AC9LF4U01 Years 3 to 4 Languages

Content descriptor recognise and use modelled combinations of sounds, pronunciation and intonation patterns of French to form words and phrases

Elaborations

• • Elaboration creating an alphabet bank, collecting words that begin with each letter such as ‘h’: l’hiver, l’homme, l’hôtel; ‘m’: mai, mardi, le mouchoir; ‘p’: le pain, Papa, le poisson
• • Elaboration recognising and practising the most common vowel sounds such as ‘ou’- vous, jour; ‘oi’ - toi, voiture; ‘on’ - bonbon, mon; ‘ai’ - aimer, j’ai; ‘ain’ - train, demain and ‘eau’ - château, beau
• • Elaboration understanding how changes in voice and body language can change the meaning of words, for example, Tu aimes les devoirs? (simple question); Tu aimes les devoirs! (expressing surprise, disbelief); C’est mon petit frère (statement); C’est mon petit frère! (pride); Tu peux commencer (permission); Commence! (instruction)
• • Elaboration understanding that some letters blend to make single sounds such as ‘ille’, ‘eau’ or ‘qu’
• • Elaboration observing differences in pronunciation of word endings shared with English such as ‘-tion’ and ‘-ent’ in attention, situation, commencement, accident
• • Elaboration recognising that certain French letters, accented vowels and combinations of letters produce the same sound in French such as ‘é’, ‘ez’, ‘er’ and ‘ç’ and ‘s’
• • Elaboration noticing that the letters ‘k’ and ‘w’ are rarely used in French and usually occur in loan words

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• • Elaboration recognising that some final consonants in French words are usually silent such as le rat, le tapis, vert, chez, and some are usually pronounced such as chic, actif