TEACHING UNIT 1. USE OF LINGUISTIC FUNCTIONS AND SOCIO-CULTURAL ASPECTS IN FRENCH COMMUNICATION SITUATIONS
1. Use of the French language to:
2. Recognizing sociolinguistic and cultural aspects. Formal and informal uses.
3. Use of vocabulary in oral and written expression:
TEACHING UNIT 2. GRAMMATICAL AND PHONETIC ELEMENTS IN THE USE OF THE FRENCH LANGUAGE
1. Sentence construction
2. Nouns: Gender and number. Irregular plurals. Countable and uncountable nouns.
3. Adjectives: Types, usage, and position. Positive, comparative, and superlative degrees. Irregular forms.
4. Adverbs: Use and position. Most common types of expressions. Common expressions of place, time, manner, frequency, quantity, and probability. Expressions of affirmation and negation
5. Determiners. Types and most common uses. Use in sentences.
6. Pronouns: Personal pronouns (subject and object). Position. Possessive pronouns. Impersonal pronouns. Demonstrative pronouns. Interrogative pronouns. Indefinite pronouns. Relative pronouns
7. Use of verb forms.
8. Description and comparison of habits and lifestyles using continuous tenses. Present indicative. Interrogative pronouns.
9. Expressing past events linked to the present or to an earlier past. Simple past. Third-person singular and in written expression. Present perfect. Subject and object questions. Discourse markers.
10. Making predictions and expressing intentions. Expressing certainty and probability. Temporal clauses using adverbs of time and conditionals.
11. Expressing preferences and opinions. Making and responding to invitations. Connectors.
12. Formulating hypotheses and giving advice. Conditional sentences (Type II).
13. Conveying the opinions and ideas of others. Indirect speech. Temporal expressions.
14. Expressing processes and changes. Passive voice.
15. Use of phonology and spelling rules
TEACHING UNIT 3. ORAL PRODUCTION IN FRENCH
1. Understanding the general and specific meaning of talks on familiar topics presented in a clear and organized manner.
2. Understanding interpersonal communication in order to respond immediately.
3. General comprehension of the most relevant information in audiovisual media programs presented in clear and simple language.
4. Use of strategies for understanding spoken messages: verbal and nonverbal context, prior knowledge of the situation, identification of key words, and identification of the speaker’s attitude and intention.
5. Oral production of descriptions, narratives, and explanations regarding experiences, events, and various topics, taking into account elements of cohesion and coherence.
6. Evaluation of formal correctness in the production of spoken messages.
7. Participation in conversations and role-plays on everyday topics and topics of personal interest for various communicative purposes, while showing respect for the mistakes and difficulties others may encounter.
8. Use of spontaneous and accurate responses to communication situations in the classroom.
9. Use of conversational conventions in real and simulated communication activities: taking turns speaking, changing the subject, etc.
10. Independent use of communication strategies to initiate, maintain, and conclude interactions
TEACHING UNIT 4. WRITTEN PRODUCTIONS IN FRENCH
1. Identifying the topic of a written text based on the contextual clues it contains.
2. Identifying the sender’s intent in a message.
3. Inferring unknown meanings and information by interpreting linguistic and non-linguistic elements.
4. General and specific comprehension of various texts, in print and digital formats, covering topics of general interest or related to content from other subjects in the curriculum.
5. Independent reading of longer texts related to their interests.
6. Gathering information from various sources—in print, digital, or multimedia formats—to complete specific tasks.
7. Consolidating reading strategies already used.
8. Composing a variety of texts, using vocabulary appropriate to the topic and context, incorporating the necessary elements of cohesion to clearly establish the relationship between ideas, and independently applying basic strategies in the writing process.
9. Using, with a degree of independence, the register appropriate for the intended audience of the text.
10. Personal communication with native speakers of the foreign language through postal correspondence or using digital media.
11. Correct use of spelling and various punctuation marks.
12. Interest in the careful presentation of written texts, in both print and digital formats.
