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French at Georgianum

French is life!

Language is life, it opens doors and connects people. Our French lessons are lively and fun: we talk a lot, act out everyday situations, listen to music, watch films and discover culture, trends and traditions from France and the French-speaking world.

Your feel for the language grows and eventually you get it: ordering in a café, chatting with your pen pal, understanding a cool TV series – learning French becomes an experience that extends beyond the classroom.

Focus areas of the subject French

lower secondary education

(Years 6–10)

Second compulsory foreign language

Can be chosen alongside Spanish and Latin from Year 6 onwards

Hours per week

  • Years 6–9: 4 hours/week
  • Year 10: 3 hours/week

Contents

  • Me and others (my family, my friends, my town, my activities, my dreams, friendships, etc.)
  • Young people's lives (fashion, school, life plans, media, school exchanges, etc.)
  • Society and the world (festivals, France and its regions, the French-speaking world, migration, Franco-German friendship, etc.)

upper secondary education

(Years 11–13/qualification phase)

Year 11

  • Can be chosen as a continuation or a new foreign language
  • 3 hours per week
  • Contents: Le monde francophone (film – chanson – littérature projet)

Qualification phase

  • Possible at basic level (gA) as a written or oral examination subject or at advanced level (eA)
  • gA: 3 hours per week
  • eA: 5 hours per week
  • Contents: Topics are based on the specifications of the Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs for the centralised school-leaving examination

What else?

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Regular events and competitions

  • Cinéfête (French school film festival)
  • Exchange (we are currently looking for a new partner school)
  • National foreign language competition
  • Support for the Voltaire and Brigitte Sauzey exchange programmes run by the Franco-German Youth Office

French teachers

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Judith Lühle

Fachobfrau Französisch

Maren Determann

Julia Hülsmeier

Christine Kurzok

Martina Schaare

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Hanjo Vocks