| Children can: | |
| Listening attentively to spoken language and show understanding by joining in and responding: | |
| a | Understand the main points in authentic passages and identify longer and more complex phrases and sentences (e.g., description, information and instructions). |
| Engage in conversations, ask and answer questions, express opinions and respond to those of others | |
| b | Use spoken language to initiate and sustain simple conversations on familiar topics or to tell stories from their own experiences. |
| Speak and present in sentences, using familiar vocabulary, phrases and basic language structures | |
| c | Use connectives to link together what they say so as to add fluency and present (including role-play) about familiar topics. |
| Develop accurate pronunciation and intonation | |
| d | Speak with accurate pronunciation (e.g., with stories, songs, poems and rhymes). |
Year 6 – 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 | Read aloud with expression and accurate pronunciation. |
| Broaden vocabulary and develop ability to understand new words in familiar written material, including use of a dictionary | |
| b | Read and understand the main points and more specific details from a variety of simple texts in different but authentic formats (e.g., stories, reading exercises, emails or letters). |
| Write phrases from memory to express ideas clearly | |
| c | Write longer sentences and short paragraphs from memory or using supported written materials. |
| Describe people, places, things and actions orally and in writing | |
| d | Describe people, places, things and actions in detail (e.g., use of expanded noun phrases and ambitious adjectives). |
Reading and Writing - Vocabulary
Grammar (French) - Core Skills
| Children can: | |
| Understand basic grammar appropriate to French: | |
| a | Understand the concept of gender (masculine and feminine) and which article to use correctly with different nouns. |
| b | Use the negative form, possessives (e.g., mon, ma, mes) and connectives (e.g., et, mais, parce que) as well as understand the different parts of fully conjugated verbs with increasing accuracy. |
Grammar (French) - Vocabulary
Aspects of French culture - Core Skills
| Children can: | |
| Aspects of French culture: | |
| a | Compare attitudes of different cultures (e.g., discuss stereotypes) and reflect on the importance of developing tolerance and understanding between people. |
Aspects of French culture - Vocabulary
