ICSE Class 10 Syllabus 2024 French

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MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES
FRENCH (27)
(Under Group I)
Candidates opting for a Modern Foreign Language as a Second Language in Group I may not opt for the
same language under Modern Foreign Languages in Group II and Group III.
Aims: 5. To enhance the ability of the candidates to express
their ideas and feelings in their own words and for
1. To develop and integrate the use of the four
them to understand the use of correct language.
language skills i.e. listening, speaking, reading
and writing. 6. To appreciate the language as an effective means
of communication.
2. To use the language effectively and appropriately
on topics of everyday life situations. 7. To understand language when spoken at normal
conversational speed in everyday life situations.
3. To develop an interest in the appreciation of
French. 8. To understand the basic structural patterns of the
language, vocabulary and constructions.
4. To develop an intercultural awareness.

CLASSES IX AND X

There will be one paper of three hours duration 4. Grammar
carrying 80 marks and Internal Assessment of
This will consist of tests in vocabulary, syntax and
20 marks.
idiom, e.g., synthesis in sentence construction,
1. Composition formation of sentences in French correctly
embodying given words or forms. The question
Candidates will be required to write, in French,
will not require detailed knowledge of
one short composition which may include short grammatical definitions. The questions on
explanations, directions, descriptions or grammar will include the following:
narratives. There will be a choice of subjects
Grammaire:
which will be varied and may be suggested by
language or other stimuli such as pictures or  Articles (définis, indéfinis. contractés,
objects. partitifs)
 Adjectives (démonstratifs, possessifs,
2. Letter qualificatifs, interrogatifs)
Candidates will be required to write a letter from  Interrogation
a choice of either a formal or an informal letter.  Negation (ne ... pas, ne ... rien, ne ...
Suggestions may be given. The layout of the letter personne, ne ... plus, etc.)
with address, introduction, conclusion, etc., will  Pronouns (sujet, COI, COI, quantité, lieu,
form part of the assessment. relative)
 Prepositions
3. Comprehension
 Tenses (présent, imparfait, passé
An unseen passage of about 150 words will be compose, futur simple, passé récent, futur
given in French. Questions based on the given simple, verbes pronominaux, impératif)
passage, will be set, to be answered in French,  Comparaison (plus de ... que, moins de ...
so as to test the candidates’ understanding of the que, plus de / moins de + nombre)
content of the passage.  Superlative (Ie plus .. ./le moins ... )

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Conjugation exercises (for testing verbs), gap filling NOTE: The Class X - ICSE examination paper will
(for testing articles, pronouns, prepositions), be set on the entire syllabus prescribed for the
correcting errors (for testing adjectives, negation, subject.
comparative etc.), Making questions and negative The Class IX internal examination is to be conducted
sentences, correcting jumbled sentences etc. on the portion of this syllabus that is covered during
the academic year.
5. Translation and/or Dialogue Writing: The Council has not prescribed bifurcation of the
 One short passage will be set for translation syllabus for this subject.
from French into English.
INTERNAL ASSESSMENT – 20 Marks
 One passage will be set for translation from
1. Schools will prepare, conduct and record
English into French. assessments of the Listening, Speaking and
 Dialogue writing (Around 150 words) based Creative Writing Skills of candidates as follows:
on situations faced in everyday life. Hints may
be given. Class IX: Three assessments in the course of the
year.
Annexe Class X: Two assessments in the course of the
Communication (oral and written) skills that can be year.
covered from any book used for teaching:
2. Pattern of Assessment
1. Topic A - Myself a) Listening Skills
 Self, Family and Friends A passage of about 300 words is read aloud by
 Important Events the examiner twice at normal reading speed
 Interests and Hobbies (about 110 words a minute). Candidates may
 Home and Locality make brief notes during the readings. They
 Daily Routine then answer an objective type test based on the
passage, on the paper provided.
 School
b) Speaking Skills
2. Topic B - Holiday Time & Travel
Each candidate is required to make an oral
 Travel, Transport and Tourism presentation for about two minutes, which will
 Accommodation be followed by a discussion on the subject
 Restaurant with the examiners, for about three minutes.
 Directions Subjects for presentation may include
 Holiday Activities narrating an experience, providing a
 Services description, giving directions, expressing an
opinion, giving a report, relating an anecdote
3. Topic C - Work & Lifestyle or commenting on a current event.
 Home Life A candidate may refer to brief notes in the
 Everyday Living and Health course of the presentation but reading or
 Work Experience excessive dependence on notes will be
 Leisure penalized.
 Shopping It is recommended that candidates be given
 The Environment an hour for preparation of their subject for
presentation and that they be given a choice of
Teaching and study resource books: subject, on a common paper.
 Ado - published by CLE International c) Creative Writing Skills
 Bravo - Published by Hatier Didier Each candidate is required to write short
 Entre Jeunes - published by CBSE compositions based on the suggested
assignments.

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SUGGESTED ASSIGNMENTS EVALUATION
FOR CLASSES IX AND X The assessment will be conducted jointly by the
Aural: Listening to a conversation/talk/reading of a subject teacher and the external examiner who will
short passage and then writing down the relevant or each assess the candidate. (The External Examiner
main points in the specified number of words and may be a teacher nominated by the Head of the School
answering the given questions. who could be from the faculty but not teaching the
language in the section/class. For example, a teacher
Oral: Prepared speech/declamation; impromptu of French of Class VIII may be deputed to be an
speech/debate/discussion; report/interview; elocution; External Examiner for Class X Language projects).
role-play / general conversation on selected topics.
Award of Marks (20 Marks)
Creative Writing: Students are to write short Subject Teacher (Internal Examiner) 10 marks
compositions; the stimuli may be:
External Examiner 10 marks
 a piece of recorded music.
The total marks obtained out of 20 (Listening
 a series of recorded sounds. Skills: 5 marks; Speaking Skills: 5 marks and Creative
 a picture/photograph. Writing: 10 marks) are to be sent to the Council by the
 an opening sentence or phrase. Head of the School. The Head of the School will be
 a newspaper/magazine clipping or report. responsible for the online entry of marks on the
 one piece of factual writing which should be Council’s CAREERS portal by the due date.
informative or argumentative. Schools are required to maintain a record of all
 one piece of expressive writing which is assessments conducted in Listening, Speaking and
descriptive and imaginative. Creative Writing Skills for candidates of Classes IX
 preparation of film/book review. and X. These include copies of the assessment tests,
topics for presentation and marks awarded.
It is also suggested that students be made aware of This record will be maintained for a period of up to
contemporary forms of written communication, such two months after the declaration of the results of ICSE
as fax, memo, etc. (10) examinations of the candidates concerned.

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INTERNAL ASSESSMENT IN MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES - GUIDELINES FOR MARKING WITH GRADES
CREATIVE WRITING (CLASSES IX & X)
Grade Content/Analysis of Idea, Expression/ Effective Structure/ Organisation Vocabulary/ Use of Originality/ Marks
Thought/ Feeling Expression of Idea of Material Words, Phrases Imaginative/
Innovative
I The candidate analyses the ideas, The candidate expresses The work is very well The use of vocabulary The work is 4
feelings and experiences the ideas, thoughts and structured an introduction, exhibits a high level of imaginative
effectively. feelings effectively. body and conclusion, competence in handling interesting and
Reasoning is logical and effective. paragraphing and language. engrossing.
appropriate sentence
construction.

II The candidate analyses the ideas, The candidate expresses The work is very well The vocabulary exhibits The candidate's 3
feelings and experiences with the ideas thoughts and structured with some competence of word work is quite
well-defined explanations, feelings well and with sense of conclusion and of usage; correctness of interesting and
reasoning is logical and clarity. paragraph lengths. grammar and spelling. engrossing.
persuasive.
III The candidate analyses the idea, The candidate expresses The work is fairly well The candidate uses The candidate 2
feelings and experiences with a the ideas, thoughts and structured; straightforward demonstrates the
fair degree of detail and feelings fairly well and Candidate follows simple vocabulary and fairly ability to sustain the
explanation. Reasoning is fairly with a fair degree of paragraphing. good pattern of interest of the
logical and persuasive. clarity. spellings. reader.

IV The candidate attempts to analyze The candidate expresses The work shows some The candidate's The candidate is, to 1
ideas, feelings and experiences the idea, thoughts and understanding of vocabulary is limited and some extent, able to
with simple explanation and feelings intelligibly and paragraphing and the spelling, punctuation sustain the interest
detail. Reasoning and arguments in simple language. structure. and grammar is of the reader.
are not very convincing. sometimes poor.

V The candidate attempts a basic The candidate is unable The candidate does not There is consistent The candidate is 0
analysis of ideas, feelings and to expresses the ideas, display an understanding weakness in spelling, unable to sustain the
experiences with few simple thoughts and feelings, of structure and punctuation and interest of the
explanations and few details. Is uses simple language and paragraphing. grammar. reader.
unable to present proper work is not very
arguments. intelligible.

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INTERNAL ASSESSMENT IN MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES - GUIDELINES FOR MARKING WITH GRADES
AURAL ASSIGNMENT (CLASS IX)
Grade Understanding/ Recall Vocabulary Context/ Correlation to Other Marks
Comprehension Main Idea, Areas
Central Theme
I The candidate accurately The candidate recalls all the The candidate uses appropriate The candidate clearly 3
understands the central idea of the important points made (written/ and correct vocabulary while understands the context and can
passage as well as the relevant verbal). recalling the points made. widely correlate the passage to
points in the selected passage/ the other areas.
talk.
II The candidate gives ideas fairly The candidate recalls some of the The candidate uses correct but The candidate can moderately 2
close to the central / main idea of important points made (written/ simple vocabulary while understand the context of the
the passage as well as understand verbal). recalling the points made. passage and can moderately
some of the relevant points heard correlate the passage to the other
in the selected passage/ talk. areas.

III The candidate cannot fully The candidate recalls very few of The candidate makes various The candidate can only faintly 1
comprehend the passage and the important points made errors in vocabulary while understand the context of the
gives only a few ideas related to (written/verbal). recalling the points made. passage and relate it to the other
the central theme of the passage. areas.

IV The candidate is neither able to The candidate is unable to recall The candidate uses incorrect The candidate is unable to 0
understand the central/main idea the important points made vocabulary while recalling the understand the context of the
of the passage; nor able to (written/verbal) points made. passage and is unable to correlate
understand relevant points heard the passage to the other areas.
in the passage/talk.

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INTERNAL ASSESSMENT IN MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES - GUIDELINES FOR MARKING WITH GRADES
ORAL ASSIGNMENT (CLASS X)
Grade Fluency of Language Subject Matter Organization Vocabulary/ Understanding Gesture Marks
Delivery
I Speaks with fluency and Matter is relevant, Content is well Uses appropriate While speaking, the Uses natural and 3
has full operational rich in content and sequenced and well vocabulary and candidate emphasizes spontaneous
command over the original. organized. pronounces words the important points. gestures that are
language. correctly. not out of place.

II The candidate speaks The subject matter The content is The candidate While speaking the Uses some natural 2
with fairly good fluency is mostly relevant, satisfactorily pronounces most candidate emphasizes gestures.
and has reasonable consisting of a sequenced and well words correctly and most important points.
operational command of few original ideas. organized. uses simple
the language. vocabulary.

III The candidate speaks The subject matter The subject content is The candidate While speaking, the Uses very few 1
with poor fluency and is irrelevant and very poor and lacks pronounces many candidate emphasizes natural gestures.
does not communicate lacks originality. organisational words incorrectly and some important
except for the most basic structure. uses inappropriate points.
information. vocabulary.

IV The candidate cannot The subject matter The subject content The candidate is While speaking, the Uses no natural 0
communicate even the is negligible. comprises of mere unable to correctly candidate is unable to gestures.
most basic information. words with no pronounce most words emphasize important
structured sentences. and has a limited points.
vocabulary.

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