Modern Foreign Languages
Student Information
What will I learn in French?
Some of the things you will learn include:
• How to speak in the language about yourself, your family and friends, your hobbies, your school, etc.This will help you to talk to people who speak the language
• The skills of listening to, reading and writing in thelanguage
• The grammar of the language
• Information about the countries wherepeople speak the language, and their way of life.
Is learning French anything like what I did in primaryschool?
You may have been learning English, Irish,or a modern language already, so you already know a lot about learning how languages work. This will be of great help to you as you make comparisons between the languages. It may also help you to guess the meanings of words and phrases in the new language you are learning.
Some of the things you will learn include:
• How to speak in the language about yourself, your family and friends, your hobbies, your school, etc.This will help you to talk to people who speak the language
• The skills of listening to, reading and writing in thelanguage
• The grammar of the language
• Information about the countries wherepeople speak the language, and their way of life.
Is learning French anything like what I did in primaryschool?
You may have been learning English, Irish,or a modern language already, so you already know a lot about learning how languages work. This will be of great help to you as you make comparisons between the languages. It may also help you to guess the meanings of words and phrases in the new language you are learning.