Co-ordinator: Mrs S A Faulkner MA
Outline of work
We start French in the Junior School in Introitus (Year 3) and the boys have one lesson a week. By the time they get to Exitus (Year 6) they have two lessons a week. The lessons for the Exitus boys are taught by members of the French Department from the Senior School.
Most of the work we do is oral and aural and, although the boys have an exercise book, most of what they write is to help them to remember the material covered. We work hard on trying to ensure that the boys acquire a good pronunciation. The topics which are covered over the year include personal identification, numbers, dates, finding the way, shopping, travel, food and drink and, threading its way through much of the work, background information about France and French customs.
Resources
A wide variety of resources are used. These include videos, audio tapes, computer programmes, posters and printed material.