Languages

VCE Languages focuses on student participation in interpersonal communication, interpreting the language of other speakers, and presenting information and ideas in French or Japanese on a range of themes and topics. Students develop and extend skills in listening, speaking, reading, writing and viewing in French or Japanese in a range of contexts and develop cultural understanding in interpreting and creating language. 

Students develop their understanding of the relationships between language and culture in new contexts and consider how these relationships shape communities. Throughout the study students are given opportunities to make connections and comparisons based on personal reflections about the role of language and culture in communication and in personal identity.

There are three prescribed themes for study in VCE French and Japanese:

• The individual
• The French- or Japanese-speaking communities
• The world around us

Studies for each Unit are: 

Units 1 & 2

On completion of Unit 1 students should be able to:

• Exchange meaning in a spoken interaction.
• Interpret information from two texts on the same subtopic and respond in writing.
• Present information, concepts and ideas in writing on the selected subtopic and for a specific audience and purpose.

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.

Units 3 & 4

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

• Participate in a spoken exchange to resolve a personal issue.
• Interpret information from texts and write responses.
• Express ideas in a personal, informative or imaginative piece of writing.

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

• Share information, ideas and opinions in a spoken exchange.
• Analyse information from written, spoken and viewed texts for use in a written response.
• Present information, concepts and ideas in evaluative or persuasive writing on an issue.