AC9LFF02 Foundation Languages

This Content Descriptor from Foundation 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.

explore, with support, language features of French noticing similarities and differences between French and English

Elaborations

• 1 singing French alphabet and number songs and noticing that French has the same alphabet as English, but the letters have different sounds
• 2 reproducing the sounds and rhythms of French by reciting, repeating after, and imitating the teacher, chants and rhymes
• 3 exploring the intonation patterns and understanding the difference between statements, questions and exclamations
• 4

  using French versions of spontaneous exclamations or interactions such as Aïe! instead of ouch! and the language for play with friends, Vas-y! Bravo! Cours! À moi!

• 5 exploring the facial movements involved with making sound blends in English and French
• 6

  exploring and comparing familiar onomatopoeia such as animal sounds ouaf ouaf (woof woof) and groin groin (oink oink)

• 7

  noticing that different kinds of language are used in different situations with different people, for example, noticing exchanges between children and parents, Un bisou, papa! Je t’aime ma puce and exchanges with unfamiliar adults, Bonjour, Madame, comment allez-vous?

• 8

  recognising that some French words are used in English such as menu, chef, ballet, croissant, chauffeur

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