Languages Online

French

Languages Online activities will be a useful resource for students working towards the Achievement Standards for Levels F-8.

Languages Online activities align with the following content descriptions. Please note that the activities relate to some (not all) of the elaborations for each content description.

Foundation – Level 2	Levels 3 and 4	Levels 5 and 6	Levels 7 and 8 (7-10 sequence)
Communicating
Socialising
Interact with each other and the teacher using simple language and gestures for exchanges such as greetings and farewells, thanks and introductions, and for talking about self and family (VCFRC001)	Participate in routine exchanges such as asking each other how they are, offering wishes and sharing information about aspects of their personal worlds (VCFRC019)	Interact using descriptive and expressive language to share ideas, relate experiences and express feelings such as concern or sympathy (VCFRC037)	Interact with peers and teacher to exchange information and opinions, talk about self, family, friends and interests, and express feelings, likes and dislikes (VCFRC091)
Participate in guided group activities using simple repetitive language in songs, rhymes, games and transactions (VCFRC002)		Use questions, statements and responses to participate in learning activities, to indicate understanding and to monitor learning (VCFRC039)	Participate in collaborative activities such as performances and presentations that involve planning, making arrangements, transacting and negotiating (VCFRC092)
			Participate in classroom routines and interactions by following instructions, asking and answering questions, and requesting help or permission (VCFRC093)
Informing
Identify key points of information in simple texts (VCFRC004)	Locate specific points of information in different types of texts relating to social and natural worlds (VCFRC022)
Convey factual information about self, family, friends and possessions, using simple statements, gestures and support materials (VCFRC005)	Present factual information about self, others, and home and school life, using graphic support such as photos, maps or charts (VCFRC023)
Creating
Participate in shared performance and presentation of stories, songs or nursery rhymes, playing with sound patterns, rhyming words and non-verbal forms of expression (VCFRC007)
Reflecting
Notice how using French feels and sounds different to using own language(s) and involves behaviours as well as words (VCFRC010)	Notice what looks or feels similar or different to own language and culture when interacting in French (VCFRC028)
Describe themselves, the people they are close to and the ways they communicate, using simple statements and gestures (VCFRC011)	Explore their own sense of identity, including elements such as family, friends and interests, and ways of using language with different people (VCFRC029)
Understanding
Systems of language
Recognise and reproduce the sounds and rhythms of spoken French, noticing how they are produced and how they are represented in words and symbols (VCFRU012)	Experiment with the pronunciation of vowel sounds, letter combinations and intonation patterns, and recognise and write high-frequency words and expressions in familiar contexts (VCFRU030)	Recognise and apply features of intonation, pronunciation and writing conventions used in different types of texts and contexts (VCFRU048)	Recognise and use features of the French sound system, including pitch, rhythm, stress and intonation (VCFRU102)
Understand some first elements of French grammar, such as simple verb and gender forms, definite articles, pronouns and prepositions (VCFRU013)	Notice and apply elements of French grammar such as word order, gender and singular/plural forms, adverbs, pronouns and prepositions in simple spoken and written texts (VCFRU031)	Develop knowledge of grammatical elements such as tenses, and combine them with an increasing range of nouns, adjectives and adverbs to construct simple statements, questions and exclamations (VCFRU049)	Understand and use elements of the French grammatical system, including word order, gender and number variation, and present and compound forms of regular and some irregular verbs (VCFRU103)
Language variation and change
Understand that French speakers use language differently in different situations, such as in playground games, at home with the family or in the classroom (VCFRU015)	Understand that different ways of using French reflect different regions and countries, different relationships and different ways of making meaning (VCFRU033)		Recognise that French language use varies according to context, situation and relationship (VCFRU105)
	Understand that languages change over time and influence each other, and that French has influenced many languages, including English (VCFRU034)		Recognise that French is both a local and a global language (VCFRU107)
	Know that French is an important global language used by communities in many countries around the world and that it has connections with several other languages (VCFRU035)