Year 12

NCEA LEVEL: 2

Curriculum Level: 7

Course Length: One Year

Total Credits:  24 (Achievement Standards)

Special Costs: 

                        Ca Y Est Work Book $44

                        Collins French Dictionary (recommended)  $20

                        AME Level 2 NCEA French Work Book (Term 3) $16

                        Food Costs $4

                        2 x 2B8 Ex Books

Entry Requirements: 

Students need to have at least 12 credits from NCEA Level 1 French

Course Outline:

Students will learn to communicate about future plans, to give and respond to advice and warnings, to express approval and disapproval, agreement and disagreement, giving reasons.  They will also view and respond to journeys in and information about France or French speaking countries, and read about and recount actual or fictional events in the past.

Topics covered may include France or French speaking countries, relationships with friends and family, plans for education and careers, historical events and the lives of well-known French people. Students will be expected to participate fully in listening, speaking, reading and writing activities.

Timetabling restraints may result in Years 12 and 13 being combined.  If this is the case, some topics will be taught independently, while others may be taught together but with separate tasks and activities appropriate to each year level.  Students will need to be self-motivated but can also expect to benefit from the interaction, revision and extension opportunities this arrangement will provide.

Assessment Outline:

In French, the following Achievement Standards are available at Level 2.

                                                                                                        

Out of Class Expectations and Commitments

Students are expected to do a minimum of 30 minutes homework per day.  This is essential for both vocabulary learning and consolidation of the skills and topics covered in class.

Where Does it Lead?

Year 12 French leads on to Year 13 French.  Students with French language skills can anticipate interesting employment opportunities in education (in both New Zealand and French speaking countries around the world), trade (imports and exports), tourism (hotels, restaurants, ski fields, coach holiday couriers, etc), overseas sports coaching, musical training and performance, government departments (immigration, diplomacy), translation (locally or in the European Union) and Third World aid agencies.  Students who go on to attend Otago University may be able to spend a semester of their degree studying at Lyon University in France.  (Other universities have similar reciprocal arrangements).  In addition, there may be opportunities to be involved in a Tahiti exchange, and to create links with students in France, which may lead to exchange visits at the end of Year 12.

For Further Information See:

Mrs Morris