AC9LF10EC01 Years 9 to 10 Languages

Content descriptor initiate and sustain interactions in familiar and some unfamiliar contexts to exchange ideas, experiences and opinions about their own and others’ personal world

Elaborations

• • Elaboration initiating and sustaining conversation through active listening strategies, for example, turn-taking cues and non-verbal and verbal responses ah bon? pas vrai! et si on …? and using appropriate protocols such as forms of politeness and respect, for example, Enchanté, je vous en prie, pourriez-vous m’excuser. Je suis ravi (e) de vous rencontrer.
• • Elaboration contributing to discussions with young people in French-speaking contexts, comparing aspects of school and home life such as le stress, le sport, l’étude des langues
• • Elaboration explaining or justifying a position in relation to personal and social issues such as les études, la santé, l’avenir, les passe-temps
• • Elaboration building topic-specific vocabulary and rhetorical strategies such as emphasis and repetition, for example, Au contraire! à mon avis …, je ne suis pas d’accord, après tout …, il faut le dire …, encore une fois …
• • Elaboration using descriptive and expressive language to exchange views on global issues such as diversity, le changement climatique, les médias sociaux, l’avenir des jeunes, la pollution