Modern Languages
Modern Languages
Curriculum
The main language experienced at Cedarbank is French.
Spanish and Italian are experienced through taster sessions and lunchtime clubs.
Pupils can also experience a taster of Scottish Gaelic in some of our IDL activities during Scottish Week.
S1-S3 Broad General Education
In S1-S3 all four skills of Talking, Listening, Reading and Writing are developed through a range of topics. CfE benchmarks are used to plan and track pupil progress. In S1-S6 pupils explore aspects of French culture and film.
S1
S1 French Course vocabulary list (Word doc, 1 MB)(opens new window)
- All about me (Name, age, hometown)
Picture vocabulary - Greetings (Word doc, 888 KB)(opens new window)
Personal Language 1 (Word doc, 373 KB)(opens new window)
Personal language 2 (Word doc, 250 KB)(opens new window)
- Numbers 1-31
Vocabulary - Numbers 1-31 (Word doc, 13 KB)(opens new window)
French numbers 1-31 (gi.ui.mediatype.powerpoint, 131 KB)(opens new window)
French numbers workbook (Word doc, 57 KB)(opens new window)
Match the numbers (Word doc, 36 KB)(opens new window)
Sums to ten (1) (Word doc, 42 KB)(opens new window)
- Birthdays
Picture vocabulary - Days (Word doc, 117 KB)(opens new window)
Picture vocabulary- Months (Word doc, 172 KB)(opens new window)
Birthdays - reading comp (Word doc, 722 KB)(opens new window)
Birthdays - writing (Word doc, 38 KB)(opens new window)
- Days and months of the year
Days wordsearch (Word doc, 106 KB)(opens new window)
Days and Months (gi.ui.mediatype.powerpoint, 1 MB)(opens new window)
Label the months (Word doc, 112 KB)(opens new window)
- Colours
Picture vocabulary- Colours (Word doc, 72 KB)(opens new window)
Colours (gi.ui.mediatype.powerpoint, 659 KB)(opens new window)
- School
Picture vocabulary - Subjects (Word doc, 92 KB)(opens new window)
Picture vocabulary - Uniform (Word doc, 133 KB)(opens new window)
Picture vocabulary Pencil case items (Word doc, 68 KB)(opens new window)
Blank timetable - French (Word doc, 13 KB)(opens new window)
Draw the uniform words (Word doc, 39 KB)(opens new window)
School subjects (gi.ui.mediatype.powerpoint, 594 KB)(opens new window)
School uniform (gi.ui.mediatype.powerpoint, 2 MB)(opens new window)
- Places in town - introduction
- Aspects of French culture including songs and rhymes.
S2
S2 French course vocabulary (Word doc, 1 MB)(opens new window)
- Weather
Picture vocabulary-Weather (Word doc, 130 KB)(opens new window)
Calendar with weather 1 (Word doc, 178 KB)(opens new window)
France map weather (Word doc, 764 KB)(opens new window)
Weather (gi.ui.mediatype.powerpoint, 206 KB)(opens new window)
Weather labelling (Word doc, 59 KB)(opens new window)
- Places in Town
Picture vocabulary - Places (Word doc, 315 KB)(opens new window)
Picture vocabulary rooms (Word doc, 424 KB)(opens new window)
Places - anagrams (Word doc, 69 KB)(opens new window)
Places - match word and picture (Word doc, 909 KB)(opens new window)
Rooms in the house (gi.ui.mediatype.powerpoint, 6 MB)(opens new window)
Describing homes (Word doc, 128 KB)(opens new window)
Fill in the gaps (Word doc, 137 KB)(opens new window)
House labelling (Word doc, 125 KB)(opens new window)
- Asking and giving directions
Picture vocabulary - Directions (Word doc, 208 KB)(opens new window)
Simple directions (gi.ui.mediatype.powerpoint, 226 KB)(opens new window)
Harder directions (gi.ui.mediatype.powerpoint, 49 KB)(opens new window)
Drawing simple directions (Word doc, 25 KB)(opens new window)
Drawing tricky directions (Word doc, 134 KB)(opens new window)
- Revision of Self - name, age, home,
- Pets
Picture vovacbulary - Pets (Word doc, 140 KB)(opens new window)
Pets French (gi.ui.mediatype.powerpoint, 767 KB)(opens new window)
Pets task 1 (Word doc, 97 KB)(opens new window)
Pets task 2 (Word doc, 214 KB)(opens new window)
Pets Task 3 (Word doc, 15 KB)(opens new window)
Pets Task 4 (Word doc, 59 KB)(opens new window)
- My Pastimes
- Aspects of French culture including exploring French-speaking countries.
S3
S3 French course vocabulary list (Word doc, 1 MB)(opens new window)
- Employability
Picture vocabulary Jobs (Word doc, 338 KB)(opens new window)
Dictionary work - Jobs (Word doc, 178 KB)(opens new window)
Jobs (gi.ui.mediatype.powerpoint, 4 MB)(opens new window)
Jobs Reading comp 1 (Word doc, 932 KB)(opens new window)
Label the jobs (Word doc, 2 MB)(opens new window)
- Physical descriptions
Picture vocabulary - Descriptions (Word doc, 385 KB)(opens new window)
Descriptions colouring task (Word doc, 588 KB)(opens new window)
Descriptions Writing task 1 (Word doc, 44 KB)(opens new window)
Descriptions writing task 2 (Word doc, 71 KB)(opens new window)
Hair and eyes (gi.ui.mediatype.powerpoint, 4 MB)(opens new window)
Celebrities' hair and eyes (gi.ui.mediatype.powerpoint, 2 MB)(opens new window)
- Saying what's wrong - going to the doctor/pharmacy
Picture vocabulary - Body (Word doc, 157 KB)(opens new window)
Drawing tasks (gi.ui.mediatype.powerpoint, 63 KB)(opens new window)
I have a sore ... (gi.ui.mediatype.powerpoint, 2 MB)(opens new window)
- Food and Drink
Picture vocabulary Fruit and veg (Word doc, 286 KB)(opens new window)
Picture vocabulary - Breakfast (Word doc, 121 KB)(opens new window)
Fruit and Veg (gi.ui.mediatype.powerpoint, 2 MB)(opens new window)
Breakfast (gi.ui.mediatype.powerpoint, 970 KB)(opens new window)
Put into English- Likes and dislikes (Word doc, 383 KB)(opens new window)
Put into French-Likes and dislikes (Word doc, 39 KB)(opens new window)
- Ordering a Snack
Picture vocabulary - Snacks (Word doc, 723 KB)(opens new window)
Snacks (gi.ui.mediatype.powerpoint, 20 MB)(opens new window)
French Menu task (Word doc, 362 KB)(opens new window)
- Leisure
Senior Phase
Students can progress to SQA National 3, 4 or 5 and Higher in S4-S6.
Students can also do the SQA Modern Languages for Life and Work Award ay Levels 3 or 4 in S4-S6.
These courses offer students opportunities to develop and extend a wide range of skills. Students will develop broad, generic skills which will encourage employability, enterprise, citizenship and thinking skills all of which are valued in the modern workplace.
Useful links
Our main digital resource for Modern Languages at Cedarbank is Linguascope (opens new window).
Linguascope is an interactive language resource used regularly by all year groups at Cedarbank.
French Numbers Vocabulary (PDF, 51 KB)(opens new window)
Days and Months Flashcards (PDF, 58 KB)(opens new window)
Here is a folder on Quizlet with all the vocabulary in French included on the WL 1+2 Second Level frameworks / progression pathways. A great resource for parents and carers and young people.
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