Year 11 Diploma - French

Subject Vision:

“Another language opens up a whole new window on the world. It might be small and difficult to see through at first, but it gives you a different perspective, and it might make you realise that your first window could do with a bit of polishing and even enlarging.” Hone Tuwhare

Languages and cultures play a key role in developing personal, community, national and global identities.The reason for teaching Languages is to encourage students to foster an interest in the world beyond their own. By engaging in language learning, students learn that each language has its own way of expressing meaning, and that each has intrinsic value and special significance for its users. We aim to equip our students with the skills they need to connect meaningfully with people in different communities around the world. We want students to see how rewarding this can be as we inspire them to become truly global citizens.

Student Learning Outcomes:

• Students will be able to express personal information, ideas and opinions in everyday contexts, in the present as well as the past or future.
• Students will be able to make meaning of different text types.
• Students will develop interactive skills and strategies to exchange simple information, ideas and opinions.
• Students will develop an awareness of and be able to use key linguistic building blocks and language patterns.
• Students will develop strategies to use resources to make meaning from unfamiliar language.
• Students will learn to recognise values and practices of German-speaking cultures and of their own cultures and communities, with a focus on Mātauranga Māori.
• Students will demonstrate their ability to converse with a partner through the submission of an interaction portfolio.
• Students will demonstrate their ability to write in the language, through the submission of a piece of written work.