Languages Progression of Skills

Point to objects when single words are spoken by an adult.
State name (Je m’appelle …) when asked by an adult.
Greet others.

• Recognise individual familiar words when written.
• Begin to notice similarities between English and other languages.
• Write single familiar words to describe colours, using a scaffold.
• Write single words when given a scaffold.

• Recognise individual familiar words when written.
• Begin to notice similarities between English and other languages.
• Write single familiar words to describe colours, using a scaffold.
• Write single words when given a scaffold.

• Say hello in another language.
• Say ‘Je m’appelle…’ to introduce self.
• Show some understanding of single words, for example, by pointing to something blue when hearing the word ‘bleu’, or explaining what this means.

• Listen and show understanding of single words through physical response.
• Recognise a familiar question and respond with a simple rehearsed response.
• Name objects and actions and use the conjunction ‘et’.
• Join in with actions to accompany familiar songs.

• Read aloud individual familiar words.
• Read and show understanding of single familiar words.
• Use strategies for memorising new vocabulary.
• Write and say simple familiar words to describe people, places, things and actions, using a scaffold.
• Write single words from memory with understandable accuracy.

• Name a noun, adjective, verb, pronoun and conjunction.
• Use the masculine or feminine form of un or une correctly.
• Use first person pronouns (je) with a verb.
• Use le, la or les to show singular or plural nouns.

• Respond to questions with a rehearsed response.
• Create short phrases using the conjunction ‘et’.
• Understand the masculine and feminine form of nouns.

• Listen and show understanding of short phrases through physical response.
• Ask and answer several simple and familiar questions with a rehearsed response.
• Use familiar vocabulary to say simple sentences using a language scaffold.
• Join in with some of the words of a song or rhyme, sometimes from memory.

• Read aloud familiar phrases.
• Read and show understanding of familiar phrases.
• Use a bilingual dictionary to find the meaning of a new word or its translation.
• Write and say simple phrases to describe people, places, things and actions using a scaffold.
• Write simple phrases from memory with understandable accuracy.

• Show understanding of the position of adjectives in phrases.
• Show understanding of the rules of agreement of adjectives when using masculine or feminine nouns.
• Use second person pronouns (tu) with a verb.
• Show understanding of the rules of agreement of adjectives in the singular and plural forms.

• Say short, full sentences using a scaffold.
• Use a bilingual dictionary to find the meaning of a new word.
• When writing, ensure that an adjective is written after the noun.

• Listen and show understanding of more complex familiar phrases and sentences.
• Ask and answer more complex familiar questions with a scaffold of responses.
• Use familiar vocabulary to say more complex sentences using a language scaffold.
• Follow the simple text of a familiar song or story, and join in with saying words.

• Read aloud sentences.
• Read and show understanding of sentences using familiar language.
• Use a bilingual dictionary to find the meaning of words, when conjugated, for example.
• Write and say a sentence to describe people, places, things and actions using a scaffold.
• Write familiar sentences from memory with understandable accuracy.

• Apply knowledge of the position of adjectives when writing sentences.
• Apply knowledge of the rules of agreement of adjectives when using masculine or feminine nouns, when writing sentences.
• Use first and second person pronouns with a range of regular verbs.
• Apply understanding of the rules of agreement of adjectives in the singular and plural forms, when writing sentences.

• Show an understanding of a short paragraph, using some familiar vocabulary. 
• When writing, ensure that adjectives match the masculine or feminine form of the noun.
• Say some more complex sentences aloud.

• Listen and show understanding of more complex sentences containing familiar and unfamiliar words.
• Engage in a short conversation using familiar questions and express opinions.
• Manipulate familiar language to present own ideas and information in sentences.
• Understand the gist of an unfamiliar text, song or rhyme, using some familiar language.

• Pronounce unfamiliar words in a sentence.
• Read and show understanding of a series of sentences using familiar language.
• Decode a simple unfamiliar text using a bilingual dictionary and grammatical knowledge.
• Write and say a sentence describing people, places, things and actions by manipulating familiar language, using a dictionary for new language.
• Write sentences by manipulating familiar vocabulary with understandable accuracy.

• Apply all of the grammar knowledge learnt in Years 1-5 to build complex sentences.

• Engage in a short conversation, by asking and answering questions using familiar vocabulary.
• Decode a written paragraph using a bilingual dictionary.
• Independently apply some of the grammatical concepts covered without prompting.