Academic
Mission Statement
The Department’s mission is:
- To develop students’ ability to understand French language and culture from a variety of registers and to enable them to communicate confidently and clearly in the target language through skills in four areas – Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing.
- To equip them to become resourceful, versatile and effective independent learners in their academic, professional and personal lives and become respectable citizens of our increasingly globalized world.
- To help them to become proficient in biliterate and trilingual communication for better study and life via collaborative learning and by imputing a variety of resources.
- To achieve Excellent Standards in Language Learning and Acquisition.
Course Objectives
In line with the school’s mission and vision in creating a multi-cultural environment and broadening students’ cultural understanding, students are required to study at least one language beyond their mother tongue.
Professional teachers will prepare students for the French HKDSE/DELF examination (category C subjects) from A2 to B2 level.
The provision of French Language helps the College to achieve the above mission. It meets the needs of students who are not proficient in Chinese Language though need a second language with which to satisfy external academic requirements.
Curriculum
French curriculum is in line with the 10 learning goals of the curriculum of the school.
Junior Forms
In DLKP, French is offered for Non-Chinese Students from S1 to S3 as a compulsory subject. Students start from the beginning level and students gradually develop the four language skills. By the end of S3, the targeted level is A2. The French curriculum in junior Forms focuses on both language and cultural acquisitions. It also aims to enhance creative thinking activities and problem-solving tasks. S.1, S.2 and S.3 use Adomania1,2,3, textbook and exercise1,2,3, book. The four language skills are taught (listening, speaking, reading and writing). There is also a grammar component at every year level and students are given the opportunity to hone and revise all the skills taught via e-learning platforms or various exercises.
This course is tailored for S1 and S2 students who are total beginners or have studied some French outside DLKP. In this course, students learn more about the French language and culture, focusing on the four core skills: speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Classes cover fundamental topics like greetings, daily routines, and family, while also including grammar, vocabulary, and cultural insights. The goal is to develop communication skills for practical and everyday situations.
Senior Forms
From S4 onwards, Non-Chinese students can choose to continue French as a core subject.
Students who make the decision to study French in senior form can obtain two certificates at the same time: HKDSE and DELF (National Life Diploma) under the French Ministry of Education. A2-B2 level.
S4, S5 and S6 students prepare for the French HKDSE/DELF examination. By the end of S6, the targeted level is B2. By the end of S6, students can communicate well in a French speaking environment and have a good knowledge of the French culture.
Senior form students work with their books and teaching material prepared by their teacher. Various resources are used, for example: Aqa A level year 1 and Aqa level year 2 French, Delf Textbooks and French Grammar workbook for support in grammar. The four language skills are still taught (listening, speaking, reading and writing).
Mobile technology is frequently used to engage students and make learning more interactive and fun. To further enhance students’ learning capacity for lifelong learning, Enquiry, Collaborative learning, problem-solving skills and creativity is adopted in lessons in the classroom and beyond.
Opportunities Provided by the College
Students at HKMA David Li Kwok Po College are privileged to be studying in an EMI school that creates the right atmosphere for learning, offering them myriad opportunities to learn and appreciate a multicultural environment. When learning the French language, they have the chance to become also trilingual global citizens with skills that will help them to be successful both in their academic studies and their career path.
Aside from the activities and project-based learning that takes place in the classrooms, students are offered numerous activities organized each year to arouse students’ interest in learning French and experience French culture. The following list highlights some of the many platforms available on campus for students to experience, enjoy and learn French at HKMA.
French Remedial Lessons
Students from junior forms, who have difficulties attaining proficiency in the language, will be given remedial lessons after school by external tutors. This is done to help them cope with learning the different skills and catch up with the rest of the class.
*ZOOM classes can be organized for the students who need help most and cannot attend face to face lessons.
Tutorial Lessons
Students in S6 and S5 are given extra help after school so they can do well in the HKDSE. They are taught by teachers of the French Department.
Flipped Classroom
This mode of teaching is practiced by the French Teachers to help our students to be responsible for their learning and to make French lessons more interactive. Flipped Classroom activities enhance students to be more independent and responsible learners.
Inquiry-based Learning
This approach to teaching and learning is employed to empower students to be independent learners so they can find information that could be used to complete work done in class and assignments.
Inquiry-based Learning is also used for projects and debates.
Collaboration is Necessary to Achieve Our Goals
The school cannot work alone, if it hopes to achieve what is declared in the Mission Statement. Collaboration with parents is crucial in realizing our goals. Parents should not hesitate to contact the French teachers if they have suggestion, any concern about their children learning process or if they wish to know more about the French curriculum or the benefits of learning French for their children.
Growth mind set approach
French teachers will continue to equip students to identify their strength, self-understanding and self-appreciation in order to develop a positive and Growth Mindset attitude with activities in the class and outside the classroom.
French Activities
The following are examples of activities provided by the school to help students learn and experience French beyond the classroom:
- Morning Assemblies
- French Speech Festival Competition
- French Dictation
- Poster Competition
- Campus TV
- French Club
- Extra-Curricular Activities conducted in French
- Multi-cultural Days
- Excursions
- Exhibitions
- French May
- French movies outings
- Drama
- HK-France Prize for Social Innovation
- Collaboration with schools
- Sharing sessions
- Display of good work
- Display of good work on the School Website
- Posters with French Proverbs
- Educative Games
- Collaborative and Inquiry Based Learning activities and projects.
