French Summer Assignment - Year 12 - Christleton High School
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French
Summer Assignment
Year 12
Activity 1 - Tout d’abord…
Please fill in this self-reflection about learning French, your experiences and your preconceptions about
French at A Level.
I have chosen French at A Level because….
The thing that interests me the most about the French-speaking world is….
Below are the topics that you will study at A Level. Please fill in the boxes with what you think the module
will be about and what you know already about the topic.
Topic name What I think it’s about What I know already about this
La famille en voie de
changement
La cybersociété
Le bénévolat
La musique francophone
contemporaine
Le septième art
Une culture fière de son patrimoine Les aspects positifs d’une société diverse Quelle vie pour les marginalisés ? Comment on traite les criminels Les ados, le droit de vote et l’engagement politique Manifestations et grèves – à qui le pouvoir ? La politique et l’immigration
Activity 2 – Un journal
We would like to hear you talking in French in September. With that in mind, keep a diary of your activities
over the Summer (a paragraph per week should be sufficient). Try to use the perfect tense where possible.
Activity 3 – Cultural projects
Select at least one per week of these cultural activities to immerse yourself in Francophone culture.
L’état de la langue française Les régions de la France Un tour culinaire Mai ‘68
Listen to these podcasts Research one of the Watch and episode of Research Mai
on BBC Sounds app. regional languages Rick Stein's Secret 68. What happened?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/pro spoken in France (Breton, France on Why? What was the
grammes/b08lh6r1 and Occitan, Provençal, Corsu, BBCiPlayer (https://www. impact on France and
https://www.bbc.co.uk/pro etc.) compile a vocab list bbc.co.uk/programmes/ French society?
grammes/b081t6x5 of 20 words in the m000b1qp)
Is French facing invasion language, with their Choose a traditional food
from the English French and English / drink item or a town /
language? Could the equivalents and write a region / landmark that
same be said about 150-word summary of the appear in the episode
English being invaded by traditional culture of the and research it
French? Or has it people who speak it in further. Write up your
happened already? English. findings in English.
What are the big problems
facing France today?
La radio La musique Le septième art Le visionnage bulimique
Spin the globe to land on Listen to music by the Watch a French Watch some of these
a French speaking city / following contemporary language with film (with series on Netflix:
town and listen to 15 mins French musicians. Write subtitles in English) and Dix pour cent or A
of local radio from that 150 words in English about write a review / summary very secret service.
area. Keep a list of where what you think of the music. in French (150 words).
you have visited and what Angèle ; Eddy de Pretto ;
you have heard. Try to Therapie TAXI ; Clara
move away from mainland Luciani ; Vendredi Sur
France. Mer ; Lewis ofMan ; Voyou
http://radio.garden/visit/zu ; Aloïse Suavage ;
g/Q43GfufG Ore ; Vianney
La géographie Le monde francophone Les contes de fées Les expressions
Find as many exonyms for Make a list of French Find the names of ten gastronomiques
geographical toponyms as territories, former French fairy stories in French Research the
you can, e.g. London = colonies, French speaking and their main multitude of culinary
Londres, Dover = countries and their capital characters. styles ‘à la’ or
Douvres, The Thames = cities. otherwise (that may or
La Tamise (Find the may not come from
names of cities/rivers/any French cities/towns)
places except countries e.g. salade niçoise, à
that have a French version la gitane etc
of their name).
L’organisation de l’hexagone Verlan Le français en anglais La laïcité
Explain the administrative Find out and explain the Find twenty examples of Research the idea of
organisation of the French use of verlan in French French words that we laïcité. What does it
territory (départements, culture and music. use directly in English, mean? What is its
regions etc). e.g. déjà vu impact on the
education system?
Activity 4 – À la recherche You may know some of the answers to the items below, but as you increase your knowledge of French, you will be able to answer all of them. 1. The names of three French newspapers are 2. The names of three French companies 3. The names of three famous French actors/singers/writers/artists (3 of each) are … 4. ‘Le baccalauréat’ is 5. Three famous French dishes/foods are 6. Three French wine-producing areas are 7. Three French football teams are 8. Three famous French sportspeople are 9. “Francophone’ means 10. The names of 3 DOM/TOMs are 11. 5 countries where French is spoken 12. The name of the French equivalent to British Rail is 13. The French President is called 14. The French Prime Minister is called 15. The last king of France was called 16. The French revolution was in the year
Activity 5 – Grammar Read the following grammar section so that you are in the best grammatical position you can be before you start the course. (Keep this guide on hand for the rest of your course – it will be very useful). If there is anything you don’t understand in the section, research it using the internet. If you are still unsure, try and find some exercises online to complete to help you understand.
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