French Progression

Progression in French at James Dixon Primary School

French Skills

Speaking and Pronunciation

Reading

Listening

Year Three - Listen attentively and enjoy short stories, nursery rhymes, games and songs.

- Recognise familiar words and short phrases.

- Begin to link the spelling, sound and meaning of words.

- Read familiar words and short phrases accurately.

- Understand the meaning in English of some short words read in French.

- Use mimes, images and sounds as prompts.

- Begin to learn to gist read by hunting for key or known words and cognates.

- Communicate with others by way of short sentences, asking and answering simple questions, engaging in role play activities.

- Respond to and join in with simple rhymes and songs.

- Explore patterns and sounds of the language and begin to develop accurate pronunciation and intonation.

Year Four

Year Five

Year Six

- Listen to longer passages and understand more of what is heard by picking out key words and phrases covered in current or previous topics.

- Listen for longer periods of time and more frequently, increasing exposure to authentic foreign language material and using prior knowledge and gist listening to aid comprehension.

- Listen for longer periods of time and more frequently, increasing exposure to authentic foreign language material and using prior knowledge and gist listening to aid comprehension.

- Read aloud short pieces of text and use gist reading skills, cognates, dictionary and prior knowledge to understand what is being read

- Improve decoding of longer unfamiliar texts using - Improve decoding of longer unfamiliar texts using key key language learning strategies and a dictionary. language learning strategies and a dictionary.

- Understand that adjectives come in different - Understand that adjectives come in different forms and forms and when you describe a person in terms of when you describe a person in terms of a profession, a profession, adjectival agreement rules will apply adjectival agreement rules will apply and spelling may and spelling may change. change.

- Develop knowledge of the francophone world - Develop knowledge of the francophone world including including celebrations and acknowledge shared celebrations and acknowledge shared core values. core values.

- Build up a larger bank of spoken vocabulary - Build up a larger bank of spoken vocabulary including including chunks of appropriate language by chunks of appropriate language by developing memory developing memory skills and revisiting prior skills and revisiting prior learning. learning.

- Create more complex and longer sentences with - Create more complex and longer sentences with accurate pronunciation, retention and recall. accurate pronunciation, retention and recall.

- Learn to manipulate language and know that it is - Communicate with others in French with increasing - Learn to manipulate language and know that it is transferable between topics. confidence and accuracy. transferable between topics. Begin to speak in the - Begin to speak in the third person singular: Il/ Elle…

- Recall and reuse a larger number of nouns with the third person singular: Il/ Elle…

- Explore the patterns in regular -er verb conjugation appropriate definite, indefinite or partitive articles.

- Explore the patterns in regular -er verb - Perform simple role play, keeping the conversation - Use scaffolds and reference materials to improve conjugation range of spoken vocabulary and develop short spoken going for longer by asking follow-up questions eg.

- Perform simple role play, keeping the sentences with accurate pronunciation. ordering food and drink in a French café, giving conversation going for longer by asking follow-up - Learn to ask and answer questions and incorporate a directions in town. questions eg. ordering food and drink in a French negative reply where appropriate.

- Give a variety of positive and negative opinions on a café, giving directions in town. number of topics, extending the sentence with - Give a variety of positive and negative opinions justification using a range of conjunctions. on a number of topics, extending the sentence - Begin to use the verb aller + infinitive to express future with justification using a range of conjunctions. intention eg. Je vais achèter des pommes au - Begin to use the verb aller + infinitive to express supermarché. future intention.

Writing Grammar

- Write words and short phrase/ sentences to describe people, places and things from memory or using a model or Word List for support. Eg. Je peux danser - Begin to translate simple nouns and articles from French into English - Explore an English/French dictionary and begin to use this tool to explore vocabulary and gender.

- Use the first-person singular version of high frequency verbs such as J’aime and Je m’appelle.

- Use the modal verb + infinitive eg. Je peux jouer - Begin to use the correct gender for different nouns and develop ways to commit to memory.

- Start to understand the concept of nouns and articles.

- Write short phrases/ sentences based on learned vocabulary and begin to use conjunctions and the negative form where appropriate. Eg. Je m’appelle …, J’ai .. ans et j’habite à Anerley.

-Translate short sentences from French into English and English into French.

- Create full sentences with the aid of word banks.

- Create full sentences with the aid of word banks.

- Following clear instructions, write a short text or email, - Following clear instructions, write a short text or applying knowledge of correct syntax and grammatical email, applying knowledge of correct syntax and accuracy. grammatical accuracy.

- Write in more detail about themselves and their family, - Write in more detail about themselves and their recycling previously learned vocabulary and building on family, recycling previously learned vocabulary and this with more complex phrases. building on this with more complex phrases.

- Translate longer passages from French into English - Translate longer passages from French into with good accuracy.

English with good accuracy. Use a dictionary to - Use a dictionary to confirm gender and plurality of confirm gender and plurality of nouns and correct nouns and correct use of possessives. use of possessives.

- Use a range of conjunctions to extend sentences.

- Better understand the use of the negative form in French and how to change a positive statement into a - Develop understanding of gender and which articles negative one. to use for meaning.

- Begin to develop an understanding of whole verb - Use simple adjectival agreement when describing conjugation, concept of verb stems and endings eg. nationality, the negative form and possessive adjectives. porter - Begin to understand the concept of irregular conjugation.

- Use a range of conjunctions to extend sentences.

- Better understand the use of the negative form in French and how to change a positive statement into a negative one.

- Begin to develop an understanding of whole verb conjugation eg. porter - Begin to understand the concept of irregular conjugation.

French Knowledge Year Four

Colours & Numbers

- Learn to tell the time.

- Say what activities you do at certain times.

- Recognise days of the week.

- Recognise and use the months.

- Form dates.

- Use numbers 11-31

- Say the names and dates of several French festivals.

- Identify and ask for certain presents atfestivals.

- Recognise and use numbers 31-60.

- Identify family members.

- Recognise and spell with letters of the alphabet.

- List household items.

- Use basic prepositions sur and dans to describe position.

- Ask and talk about sisters and brothers.

- Say what people are like using third person être, including negatives -Say what pets people have and have not got, using third person avoir.

- Identify parts of the body.

- Describe eyes and hair.

- Give basic character descriptions.

- Give someone’s name.

- Describe someone.

- Identify various francophone countries.

- Talk about which languages you speak.

- Identify different items of clothing.

- Describe the colour of items of clothing.

- Identify classroom objects - Recognise and repeat classroom instructions.

- Name school subjects.

- Talk about likes and dislikes at school.

- Ask and say the time.

- Talk about the timings of the school day.

My School

Body Parts

- Count numbers 1-10.

- Say your age.

- Identify colours and describe an object’s colour.

Days, months & seasons

- Greet and say goodbye to someone.

- Revise ways to describe people, using avoir and être - Ask someone’s name and give your own. phrases.

- Ask how someone is and respond to the same question - Describe people’s nationality.

Family & pets

Greetings

Year Three

Year Five

Year Six

Year Five

Year Six

My Local Area

-Names and recognise various French and British cities.

- Give and understand basic directions.

- Talk about the weather.

- Talk about the weather in a particular city

- Name places in the town.

- Ask the way and give directions.

- Say where you are going.

- Give the time and say where you are going.

Food & Drink

- Name different food items.

- Ask for food in a shop.

- Ask and understand how much something costs.

- Talk about activities at a party.

- Give opinions about activities and food.

- Order food in a café.

Hobbies

- Ask and talk about regular activities.

- Say what you don’t do.

- Ask and say what other people do.

- Talk about what you like/dislike doing.

- Talk about which sports you like.

- Say what you think of different sports.

- Give reasons for preferences.

- Talk about a sporting event.

- To know that the Tour de France is a world famous cycling race that takes place in France each year.

Similarities and Differences

- To know some similarities and differences between French and English schools.

- To know that the currency used in France is Euros and to recognise some of the notes and coins.

To know that, in French, the days of the week (with the exception of Sunday - Dimanche) were named after bodies in the solar system .

- To know that there are many countries where French is spoken in the world and be able to name some of these

- Comparing geographical features and climates of different French-speaking countries.

- Asking question and making insightful commentary on cultural differences, including some understanding of stereotype.

Our Precious Planet

-Identify some key environmental challenges in their local area.

- Say what environmental actions they are going to take.

- Make simple statements about what environmental actions some groups of people are going to do;

- Say what environmental actions they would like to take.

- Explain what environmental actions they think some groups of people are going to take.

- Ask and answer questions about environmental actions and challenges in their local area.

- Write and deliver a short presentation with a clear introduction and conclusion.

Holidays

Year Three

Year Four

- Ask and say where you are going on holiday.

- Express opinions about holidays.

- Talk about what you’re going to do on holiday.

- Talk about holiday plans.

- Talk about forms of transport.

- Talk about where you’re going and how you get there.

- Talk about plans for a trip.

- Buy tickets at the station.