French: Second Language

content speak prefix digital media communicating comprehension strategies tone task understanding preposition accent marks macro skills phoneme concrete language informing auxiliary verb intercultural capability multimodal text audience text cohesion identity textual features/textual conventions pedagogy syntax complexity semantic knowledge background language pronoun second language adverbial encode decode compound sentence translation comprehension/comprehending language register noun convention translating communication culture complex sentence grapho-phonic knowledge word borrowing media texts dialect synchronous performance author intonation stereotype accent language functions literacy resources genre skimming formulaic language homophone narrative devices mode framing clause de-centre infinitive text types (genres)romanisation bilingualism role of language and culture question create receptive language mnemonic morphology reflecting language specificity digraph idiomatic expressions script metalanguage intercultural language teaching and learning authentic (texts/materials)oracy diphthongs form-focused learning activities adjective purposeful learning characters alliteration phonics text processing strategies conjunction collocation filler narrative productive language use stress medium root of a word honorific composing communicative competence cues language variation and change language features creating modal verb orthography mediate socialising enunciation adverb character components cognates fluency context input imaginative texts pragmatics phonological awareness diaspora talk persuasive texts language patterns pronunciation language comprehension directionality first language intensifiers text structure scanning lexical cohesion morpheme learning trajectory interpret suffix informative texts biography reciprocating read scaffolding code-switching verb prediction accuracy language systems/systems of language paralanguage digital texts face

The French: Second Language subject enables all students to communicate proficiently by providing students with essential communication skills in French, an intercultural capability, and an understanding of the role of language and culture in communication.

The design of the Western Australian Curriculum: Languages takes into account different entry points into language learning across Pre-primary to Year 10 to reflect current practice in Languages. For French: Second Language, there are two learning sequences to accommodate these practices: a Pre-primary – Year 10 sequence and a Year 7 – Year 10 sequence.

PRE-PRIMARY TO YEAR 10

YEAR 7 TO YEAR 10

French: Second Language learning area contacts:

Pre-primary to Year 6 : +61 8 9273 6784 | Adriana.Douglas@scsa.wa.edu.au
Year 7 to Year 10 : +61 8 9273 6725 | Sonia.Low@scsa.wa.edu.au

French: Second Language

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