’s opinions and ideas. Indirect speech. Temporal expressions.
14. Expressing processes and changes. The passive voice.
15. Use of phonological and spelling rules
TEACHING UNIT 3. ORAL PRODUCTION IN FRENCH
1. Understanding the general and specific meaning of talks on familiar topics presented in a clear and organised manner.
2. Understanding interpersonal communication, in order to respond immediately.
3. A general understanding of the most relevant data relating to programmes broadcast by the audiovisual media, presented in clear and simple language.
4. Using strategies to understand spoken messages: verbal and non-verbal context, prior knowledge of the situation, identifying key words, and identifying the speaker’s attitude and intention.
5. Oral production of descriptions, narratives and explanations of experiences, events and a variety of topics, taking into account the elements of cohesion and coherence.
6. Assessment of formal correctness in the production of spoken messages.
7. Taking part in conversations and role-plays on everyday topics and matters of personal interest, with a variety of communicative aims. Showing respect for any mistakes or difficulties others may encounter.
8. Using spontaneous and accurate responses to communication situations in the classroom.
9. Use of conversational conventions in real and simulated communication activities: taking turns to speak, changing the subject, etc.
10. Independent use of communication strategies to initiate, maintain and bring an interaction to a close
TEACHING UNIT 4. WRITTEN WORK IN FRENCH
1. Identifying the topic of a written text using the contextual clues it contains.
2. Identifying the sender’s intention.
3. Inferring unknown meanings and information by interpreting linguistic and non-linguistic elements.
4. General and specific comprehension of a variety of texts, in both printed and digital formats, covering topics of general interest or relating to content from other subjects in the curriculum.
5. Independent reading of longer texts related to their interests.
6. Gathering information from various sources, whether in paper, digital or multimedia format, in order to carry out specific tasks.
7. Consolidating reading strategies already in use.
8. Composing a variety of texts, using vocabulary appropriate to the topic and context, incorporating the necessary elements of cohesion to clearly highlight the relationship between ideas, and independently applying basic strategies in the process of written composition.
9. Use, with a degree of independence, the register appropriate to the intended reader of the text.
10. Personal communication with speakers of the foreign language via post or using digital means.
11. Correct use of spelling and various punctuation marks.
12. An interest in the careful presentation of written texts, in both printed and digital formats.