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Home Tutoring.org.uk offers French at all levels and for all ages. We use a range of resources to cater for individual needs and we do from conversational French to teaching the grammatical structures of verbs and tenses. Tutoring can be done on an individual or very small group basis and always at a pace that is suitable for the student.

Following is an overview of the topics we cover at each level, and these are to suit the individual needs of the learner which means that grammar, writing, reading and listening will only be done if requested. Speech and general understanding are done as standard.

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Key Stages 1 & 2 & Beginners   Key Stage 3 & Basic   Key Stage 4 (GCSE) & Intermediate
Key Stage 5 (AS & A2 Level) & Advanced   Basic French for Holiday & Work

 

Primary KS1&2 French - Years 1-6 / Ages 4-11 & Beginners:

The topics covered at Key Stage 1 are:

  1. Salut! - covers saying greeting people and saying goodbye;
  2. Ma famille - covers saying and spelling your name and naming who is in your family;
  3. Les animaux - covers naming animals;
  4. C'est quel jour? - covers naming days of the week and months of the year, as well as numbers 1-9;
  5. Les fêtes- covers naming holidays;
  6. Le monde - covers naming countries;
  7. L'école - covers naming subjects and saying what you like and dislike;
  8. La nourriture - covers naming food and drink and saying what you like and dislike;
  9. Le sport- covers naming sports;
  10. Les vêtements- covers naming colours and clothes;
  11. En ville - covers saying where you live and naming different places you can find in a town.

The topics covered at Key Stage 2 are:

  1. Moi - covers simple greetings, introducing yourself making and asking simple statements and questions about name and age and numbers 1-10;
  2. Jeux et chansons - covers responding to a song in French, understanding simple instructions, making a game, expressing preference and numbers 11-20;
  3. On fait la fête - covers saying what you can do well, celebrating achievements and special occasions, making simple statements about activities, months of the year, writing an invitation and asking permission;
  4. Portraits - covers parts of the body, colours, descriptions of people, making and giving simple statements and descriptions about appearance;
  5. Les quatre amis - covers responding to a story, understanding simple instructions, descriptions of animals, giving a simple description of an animal and making a simple statements about movement;
  6. Ça pousse! - covers responding to a story, buying things, ordering in a restaurant, expressing likes and dislikes about food and saying what you would like;
  7. On y va - covers travel, weather, making statements about travel, describing the weather and naming the days of the week;
  8. L'argent de poche - covers expressing opinions about likes and dislikes about food and toys, justifying opinions, numbers 21-39 and simple prices;
  9. Raconte-moi une histoire! - covers responding to a song, giving instructions and numbers in multiples of 10 up to 100;
  10. Vive le sport! - covers healthy foods and drinks and making simple statements about activities and diet;
  11. Le Carnaval des animaux - covers giving a simple description of animals and habitats, telling the time on the hour and asking and answering simple questions;
  12. Quel temps fait-il? - covers describing the weather, clothing, revision of numbers up to 40, saying the temperature and saying the date;
  13. Bon appétit, bonne santé - covers food and drink, expressing likes, dislikes and preferences about food and drinks, making simple statements about food and drinks and following and writing instructions in a recipe;
  14. Je suis le musicien - covers responding to a song in French, expressing and qualifying opinions about musical preferences and making simple statements about musical instruments;
  15. En route pour l’école - covers the alphabet, places in the locality, simple directions, describing a journey to school, telling the time on the half-hour and using repair strategies to keep a conversation going;
  16. Scène de Plage - covers responding to a painting, writing and performing a poem, giving a simple description of a scene or place, using adjectives to add interest and detail to a description and writing instructions;
  17. Le Retour du Printemps - covers responding to a poem and a Greek myth and making statements about seasons and weather;
  18. Les planètes - covers the planets, giving a description of a planet and making statements about the position of a planet;
  19. Notre école - covers places around the school, making statements about everyday school routines, school subjects, telling the time using quarter-hours and minutes and making statements about people in school;
  20. Notre monde - covers a contrasting, French-speaking locality, travel, weather reports and making statements about travel to another country, the weather, animal habitats and geographical features;
  21. Le passé et le présent - covers comparison of modern-day settlements with those in the late 1940s, clothes, descriptions of people and what they are wearing, making statements and asking questions about a town and following instructions for a dance;
  22. Ici et là - covers telling the time using the 24-hour clock, money and prices with numbers 71-99, expressing and justifying an opinion and making statements about forms of entertainment;
  23. Monter un café - covers drinks, snacks and ice creams, quantities of food and dink and expressing preferences about food and drink;
  24. Quoi de neuf? - covers making statements about sections in a newspaper and making statements about what's on TV.

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Secondary KS3 French - Years 7-9 / Ages 11-14 & Basic:

The units covered at KS3 have been divided in Year 7, Year 8 and Year 9, but they can be adapted to suit individual needs:

Year 7 Units:

  1. C'est parti! - covers meeting and greeting people, the alphabet, classroom objects and using French in the classroom, numbers 1 to 31 and expressing people's age, expressing possession, constructing sentences, dates, sounds and spelling and pronunciation and intonation;
  2. En famille - covers members of the family giving names, ages and birthdays, pets and numbers 32 to 69;
  3. Chez moi - covers where people live, describing rooms in the house, using -er verbs and telling the time;
  4. Comme d'habitude - covers saying where people go, describing what people do in the home, asking questions and expressing opinions, giving orders, dealing with unfamiliar language and independent reading of short texts;
  5. Une journée - covers asking why and giving opinions, describing the school day, using numbers 70-100, reflexive verbs and writing short passages;
  6. Comment tu t'amuses? - covers hobbies and interests, skimming and scanning texts about leisure pursuits, sports and music, days of the week, time and frequency and constructing complex sentences about interests and hobbies.

Year 8 Units:

  1. Les autres pays - covers European countries and their capitals, numbers above 100, different cultures, Francophone countries and areas, varying language to suit contexts, the weather and seasons and using 'si' and 'quand';
  2. Fais ceci...Faites cela! - covers locations in a town or country, finding the way, giving directions, distances using large numbers and modes of transport;
  3. Qu'est-ce qu'on va faire? - covers making and discussing arrangements, expressing intentions, the present, immediate future and future tenses, giving and responding to invitations, spontaneous communication, using texts to make decisions and writing letters;
  4. Qu'est-ce qu'on mange? - covers expressing opinions about food, conversations about food, understanding recipes, describing food, reading and writing recipes, sizes, quantities and measures and describing meals of own and other cultures;
  5. À la mode - covers clothes and fashion, styles and materials, reading about clothes and fashion for information and pleasure, describing people and clothes, giving reasons for choice and comparing clothes and prices;
  6. Invitations - covers being and receiving a guest, expressing thanks and appreciation, arranging to stay abroad, giving advice and help, describing people in detail and travelling;
  7. Ça va? - covers illnesses, problems and remedies, asking and answering questions about illness, expressing how people feel, understanding and giving instructions in relation to parts of the body, writing advice, discussing and comparing healthy lifestyles and understanding and responding to advertisements.

Year 9 Units:

  1. Déjà- covers knowing the differences between the present and the past tenses, describing a past event, using the perfect tense, describing recent events in the wider world and summarising stories and events;
  2. Une visite - covers understanding language about a holiday abroad, asking about details of a previous holiday, describing holidays, holiday preferences, making holiday arrangements, dealing with the unpredictable and planning a visit for a group of French speakers;
  3. Notre monde - covers towns and countries, regions of France, aspects of the environment, giving personal views on aspects of the modern household, describing problematic situations, expressing personal views using negatives, developing ideas for improving your home town and expressing ideas and views on environmental issues;
  4. À mon avis - covers films, books and television, describing appearance and character traits, describing how things used to be, summarising a story and listening, reading and viewing for enjoyment;
  5. Chez nous, chez vous - covers Francophone countries and regions, aspects of Francophone ways of life and producing different types of writing.

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Secondary KS4 French (GCSE) - Ages 14-16 & Intermediate:

The units covered in general for those who are just wanting to learn a little more French are:

  1. Bonjour, ça va? - covers greetings and first introductions;
  2. Moi - covers personal profiles, family, numbers and the French alphabet;
  3. Chez moi - covers house and home;
  4. Au travail - covers describing jobs and occupations;
  5. J'aime... - covers leisure activities and opinions;
  6. Les rendez-vous - covers making arrangements and accepting or declining invitations, time, days and dates;
  7. Au café - covers naming food and drink and ordering a meal;
  8. Le transport public et les voyages - covers travelling on public transport and understanding timetables and describing a town or city;
  9. Les vacances et le syndicat d'initiative - covers countries, describing holiday activities, understanding tourist information;
  10. Où est...? - covers asking for, understanding and giving instructions and asking where places of interest are;
  11. Le logement - covers booking a room in a hotel or hostel;
  12. Au marché - covers shopping for and buying food, drink, presents and clothes, naming colours and giving sizes, comparing items and giving opinions, pocket money and prices;
  13. Les temps - covers understanding weather forecasts and saying what the weather is like;
  14. Je ne me sens pas bien - covers parts of the body, saying what is wrong with you, illnesses, asking for medicine and getting medical advice;
  15. La France et les pays Francophones - covers finding out about France and other French speaking countries in general.

In addition to these topics, we also cover verbs, nouns, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns and numerals in a little more depth than at KS3.

For those students who are working towards their GCSE in French we usually follow the AQA Syllabus as the majority of our pupils follow it. However, that is not to say that we have not worked towards other syllabus so please do contact us to enquire whether we could help you.

For the GCSE pupils we cover the following themes and topics and help them prepare for all four assessments (Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking) :

Theme 1 - My World. The topics covered are:

    1A Self, Family and Friends
    1B Interests and Hobbies
    1C Home and Local Environment
    1D Daily Routine
    1E School and Future Plans (up to age 18)

Theme 2 - Holiday Time & Travel. The topics covered are:

    2A Travel, Transport and Finding the Way
    2B Tourism
    2C Accommodation
    2D Holiday Activities
    2E Services

Theme 3 - Work & Lifestyle. The topics covered are:

    3A Home Life
    3B Healthy Living
    3C Part-Time Jobs and Work Experience
    3D Leisure
    3E Shopping

Theme 4 - The Young Person in Society. The topics covered are:

    4A Character and Personal Relationships
    4B The Environment
    4C Education
    4D Careers and Future Plans (post age 18)
    4E Social Issues, Choices and Responsibilities

We also help students with the two topics they have specifically chosen for the Conversation component of their examination. In addition, we also cover a wide range of grammar that is required at GCSE and that is appropriate for the level to which each student is working towards (either Foundation or Higher).

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Secondary KS5 French (AS & A2) - Ages 16-18 & Advanced:

The units covered in general for those who are just wanting to learn a little more or enhance their French are:

  1. En classe- covers language of the classroom, including basic ICT;
  2. Chez moi - covers the house, home, daily routines and chores;
  3. Au collège - covers life and work at school, including opinions and talking about subjects;
  4. L'heure, la date, les nombres et les prix - covers time, dates, numbers and prices;
  5. Moi - covers personal descriptions;
  6. La famille, les copains et les animaux - covers family, friends and pets;
  7. Bonjour, ça va? - meeting and greeting people;
  8. Les loisirs- covers free-time and leisure activities;
  9. Les vacances - covers countries, holidays and describing holiday activities;
  10. Au café et au restaurant - covers visiting a café and restaurant;
  11. Je ne me sens pas bien - covers simple health problems;
  12. Ma ville et ma region - covers describing a town and region;
  13. Le transport et les renseignements - covers finding the way and transport;
  14. Au syndicat d'initiative - covers asking for and understanding tourist information;
  15. Au marché - covers pocket money and shopping for food, clothes and presents;
  16. Le temps- covers weather.
  17. La France et les pays Francophones - covers finding out about France and other French speaking countries in general.

In addition to these topics, we also cover verbs, nouns, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns and numerals in a little more depth than at KS3.

For those students who are working towards their A2 or AS in French we usually follow the EDEXCEL Syllabus as the majority of our pupils follow it. However, that is not to say that we have not worked towards other syllabus so please do contact us to enquire whether we could help you.

For the AS and A2 pupils we cover the following themes and topics, but will only focus on the specific topic area they are studying, and will help them prepare for all four areas of assessments - Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking. (Please remember that AS students will only need to cover Units 1 & 2, whereas those doing A2 will need to cover all 4 Units):

Unit 1 - Spoken Expression and Response in French. General Topic Areas of which students will choose one:

    - Youth culture and concerns
    - Lifestyle: health and fitness
    - The world around us: travel, tourism, environmental issues and the Spanish-speaking world
    - Education and employment.

Unit 2 - Understanding and Written Response in French. General Topic Areas covered are:

    - Youth culture and concerns
    - Lifestyle: health and fitness
    - The world around us: travel, tourism, environmental issues and the Spanish-speaking world
    - Education and employment

Unit 3 - Understanding and Spoken Response in French:

Because students have a completely free choice of issue that does not need to relate to the culture and/or society of a French-language country or community nor to any of the Edexcel general topic areas, we support each pupil with the topic that they have chosen in order to help them prepare for their Oral Assessment.

Unit 4 - Research, Understanding and Written Response in French. General Topic Areas covered are:

    - Youth culture and concerns
    - Lifestyle: health and fitness
    - The world around us: travel, tourism, environmental issues and the French-speaking world
    - Education and employment
    - Customs, traditions, beliefs and religions
    - National and international events: past, present and future
    - Literature and the arts.

In addition to the the above topics we also support students in their chosen topic for the written assessment which is a research-based essay in French (240-270 words) that rewards students for French-language research skills linked to an area of interest to the student. This must relate to the culture and/or society of a French-language country, countries or community, and students will need to draw on their knowledge and understanding of this. They will have freedom to determine the content of their research but it must relate to one of the following areas of research:

a Geographical area
b Historical study
c Aspects of modern society
d Literature and the arts (eg text, play or film).

We then support each student in their chosen area.

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Basic French for Holiday & Work:

This course is an introduction to French language and culture, designed for use in holiday and work contexts and is taught as 6 different stages, each being taught at a personalised pace for the student, and each ending with a fact file and a challenge to see how you would cope in the four situations covered in each Stage.

The Stages and Units covered are:

Stage One -

  1. On prend un taxi - covers basic greetings and farewells, stating your destination and recognising cognates;
  2. Pour aller à...? - covers requesting simple directions to basic locations and understanding simple directions;
  3. Un carnet s'il vous plaît - covers buying tickets and numbers 1-10;
  4. On achète des souvenirs - covers choosing and buying souvenirs in Paris, number 1-20 and understanding how much something costs;
  5. On prend un snack - covers ordering a snack and a drink and understanding the waiter.

Stage Two -

  1. Qu'est-ce que tu fais? - covers asking and saying what you do for a living and looks at common irregular verbs;
  2. La famille - covers introducing friends and family;
  3. Une conversation - covers using the informal 'tu' form, exchanging small talk and paying basic compliments;
  4. Salut - covers introducing yourself, countries and asking and saying where you are from.

Stage Three -

  1. Au restaurant - covers ordering a meal with drinks and enquiring about a table;
  2. Au marché - covers buying food and drink, saying how much you need using partitives and quantities;
  3. Le menu - covers reading and understanding a menu, enquiring about a dish and saying what you like and dislike.

Stage Four -

  1. Les vêtements - covers buying clothes, stating your size and talking about how something fits, making simple comparisons and naming colours;
  2. Les consignes - covers understanding and giving simple instructions, asking for clarification and giving commands and advice;
  3. Il y a un(e).. prês d'ici? - covers asking where something is, enquiring about a specific place and talking about locations that are near or far;
  4. Le temps - covers understanding simple weather forecasts and talking about the weather;
  5. Je veux loué un(e)... - covers renting an item, describing items and making a choice and handling larger numbers and prices.

Stage Five -

  1. L'invitation - covers making arrangements, accepting and declining invitations and making an offer;
  2. On sort - covers making plans and finding out what's on, asking for advice based on your interests, days of the week and parts of the day;
  3. On prend le train - covers travelling by public transport, buying a ticket and checking travel details and telling the time;
  4. La réservation - covers booking something over the phone, making enquiries about accommodation and days and dates.

Stage Six -

  1. La pharmacie - covers buying medicine, describing symptoms and stating what you need;
  2. En route - covers dealing with problems on the road, asking for specific help and advice and stating what you need;
  3. Service des objets trouvés - covers reporting lost property and explaining what has happened in the past.

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