Listening
- Explore the patterns and sounds of language through songs and rhymes
- Link to spelling, sound and meaning of specific words Join in with actions to accompany familiar songs, stories and rhymes
- Repeat words modelled by teacher, show understanding with an action
Speaking
- Learn specific vocabulary; develop accuracy in pronunciation by listening to and repeating recordings of authentic speakers
- Recognise a familiar question and respond with a simple rehearsed response
- Name objects and actions and link words with a simple connective
Writing
- Copy simple vocabulary
- Attempt to write taught vocabulary (single words) from memory
- Attempt to write simple phrases from memory
Reading
- Begin to recognise written vocabulary/ single words
- Recognise written vocabulary/single words
- Begin to recognise written phrases
Basic Grammar
- Use un/une with nouns to identify gender
Listening
- Listen attentively to spoken language and show understanding by joining in and responding (e.g. with an action)
- Say a simple rhyme from memory; join in with words of a song or storytelling
- Pick out known words in an ‘authentic’ conversation
Speaking
- Ask and answer questions with a rehearsed response using appropriate intonation
- Use common phrases
- Use description words e.g. colours, size
- Develop accuracy when pronouncing phrases, by listening to and repeating recordings of authentic speakers
Writing
- Attempt to write simple, short taught phrases from memory
- Write simple, short taught phrases from memory
- Write simple, short taught sentences from memory
Reading
- Begin to recognise simple written phrases
- Recognise simple written phrases begin to show understanding of more complex written phrases
Basic Grammar
- Use I and you
- Use adjectives with nouns
- Be able to form positive and negative versions of phrases. e.g. j’aime / je n’aime pas
Listening
- Listen to and appreciate poems, songs and rhymes in the language
- Follow text in the songs, identifying words Listen to ‘authentic’ conversation, picking out familiar phrases and sentences
- Begin to show understanding of more complex sentences in ‘authentic’ conversation, picking out specific vocabulary
Speaking
- Begin to use action words
- Ask and answer more complex familiar questions with a scaffold of responses
- Ask for clarification and help
Writing
- Write simple, short taught sentences from memory including questions and responses
- Begin to use dictionaries to find the meaning of unknown words and to translate own ideas
Reading
- Read and show understanding of more complex written phrases
- Read and show understanding of simple writing
- Practice using a dictionary to find the meaning of unknown words
Basic Grammar
- Use adjectives with nouns
- Begin to use verbs in the first person e.g. je vais (I go)
Listening
- Begin to show understanding of more complex sentences in ‘authentic’ conversation, picking out specific vocabulary
- Listen to and show understanding of more complex sentences in ‘authentic’ conversation, picking out specific vocabulary
- Listen to and appreciate stories and poems in the language. Identify patterns of language
and link sound to spelling
Speaking
- Engage in short scripted conversations
- Express opinions in short conversations
- Speaking in longer sentences, learning to use particular sentence structures more flexibly to create own sentence
Writing
- Present ideas and information in writing to an audience
- Adapt taught phrases to create new sentences
- To write a series of extended sentences
Reading
- Use a dictionary to understand the definition of unknown words
- Practice reading longer texts aloud, containing taught phrases and vocabulary
- Present ideas and information orally to an audience
Basic Grammar
- Consolidation of earlier grammar work
- Begin to use verbs in the second and third person
