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• VCFRC007

  Participate in shared performance and presentation of stories, songs or nursery rhymes, playing with sound patterns, rhyming words and non-verbal forms of expression

  Elaborations

  • performing songs, rhymes and action stories using non-verbal forms of expression such as clapping, gestures and facial expressions to support the making of meaning
  • creating and presenting own Big Books, storyboards or digital texts based on imaginary scenarios in familiar contexts (for example, Petit Ours Brun fait un tour à notre classe), building on key words and phrases, and using punctuation to guide intonation and drawings to support written text
  • creating rhythms for difficult or complicated phrases or intonation patterns, such as Comment t’appelles-tu? Qu’est-ce que tu manges pour le petit déjeuner? Le chocolat chaud

  VCFRC007 | Languages | French | F–10 Sequence | Foundation to Level 2 | Communicating | Creating

• VCFRC002

  Participate in guided group activities using simple repetitive language in songs, rhymes, games and transactions

  Elaborations

  • singing and adapting rhymes, action songs and raps (Tourne, tourne petit moulin), lullabies (Fais do-do) and counting songs (Un éléphant se balançait)
  • creating class activities or projects that involve naming, labelling and illustrating, such as a garden, a pet rock collection or favourite-photos wall
  • participating in tasks involving exchanging, sorting and classifying objects and attributes such as shapes, colours and numbers, using simple question forms and affirmative/negative responses, for example, Tu as un 7? Oui, voilà. Et toi, tu as un 10? Non, j’ai un 6
  • taking turns in games and action songs that involve choice and negotiation, for example, choosing or exchanging matching cards or playing memory games such as Au marché (donne-moi deux pommes, s’il te plaȋt; donne-moi deux pommes et trois carottes…)

  VCFRC002 | Languages | French | F–10 Sequence | Foundation to Level 2 | Communicating | Socialising

• VCFRC006

  Engage with a range of imaginative texts through action, dance, drawing and other forms of expression

  Elaborations

  • listening to or viewing French versions of familiar stories such as Le Navet Géant or Boucle d’Or et les Trois Ours, comparing French expressions at key points in the story with English language versions, and re-enacting with puppets, props and actions
  • performing poems, rhymes or simple stories that include repeated phrases and rhythms to emphasise key points, for example, chanting ‘Au Loup!’ in Au Loup, or ‘Ça va pas, non!’ in Je veux pas aller à l’école
  • making simple evaluative statements about favourite characters in stories, rhymes or songs, for example, Il est magnifique! J’adore Minou! Elle est sympa!
  • re-creating stories, rhymes and songs through mime, dance, or drawings with simple written captions

  VCFRC006 | Languages | French | F–10 Sequence | Foundation to Level 2 | Communicating | Creating

• VCFRU014

  Understand that language is organised as ‘texts’, which take different forms and use different structures and features to achieve their purposes

  Elaborations

  • understanding that texts can be spoken, written, digital, visual or multimodal and that they can be very short (Stop! or a hand gesture to signify Arrête!) or much longer (Il était une fois…)
  • recognising that different types of text have different features (for example, rhythm and repetition in action songs and rhymes) and use different language, for example, formal or informal forms of address (Bonjour, Monsieur; Merci beaucoup, Madame; Salut, Annie!)
  • comparing similar texts in French and English such as counting games or street signs, identifying elements in the French texts which look or sound different
  • developing a language to talk about language and texts (metalanguage), and naming familiar types of text (story, poem, recipe, list) and talking about how they work, for example, using the story-starter Il était une fois…; rhyming and repeating words in songs such as Trois p’tits chats…

  VCFRU014 | Languages | French | F–10 Sequence | Foundation to Level 2 | Understanding | Systems of language

• VCFRC025

  Create short imaginative texts that allow for exploration and enjoyment of language

  Elaborations

  • creating short imaginative texts designed to amuse or entertain, such as fantasy stories featuring imaginary creatures with names created out of two or more real animal names, for example, le chevaloon, le lapinat, les moutaches
  • producing and presenting picture/digital books or short scripted plays or animations that use favourite French words and expressions to build rhythm or rhyme
  • creating and performing alternative versions of stories or action songs, using voice, rhythm and gestures to animate characters, or using support materials such as drawings or story maps to create visual context

  VCFRC025 | Languages | French | F–10 Sequence | Levels 3 and 4 | Communicating | Creating

• VCFRC099

  Create bilingual texts and resources such as learning support materials, games or posters, deciding how to deal with elements that cannot be readily translated

  Elaborations

  • creating bilingual resources such as glossaries, word banks or personal French–English dictionaries, including explanations of some idioms and expressions
  • creating bilingual texts for the school or local community (for example, posters, library displays or contributions to online forums), considering how to represent meaning for different audiences
  • creating bilingual texts for specific audiences, for example, rhymes, stories or songs for younger learners of French, invitations to a class event, or posters for a performance
  • using dictionaries and electronic translation tools to create bilingual texts such as menus, schedules or captions for photo montages, and making decisions in relation to language, audience and cultural perspectives
  • designing and maintaining a bilingual website with a sister-school or contact group of English learners in a French-speaking community, making choices about when to use French or English depending on the context, topic and nature of the interaction

  VCFRC099 | Languages | French | 7–10 Sequence | Levels 7 and 8 | Communicating | Translating

• VCFRC004

  Identify key points of information in simple texts

  Elaborations

  • recognising symbols, words and phrases of written French, for example, labels, titles and captions
  • listening for key words in stories, rhymes or songs, using intonation and visual cues such as gestures and facial expressions to assist understanding
  • shared reading of texts such as Big Book stories about familiar events or contexts (for example, Les amis de la ferme or Raconte et Chante), using pictures, intonation and contextual clues to predict meaning and identify key characters and events
  • making connections between information in written texts and images, for example, naming toys and games in toy catalogues such as Jouets pour les tout petits, selecting and listing items and prices
  • identifying key points in a range of spoken, written or digital texts by actions such as miming and drawing, or onscreen pointing, clicking or dragging (for interactive programs such as Petit Pont)

  VCFRC004 | Languages | French | F–10 Sequence | Foundation to Level 2 | Communicating | Informing

• VCFRC043

  Present, reinterpret or create alternative versions of songs or stories, adapting events or characters to different modes or contexts

  Elaborations

  • introducing new elements to a familiar story, for example, a new neighbour in Astérix’s village in Gaul, an additional ailment for Nicolas in Le Petit Nicolas: Je suis malade, or an alternative ending to a traditional tale such as Cendrillon
  • teaching younger children French versions of familiar nursery rhymes and songs with repetitive phrases and actions, for example, comptines such as A vous dirais-je Maman, La chanson de l’alphabet
  • illustrating and captioning alternative versions of traditional stories or songs such as La Fée Quenotte or Les Trois Petits Cochons, for example, transposing them to contemporary or Australian contexts
  • adapting French children’s stories, songs or cartoons to suit particular audiences, for example, scripting, rehearsing and performing a puppet show version of Pirouette Cacahuète or children’s songs such as Ah les crocrocro…, Coucou, Petit Loulou

  VCFRC043 | Languages | French | F–10 Sequence | Levels 5 and 6 | Communicating | Creating

• VCFRU087

  Analyse and explain how and why language is used differently in different contexts and relationships

  Elaborations

  • recognising the diversity of spoken forms of French from region to region (for example, les accents du Midi, l’accent parisien, toulousain, picard) and from country to country (le Québecois, La Réunion), considering concepts such as la norme, la diversité, l’intelligibilité and les élites in terms of how language variation can both reflect and shape social and cultural processes
  • exploring how texts achieve different effects, (for example, moving from generic terms such as les fleurs to specific detail such as les violettes, les jonquilles, les roses mignonnes in advertisements to suggest superior or specialised taste)
  • understanding the power of language to influence people’s actions and beliefs, for example by analysing language used in community appeals in response to natural disasters
  • comparing language and textual features used in texts to entertain different age groups, (for example, amusing rhymes for les tout petits, dessins d’humour for older children, and les blagues, l’humour noir and l’humour adolescent for older students)

  VCFRU087 | Languages | French | F–10 Sequence | Levels 9 and 10 | Understanding | Language variation and change