Transition Year Curriculum
Subject: French
Teacher: Ms. T. O Carroll
Aims of the Course:
To improve:
- Reading
- Writing
- Communicational skills
To compound knowledge of:
- Grammar
- Tenses
To deepen the understanding of French culture and history
Course Description:
Revision of all grammar learned at Junior Cycle.
Vocabulary building
Magazine activities, comprehension, quiz, crossword, wordsearch.
Listening comprehension.
Oral work
French Cinema
Skills:
- Listening/aural skills
- Reading skills
- Oral skill
- Written Communication
- Use of Internet sites -WWW.french.ie
Homework:
- Study
- Revision exercises
- Comprehension exercises
- Written production, diary entry, letters, notes and postcards
Visiting speakers/Outdoor trips
French Theatre Company
Proposed Evaluation Methodologies:
- Continuous assessment
- Aural
- Oral
- Written assessment
- Project work/Presentations
Text books
Various text books and hand outs
Folens French Verbs /French Dictionary