as french transition pack - sleaford joint sixth...
TRANSCRIPT
AS French Transition pack
Your teachers:
Mrs C Tilley [email protected]
Miss M Montocchio [email protected]
What can I expect from the A level French course?
According to the AQA exam board website:
The AS specification builds on the knowledge, understanding and skills gained
at GCSE. It constitutes an integrated study with a focus on language, culture
and society. It fosters a range of transferable skills, including communication,
critical thinking and creativity, which are valuable to the individual and to
society.
Students will develop their understanding of themes relating to the society and
culture of the countries where French is spoken, and their language skills; they
will do this by using authentic spoken and written sources in French.
The approach is a focus on how French-speaking society has been shaped,
socially and culturally, and how it continues to change. Students study aspects
of the social context together with aspects of the artistic life of French-speaking
countries.
AS Topics:
3.1.1 Aspects of French-speaking society: current trends
The changing nature of family (La famille en voie de changement)
o Grands-parents, parents et enfants – soucis et problèmes
o Monoparentalité, homoparentalité, familles recomposées
o La vie de couple – nouvelles tendances
The 'cyber-society' (La « cyber-société »)
o Qui sont les cybernautes ?
o Comment la technologie facilite la vie quotidienne
o Quels dangers la « cyber-société » pose-t-elle ?
The place of voluntary work (Le rôle du bénévolat)
o Qui sont et que font les bénévoles ?
o Le bénévolat – quelle valeur pour ceux qui sont aidés ?
o Le bénévolat – quelle valeur pour ceux qui aident ?
3.2.1 Artistic culture in the French-speaking world
A culture proud of its heritage (Une culture fière de son patrimoine)
o Le patrimoine sur le plan national, régional et local
o Comment le patrimoine reflète la culture
o Le patrimoine et le tourisme
Contemporary francophone music (La musique francophone
contemporaine)
o La diversité de la musique francophone contemporaine
o Qui écoute et apprécie cette musique ?
o Comment sauvegarder cette musique ?
Cinema: the 7th art form (Cinéma : le septième art)
o Pourquoi le septième art ?
o Le cinéma – une passion nationale ?
o Evolution du cinéma – les grandes lignes
You will also study a French film: La Haine Mathieu Kassovitz (1995)
How is the course assessed?
Paper 1: Listening, Reading and Writing
Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes; total raw mark: 90
Paper 2: Writing
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes; total raw mark: 50
Paper 3 Speaking
Duration: 12–14 minutes plus 15 minutes supervised preparation time; total raw
mark: 60
During the course of the year:
You will have an assessment in the first two weeks of term which will
look at the work you have done over the summer as well as assess your
suitability for the course.
You will sit a formal mock exam in March.
You will be tested informally in class on a regular basis, for example
through vocabulary tests
What should I do now?
Please do the tasks outlined in this booklet - some grammar exercises,
translation and a piece of written work. There is a vocab list for you to look at
on the two topics we will cover first.
If you are stuck on the grammar exercises there are grammar explanations
readily available on the Internet, but we particularly like the ones you can find
on the University of Texas website. If you search Google for “Texas French
Grammar” you will find it easily.
You might like to do some independent work. Here are some ideas for how you
can access French in your own time:
Sky
television
TV5 French television channel intended for a world audience.
News, entertainment, films, quiz shows etc. Some films have
subtitles in French to make the language easier to follow. You
will find this channel in the international section.
Euronews A news channel available in many languages including
French. Find it in the news section. You must select French as
your preferred language using your sky remote control. Press
the services button on your remote then on screen select
system set up then language and subtitles. Selecting French
will only affect Euronews. (also very useful website:
www.euronews.com)
Sky news / BBC
24 or you can
watch news in
English but
from a French
perspective at
France24
(www.france24.
com)
Watching the news in English will help you form opinions that
will be useful for your language lessons and your oral exam
when you must give your opinion on issues that affect
Francophone countries. One of the main problems we
encounter when preparing for the oral exam is that
students do not have basic knowledge of current affairs
and issues and therefore no opinions.
Playstation /
Xbox
You can often select to change the language of the game you
are playing, or the language used in the console
Mobile
‘phone
You can change the language of your phone menus into
French.
DVDs Check the back of any DVDs you have at home. You might be
able to watch your favourite film with French subtitles or
dubbed into French with English subtitles…
The Internet www.french.abo
ut.com
A site aimed at learners of the French language. Gives a
French word of the day, grammar explanations (useful if you
want to review something you learnt in class but didn’t quite
understand) and interactive exercises.
Facebook /
social media
Interfaces can be in French, you can join French groups, do
French quizzes etc
www.zut.org.uk A very useful site designed by a teacher. During weekdays
9am – 4pm this site requires a password but it is free after 4pm
and at week-ends. Current ID and password available from
your teacher
www.languages
online.org.uk
Some grammar resources and interactive exercises designed
for AS and A2 level, excellent section called verb busters
www.lemonde.f
r
Daily French newspaper
www.laits.utexa
s.edu/tex
French grammar site from the university of Texas (very good
site, highly recommended), explanations, pdf files etc
http://www.s-
cool.co.uk
Vocabulary and grammar
Phone Apps
The two we recommend are memrise and duo lingo. Both are free. We especially like
memrise for learning vocabulary specific to the course. We have a memrise group you can
join to help you work with others.
I’ve got a test at the start of the course! What should I revise?
The test will be on the aspects of grammar covered in this booklet, in particular the present
tense of regular verbs and the four verbs aller, avoir, être, faire. There will also be a test on
this vocabulary from the first two topics we will study:
La famille en voie de changement s’entendre avec to get on with une relation relationship l’amitié (f) friendship l’amour (m) love le bonheur happiness un partenaire partner un compagnon partner une compagne partner un mari/époux husband une femme/épouse wife une connaissance acquaintance les parents parents/relatives cohabiter to live together le mariage marriage, wedding le cocon familial family nest le soutien support une querelle quarrel se disputer to argue un enfant unique only child parler coeur ouvert to talk frankly supporter to put up with une dispute argument s’énerver to get annoyed crier to shout critiquer to criticise strict strict respecter to respect raisonnable reasonable décontracté relaxed, laid-back des conseils advice être ferme avec to be firm with protéger to protect la liberté freedom l’indépendance independence l’autonomie independence traiter to treat autonome independent aîné elder cadet(-te), benjamin(e) younger, youngest embêtant annoying un enfant adoptif adopted child homoparentalité (f) gay parenting une mère seule single mother une famille recomposée reconstituted family adopter to adopt vivre en couple to live as a couple vivre en solo to live alone l’abus(m) abuse épouser to marry se marier avec to marry sortir to go out le divorce divorce divorcer to get divorced se séparer to separate la divortialité divorce rate le taux de divorce divorce rate une rupture break-up rompre (avec) to split up (with) célibataire single marié married le foyer home, household une femme au foyer housewife la famille monoparentale single-parent family l’union libre living together le concubinage living together le PACS type of civil marriage vivre en couple to live together le mariage civil civil wedding une mère célibataire single-mother énerver to annoy fidèle faithful infidèle unfaithful en vouloir à to bear a grudge against une carrière career la retraite retirement retraité retired le comportement behaviour partager to share amoureux de in love with un amant lover négliger to neglect les tâches de ménage household chores disponible ‘there for me’ la responsabilité responsibility égal equal l’égalité equality un couple gay gay couple le mariage gay gay marriage un partenaire partner une liaison affair le taux de nuptialité marriage rate un(e) fiancé(e) fiancé(e) s’unir to stay together un contrat contract en hausse rising en baisse falling
La cyber-société
Internet the internet un (téléphone) portable mobile phone un PDA/blackberry PDA/blackberry le web, la toile web, net un lecteur MP3/4 MP3/4 player un iPad iPad naviguer, surfer to browse un navigateur browser en ligne online aller sur Facebook to go on Facebook chatter to chat online un forum forum, chat room un réseau social social network numérique, digital digital analogique analogue un ordinateur portable laptop, notebook une tablette tablet computer un Kindle Kindle un appareil numérique digital camera télécharger to download pirater to copy illegally, hack cliquer to click un lien link copier coller to cut and paste imprimer to print censurer to censor une imprimante 3D 3D printer allumer to switch on éteindre to switch off en mode veille in sleep mode la censure censorship la liberté freedom un contrôle parental parental control un mot de passe password un pseudo username un avatar avatar graver to burn une page web web page un site web web site gratuit free améliorer to improve sédentaire sedentary un logiciel software un moteur de recherche search engine un internaute web user un mel. un email e-mail le courrier électronique e-mail un site porno porn web site un courriel email un mail, mel email le télétravail home-working s’abonner à to subscribe to un cybernaute web user un disque dur hard disk un lecteur DVD DVD player le décodeur decoder enregistrer to record divertir to entertain une antenne aerial le divertissement entertainment Internet des objets internet of things la société connectée connected society la publicité ciblée targeted advertising les cookies cookies une start-up start-up company une webcam webcam les achats en ligne online shopping coordonnées bancaires banking information le cyber-harcèlement cyber-0bullying harceler to bully le chantage blackmail afficher to post online un faux profil false profile un message de haine hate message un troll internet troll se comporter comme un troll to troll la pression sociale social pressure la sensibilisation awareness raising un réseau cyber-criminel cyber-crime network le monde virtuel virtual world un casque headphones, helmet la cyber-citoyenneté cyber-citizenship l’échange d’idées exchange of ideas exprimer une opinion to express an opinion s’informer to get information un abonnement subscription s’abonner à to subscribe to un commentaire comment un usager user un utilisateur user la cyberguerre cyber war les écoutes spying, listening in bloquer to block le haut débit broadband la fibre fibre avoir du réseau to have a phone signal un outil tool la dépendance addiction être accro to be addicted
Aller: to go
Je vais I go, I am going
Tu vas You go, you are going (informal,
singular)
Il va He goes, he is going
Elle va She goes, she is going
On va One goes, one is going
Nous allons We go, we are going
Vous allez You go, you are going (formal singular,
plural)
Ils vont They go, they are going (masculine)
Elles vont They go, they are going (feminine)
Faire: to do
Je fais I do, I am doing
Tu fais You do, you are doing
Il fait He does, he is doing
Elle fait She does, she is doing
On fait One does, one is doing
Nous faisons We do, we are doing
Vous faites You do, you are doing
Ils font They do, they are doing
Elles font They do, they are doing
Etre: to be
Je suis I am
Tu es You are
Il est He is
Elle est She is
On est One is
Nous sommes We are
Vous êtes You are
Ils sont They are
Elles sont They are
Avoir: to have
J’ai I have
Tu as You have
Il a He has
Elle a She has
On a One has
Nous avons We have
Vous avez You have
Ils ont They have
Elles ont They have
French regular -ER verb conjugations
To conjugate an -ER verb in the present tense, remove the infinitive ending and then add the appropriate endings. For example, here are the present tense conjugations for the regular -ER
verbs parler (to speak), donner (to give), and visiter (to visit):
Pronoun Ending parler > parl- donner > donn- visiter > visit-
je -e parle donne visite
tu -es parles donnes visites
Il (elle, on) -e parle donne visite
nous -ons parlons donnons visitons
vous -ez parlez donnez visitez
Ils (elles) -ent parlent donnent visitent
French regular -IR verb conjugations
To conjugate an -IR verb in the present tense, remove the infinitive ending and then add the appropriate endings. For example, here are the present tense conjugations for the regular -IR
verbs choisir (to choose), finir (to finish), and réussir (to succeed):
Pronoun Ending choisir > chois- finir > fin- réussir > réuss-
je -is choisis finis réussis
tu -is choisis finis réussis
Il (elle, on) -it choisit finit réussit
nous -issons choisissons finissons réussissons
vous -issez choisissez finissez réussissez
Ils (elles) -issent choisissent finissent réussissent
French regular -RE verb conjugations
To conjugate an -RE verb in the present tense, remove the infinitive ending and then add the appropriate endings. For example, here are the present tense conjugations for the regular -RE
verbs descendre (to descend), perdre (to lose), and vendre (to sell):
Pronoun Ending descendre > descend- perdre > perd- vendre > vend-
je -s descends perds vends
tu -s descends perds vends
Il (elle, on) - descend perd vend
nous -ons descendons perdons vendons
vous -ez descendez perdez vendez
Ils (elles) -ent descendent perdent vendent
You can practise forming these verbs on www.languagesonline.org.uk
Exercise 1: Complete the chart
the a a Le stylo Un stylo
b Le cahier
c Une règle
d La gomme
e Un tableau
f Un ordinateur
Exercise 2: Give the plural of these nouns
a la voiture ______________________________
b le journal ______________________________
c un cheveu ______________________________
d l’avion ______________________________
e une chaise ______________________________
Exercise 3: Translate these sentences into French
a This boy has blond hair and blue eyes
_____________________________________________________________________
b I love carrots but I don’t like green beans
_____________________________________________________________________
c I’d like to visit Paris because I want to see the Eiffel tower
_____________________________________________________________________
e I have diner at home with my family
_____________________________________________________________________
f My mother is a nurse and I would like to become a doctor
_____________________________________________________________________
Exercise 4: Complete the following sentences with plural forms of the nouns in
brackets. Then translate the sentences into English
a Les _____________ aiment manger des ______________ et des _____________ (Italien,
pâte, pizza)
___________________________________________________________________________
b Les _____________ et les ______________ sont bons pour la santé mais je préfère manger
des _____________ (fruit, légume, bonbon)
___________________________________________________________________________
c Les _______________ et les _______________ sont mes ________________ préférés
(chien, cheval, animal)
__________________________________________________________________________
d Les __________________ préparent des ________________ pour les ________________
qui arrivent bientôt (pâtissier, gâteau, client)
___________________________________________________________________________
e J’ai passé trois _________________ chez mes _________________ pendant les
______________ d’été (semaine, cousin, vacances)
___________________________________________________________________________
f Mes ________________ aiment jouer avec des _________________ mais moi je préfère
jouer avec mes _______________ (frère, jeu vidéo, poupée)
___________________________________________________________________________
Exercise 5: Complete the description of a French family holiday by writing du, de la,
de l’ or des.
Le matin, on a fait _________ cheval au bord _________ mer. C’était amusant et il y avait
________ vent frais alors c’était agréable. Après nous avons mangé ________ glace au
chocolat, c’était délicieux ! L’après-midi nous avons nagé dans la mer et nous avons vu
________ petits poissons oranges et bleus, ils étaient très jolis. Puis nous avons bronzé sur la
plage et maman m’a donné _________ eau minérale bien fraîche parce qu’il faisait très
chaud. Puis nous avons fait __________ planche à voile, c’était difficile mais rigolo ! Le soir
nous avons été au restaurant et nous avons mangé _______ fruits de mer et ________ salade.
Au dessert il y avait beaucoup de fruits comme ________ raisin ou________ pêches et
________ abricots, je me suis régalé ! Enfin nous nous sommes couchés après avoir regardé
le feu d’artifice qu’on pouvait voir _______ balcon __________ chambre _________ hôtel.
Exercice 6 : Translate these sentences into French
a Your cousin and his sister
___________________________________________________________________________
b My school and my class
___________________________________________________________________________
c Her doll and his car
___________________________________________________________________________
d Our family and our dogs
___________________________________________________________________________
e Your friends and my friends
___________________________________________________________________________
Exercise 7: Fill the gaps in the following sentences with au, à la, à l’ or aux as
appropriate.
a Pendant la semaine, je vais _______ école.
b Tu veux aller ________ centre commercial avec moi ?
c Non, je préfère aller _________ piscine aujourd’hui.
d Le weekend prochain j’irai ________ plage et je marcherai _________ bord de la mer.
e L’année dernière nous sommes allés ________ Caraïbes avec toute la famille.
Exercise 8 : Fill the gaps in the following sentences with de, du, de la, de l’ or des as
appropriate.
a J’aime boire _______ jus d’orange le matin.
b J’ai trouvé un billet de dix euros, j’ai _________ chance !
c Il a acheté un bouquet _______ fleurs pour sa fiancée
d Elle a passé beaucoup ________ temps à préparer le repas.
e Tu as vu la couleur ________ abricot sur cet arbre, il a l’air appétissant !
Exercise 9 : Translate these sentences into French, using de, du, de la, de l’ or des, as
appropriate.
a The teacher’s class
___________________________________________________________________________
b The beginning of the book
___________________________________________________________________________
c The girl’s dolls
___________________________________________________________________________
d The man’s boat
___________________________________________________________________________
e The best day of my life
___________________________________________________________________________
Exercise 10: Fill the gap with the correct form of the verb in brackets
a Je ___________ à la piscine deux fois par semaine (aller)
b Je pense que Lucas ____________ trop de sucreries (manger)
c Caroline et moi ____________ un film d’horreur (regarder)
d La serveuse ___________ beaucoup trop ! (parler)
e Tous les weekends, tu ___________ au football avec tes amis (jouer)
f Pierre et Juliette ___________ au karaoké (chanter)
g Les jeunes ___________ la musique pop (aimer)
Exercise 11: Complete the following sentences using the verbs given in brackets, and
then translate into English
a Je ______________ de manger mon repas (finir)
___________________________________________________________________________
b Tu ______________trop vite, tes vêtements sont déjà trop petits ! (grandir)
___________________________________________________________________________
c Marion et moi ______________ ensemble pour écrire une lettre à Sarah (réfléchir)
___________________________________________________________________________
d Le professeur _______________ les élèves qui ne sont pas sages (punir)
___________________________________________________________________________
e Les voitures _________________ à cause du trafic (ralentir)
___________________________________________________________________________
Exercice 12 : Complete the sentences with a suitable verb from the box.
a On ___________ le bus, mais il est en retard
b Nous ____________ le français depuis sept ans
c Lucie me ___________ le livre que je lui ai prêté
d Denis et Odile ___________ leur sac à dos avant de me rejoindre dehors.
Apprendre Attendre Rendre Prendre
Exercise 13 : Complete the chart
Je me couche
Tu You go to bed
Il/elle se couche
Nous We go to bed
Vous vous couchez
Ils/elles They go to bed
Exercice 14 : Translate into French
a I get washed _______________________________________________________________
b She brushes her teeth _______________________________________________________
c We walk around ____________________________________________________________
d You (tu) get ready __________________________________________________________
e They wake up _____________________________________________________________
f You (vous) get dressed _______________________________________________________
Exercise 15: Fill in the gaps using the verbs given in brackets
Devoir – to have to / Pouvoir – to be able to / Vouloir – to want to
a Je ____________ aller au cinéma ce soir mais personne ne ___________ venir. (vouloir,
pouvoir)
b Laura ___________ finir ses devoirs si elle _________ sortir. (devoir, vouloir)
c Vous ____________ partir si vous __________. (pouvoir, vouloir)
d Denis et Paul ____________ louer un dvd mais ils ____________ d’abord faire la
vaisselle. (vouloir, devoir)
e Pauline et moi ___________ partir en vacances mais nous _____________ économiser.
(vouloir, devoir)
f _________-tu aller à la patinoire ? – Non je ne ___________ pas aujourd’hui. (vouloir,
pouvoir)
Exercise 16: Re-arrange the words to form sentences. Underline the modal verb in
each one and circle the second verb in the infinitive.
a veux/cinéma/je/au/aller
___________________________________________________________________________
b jouer/nous/football/au/voulons
___________________________________________________________________________
c d’eau/beaucoup/doivent/ils/boire
___________________________________________________________________________
d être/dois/tu/patient
___________________________________________________________________________
e longtemps/dormir/elle/plus/peut
___________________________________________________________________________
f pouvez/vous/votre/manger/dessert
___________________________________________________________________________
Exercise 17: Fill in the gaps using the verbs given in brackets
Être – to be / Avoir – to have / Aller – to go / Faire – to do
a Céline et Denis ____________ le même âge mais Nicolas __________ plus jeune. (avoir,
être)
b Je _________ au cinéma ce soir, tu veux venir ? Non, je ne __________ pas là aujourd’hui.
(aller, être)
c Nicole et moi ___________ nos devoir ensemble mais nous ____________ faim. (faire,
avoir)
d __________-vous au concert cet après-midi ? Oui, nous y ___________ avec mes parents.
(aller, aller)
e Je ___________ des gâteaux pour mes amis, j’ai goûté, ils ___________ très bons ! (faire,
être)
f Vous ___________ gentils, mais toi, tu __________ méchant alors ___________ t’en !
(être, être, aller)
Exercise 18 : Translate into French
1 I play
2 You (tu) dance
3 He sings
4 She eats
5 we talk
6 you (vous) get washed
7 they listen
8 I laugh
9 You (tu) sleep
10 He drinks
11 She runs
12 We hear
13 You (vous) write
14 They choose
15 I wait
16 You (tu) take
17 He sells
18 She buys
19 We go
20 You (vous) do
21 They decide
22 I brush my teeth
23 You (tu) do
24 He shows
25 She reads
26 We know
27 You (vous) walk
28 They cry
29 I enjoy myself
30 You (tu) smile
31 He travels
32 She has
33 We visit
34 You (vous) want to
35 They respect
36 I close
37 You hope
38 He loves
39 She leaves
40 We are
TRANSLATION: Please translate this passage into English on another piece of paper. It is from a
problem page and is taken from one of the first topics we will study The changing nature of
family :
Please prepare a piece of written work. Write a few sentences for each section:
a) Describe yourself, your tastes and interests (Je m’appelle….. j’ai _
ans….je suis britannique…. J’habite à…. Je suis étudiant…..J’aime/Je me
passionne pour…..)
b) Say what you are doing at the moment (en ce moment/actuellement….
You can use être en train de …followed by an infinitive if you want to
stress you are in the process of doing something e.g. je suis en train de
reviser mes cours de français…..)
c) Say what you do regularly (toute les semaines/une fois par
mois/souvent/régulièrement, je fais/je vais…..)
d) Say what you would like to do in the future (use je voudrais/j’aimerais
and an infinitive)
This work booklet is supposed to take about 8 hours to complete. We have
allowed time for looking up grammar points on the Internet if necessary
but if you are checking everything it will take longer – don’t leave it until
the last minute, do a little each week.
If you need to borrow a French-English dictionary to help you please just
ask. We recommend you buy one before you start the French AS course.
The Concise Oxford Hachette French dictionary (hardback) is a good one
and costs about £15 on www.amazon.co.uk
Bonne chance!