NCEA Level 2 French
Subject Description
Teacher in Charge: Ms S. MacKay.
Over 80% of the world's population do not speak English as a native language. If you wish to become a global citizen, French is a widely spoken language required for working with international organisations such as the UN, UNESCO, NATO, Medecins sans Frontieres, International Red Cross, WTO etc.
Transferable skills and the many cognitive benefits include: critical, creative thinking and problem solving, proofreading, public speaking, better literacy and listening skills, mental agility, social confidence, cultural empathy, adaptability, perseverance, and better memory retention.
The Year 12 course teaches how to communicate about future plans, give and respond to advice and suggestions, approval and disapproval, agreement and disagreement, and information and opinions while giving reasons. Students also learn to read about and recount events in the past.
Topics include personal relationships, the Francophone world, health, technology, work and future plans.
Contributions and Equipment/Stationery
Level 2 Renash Booklet $20 (approx.) Education Perfect subscription approximately $20.
Pathway
Career possibilities are diverse; education, trade, travel and tourism, medicine and science, publishing and entertainment, the worlds of journalism, finance, jurisprudence, education, government and diplomacy, voluntary and charitable sectors.
Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
This course is eligible for subject endorsement.
External
NZQA Info
French 2.1 - Demonstrate understanding of a variety of spoken French texts on familiar matters
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French 2.3 - Interact using spoken French to share information and justify ideas and opinions in different situations
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French 2.2 - Give a spoken presentation in French that communicates information, ideas and opinions
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French 2.4 - Demonstrate understanding of a variety of written and/or visual French text(s) on familiar matters
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French 2.5 - Write a variety of text types in French to convey information, ideas, and opinions in genuine contexts
Pathway Tags
Historian, Flight Attendant, Counsellor, Minister of Religion, Trainer, Journalist, Interpreter, Musician, Editor, Corrections Officer, Data Entry Operator/Transcriptionist, Foreign Policy Officer, Radio Presenter, Workplace Relations Adviser, Teacher of English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), Importer/Exporter, Immigration Officer, Kaiwhakaako Māori, Translator, Private Teacher/Tutor, Probation Officer, Secondary School Teacher, Teacher Aide, Speech-Language Therapist, Tour Guide, Travel Agent/Adviser, Intelligence Officer, Court Registry Officer, Career Consultant,
Disclaimer
Your selection does not guarantee course placement. Course costs and standards listed may vary.