SACE Stage 2 French (continuers) study plan
SACE Stage 2 French (continuers) · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 6 hours per week
Interacting in French (oral communication) & Understanding and responding to French texts
Record and self-assess a 3-minute spoken monologue on a personal topic, noting fluency breakdowns
Transcribe 20 new connectives and discourse markers from authentic audio and use 10 in speech
Read two 400-word French articles and summarise each orally in 90 seconds
Build a personal error log with 15 recurring grammar or pronunciation issues
Your checkpoint
A 3-minute recorded monologue plus a written error log of 15 items with corrections
Interacting in French (oral communication) & Understanding and responding to French texts
Sustain a 10-minute simulated conversation using clarification and repair strategies
Identify main ideas and supporting details in three listening texts of increasing length
Practise pronunciation of nasal vowels and liaison with 15 targeted sentences
Paraphrase five written passages aloud without reading verbatim
Your checkpoint
A 10-minute recorded dialogue with a study partner or self-recorded role-play, annotated with repair phrases used
Understanding and responding to French texts & Investigating French language and culture
Analyse two longer French texts for tone, register, and implied meaning
Research one francophone cultural topic and compile a source-annotated fact sheet
Compare how the same news event is framed in two francophone outlets
Draft 10 comprehension questions on your chosen texts and answer them in French
Your checkpoint
A two-page annotated cultural fact sheet with sources and 10 self-written comprehension questions
Understanding and responding to French texts & Investigating French language and culture
Summarise a 600-word text in 120 words in French, preserving key argument
Deliver a 5-minute spoken cultural presentation using your fact sheet
Identify and explain five cultural references or idioms in authentic material
Evaluate two sources for reliability and note bias indicators
Your checkpoint
A recorded 5-minute cultural presentation plus a 120-word written summary of a 600-word text
Producing French texts & Investigating French language and culture
Write a 250-word structured argumentative text with clear thesis and connectors
Produce a formal email of complaint and an informal message on the same issue
Integrate five cultural references naturally into a written piece
Self-edit two drafts using a checklist for agreement, tense, and register
Your checkpoint
A 250-word argumentative text with two marked-up drafts showing edits
Producing French texts & Interacting in French (oral communication)
Write a 300-word narrative or report under 45-minute timed conditions
Convert three written pieces into spoken summaries of 90 seconds each
Expand sentence variety by rewriting 15 simple sentences into complex ones
Record a 4-minute opinion response to a written stimulus
Your checkpoint
A timed 300-word written piece plus a 4-minute recorded opinion response to a stimulus
Interacting in French (oral communication) & Producing French texts
Complete two full mock oral interactions of 12 minutes with feedback
Write two full-length texts across different text types under exam timing
Reduce error-log items from 15 to under 5 through targeted drills
Refine register control across formal and informal written tasks
Your checkpoint
Two recorded mock orals with a completed feedback rubric and two timed written texts
Understanding and responding to French texts & Investigating French language and culture
Complete a full timed reading and responding paper and mark it against criteria
Deliver a final 6-minute cultural investigation presentation with Q&A
Review and consolidate the error log into a one-page revision sheet
Rehearse oral repair and paraphrase strategies under time pressure
Your checkpoint
A marked full practice paper plus a final recorded 6-minute presentation and one-page revision sheet
Milestones
Week 2: Can sustain a 10-minute spoken interaction using at least 8 distinct repair and clarification phrases
Week 4: Can summarise a 600-word text in 120 words and present culturally for 5 minutes with accurate references
Week 6: Can produce a 300-word written text in 45 minutes with fewer than 6 errors from the personal error log
Week 8: Completes a full timed practice paper and a 6-minute presentation, with error log reduced to under 5 recurring items