AC9LF2C01 Year 1 Languages

AC9LF2C01 – Year 1 Languages: Interacting in French

Strand

Communicating meaning in French

Substrand

Interacting in French

This Content Descriptor from Year 1 Languages provides the specific knowledge and skills students should learn. Use it to plan lessons, create learning sequences, and design assessments that align with the Australian Curriculum v9.

Content Descriptor

recognise and respond to modelled classroom-related greetings, instructions and routines; and personal introductions

Elaborations

•
introducing themselves, for example, Comment t’appelles-tu? Je m’appelle … et toi? Ça va bien? Ça va très bien, merci et toi? and responding to greetings using cultural gestures when appropriate, for example, kissing both cheeks when greeting friends and relatives, or shaking hands
•
responding to basic classroom instructions using simple imperative verb forms, for example, Viens ici! Écoutez bien! Écrivez votre nom.
•
using simple descriptive or expressive statements to describe themselves and to express likes, preferences or feelings, for example, Moi, j’ai cinq ans; Je suis australien; J’aime le sport; Je préfère la danse; Je suis très content.
•
responding to simple questions on topics such as home, school or pets, using supporting intonation and gestures, for example, C'est qui? C’est Maman. Qu’est-ce que c’est? C’est une chaise. Où est …? Il est … C’est un chien? Oui. Non … C’est un chat!
•
using formulaic French phrases for everyday interactions such as thanking, apologising, and offering wishes or congratulations, for example, Merci beaucoup! De rien. Oh, désolé(e); Bon anniversaire!
• using phrases and simple statements to comment on photographs to exchange simple information with their classmates
• using puppets to perform role-play greetings, classroom language and instructions, and exchange information about self

Show 1 more elaboration

• exchanging cards for special occasions

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 1 ASLANFREF10Y12

Year 1 Languages Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 2, students use French language to interact and share information related to the classroom and themselves. They use cues to respond to questions and instructions, and use simple formulaic language. They locate and convey key items of information in texts using non-verbal, visual and contextual cues to help make meaning. They use familiar words and modelled language to create texts.Students imitate the sounds and rhythms of French and demonstrate understanding that French has conventions and rules for non-verbal communication, pronunciation and writing. They give examples of similarities and differences between some features of French and English. They understand that language is connected with culture, and notice how this is reflected in their own language(s) and culture(s).