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Students at ISNS come from many different countries and speak many different languages. There three major languages programs offered at ISNS:

English Language and Literature (Language A) ; English Language Acquisition (Language B).

Mandarin as host country language, Language and Literature, and Language Acquisition

French as Language B option

To find out the language pathways we offer and how each language is taught through PYP to DP years. This week, we interviewed the Head of Department for the world language, Martine Lusignan to give us a full overlook of the French Program offered at ISNS. Some of the Grade 11 students have also talked about French from their perspectives.

The French Program

ISNS offers French in MYP and DP, it starts in Grade 6. The students also have the option to join French in Grade 9 andthey might not have the same language acquisition as the ones started in G6. However, by the end of the program, they will be able to have conversations in French.

Phase one

In the French program, there are two major components. The first one is language acquisition and the second one is culture. When students are starting in Grade 6, they don"t know the language yet and we call that phase one.

Phase two & Phase three

As they"re learning French from grade 6to grade 10, they usually move from phase one to phase two then to phase three, each phase takes approximately two years.

The standard level or the high standard level

By the time our studentsstart DP, they are usually ready to start DP in French B. French B is offered in two different levels: the standard level or the high standard level. Usually, DP program students at ISNS are learning the standard level.

Phase four

Currently our Grade11students are in their phase four, theycan communicate in French, read and write pretty much anything in French. If students start French in Grade 9, they will probably be in the beginner level. These students will completephase two by the end of Grade 12.

French is fun

The connection between MYP and DP is a very clear progression

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We are looking at the topics, the competencies, the skills and the content.

Examples for you

to understand

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The topics in grade six, students will start learning about daily life conversation and interactions such as presenting yourself and talking about your daily life. As they gradually learn more from Grade 8 to 10, they start learning about things that are more complex and abstract.

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In Grade 10, studentslearn about the international French culture. Theywill read a book called “Le petit prince (The little prince)” and they will learn to talk about their own life in the future and the past.

In terms of content

Student starts to learn French with simple sentences. As we know French is complex, and the first thing that students need to know is vocabulary and the present tense. As they are becoming more and more confident with the vocabulary, they will learn the basic sentence structure.They start to go deeper into the grammar. Verb conjugation and sentence structure are the things we focus on throughout the entire program. It is just the nature of the French language.

In terms of competencies

Students are assessed in MYP on four different competencies:two are receptive and two are productive. They will produce written and oral text and they will also read and listen. Then when the four competencies are mastered, students will move on to DP and add one more competency, which is interactive. That is their final oral assessment, which is a conversation of10-15 minutes with the teacher.

Each year grade 6 to grade 10 students are workingactively and explicitly on the same Approaches to learning (ATLs) to deepen their skills. From Grade6to 10 for example,we work on communicationas the first ATL of the year. After that, every year they get better at itthroughout the French program in MYP, students will learn to develop all their ATL skills, which are research skills, thinking skills, self-management skills, communication skills and social skills. Students learn about the French community

which is an international community. They learn to be curious and interested in other cultures. This is such an important part of the IB program at ISNS.

We have a very vibrant but small French program community. Students feel safe and they are here to engage with the teacher and other students. They develop their social skills, their communication skills but more than that they developed this ideathat we live in a global world, and they are becoming more open-minded citizens.

“Tips to learn French

“To learn French, one of the first thingsis to be interested in the language. We usually learn French through oral, it would be to get familiar with the sounds, listening to music and maybe listening to people speaking French. Another thing is try to readand be curious about the words that you can pick upfrom another language or a sentence structure. I think that learning French is all about being curious and being interested in something that you don"t know.”

--Martine Lusignan

World Language Department Head

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法語

作為語言B選項

ISNS的學生來自不同的國家，說著不同的語言。ISNS提供三種主要的語言課程:

英語語言文學課程(語言A)；英語語言習得課程(語言B)

中文作為東道國語言；中文語言文學課程，中文語言習得課程

法語作為語言B選項

為了了解我們提供的遞進式語言課程，以及從PYP到DP每種語言是怎么教授的。本周，我們采訪了世界語言課程的負責人Martine Lusignan，讓我們全面了解ISNS提供的法語課程。一些11年級的學生也從他們的角度發表了他們對法語課的看法。

你了解法語課程嗎？

ISNS在 MYP 和 DP 從六年級開始提供法語課程。學生們也可以選擇在九年級加入法語，他們和從六年級就開始的語言習得班會不同。但在畢業的時候，學生們也將可以用法語進行對話。

階段一

我們的法語課程有兩個主要組成部分：第一個是語言習得；第二個是文化。當學生開始六年級法語時，他們對法語是完全不懂的，我們稱之為第一階段。

階段二 & 階段三

從六年級到十年級，學習法語通常從第一階段移動到第二階段再到第三階段， 每個階段大約需要兩年的時間。

標準級別或高標準級別

當我們的學生進入到 DP 時，他們通常已經準備好學習DP法語 B了。法語 B 提供兩個不同級別：標準級別或最高標準級別。通常 ISNS 的 DP 項目學生正在學習標準水平。

階段四

目前，我們 11 年級的學生處于第四階段，他們可以用法語交流，幾乎可以用法語閱讀和寫作任何東西。如果學生在 9 年級開始學習法語，他們可能處于初級水平。他們將在 12 年級結束時完成第二階段。

法語很有趣

MYP 和 DP 之間的聯系非常明確

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我們注重研究主題、能力、技能和內容。

舉些例子

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例如六年級的話題，MYP學生將開始學習日常生活對話和互動，如展示自己和談論你的日常生活。隨著他們從 8 年級到 10 年級逐漸學得更多，他們開始學習更復雜和抽象的事物。

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例如，在 10 年級，學生學習國際法國文化。他們會讀一本叫做《Le petit prince（小王子）》的書，他們會學會談論自己未來和過去的生活。

在內容方面

學生們從簡單的句子開始學習法語。眾所周知，法語很復雜，學生首先需要知道的是詞匯和現在時。隨著他們對詞匯越來越有信心，他們學習了基本的句子結構。他們開始更深入地學習語法。動詞變位和句子結構是我們在整個課程中關注的重點。這也是法語的本質。

在能力方面

學生在 MYP 中會針對四種能力進行評估。兩個是接受的，兩個是創作的。他們創作書面和口頭文本，他們也會有閱讀和聽力。然后當掌握了這四種能力后，學生們會繼續在DP學習，他們還會增加一種互動能力。這是他們的最終口頭評估，將與老師進行 10-15 分鐘的對話。

每年 6 年級到 10 年級的學生都在積極和明確地使用相同的學習方法 (ATL) 來加深他們的技能。例如，從 6 年級到 10 年級，我們將溝通技巧作為的第一個 重點。之后，在整個 MYP 的法語課程中，學生每年都會在這方面做得更好，學生將學習發展他們所有的 ATL 技能，即研究技能、思維技能、自我管理技能、溝通技能和社交技能。學生在了解法語社區是一個國際社會時，他們學會對其他文化感到好奇和感興趣。這是 ISNS IB 項目的重要組成部分。

我們有一個充滿活力但規模很小的法語項目社區。學生感到安全，他們在這里與老師和其他學生盡情互動。他們發展了社交技能和溝通技巧，但更重要的是，學生們形成了我們生活在全球化世界中的觀念，也正在成為思想更加開放的公民。

“學習法語妙招

“學習法語，我認為首先要對這門語言感興趣。我們通常通過口語學習法語，就是熟悉聲音，聽音樂，還有去聽人們說法語。我要說的另一件事是嘗試閱讀并對您可以從另一種語言或句子結構中學到的單詞感到好奇。我認為學習法語就是要對你不知道的事物保持好奇和興趣。”

--Martine Lusignan

世界語言課程負責人