Welcome to the French Department
Department Staff
Curriculum Information
ADDRESS
Rutherglen High School
Langlea Road
Cambuslang
G72 8ES
Welcome to the Modern Languages Dept.-French and Spanish
S1 to S3 is Broad General Education----
Pupils will develop the skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing in French and Spanish and will be provided with a range of experiences that allow for individual progress. The focus of lessons will mainly be on vocabulary recognition. Listening and speaking will be the main areas developed, using lots of visuals and Boardmaker symbols to aid comprehension. Some pupils will be able to read and recognise the words in Spanish and some will be able to write or ‘overwrite’ the Spanish words. ICT and songs will be used to aid comprehension and engage learners.
When appropriate Makaton signing will be used.
S4 to S6 is the Senior Phase with a focus on National Qualifications --
Pupils will continue to develop the skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing in French and Spanish and will be provided with a range of experiences which allow for individual progress. ICT and songs will be used to aid comprehension and engage learners. When appropriate Makaton signing will be used.
Pupils will focus on unit outcomes within their National qualifications.
S1 Curriculum
A variety of topics will be covered and a flexible approach will be taken. topics will include
Term 1 Greetings and introductions
Term 2numbers and colours
festivals/ celebrations and aspects of life
Term 3 pets
Term 4 parts of the body
S2 Curriculum
A variety of topics will be covered and a flexible approach will be taken. topics will include
Greetings and introductions
Days of the week and months of the year
Building on numbers and colours
festivals/ celebrations and aspects of life
family
S3 Curriculum
A variety of topics will be covered and a flexible approach will be taken. topics will include
greetings and introductions,
fruit and vegetables, food and drink
weather
places
festivals/celebrations and aspects of life
S4 Curriculum
Pupils will be working on National 1 and national 2 qualifications. Pupils will further
develop an understanding of life in another country and the culture of that country. They will learn simple words and phrases in the modern language on a variety of topics.
S5 Curriculum
Pupils will be working on National 1 and national 2 qualifications. Pupils will further
develop an understanding of life in another country and the culture of that country. They will learn simple words and phrases in the modern language on a variety of topics.
S6 Curriculum
Pupils will be working on National 1 and national 2 qualifications. Pupils will further
develop an understanding of life in another country and the culture of that country. They will learn simple words and phrases in the modern language on a variety of topics.