AC9LF2U03 Years 1 to 2 Languages

Content descriptor notice that French has features that may be similar to or different from English

Elaborations

• • Elaboration noticing that French and English use punctuation conventions such as full stops, capital letters, commas and question marks
• • Elaboration noticing that adjectives usually follow the noun in French, for example, le chien noir, le papillon rose, whereas adjectives usually precede the noun in English
• • Elaboration becoming aware of grammatical gender, noticing and using masculine or feminine forms of nouns and adjectives such as le chien, la maison, le petit garçon, la petite fille, le copain, la copine
• • Elaboration developing number knowledge and identifying the similarities and differences in using cardinal and ordinal numbers, for example, using ordinals throughout the month in English but only for the first of each month in French, le premier mars, le 2 juin