AC9LF8C04 Years 7 to 8 Languages

Content descriptor interpret and adjust non-verbal, spoken and written language to convey meaning in French language in familiar and some unfamiliar cultural contexts

Elaborations

• • Elaboration listening to authentic French texts, such as podcasts, French radio, television shows and advertisements, to identify different types of language for different audiences, and collating findings
• • Elaboration comparing messages in texts from different eras, such as fairy tales, graphic novels, video clips, traditional fables, Les Fables de La Fontaine, and identifying themes and representations
• • Elaboration interpreting signs, texts messages, advertisements in French and identifying language structures and features that are not easily translated and may cause misunderstandings, and writing simple explanations of meaning
• • Elaboration presenting findings related to the investigation of a social or cultural issue, such as la mode et les codes vestimentaires: l’influence des marques, and summarising opinions and attitudes collected from surveys, interviews or media sources
• • Elaboration translating written expressions associated with politeness and social protocols in French such as responding to requests or thanks, signing postcards or birthday cards, for example, Je vous en prie, Madame; amitiés; Je t’embrasse très fort … and comparing with typical expressions in similar messages in English
• • Elaboration interpreting phrases and expressions that do not translate literally such as à tout à l’heure, pas de quoi, courage, identifying similar English expressions and considering possible consequences of the lack of equivalence in terms of intercultural communication
• • Elaboration creating a glossary of examples of faux amis, for example, glossing assister à, demander, un médecin, extra, sympathique and commenting on misinterpretations in English

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• • Elaboration interpreting idioms in French and English, for example, il pleut des cordes (it rains cats and dogs), un château en Espagne (pipe dreams)