Languages

Students demonstrate achievement of the outcomes through: themes and topics, grammar, text types, vocabulary, and kinds of writing.

These five areas of study are common to all four Units in all languages.

French

Prescribed themes and topics for Unit 1 to Unit 4 French are:

The individual: personal world; education and aspirations; personal opinions and values
The LOTE-speaking communities: lifestyles, historical perspectives; arts and entertainment
The changing world: social issues; the world of work; scientific and technological issues

Prescribed themes and topics for Unit 1 to Unit 4 Japanese are:

The individual: personal world; daily life; past and future
The LOTE-speaking communities: visiting Japan; life in Japan; getting to know people
The changing world: The world of work; changes in daily life; home and neighbourhood

Studies for each Unit are:

On completion of Unit 1 students should be able to:

Establish and maintain an informal personal spoken interaction in the target language
Interpret information from two texts on the same subtopic and respond in writing
Develop and present information written in the target language related to a selected subtopic

On completion of this Unit 2 students should be able to:

Respond in writing to spoken, written or visual texts.
Analyse and use information from written, spoken or visual texts to produce and extended written response
Explain information, ideas and concepts orally in the target language to a specific audience about an aspect of culture

On completion of this Unit 3 students should be able to:

On completion of this Unit 4 students should be able to:

Analyse and use information from written texts
Respond critically to spoken and written texts which reflect aspects of the French/Japanese language and culture of the LOTE-speaking communities