{"id":3421,"date":"2026-04-12T17:02:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T07:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newington.nsw.edu.au\/academic-guides\/academic-guide-years-11-12\/french-continuers-2-unit\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T21:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T11:40:57","slug":"french-continuers-2-unit","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.newington.nsw.edu.au\/academic-guides\/academic-guide-years-11-12\/hsc\/hsc-subjects\/french-continuers-2-unit\/","title":{"rendered":"French Continuers 2 unit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Course Description<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Preliminary Course<\/strong> [Board Developed] 2 units
HSC Course<\/strong> [Board Developed] 2 units<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prerequisites: 200-300 hours study of the language or equivalent.
Stage 5 French
Exclusions: French Beginners<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Preliminary and HSC courses<\/span><\/span> are designed for students who have already been learning French through to Stage 5 or its equivalent level. <\/span><\/span>The student\u2019s skills in, and knowledge of, French will be developed through <\/span><\/span>listening, speaking, reading and writing <\/span><\/span>tasks associated with a range of texts and text types<\/span><\/span> (such as conversations, speeches, letters and diary entries)<\/span><\/span>. The student will also gain an insight into the culture and language of French-speaking c<\/span><\/span>ommunities throughout the world. <\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Main Topics Covered:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Preliminary Course<\/strong><\/span>

  • Personal Identity<\/span> <\/span><\/li>
  • Relationships<\/span> <\/span><\/li>
  • School life<\/span> <\/span><\/li>
  • Leisure and interests<\/span> <\/span><\/li>
  • Arts and Entertainment<\/span> <\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/td><\/tr>
HSC Course:<\/strong><\/span>

  • Travel and Tourism<\/span> <\/span><\/li>
  • The World of Work<\/span> <\/span><\/li>
  • Technology<\/span> <\/span><\/li>
  • Environment<\/span> <\/span><\/li>
  • Youth cultures<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/td><\/tr>
Students’ language skills are developed through tasks such as:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/b>

  • Conversation<\/span> <\/span><\/li>
  • Responding to an aural stimulus<\/span> <\/span><\/li>
  • Responding to a variety of different written material<\/span> <\/span><\/li>
  • Writing for a variety of purposes<\/span><\/li>
  • Studying French culture through texts <\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    Assessment<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Preliminary Course<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Internal Assessment<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>

    • Speaking<\/span> through conversations, discussions and speeches<\/span> <\/span><\/li>
    • Listening <\/span>to aural texts <\/span>and <\/span>r<\/span>esponding<\/span> in short answer format<\/span> <\/span><\/li>
    • Reading and <\/span>r<\/span>esponding<\/span> in short answer format<\/span> <\/span><\/li>
    • Writing in French<\/span> applying knowledge of text types studied<\/span> <\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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      HSC course only<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      EXTERNAL ASSESSMENT<\/strong><\/span><\/td>WEIGHTING<\/strong><\/span><\/td>INTERNAL ASSESSMENT<\/strong><\/span><\/td>WEIGHTING<\/strong><\/span><\/td><\/tr>
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      • A ten-minute oral examination -conversation<\/span><\/li>\n
      • A three-hour written examination:<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Listening and Responding<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Reading and Responding Part A<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Reading and Responding Part B<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Writing in French<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>
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        \n
      • TBA<\/span><\/li>\n
      • TBA<\/span><\/li>\n
      • TBA<\/span><\/li>\n
      • TBA<\/span><\/li>\n
      • TBA<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>
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        \n
      • Speaking<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Listening and Responding<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Reading and Responding<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Writing in French<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>
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      • TBA<\/span><\/li>\n
      • TBA<\/span><\/li>\n
      • TBA<\/span><\/li>\n
      • TBA<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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        Course Description Preliminary Course [Board Developed] 2 unitsHSC Course [Board Developed] 2 units Prerequisites: 200-300 hours study of the language or equivalent.Stage 5 FrenchExclusions: French Beginners The Preliminary and HSC courses are designed for students who have already been learning French through to Stage 5 or its equivalent level. The student\u2019s skills in, and knowledge of, French […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"parent":3402,"menu_order":16,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-3421","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newington.nsw.edu.au\/academic-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newington.nsw.edu.au\/academic-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newington.nsw.edu.au\/academic-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newington.nsw.edu.au\/academic-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newington.nsw.edu.au\/academic-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3421"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.newington.nsw.edu.au\/academic-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3421\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3939,"href":"https:\/\/www.newington.nsw.edu.au\/academic-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3421\/revisions\/3939"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newington.nsw.edu.au\/academic-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newington.nsw.edu.au\/academic-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}