AC9LF10C01
Years 9 to 10
Languages
AC9LF10C01 | Years 9 to 10 French: Interacting in French
Content Descriptor
Content descriptor initiate, sustain and extend exchanges in familiar and unfamiliar contexts related to students’ own and others’ experiences of the world, adjusting their language in response to others
Foundation to Year 10 sequence
Strand
Communicating meaning in French
Substrand
Interacting in French
This content descriptor sets out learning for Years 9 to 10 French · Foundation to Year 10 sequence. Use it to plan lessons and assessment with the Australian Curriculum v9.
Elaborations
- • Elaboration initiating and sustaining conversation by introducing topics, inviting contributions or asking for clarification, for example, Qu’est-ce que vous en pensez? Je n’ai pas bien compris …, Si on parlait de …?
- • Elaboration initiating and sustaining exchanges with others by acknowledging, asking and expanding questions, making excuses and apologising using forms of politeness and respect, for example, Pouvez-vous parler plus lentement, s’il vous plaȋt? Je n’ai pas compris. J’ai oublié. Je ne me souviens pas. Je vous en prie. Pourriez-vous m’excuser?
- • Elaboration contributing to discussions with young people in French-speaking contexts, comparing aspects of school and home life such as les examens, le stress, les sports, les droits, les tâches ménagères, la vie quotidienne, habiter à la campagne ou en ville, les responsabilités civiques
- • Elaboration using different forms of communication, including informal exchanges and formal debates, to discuss young people’s experience in contemporary culture such as la santé mentale des jeunes, la vie des banlieues, les relations parents-ados
- • Elaboration using strategies to sustain interactions such as asking for clarification or confirmation, or providing suggestions, for example, Vraiment? C’est vrai? Pardon? Comment? Quand? Avec qui? Pourquoi? Vous disiez? Qu’est-ce que tu veux dire? Tu as raison! Je suis d’accord. Que penses-tu? Je te conseille de … Selon moi c’est une idée géniale.
- • Elaboration participating in simulated role-plays such as job interviews or interviewing a celebrity
- • Elaboration accepting an invitation or responding with reasons for declining or negotiating alternative arrangements, adjusting language to suit formal or informal contexts, for example, Je suis ravi(e) de vous rencontrer/d’accepter /l’invitation à la fête. Désolé(e) mais je dois dire non … C’est dommage, Ça te va dimanche? Je ne peux pas samedi. Malheureusement …
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Read the full Years 9 to 10 French · Foundation to Year 10 sequence achievement standard