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Okehampton College: Yr12 French
Summer Support Booklet 2021
Bonjour!
J’espère que tout va bien?! This short booklet outlines the topics studied
during Yr12 and Yr13 French, the examinations, and some short tasks to be
completed over the course of the summer holiday. I hope you find it useful,
and please do not hesitate to email me if you have any questions, on:
cwates@okehamptoncollege.devon.sch.uk
Madame Wates
Contents:
1. Essential Information
2. Examinations
3. Summer Tasks1. Essential Information: Our exam board is AQA. The Yr12 sub-topics are: 1. La famille en voie de changement 2. La cybersociété 3. Le bénévolat 4. Le patrimoine 5. La musique francophone 6. Le septième art The Yr13 sub-topics are: 1. La diversité 2. Les marginalisés 3. La criminalité 4. L’engagement politique 5. Les manifestations 6. L’immigration The main tenses covered are: 1. Present 2. Past (Perfect, Imperfect, Irregulars) 3. Future (Near Future, Future, Future Perfect, Irregulars) 4. Conditional (Conditional, Conditional Perfect, ‘If’ sentences) 5. Subjunctive (Subjunctive, Irregulars) Our film is: La haine (Kassovitz), and our novel is Un sac de billes (Joffo). Resources: we provide students with all resources, this includes, for example: access to Kerboodle online (to view the digital textbook, assessments and to access listening passages); grammar exercises; a copy of the novel; study notes for the novel; a copy of the film; study notes for the film, and any additional resources such as French magazines. Extra-curricular opportunities: if circumstances allow, then we usually offer a trip to the University of Bristol or Bath Spa to attend an A-level languages conference, and the University of Exeter. There are other opportunities that we either offer, or support students with, on an individual basis, and all students benefit from time with our Foreign Language Assistant.
2. Examinations: Our exams take place at the end of Yr13, and are as follows: Paper 1: Listening, Reading, Writing 2hrs 30 mins, 160 marks, 40% of A-Level 2x translations of 100 words Unlike at GCSE, where the recording is only played twice, you can listen to the recording as many times as you like. It’s down to you to organise how you use your time during this paper. Paper 2: Writing 2hrs, 90 marks, 30% of A-Level 1 text and 1 film OR 2 texts 300 words per essay You cannot take the text into the exam with you, and you need to memorise some quotes. Paper 3: Speaking 21-23 mins, 5 mins prep time, 60 marks, 30% of A-Level Speaking card, then presentation (IRP= Individual Research project) and discussion. The IRP will be prepared in advance, and the presentation will be memorised in advance, giving you the opportunity to show your best French and ideas. The speaking cards are based on the sub-topics. There are no dictionaries allowed in any of our exams. We will, of course complete practice papers and give you feedback and advice! At the end of each sub-topic throughout Yrs 12 and 13, we will complete an assessment in the style of the exam, to ensure that you are on-track and feel supported by our feedback.
Summer tasks Task 1: Write short answers in French of 3-6 lines each for these questions. The questions are based on our first topic. Try to include these aspects in your answers: a variety of people (not just ‘je !) ; interesting adjectives ; qualifiers (eg. sssez); different opinion starters (eg. Je crois que), and finally, different tenses. Use the vocabulary below to help you. Relations et responsabilités La famille s’entendre avec to get on with une relation relationship l’amitié (f) friendship l’amour (m) love le bonheur happiness un partenaire partner un compagnon partner une compagne partner un mari/époux husband une femme/épouse wife une connaissance acquaintance les parents parents/relatives cohabiter to live together le mariage marriage, wedding le cocon familial family nest le soutien support une querelle quarrel se disputer to argue un enfant unique only child parler coeur ouvert to talk frankly supporter to put up with une dispute argument s’énerver to get annoyed crier to shout critiquer to criticise strict strict respecter to respect raisonnable reasonable décontracté relaxed, laid-back des conseils advice être ferme avec to ve firm with protéger to protect la liberté freedom l’indépendance independence l’autonomie independence traiter to treat une famille monoparentale single parent family aîné elder cadet(-te), benjamin(e) younger, youngest embêtant annoying un enfant adoptif adopted child
Questions :
1. T’entends-tu bien avec ta famille ?
2. Quelles sont les sources de disputes chez toi ?
3. Et les sources de bonheur ?
4. Quels sont les avantages et les inconvénients d’être enfant unique ?
5. Que fais-tu avec ta famille ?
6. Raconte quelque chose que tu as fait récemment en famille.
7. Est-ce que tes parents te laissent assez d’indépendance, à ton avis ?
8. De quoi parles-tu avec tes parents ?
9. Veux-tu être parent un jour ?
10. Quel genre de parent serais-tu ?
11. Un parent idéal, c’est comment ?
12. Que fais-tu pour aider tes parents à la maison ?
13. Est-il nécessaire d’avoir deux parents ?
14. Est-ce que tes parents s’intéressent beaucoup à ton travail scolaire ?
15. Voudrais-tu vivre près de chez tes parents plus tard dans la vie ?
Task 2: Watch this video about the 14th of July. It’s from the series ‘un jour, une question’, and it’s
called ‘C’est quoi le 14 juillet ?’ Note 10 facts in French from the video.
(144) C'est quoi le 14 juillet ? (EP. 640) - 1 jour, 1 question - YouTube
Task 3: Conjugate these verbs in the tense given in brackets, for the WHOLE verb, eg. manger
(perfect tense) =
J’ai mangé Nous avons mangé
Tu as mangé Vous avez mangé
Il a mangé Ils ont mangé
You can use an online verb conjugator such as ‘word reference’. This is also a dictionary. The link is
here, and an example of the verb ‘parler’ is below.
Conjugaison de parler - WordReference.com
Verbs to conjugate:
1) Jouer (present tense)
2) Danser (imperfect tense)
3) Prendre (pluperfect tense)
4) Finir (perfect tense)5) Grandir (near future tense) 6) Regarder (simple future tense) 7) Aller (conditional tense, present) 8) Se doucher (present tense)
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