WESLEY COLLEGE DUBLIN
French
Introduction
Working within the framework provided for by the syllabus for the teaching and examining of French at Leaving Certificate level; the aims of the French Department can best be outlined as follows:
1. To introduce the students to the target language as a living and vibrant method of communication, thus helping them to appreciate a culture other than their own.
2. To enable the students to acquire the necessary communicative skills that will allow them to take full part in classroom activities in the target language participate in everyday transactions and interactions extract information from and to interpret the various mass media organs make further study and or possible career paths through the medium of their chosen target language a realistic option.
To achieve the above aims the students must be facilitated to develop a critical awareness of how meaning is organised and conveyed by the structures and vocabulary of the target language and to develop an understanding of language in general.
Our aim is to continue and develop the aspects and aims of the Junior Cycle Programme and to develop skills in the following four areas leading to proficiency in all areas of the target language and to succeed in Leaving Certificate Examination.
- Oral Proficiency. Used in a range of personal, social, cultural and topical areas.
- Aural Proficiency. The ability to listen to and answer questions on a wide variety of auditory stimuli.
- Comprehension Proficiency. The students must be able to read, interpret, extract and manipulate texts ranging from literary to contemporary journalism and answer the questions in the target language.
- Written Production Proficiency. The student must be able to react to a given stimulus in grammatically correct everyday French. These stimuli cover the whole range of written production from formal to informal letters, to notes, messages, and postcards, to fax, e-mail, diary entries and personal opinions.
Assessment
Assessment at Leaving Certificate consists of an oral examination followed by an aural examination. The written examination is at two levels and includes reading comprehension and written production. The primary difference between levels is the marking structure used in the oral and aural sections.
| Level | Higher Level | Ordinary Level |
| Written | 55% | 55% |
| Oral | 25% | 20% |
| Aural | 20% | 25% |
5th Year
Term 1
| Topics | Communication | Grammar | Vocabulary |
| C’est moi |
Le journal intime La description orale de la famille |
Le présent Les adjectifs possessifs Les adjectifs interrogatifs Les articles |
Le caractère Le physique Mon idole
|
| La famille | Ma famille: une description orale |
Les formes interrogatives Les pronoms interrogatifs |
Famille Les relations familiales |
| Chez moi |
Le journal intime Les descriptions Les intérieurs Les tâches ménagères |
Les articles |
La maison Les meubles Les descriptions |
| Mon quartier | Les avantages/ inconvénients |
Les descriptions Les avantages et inconvénients d’habiter en ville/à la campagne |
En ville/A la campagne Les voisins |
Term 2 & 3
| Topics | Communication | Grammar | Vocabulary |
| Mes potes | Les descriptions orales et écrite | La négation | L'amitié |
| Le temps libre |
Sortez au cinéma Les loisirs |
L’impératif |
Sortir pour les loisirs Le cinéma La lecture |
| Le sport et l’argent |
Pratiquer le sport Le dopage La lettre formelle |
Le passé composé Les prépositions de temps |
Le petit boulot L’argent de poche |
6th Year
Term 1
| Topics | Communication | Grammar | Vocabulary |
| Les vacances | Les habitudes des vacances |
Le plus-que parfait |
Les souvenirs/activités de vacances |
| L’environnement |
La pollution Le recyclage |
Les prépositions de lieu | La protection et la prévention |
Term 2 & 3
| Topics | Communication | Grammar | Vocabulary |
| Notre monde | L’Europe et Le voyage | Le comparatif, superlatif | Les voyages scolaires |
| Les actualités | Lisez et l’auditif |
Les adjectifs/pronoms démonstratifs Les pronoms possessifs |
Les nouvelles |
| La santé/Les addictions |
Être bien dans son corps Être accro aux substances |
Les pronoms relatifs Le subjonctif au présent |
Le corps et les addictions |
Useful Links
https://www.curriculumonline.ie/Senior-cycle/Senior-Cycle-Subjects/French/