| Children can: | |
| Listening attentively to spoken language and show understanding by joining in and responding: | |
| a | Listen for and identify specific words and phrases in instructions, stories and songs. |
| Engage in conversations, ask and answer questions, express opinions and respond to those of others | |
| b | Communicate by asking and answering a wider range of questions, using longer phrases and sentences. |
| Speak and present in sentences, using familiar vocabulary, phrases and basic language structures | |
| c | Present short pieces of information to another person. |
| Develop accurate pronunciation and intonation | |
| d | Apply increasing French phonic knowledge and links between spelling, sound and meaning of words supported by an appreciation of stories, songs, poems and rhymes. |
Year 4 – MFL
Listening and Speaking - Core Skills
Listening and Speaking - Vocabulary
Reading and Writing - Core Skills
| Children can: | |
| Read carefully and show understanding of words, phrases and simple writing: | |
| a | Accurately read and understand familiar written words, phrases and short sentences (e.g., in fairy tales or character/place description). |
| Broaden vocabulary and develop ability to understand new words in familiar written material, including use of a dictionary | |
| b | Accurately read a wider range of familiar written words, phrases and short sentences aloud to another person. |
| Write phrases from memory to express ideas clearly | |
| c | Write some familiar words, phrases and simple sentences from memory or using supported written materials (e.g. a word bank). |
| Describe people, places, things and actions orally and in writing | |
| d | Describe people, places, things and actions with a wider use of adjectives. |
Reading and Writing - Vocabulary
Grammar (French) - Core Skills
| Children can: | |
| Understand basic grammar appropriate to French: | |
| a | Continue to understand the concept of gender (masculine and feminine) and which article to use correctly with different nouns. |
| b | Start to use the negative form and begin to identify most fully conjugated verbs. |
Grammar (French) - Vocabulary
Aspects of French culture - Core Skills
| Children can: | |
| Aspects of French culture: | |
| a | Compare aspects of everyday life at home and abroad (e.g., by reflecting upon similarities and differences with celebrations in other cultures). |
Aspects of French culture - Vocabulary
