{"id":1107,"date":"2024-03-03T12:02:37","date_gmt":"2024-03-03T12:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/?page_id=1107"},"modified":"2025-09-07T11:51:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T10:51:25","slug":"french-higher","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/curriculum\/language-and-communication\/language-and-communication\/french-higher\/","title":{"rendered":"French: Higher"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns: 41% auto\">\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" class=\"wp-image-823 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/public\/brechinhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/2628\/2024\/03\/02174014\/Languages-724x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/public\/brechinhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/2628\/2024\/03\/02174014\/Languages-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/public\/brechinhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/2628\/2024\/03\/02174014\/Languages-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/public\/brechinhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/2628\/2024\/03\/02174014\/Languages-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/public\/brechinhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/2628\/2024\/03\/02174014\/Languages-800x1131.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/public\/brechinhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/2628\/2024\/03\/02174014\/Languages.jpg 891w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\r\n<h1>French: Higher<\/h1>\r\n<p><strong>Recommended Entry Requirements:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>N5 French\/Spanish A\/B\/C*<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p id=\"h.p_KiwmIqQG07SD\">(National 5 C* &#8211; Entry will be subject to consideration of personal circumstances, including a view of faculty staff, alternative progression routes and the individual\u2019s learner journey)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p id=\"h.p_EtE8cwRbYgQQ\"><strong>Course Content:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>The <strong>Higher <\/strong>course covers four skills &#8211; Reading, Listening, Talking and Writing and four contexts:<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Society<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Education<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Employability<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Culture.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p id=\"h.p_Uk4kZO0t0_Lu\">Over the year pupils will study a variety of topics from these contexts, as well as studying how the language works (grammar). In particular, the Course aims to enable learners to develop the ability to:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>read, listen, talk and write in a modern language<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>understand and use a modern language<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>develop the language skills of translation<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>apply knowledge and understanding of a modern language<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p id=\"h.p_Fhy7W4X-0_Ly\">Learners will learn using a variety of methods: Online games &amp; activities,magazine articles, YouTube videos, films, role plays and conversations.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p id=\"h.p_lYsdjZySCZfZ\"><strong>Assessment:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Higher French is assessed via a combination of an internal talking assessment and an externally assessed exam and writing assignment.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p id=\"h.p_RoRrOUghCBw3\"><strong>Progression Pathway:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/curriculum\/language-and-communication\/language-and-communication\/french-advanced-higher\/\">Advanced Higher French with Higher A\/B pass<\/a><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/curriculum\/language-and-communication\/language-and-communication\/spanish-higher\/\">Higher Spanish; Advanced Higher Spanish<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7553,"featured_media":0,"parent":1058,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1107","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7553"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1107"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1697,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1107\/revisions\/1697"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}