Year 13

NCEA LEVEL: 3/Scholarship

Curriculum Level: 8

Course Length: One Year

Total Credits:  24 (Achievement Standards)

Special Costs:

            Photocopied Materials $10

            Renash Level 3 reference book (optional) $15

            Food Costs $4

Entry Requirements: 

Students need to have at least 12 credits from NCEA Level 2 French.

Course Outline:

Students will learn to communicate about certainty and possibility; to develop a point of view with reasons; to recount a series of events so as to persuade, inform or entertain; to use language styles appropriate to different contexts; to respond to selected French texts such as novels, films and magazine articles.

Topics covered may include youth issues (eg entertainment, alcohol and drugs), social issues (eg the environment, race and immigration), French speaking countries or regions, New Zealand, story writing, Asterix.  Students may negotiate other topics that fit the communicative objectives outlined above.  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 3.

                                                                                                        

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 13 French leads on to University level 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 friendships and holiday visits in the future.

For Further Information See:

Mrs Morris