CSEC French Syllabus 2026

Learn common greetings and appropriate responses for various social contexts in French, Spanish, and Portuguese.

Practice appropriate farewell expressions for diverse settings including the classroom, home, street, and travel situations.

Master phrases for introducing people and using appropriate forms of address in both formal and informal situations.

Compose letter beginnings and endings, and express holiday wishes for Christmas, New Year, and Easter.

Discover phrases used for making toasts at dinners, weddings, flag-raising ceremonies, and state visits.

Learn how to thank others and express gratitude in various social settings and written communications.

Practice making apologies and conveying feelings of regret or disappointment in different contexts.

Offer congratulations for achievements like passing exams or winning prizes, and give good wishes for new ventures.

Learn to express sympathy and condolences during times of loss, illness, or misfortune.

Master phrases to get someone's attention in various public and private settings, including emergency situations.

Learn how to politely make requests in various situations using structures like 'Vouloir/aimer bien' and 'S'il te/vous plait'.

Practice inviting others to events or activities using appropriate expressions and phrases.

Learn to identify people, objects, and places, and formulate identifying questions using 'Etre' and 'Qu'est-ce que c'est?'.

Understand and fill out application forms with personal details like name, address, age, and place of birth.

Develop vocabulary and phrases for describing characteristics of people, locations, and objects.

Acquire vocabulary and expressions to describe weather conditions, times of day, and seasons in various regions.

Learn phrases and verb structures to narrate past imaginative and personal incidents effectively.

Use expressions for quantities, numbers, and listing items, especially in shopping or market contexts.

Master prepositions and phrases for describing location, direction, and geographical places.

Formulate questions and make inquiries using various interrogative words and structures.

Learn how to express agreement, disagreement, and negation using various linguistic structures.

State confirmation and denial clearly, distinguishing between certainty and doubt.

Convey varying degrees of possibility, doubt, disbelief, conjecture, and certainty.

Formulate and present personal opinions using common phrases like 'Je pense que' and 'A mon avis'.

Express approval, happiness, liking, satisfaction, disapproval, dislike, and dissatisfaction using appropriate vocabulary.

Indicate preferences using comparative phrases such as 'Préférer', 'aimer mieux', 'Preferir', and 'gostar mais (do) que'.

Convey hopes, fears, and worries using specific verbs and conjunctions like 'espérer', 'avoir peur', and conditional clauses.

Practice insisting on actions and expressing wants, wishes, and desires using various linguistic structures.

Express willingness, grant permission, and ask for permission in various social and formal contexts.

Express obligations and prohibitions using various grammatical structures and imperative forms.

Formulate commands, give instructions, and provide directions using infinitives, questions, and imperatives.

Propose and suggest actions or courses of action using imperative forms, questions, and specific verbs.

Give advice and issue warnings in various situations using conditional clauses and specific exclamations.

Learn how to make promises and issue threats using future-oriented structures and conditional clauses.

Use connectors to indicate time order and add information in a discourse.

Employ markers to reinforce ideas and express similarity between concepts.

Learn phrases to introduce narratives and summarize information concisely.

Connect ideas by expressing results, consequences, and logical deductions.

Learn phrases to conclude discussions and explicate or clarify points.

Use expressions like 'Par exemple' and 'etcétera' to provide examples and illustrate points effectively.

Employ connectors to show contrast, coordinate ideas, and indicate replacement in a discourse.

Learn key vocabulary related to farming tools and the farmer profession in French, Spanish, and Portuguese.

Acquire essential vocabulary for the fisherman profession and related equipment, such as 'la pirogue' and 'la seine'.