French

Emerging

Developing

Securing

Mastering

Listening

Can understand a limited range of individual words on a familiar topic.

Can understand and respond to a range of familiar spoken words and short phrases, delivered slowly and clearly.

Can understand the main points of a short spoken passage made up of a few familiar words and phrases, delivered slowly and clearly. The passage may include some unfamiliar words.

Can understand the details in a series of short passages or dialogues (approx. 30 words, 3-5 utterances each) on a few familiar topics with predictable information contained in simple sentences, spoken slowly and clearly. This will include a conditional tense verb.

Reading

Can understand a limited range of individual words on a familiar topic.

Can decipher a few cognates.

Can translate simple words to and from French.

Can understand a short text made up of short sentences with familiar language on a familiar topic.

Can decipher an increasing number of cognates.

Understand the concept of false friends when learning a language.

Can translate very short sentences to and from French, often with help.

Can understand the main details in a short factual text or texts (approx. 35 words each) on a few familiar topics with predictable information contained in simple sentences with mostly familiar language.

Can decipher most cognates.

Can translate simple sentences to and from French with limited help.

Can understand texts of approx. 50 words. Sentences may have more than one clause (including reasons for opinions), and texts draw on a range of vocabulary and structures. They could include two time frames.

Increasingly confident translating a short paragraph to and from French, using resources to work independently.

Speaking

Lacks confidence when asked to speak French. Answers with a limited range of single words.

Can ask and answer simple pre-learned questions from memory.

Can ask and answer simple questions on the current topic. Can adapt models successfully to give own information, including simple opinions, substituting individual words.

Can use simple phrases and sentences independently to describe people, places, things and actions, with good pronunciation. Give a presentation including a range of present tense verbs including reflexives.

This will include a conditional tense verb.

Writing

Can write simple words and several short phrases from with support. Sometimes spellings cannot be deciphered.

Can write simple words and several short phrases from memory with mostly understandable spelling.

Can write a short, simple text from memory, using simple sentences from one familiar topic with reasonable spelling.

This will include a past tense verb.

Can write a paragraph from memory made up of short sentences using taught language on a few topics. Spelling from memory may have some inaccuracy. May not yet understand fully how sentences are formed grammatically.

Grammar

Shows limited understanding of new grammatical concepts.

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limited understanding of verbs and their formation.

Understands that French nouns are masculine or feminine.

Can give and understand a simple opinion.

Shows a fair understanding of new grammatical concepts and applies them with some success within a familiar context.

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Can use some regular verbs correctly with support using Je and Tu

Can recognise and explain the masculine and feminine terms le/la and un/une

Can give and understand a simple opinion and may be able to give and understand a simple reason.

Understands new grammatical concepts well and applies them with success in familiar contexts and some degree of success in different contexts. Can insert new words into existing structures and re-use pre learned structures in new contexts.

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Can recognise all parts of regular verbs with support.

Start to apply adjectival agreement rules.

Can give and understand a simple opinion and a simple reason.

Understands and is able to explain new grammatical concepts and is able to successfully apply them even in unfamiliar contexts. Can insert new words into existing structures and be consistently accurate.

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Aware of irregular verbs and able to form some with support.

Ensure that adjectival agreement rules are followed.

Can give positive and negative opinions and justify these with parce que.