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  • Home
  • About
    • Contact Us
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    • Highlights of TY
  • Subjects
    • Core Subjects >
      • English
      • Gaeilge
      • Maths
      • French
      • Spanish
      • ECDL
      • PE
      • Religious Education
    • Taster Subjects >
      • History
      • Geography
      • Business
      • Economics
      • Accounting
      • Personal Development
      • Career Guidance
    • Option 1 Subjects >
      • CAD
      • Legal Studies
      • Music Appreciation
      • Self Defence
      • Music
      • Chinese Language and Culture
    • Option 2 Subjects >
      • Mini Company
      • Multimedia
      • GAA Skills
      • Robotics
      • Art
      • The Future is Food
    • Option 3 Subjects >
      • Physics
      • Chemistry
      • Biology
      • Psychology
      • Web Design
    • Option 4 Subjects >
      • Craft
      • Research Skills
      • Cookery
      • Product Design & Development
  • Timetables
  • Work Ex
  • Activities
    • Gaisce
    • Community Care
    • Social & Cultural Trips
  • Photos
    • Lourdes 2017
    • Ice Skating 2017
    • Junior Cert Results 2017
    • My Fair Lady 2017
    • Kippure 2016
    • TY Marley Hike
    • Barcelona 2016
    • Grease 2015
    • Killary 2017
    • Social and Cultural Trips
    • China

French

Aims & Objectives

  • Students will develop a love of France and the French language that will continue into leaving cert.
  • Students will be more autonomous in their study of French by engaging in a range of activities and project work incorporating pair and group work.
  • Students will be able to engage in conversation on a variety of subjects (themselves, family, school, their area, the working world, holidays, leisure time activities) 
  • Students will develop an understanding of various aspects of French culture including cinema, music and food.
  • Students will develop an understanding of Francophone countries and current affairs in France.


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Film
  • Through the study of film, students will be more aware of the different sections of French society.
  • Students will learn the background to life in the suburbs of cities such as Paris and Marseille.
  • Students will be more aware of social problems that exist in France. 
  • Students will be able to compare life in Dublin to life in France.
  • Students will be able to describe characters using adjectives, idioms etc.
  • Students will expand their vocabulary to make written production more descriptive.
  • Students will learn familiar language (slang) to help them understand the films they will study.
  • Students will be able to analyse scenes and will learn technical vocabulary relating to film.
  • Students will be able to compare and contrast different films.
  • Students will learn the vocabulary to express opinion and will be able to write reviews of various films.
Grammar: 
Adjectives, comparatives, superlatives, revision of present tense.

Assessment: 
Continuous assessment and choice of facebook page or film review.
Preparation pour l’examen oral.

Preparation of mini document
This Module will prepare students for their first experience of a French oral exam. They will be examined by an external examiner and will prepare a “document” which they will discuss with the examiner in the course of the exam. This will be a good preparation for Leaving Cert French.


  • Students will be able to discuss various topics in relation to their daily life, their experience of Transition Year and future plans in a formal interview with an external examiner.
  • Students will be able to describe themselves and their personality.
  • They will be able to describe their family and family relationships.
  • They will revise vocabulary related to school and will be able to describe their experience of school life in France ie.  Their second year exchange.
  • They will be able to describe their local area linking it in to problems such as traffic and pollution.
  • They will revise key grammar points (present,past and future) to describe their past experiences (holidays,exchange work experience- le stage de travail) and their plans for summer holidays, Leaving Cert and University.
  • They will choose a picture/image which they will prepare in advance to present to and discuss with the examiner  (this is a key part of assessment)
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