Modern Languages Department
There are 4 members of staff in the Modern Languages Department::
Mrs Kathleen McShane Principal Teacher (French and Spanish)
Mrs Michelle Scarse Full-Time (French)
Mrs Lucy Mooney Part-Time (French and English)
Mrs Katrina Auld Part-Time (French and German)
Outline of S1 & 2 Syllabus French –
Métro 1 is the textbook in S1.
Métro2 is the textbook in S2
S1 Syllabus:
Topic Areas:
Self; Name; Age; Numbers; Greetings; Alphabet; Colours; Home Area; Family; Animals; Physical Descriptions; School; Subjects; Time; Timetable; Clothes; Leisure; Sport; Free Time; Weekend; Weather; Points of the Compass; Own House and Room; Plan of the House; Daily Routine; Holidays; Places in a Town; Shopping; Buying Fast Food.
Grammar Content:
Definite and Indefinite Article; Gender; Agreement and Position of Adjectives; Possessive Adjectives; Avoir and Etre (present tenses); Aimer + Infinitive; Negatives; Regular er Verbs(present tense); Use of On; Prepositions; Aller; Immediate Future; A + Definite Article.
S2 Syllabus:
Topic Areas:
Personal and Social Life; The World Around Us; Everyday Activities; Daily Routine; Friends and Family; Parts of the Body; Illness; Food and Shopping; Invitations; Transport; Directions; Accommodation; Paris.
Grammar Content: Revision of Verb Paradigms; Perfect Tense with Avoir; Perfect Tense with Etre; Reflexive Verbs (present tense); Faire; Pouvoir; Immediate Future Tense; Possessive Adjectives; Comparisons; Direct Object Pronouns; The Imperative Mood; Partitive Article; Quantities; Indirect Object Pronoun Y; Conditional Tense.
Outline of S3 Syllabus French-
Métro pour L’Ecosse Rouge is the textbook in S3
S3 Syllabus:
Topic Areas:
School; Timetable; Rules and Regulations; Future Plans; Extended Family; Personal Appearance; Personality; Friends; Housework; Free Time; Sport; The Cinema; Invitations; Jobs; Work Experience; Using the Telephone; Future Career; Gap Year; Home Town; Town and Country; The Environment; The French Speaking World; Shopping; Clothes; Pocket Money; Bank and Post Office; Exchanging Money.
Grammar Content:
Negatives; De after Negative; Adjectives after C’est; Depuis + Present Tense; Irregular Verbs aller, faire, devoir,; Immediate Future; Il faut, On doit + Infinitive; Agreement of Adjectives; Reflexive Verbs (Present and Perfect Tense); Direct Object Pronouns; Comparative and Superlative of Adjectives and Adverbs; Modal Verbs; Perfect Tense with Avoir + Etre; Future Tense; Conditional Tense; The Passive Voice; Indirect Object Pronouns; De after Quantities.
S4 Syllabus French-
Métro pour L’Ecosse Rouge is the textbook in S4
Topic Areas:
Holidays; Weather and Weather Forecast; Tourist Office; Daily Routine (past + present); Healthy Eating; Food Preferences; Illnesses + Accidents; Smoking and Alcohol; Means of Transport; Giving/Asking for Directions; Buying Tickets; Train and Bus Station; Traffic Problems; Breakdowns;
Grammar Content:
Future Tense; en/au/aux + Countries; Perfect Tense Revision; On peut + Infinitive; Perfect and Imperfect Tense revision; Reflexive Verbs (present and perfect); Negatives; Expressions with Avoir; The Pluperfect Tense; Question Words; Imperatives; Prepositions; Present Participles;
Outline of S5 & 6 Syllabus
Higher French, Spanish and German Syllabuses
Topic Areas:
Lifestyles- Advantages and Disadvantages of Home Area; Leisure Interests; Healthy Living; Health Issues; Family, Friends, Society; Role of the Individual in Society Education and Work – Critique of Own School or College; Careers; Job Intentions; Employment Issues
The Wider World- Holidays and Travel; Tourism
Extended Reading and Viewing: Les choristes (French) : Bodas de Sangre (Spanish):
Grammar Content::
Regular Verbs- present, perfect, future, conditional, immediate future, pluperfect, subjunctive (for recognition mostly in French); Common Irregular Verbs and less common Regular Verbs (All mentioned tenses); Control of Modal Verbs; The Imperative Mood; Genders; Singular + Plural; Irregular Plural Forms; Reflexive Verbs (all mentioned tenses); Subject, Direct Object and Indirect Object Pronouns; Common Relative Pronouns; Comparatives and Superlatives; Position of Adjectives; All Persons of Verbs; Prepositions and Prepositional Effects; Present and Imperfect Continuous Tenses(Spanish Only); Preterite Tense (Spanish only); Concept of Case and Word Order (German only); Main and Subordinate Clauses (German only).
Advanced Higher French
Topic Areas:
Personal, Social and Cultural Issues - Pattern of Family Life; Media and the Arts.
Topical and Cultural Issues –
European Issues; Issues relating to the Countries where French is spoken; Immigration; Exclusion; Discrimination; Unemployment.
Environmental Issues - Pollution; Conservation; Urban Expansion: Implications for Countryside and Endangered Species.
Extended Reading and Viewing:
Grammar Content:
As Higher French – plus – Less common Irregular Verbs; Future Perfect and Conditional Perfect Tenses; Subjunctive Mood; Less Common Relative Pronouns.
Outline of S2 Syllabus Spanish
Topic Areas:
Name; Age; Greetings; Classroom Objects; Birthday; Alphabet; Numbers; Countries; Nationalities; Languages; Family; Animals; Personal Appearance; Colours; School; School Subjects; Time; Timetable; Food and Drink; Means of Transport; Everyday Culture.
Grammar Content::
Indefinite Article; Definite Article; Singular and Plural; Masculine and Feminine; Word Order; Adjectives; Present Tense; Basic Negatives.
Outline of S3 Syllabus Spanish
Topic Areas:
As in S2 – plus – Home Area; Plan of House; Bedroom; Daily Routine; Leisure Activities; Directions; Location of Places in a Town; Distance; Weather; Seasons; Free Time; Sport; Weekend Activities; Outings;
Housework.
Grammar Content:
As in S2 – plus – All Regular Verbs (present Tenses); Reflexive Verbs (Present Tense); Radical Changing Verbs (Present Tense); Imperatives; Irregular Verbs; Use of gustar; Immediate Future Tense; Present Continuous Tense; Past Tenses.
Outline of S4 Syllabus Spanish
Topic Areas:
Litestyle -Advantages and Disadvantages of Home Area; Leisure Interests; Healthy Living; Health Issues; Family, Friends, Society: Role of the Individual in Society.
Education and Work - Critique of own School or College; Careers; Job Intentions; Employment Issues
The Wider World – Holidays and Travel; Tourism
Grammar Content:
Present, Perfect, Preterite, Imperfect, Future, Immediate Future, Present Continuous, Conditional Tenses of all Regular Verbs; Mentioned Tenses of More Common Irregular Verbs; The Imperative Mood; Gender; Number; Control of Modal Verbs; Subject, Reflexive, Emphatic, Direct and Indirect Object Pronouns; Possessive Adjectives; Comparatives.
Outline of S4 Syllabus German
Topic Areas:
Lifestyles -Advantages and Disadvantages of Home Area; Leisure Interests; Healthy Living; Health Issues; Family, Friends, Society: Role of the Individual in Society.
Education and Work - Critique of own School or College; Careers; Job Intentions; Employment Issues
The Wider World – Holidays and Travel; Tourism
Grammar Content::
Verbs:
Person; Time (present, immediate future, completed past, continuous past); Imperatives; Control of Modal Verbs in Common Tenses.
Nouns: Gender; Case; Number.
Pronouns:
Subject, Direct Object, Emphatic, Reflexive, Relative Pronouns;
Position of Pronouns.
Adjectives:
Rules of Agreement, Rules of Position, Possessives, Comparatives, Superlatives.
Adverbs:
Rules of Order; Comparatives and Superlatives
Prepositions: Notion that Prepositions may change Case/Form of
Noun/Article as relevant; Most Common Prepositional Effects.
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Outline of P7 Syllabus
Topic Areas:
Self – Name; Age; Birthday; Family; Friends; Colours; Animals; Numbers; Alphabet; Greetings; Nationality; Religious and National Festivals; Days of the Week; Months; Calendar
Grammar Content::
The Definite Article; The Indefinite Article; Gender; Singular and Plural; Agreement of Adjectives;
Possessive Adjectives (1st Person); Avoir (Singular Forms); Être (Singular Forms)
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Outline of P6 Syllabus
Self - Name; Age; Birthday; Where you Live; Family; Colours; Numbers; Nationality; Religious and National Festivals; Awareness of France and French Customs; Pets; Classroom Commands; Clothes; Parts of the Body; Seasons; Food and Drink; Weather
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Outline of P5 Syllabus
Self - Name; Age; Birthday; Numbers; Days of the Week; Months; Religious and National Festivals; Colours; Rooms of the House; Household Objects; Classroom Objects;
Pencil Case; Weather
Outline of P3 and P4 Syllabus
Self – Name; Age; Birthday; Greetings; Toys; Numbers; Food and Drink; Classroom Commands; Colours; Animals; Religious and National festivals; Weather; House
Outline of P1 and P2 Syllabus
Self- Name; Colours; Greetings; Classroom Commands; Animals; Religious and National Festivals; Numbers
Details of extra-curricular activities organised by the Department:
S1 and S2 Languages club organised by S6 Language Prefects. Every Monday at 1.15pm in Modern Languages Department.
Debating Club organised by Mrs Scarse: Fortnightly on Thursdays at lunchtime
Additional information:
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French is compulsory from S1 to S4. Examinations at Intermediate 2 and Intermediate 1 level are offered at the end of S4. Pupils may then opt to do Higher French and continue to Advanced Higher level in S6.
German examinations will be done at Higher and Intermediate 2 level in 2009 and only at Higher level in 2010. After that German will no longer be an option, due to change of personnel in the Department.
Spanish is a new option this year in the Modern Languages Department.
A taster course is offered in S2; then pupils may choose Spanish as one of their S3 options. Examinations will be offered at Intermediate 2 level in 2010 and Intermediate 1 level if required. The first presentations for the present S3 group at Higher level will be in 2011.
Higher Spanish has been an option for S6 pupils for many years. Pupils do a one year intensive course and are presented at “Higher” level.
Teaching of French to Primary classes is done by Language specialists. Primary 6 and Primary 7 have received French instruction from the Modern Languages Department for many years. Each class has 2 periods of French per week. From August 2008 all other primary classes receive a minimum of 25 minutes of French teaching per week.
Primary 1 and Primary 2 – Mrs McShane
Primary 3 and Primary 5 – Mrs Scarse
Primary 4, Primary 6 and Primary 7 – Mrs Mooney
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