This unit focuses on Les médias (The media). Through the three topics: Technology and me, Film and music, and In the media, students extend and refine their communication skills in French and gain a broader and deeper understanding of the language and culture. Unit 4 This unit focuses on Le monde qui nous entoure (The world around us). Through the three topics: Planning my future, Migrant experiences, and Youth issues, students extend and refine their communication skills in French and gain a broader and deeper understanding of the language and culture. Each unit includes: a unit description – a short description of the focus of the unit unit content – the content to be taught and learned. Organisation of content The course content is organised into five content areas: Learning contexts and topics Text types and textual conventions Linguistic resources Intercultural understandings Language learning and communication strategies. These content areas should not be considered in isolation, but rather holistically as content areas that complement one another, and that are interrelated and interdependent. Learning contexts and topics Each unit is defined with a particular focus, three learning contexts and a set of topics. The learning contexts are: The individual The French-speaking communities The changing world. Each learning context has a set of topics that promote meaningful communication and enable students to extend their understanding of the French language and culture. The placement of topics under one or more of the three learning contexts is intended to provide a particular perspective, or perspectives, on each of the topics. Text types and textual conventions Text types are categories of print, spoken, visual, or audiovisual text, identified in terms of purpose, audience and features. In learning a language, it is necessary to engage with, and produce, a wide variety of text types. Text types and textual conventions vary across languages and cultures and provide information about the society and
This unit focuses on Les médias (The media). Through the three topics: Technology and me, Film and music, and In the media, students extend and refine their communication skills in French and gain a broader and deeper understanding of the language and culture. Unit 4 This unit focuses on Le monde qui nous entoure (The world around us). Through the three topics: Planning my future, Migrant experiences, and Youth issues, students extend and refine their communication skills in French and gain a broader and deeper understanding of the language and culture. Each unit includes: a unit description – a short description of the focus of the unit unit content – the content to be taught and learned. Organisation of content The course content is organised into five content areas: Learning contexts and topics Text types and textual conventions Linguistic resources Intercultural understandings Language learning and communication strategies. These content areas should not be considered in isolation, but rather holistically as content areas that complement one another, and that are interrelated and interdependent. Learning contexts and topics Each unit is defined with a particular focus, three learning contexts and a set of topics. The learning contexts are: The individual The French-speaking communities The changing world. Each learning context has a set of topics that promote meaningful communication and enable students to extend their understanding of the French language and culture. The placement of topics under one or more of the three learning contexts is intended to provide a particular perspective, or perspectives, on each of the topics. Text types and textual conventions Text types are categories of print, spoken, visual, or audiovisual text, identified in terms of purpose, audience and features. In learning a language, it is necessary to engage with, and produce, a wide variety of text types. Text types and textual conventions vary across languages and cultures and provide information about the society and
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