Reproduce the sounds and rhythms of spoken French, noticing how they are represented in words and symbols and explaining similarities and differences to English

Experiment with the pronunciation of vowel combinations ou, eu, au
(ACLFRU012)

Recognise and begin to write high-frequency words and expressions in familiar contexts
(ACLFRU030)

Notice and use context-related vocabulary and understand some first elements of grammar to generate language for a range of purposes, including:

• understanding the French subject-verb-object structure, for example, Ma famille est grande; Il a deux amies and the different patterns of adjective-noun order with some common adjectives coming before and some coming after the noun, for example, le grand chien; la jolie fille; le papillon rose
• noticing definite and indefinite articles in singular or plural forms, for example, la fille, le concert, les croissants; un chapeau, une chaise; des amis, including the l’ form for nouns beginning with a vowel or letter h, for example, l’hiver, l’école
• recognising and using some prepositions in simple sentence structures, for example, Elle est devant la maison, Je suis sous la chaise
• developing number knowledge for ordinal numbers, for example, premier, deuxième
• developing language related to time (hour), months of year and days of week, for example, Il est dix heures; Mardi je vais à l’école; C’est le vingt mars
• using singular forms of common verbs in the present tense, for example, Je suis chinois; Tu as trois frères; Il aime le football; Papa est grand, and some forms of irregular verbs such as aller, venir and faire
• using simple questions and statements, for example, Qu’est-ce que c’est ?; Qui est-ce ?

(ACLFRU013)

Understand that language is organised as ‘text’ that takes different forms and uses different structures and features to achieve its purpose
(ACLFRU014)