Oakdene Primary Academy Progression of Skills Foreign Languages 2022-23 Foreign Languages: Progression of skills Speaking and Listening • Sing well known songs in French. • Sing a song from memory. • Greet other with confidence. • Ask and reply to simple questions, asking about name and age. • Understand and use numbers 1-20. • Begin to develop skills to communicate in French in pairs and groups. • Begin to speak in sentences but may need some support. • Have a short conversation saying 3-4 things. • Perform parts of a story. • Give opinions about a familiar topic in writing • Use a phrase that contains an adjective with the appropriate feminine agreement Reading and Writing • Begin to use a word bank or dictionary to look up new words. • Write 2-3 short sentences on a familiar topic, writing some phrases from memory. • Listen to a short story and pick out key words and phrases. • Read and understand a short passage • Understand how some sounds are represented in writing