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Foundation to Year 2 French

The nature of the learners Children enter the early years of schooling with established communication skills in one or more languages and varying degrees of early literacy capability. For young students, learning typically focuses on their immediate …

Foundation to Year 2 | Years F–10 Sequence | French | Languages | F-10 curriculum

Achievement Standard French Foundation to Year 2

By the end of Year 2, students interact with teachers and each other through action-related talk and play. They exchange greetings such as Bonjour! Comment ça va? Très bien, merci and respond to question cues with single words or set phrases …

Elaboration (3) ACLFRC001

using formulaic French phrases for everyday interactions such as thanking, apologising, and offering wishes or congratulations, for example, Merci!…oh, pardon; bon appétit; bonne fête! bravo!

Elaboration (3) ACLFRC002

taking turns in games and action songs that involve choice and negotiation, for example, choosing or exchanging matching cards or playing memory games such as Au marché (donne-moi deux pommes, s’il te plaȋt; donne-moi deux pommes et trois carottes…)

Elaboration (3) ACLFRC003

interacting with each other during learning activities, for example, Donne-moi le crayon. Voilà/voici…merci

Elaboration (3) ACLFRC004

making connections between information in written texts and images, for example, naming toys and games in toy catalogues such as Jouets pour les tout petits, selecting and listing items and prices

Elaboration (3) ACLFRC005

drawing aspects of daily routines (for example, le petit déjeuner, la récréation, le sport), and writing captions or attaching word bubbles

Elaboration (3) ACLFRC006

re-creating stories, rhymes and songs through mime, dance, or drawings with simple written captions

Elaboration (3) ACLFRC009

making own bilingual picture dictionaries with captions, stickers and simple descriptions to explain culture-specific terms such as la bise, le goûter or la rentrée

Elaboration (3) ACLFRC010

including some French words and expressions in English conversation when it feels appropriate (for example, bon…voilà, pardon, merci, attention!), noticing changes in behaviour, voice or body language when speaking French

Elaboration (3) ACLFRU012

developing pronunciation, phrasing and intonation skills by singing, reciting and repeating words and phrases in context

Elaboration (3) ACLFRU013

using appropriate pronouns to identify people, for example, Je m’appelle Adam, et toi, tu t’appelles comment? C’est lui?

Elaboration (3) ACLFRU014

developing a language to talk about language and texts (metalanguage), and naming familiar types of text (story, poem, recipe, list) and talking about how they work, for example, using the story-starter Il était une fois…; rhyming and repeating words …

Elaboration (3) ACLFRU015

understanding that language associated with particular interactions can vary in different cultural contexts, for example, the use of first names in Australian or American English compared to the use of titles and family names in French or Japanese

Elaboration (3) ACLFRU017

recognising that French is an important world language, spoken in many countries in the world apart from France, including Australia

Elaboration (3) ACLFRU018

identifying ways of communicating and behaving associated with Australian contexts, for example, Nippers, rip spotting, body boarding; multicultural days in primary schools

Elaboration (2) ACLFRC001

recognising and responding to simple questions on topics such as home, school or pets, using supporting intonation and gestures, for example, Qui est-ce? C’est Maman. Qu’est-ce que c’est? C’est la chaise. Où est…? Il est…C’est un chien? Mais non…C’est …

Elaboration (2) ACLFRC002

participating in tasks involving exchanging, sorting and classifying objects and attributes such as shapes, colours and numbers, using simple question forms and affirmative/negative responses, for example, Tu as un 7? Oui, voilà. Et toi, tu as un 10? …

Elaboration (2) ACLFRC003

asking for information or for a turn, for example, Madame … Qu’est-ce que c’est? Et moi?

Elaboration (2) ACLFRC004

shared reading of texts such as Big Book stories about familiar events or contexts (for example, Les amis de la ferme or Raconte et Chante), using pictures, intonation and contextual clues to predict meaning and identify key characters and events

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