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Year 10 - French

La technologie informatique : extending vocabulary

Popular culture: les médias

Unit Summary

This unit expands topic-specific vocabulary on a range of media topics, including TV and cinema, computer technology and social networks. It further develops pupil knowledge of negation, revisiting previously met negative structures and introducing ne...ni...ni... with all tenses.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to understand texts about the uses, pros and cons of technology, and adopt topic-specific vocabulary.

Key Notes

  • Listening and reading texts can be exploited to enrich our topic-specific vocabulary.
  • Listening and reading texts can be exploited to enrich our use of complex structures.
  • It is important to include rich and specific vocabulary when presenting arguments for or against something.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • il faut: an impersonal verb meaning 'it is necessary, must'

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • Reading or listening texts are only useful for developing general comprehension skills.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain what you can now say or understand in this lesson.

Listening and reading texts can be exploited to enrich our topic-specific vocabulary. Listening and reading texts can be exploited to enrich our use of complex structures.

2. Define this key language word and use it in context. 'il faut'

an impersonal verb meaning 'it is necessary, must'. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.

3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.

Mistake: Reading or listening texts are only useful for developing general comprehension skills. Correction: Careful use of reading and listening texts to enrich topic-specific vocabulary is beneficial for students.

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