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Theme 4 – The Young Person and Society

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• Character and Personal Relationships
• The Environment
• Education
• Careers and Future Plans
• Social Issues, Choices and Responsibilities

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Character and Personal Relationships

Time allocation – 4 weeks

Exchange information and opinions about :

• Your and others personality
• Feelings / problems arising from personal relationships.
• Personal feelings towards others.
• Qualities of a good friend / relationship.
• Character / personality of famous people.
• Issues re marriage and children.
• Why parents / friends hold different views.

Grammar

Adjectives

Higher Level

• Indirect object pronouns
• Position and order of pronouns
• Subjunctive mood (Horoscopes??)

Vocabulary

See AQA Students' Guide pages 26 and 34.

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The Environment

Time allocation – 3 weeks

Exchange information and opinions about :

• Types of housing in your area.
• Transport issues (public transport / pollution / congestion)
• Reasons for pollution (lack of recycling, packaging, energy use etc)
• Conservation issues (recycling, wildlife, energy)
• Simple ways to improve the environment.

Grammar

• Pouvoir / Devoir

Vocabulary

See AQA Students' Guide pages 27 and 34.

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Education

To be added.

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Careers and Future Plans

Time Allocation – 3 weeks

Exchange information and opinions about :

• Plans once completed education.
• Advantages and disadvantages of different jobs (conditions, pay, prospects)
• Long term career plans and intentions.
• Working abroad.
• Marriage, children, home, holidays.
• Issues relating to pressures to earn money or to study.
• A gap year – advantages and disadvantages.
• Pressure to follow expected path versus personal preferences

Grammar

• Future tense with Aller (je form)
• Future tense (je form)
• Conditional tense (je form)

Higher Level

• Full paradigm of future and conditional tenses.

Vocabulary

See AQA Students' Guide pages 27 and 35.

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Social Issues, Choices and Responsibilities

Time allocation – 4 weeks

Exchange information and opinions about:

• Looking for a job.
• Advertisements.
• Problems appropriate to age, experience and interest.
• Different family situations.
• Equal opportunities (school and work)
• Issues connected with media / peer / parental pressure.
• Problems of unemployment.
• Issues concerning smoking, alcohol and drugs.
• Issues about the consequences of addiction.

Vocabulary

See AQA Students Guide pages 27 and 35.

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