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French / Year 3 and 4 / Understanding language and culture / Understanding systems of language
Curriculum content descriptions
recognise and use modelled combinations of sounds, pronunciation and intonation patterns of French to form words and phrases (AC9LF4U01)
Elaborations
creating an alphabet bank, collecting words that begin with each letter such as ‘h’: l’hiver, l’homme, l’hôtel; ‘m’: mai, mardi, le mouchoir; ‘p’: le pain, Papa, le poisson
recognising and practising the most common vowel sounds such as ‘ou’- vous, jour; ‘oi’ - toi, voiture; ‘on’ - bonbon, mon; ‘ai’ - aimer, j’ai; ‘ain’ - train, demain and ‘eau’ - château, beau
understanding how changes in voice and body language can change the meaning of words, for example, Tu aimes les devoirs? (simple question); Tu aimes les devoirs! (expressing surprise, disbelief); C’est mon petit frère (statement); C’est mon petit frère! (pride); Tu peux commencer (permission); Commence! (instruction)
understanding that some letters blend to make single sounds such as ‘ille’, ‘eau’ or ‘qu’
observing differences in pronunciation of word endings shared with English such as ‘-tion’ and ‘-ent’ in attention, situation, commencement, accident
recognising that certain French letters, accented vowels and combinations of letters produce the same sound in French such as ‘é’, ‘ez’, ‘er’ and ‘ç’ and ‘s’
- noticing that the letters ‘k’ and ‘w’ are rarely used in French and usually occur in loan words
recognising that some final consonants in French words are usually silent such as le rat, le tapis, vert, chez, and some are usually pronounced such as chic, actif
General capabilities
ScOT terms
French language, Intonation, Pronunciation