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Listening

Chn will be able to:

Understand a few familiar spoken words and phrases - e.g. the teacher’s instructions

Chn will be able to:

Understand a range of familiar spoken phrases - e.g.

Chn will be able to:

Understand the main points from a short spoken passage made up of familiar language in simple sentences. - e.g.

Chn will be able to:

• understand and respond to spoken and written language from a variety of authentic sources

• a few words and phrases in a song or a rhyme
• days of the week
• colours
• numbers

• Basic phrases concerning myself, my family, my school, the weather.

• A short rhyme or song, a telephone message, announcement or weather forecast.

• Sentences describing what people are wearing, what they are doing, an

announcement or message.

Speaking

Chn will be able to:

Say and repeat single words and short simple phrases – e.g.

• greeting someone
• saying oui, non, s’il vous plait, merci (or equivalents in other languages)
• naming classroom objects
• days of the week

saying what the weather is like

Chn will be able to:

Answer simple questions and give basic information

– e.g.

• Saying where I live
• Whether I have brothers and sisters
• Whether I have a pet
• When my birthday is
• How old I am Saying the date

Chn will be able to:

Ask and answer simple questions and talk about their interests - e.g.

• taking part in an interview about my area and interests; a survey about pets or favourite foods; talking to a friend about what we like to do and wear …

• discussing a picture with a partner, describing colours, shapes and saying whether I like it or not; asking for and giving directions; discussing houses, pets, food

Chn will be able to:

• speak with increasing confidence, fluency and spontaneity, finding ways of communicating what they want to say, including through discussion and asking questions, and continually improving the accuracy of their pronunciation and intonation

• give a short prepared talk, on a topic of choice, including expressing opinions - e.g.

• talking on a familiar subject; describing a

picture or part of a story; making a presentation to the class …

Reading:

Chn will be able to:

Can recognise and read out a few familiar words and phrases - e.g.

Chn will be able to:

Understand and read out familiar written phrases - e.g.

Chn will be able to:

Understand the main point(s) and some of the detail from short written texts or passages in clear

printed script - e.g.

Chn will be able to:

Understand the main points and opinions in written texts from various contexts - e.g.

• from stories and rhymes
• labels on familiar objects
• the date
• the weather

• simple phrases
• weather phrases
• simple description of objects someone writing about their pet

• very simple messages on a postcard or e-mail or part of a story

• three to four sentences of information about

my e-pal; a description of someone’s school day

• A postcard or letter from a pen-pal; a written account of school life, a poem or part of a story …

• discover and develop an appreciation of a range of writing in French

Writing:

Chn will be able to:

Can write or copy simple words or symbols correctly

- e.g.

Chn will be able to:

Can write one or two short sentences to a model and fill in the words on a simple form- e.g.

Chn will be able to:

Write a few short sentences with support using expressions which they have already learnt - e.g.

Chn will be able to:

Write at varying length, for different purposes and audiences, using the variety of grammatical

structures that they have learnt

• numbers
• Days of week
• colours
• classroom objects
• a shopping list

• personal information
• where I live
• how old I am
• holiday greetings by e-mail or on a postcard

• a postcard, a simple note or message, an identity card

Write a short text on a familiar topic, adapting language which they have already learnt- e.g.

• three to four sentences for a wall display; a simple e-mail message …

• paragraphs of three to four sentences about myself,
• about a story or a picture; a message containing three to four sentences; a postcard or greetings card