Band: MIDDLE YEARS
Module title:
FRENCH
Year level(s): 6 - 9
Pathway: 1B
Unit of work:
Purpose/rationale:
The following Key Ideas and Outcomes are addressed in this unit of work.
Communication
Listening • Students listen and respond to texts to interpret meaning and to learn about
the target language. They develop thinking skills and make connections between form
and meaning in language to learn how meaning is conveyed in a range of contexts.
Outcome: identifies factual information in spoken texts and responds to questions or
instructions to share meaning with others
Speaking • Students engage in conversations to exchange information, and learn
appropriate ways of establishing and maintaining relationships and working with others
in diverse cultural settings. Outcome: : builds relationships and expresses own ideas in
social interactions
Reading • Students read and respond to texts to interpret meaning, and to learn about
the target language. They develop thinking skills and make connections between form
and meaning in language to learn how meaning is conveyed in a range of contexts
Outcome: organises and analyses specific information in texts
Writing • Students experiment with language and write their own texts to describe their
personal and social world. They explore diverse forms of communication, including
digital and electronic technologies, to share meaning with others or members of their
team. Outcome: Writes short texts to convey personal messages, information or ideas
Understanding Language: Students use models to identify and analyse patterns and
systems in language, and apply these in constructing their own meaning. They explore
diverse forms of communication as they develop their potential for constructing
meaning. Outcome: Reflects on how language is used to extend or elaborate a
message, and compares how concepts are expressed in different languages
Understanding Culture: Students recognise connections between cultural values and
practices and language use. They recognise values significant to the culture and how
these are represented in language use. Outcome: reflects personally on cultural
practices and compares how these are expressed across cultures
Working towards Curriculum Standard 4 Outcomes
Duration:
Learning Considerations
The following specific kinds of learnings, related to each Essential Learning
identified below, are integrated into the range of tasks in this unit.
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Links to other Learning Areas
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Equity and cross-curriculum perspectives
Aboriginal and TSI peoples’ perspectives
Multicultural perspectives
Socio-economic perspectives
Gender perspectives
Disability and Learning Difficulty perspectives
Rural and Isolated perspectives
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Key Competencies
KC1 Collecting, organising, analysing info.
KC2 Communicating ideas and info.
KC3 Planning and organising activities
KC4 Working with others and in teams
KC5 Using mathematical ideas and techniques
KC6 Solving problems
KC7 Using technology
Vocational Learning
Enterprise education
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Career education
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Work-based learning
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Community-based learning
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Perspectves
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Literacy
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Numeracy
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ICT
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Learning Activities (*) indicates assessment task
Listening
Speaking
Reading
Understanding Language
Understanding Culture
Vocabulary
Resources
Grammar Structures
Evaluation of Unit
Writing