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The National 5 Course – How this book can help you How this book can help you BrightRED Study Guide: National 5 French focuses on your work in the year leading up to the examination. It offers you a study ‘toolkit’ containing: • Topic by topic revision of the National 5 course • Development of language skills • Progression through contexts and topics • Effective techniques for handling exam questions • A range of typical types of questions for practice • A range of ways to revise, either on your own or with friends Society Chapter 2, Society, will teach you all the useful vocabulary and grammar points to do with: • • Relationships with family and friends Healthy lifestyles • • Media Citizenships You will explore the different problems or advantages you could have in relation to these topics including healthy and unhealthy relationships and friendships, ways of life and life-style related illnesses; the media and what impact reality shows and new technology have on our lives; global languages and the importance of learning foreign languages; the environment and the differences between town and country life as well as explaining how you could describe your local area as a tourist centre. Don’t Forget You won’t be able to take this book into the exam so try to revise all of the topics in advance and attempt the practice questions without your notes. Learning Chapter 3, Learning, will cover the language connected with: • • Education and exam preparation Different education systems • Responsibility of learners This will include talking about what learning activities you like and dislike and how you prepare for exams; discussing different education systems, for example in different countries and the vocabulary you need to talk about how to improve education systems; providing you with the vocabulary necessary to talk about the responsibilities that you have as learners and how you should strive to do well. Employability Chapter 4, Employability, will show you how to talk about: • • • Different jobs including part-time work Letters of application, CVs and job applications Review of achievements and evaluating experiences This chapter will cover different jobs, managing part-time jobs whilst studying and the qualities that you would need to do different types of jobs; how to write letters of application, CVs, fill in application forms, etc. by reviewing your achievements and considering your ambitions as well as what language to use when planning and reporting back on work experience. 34 FRENCH: sample pages FRENCH: sample pages FRENCH: sample pages the national 5 course Culture Chapter 5, Culture, allows you to discuss: • • • • • Importance of travelling and learning a foreign language Talking about holidays Aspects of other countries Literary Fictions Films and TV This will include learning to talk about holidays that you have been on and your own attitudes to travelling; help you to understand aspects of other countries and give you the language skills to discuss these and recognise them in the reading and listening exams; talking about customs and traditions of other countries and will allow you to compare your own culture with that of other people; you will also gain the skills to understand literary fiction in the foreign language and analyse simple texts; you will also be given the vocabulary you need to discuss films and TV in other countries and give your opinions. Whilst covering the themes and topics in each chapter, you will develop your language skills, increase your vocabulary and be given the opportunity to revise the grammatical structures. Don’t Forget Make sure that you get your work corrected, either by your teacher or by using an answer key. You should also go back to the ones that you got wrong and work out why you didn’t get the correct answer. Check the vocabulary of the passage, transcript or audio file and be sure that you’ve understood why each answer is what it is. online Remember to visit the Bright Red Digital Zone for great tests, links and extra practice! Beyond the exam Not only will this book help you to prepare for and do well in National 5 French, it will also help lay down the skills you need next year to do well if you decide to continue with Higher French or study a new foreign language Higher or National 5, Modern Languages for Work Purposes Units, further study, training or simply employment. Using practice questions In order to revise effectively for your National 5 exam, it is useful to complete practice questions in Reading/Writing and Listening. The Reading questions are straight-forward; you just have to read and answer the questions with the help of a dictionary. If you have learned the vocabulary from each section of the book then this should be fairly easy, even without a dictionary. This book has a section dedicated to the Writing part of the exam with clear guidelines on how to complete it. With regards to the Listening paper, it is useful to listen and read the transcript after doing the questions, to see how well you have done, correct any mistakes and understand how each word is pronounced. RECAP Now you know: • • • • • • what is meant by the terms ‘Unit Assessment’ and ‘Course Assessment’ what is involved in your Performance what is involved in the Reading/Writing paper what is involved in the Listening paper what is meant by the Marking Instructions how to use practice questions 35 Employability – Part-time Jobs and Studying Part-time Jobs and Studying In order to earn extra money while they are studying, many young people have un petit boulot (a part time job). In this section, we will look at the topic of part-time jobs and studying. Don’t Forget Jobs can have different forms depending on whether the person doing them is male or female, for example, a vendeur would be a male sales assistant but a vendeuse would be a female sales assistant. Part-time jobs Let’s brainstorm some of the jobs you could do. Can you add any others? Receptionniste Receptionist Serveur/euse Waiter/waitress Part-Time Jobs Vendeur/euse Sales Assistant Don’t Forget When you say your job, you don’t need to use the article un or une: Je suis un serveur ✗ Je suis serveur ✔ Livreur de journaux Newspaper Delivery Person Caissier/ère Cashier Au Pair Babysitter How would you start the sentence to say what job you do? You could start with: Or simply: Je travaille comme… – I work as … Je suis… – I am … What do you do in your job? Je dois/Il faut… – I must… Travailler avec le grand public – Work with the public Aider les enfants avec les devoirs – Help the children with their homework Livrer les journaux – Deliver the newspapers Ranger les vêtements – Tidy the clothes Faire les réservations – Make reservations Faire du babysitting – Do babysitting Faire la cuisine – Do the cooking Servir les clients – Serve the customers Répondre au téléphone – Answer the phone Faire le ménage – Do the housework Quick Revision Can you match up each of these sentences to the jobs in the mind map? Some sentences apply to more than one job. Opinions of Jobs J’aime/J’adore mon travaille/boulot parce que… – I like/love my job because… Je n’aime pas/Je déteste mon travaille/ boulot parce que… – I don’t like/hate my job because… C’est – It’s Intéressant – Interesting Nul – Rubbish Très – Very Ennuyeux – Boring Facile – Easy Vraiment – Really Génial – Great Difficile – Difficult Plutôt – Rather Merveilleux – Amazing Un peu – A bit Fantastique – Fantastic cont 36 FRENCH: sample pages FRENCH: sample pages FRENCH: sample pages Employability Les clients sont sympas – the customers are nice J’aime travailler dans une équipe – I like working in a team Je peux rencontrer des nouveaux gens – I can meet new people Mes collègues sont énervants – My colleagues are annoying J’ai beaucoup à faire – I have a lot to do Je suis très occupé(e) – I’m very busy Je n’ai pas le temps d’étudier – I don’t have time to study Je peux gagner de l’argent pour payer mes études – I can earn money to pay for my studies Je peux gagner de l’expérience – I can gain experience J’aime avoir de la responsabilité – I like having responsibility Don’t Forget Use the correct endings of the future/conditional tenses. J’ai l’occasion d’apprendre des nouveaux choses – I have the chance to learn new things Je ne m’ennuie j’amais – I never get bored online Quick Revision Translate the following paragraphs into English. 1. Je travaille comme serveuse. J’aime mon travail parce que c’est génial. Je suis très occupée et les clients sont sympas. Je ne m’ennuie j’amais. 2. Je suis au pair pour une famille à Edimbourg. Je déteste mon boulot parce que c’est nul. Les enfant sont énervants et j’ai beaucoup à faire. 3. Je travaille comme receptionniste dans un hotel a Aberdeen. C’est merveilleux parce que je peux rencontrer des nouveaux gens et je peux gagner de l’expérience. Can you write your own paragraph about an imaginary part-time job using the vocabulary above? Look at this vocabulary list online for more professions http://www.lingolex.com/ jobfr.htm Online test Test how well you have learned about employment and studying online at http:// cloud4test.com/hello/ Studying You may be saving money to go to university. Let’s look at some of the phrases you will need to talk about studying. Je voudrais aller à l’université – I would like to go to university Je dois économiser – I need to save Il faut travailler dur – I have to work hard Il faut obtenir des bonnes notes – I need to get good marks Réussir les examens – to pass the exams Rater les examens – to fail the exams Je voudrais étudier – I would like to study Le droit – law La medecine – medicine Les sciences – science Les langues modernes – modern languages La psychologie – psychology Je n’ai pas encore décidé ce que je voudrais faire – I don’t yet know what I want to do J’aimerais habiter loin de chez moi – I’d like to live far away from home J’aimerais rester à la maison pendant mes études – I’d like to stay at home during my studies Je voudrais trouver un bon travail – I’d like to find a good job Je voudrais voyager à l’étranger – I’d like to travel abroad THINGS TO DO AND THINK ABOUT Using the vocabulary above and previous vocabulary from this book, write a few sentences about your intentions for the future. You can also use a dictionary for this exercise. 37