Worked example · MFL · Year 10
DCF: Citizenship → Online behaviour and online bullying
A secure Year 10 response, annotated so you can see which success criterion each part meets. It is also your answer key. Sorting: A = 1 · B = 2, 5, 10 · C = 3, 4, 6, 9 · D = 7, 8. The accounts that comment twice are @anonyme_2847 (3 and 6) and @jules_foot (4 and 9). The most serious comment is 6. Plain-English translations of every French answer are given so you can check pupils' work.
(a) She sang her favourite song on stage at her school talent show, in front of 300 people, for the first time.
(b) She was really scared: « J'avais trop peur ».
(c) She asks everyone to be kind: « Soyez gentils, s'il vous plaît ».
Accurate gist with the French quoted as evidence. Evidences criterion 1.
| N° | A–D | Gist in English |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | Well done, your voice is wonderful, I'm really proud of you. |
| 2 | B | It's good, but you sing a bit fast at the start — breathe before the chorus next time. |
| 3 | C | Laughing at her: stop singing, you're rubbish. |
| 4 | C | Agrees with comment 3 — joins in. |
| 5 | B | Doesn't like the song choice, prefers the original, but says she's brave. |
| 6 | C | The whole school is laughing at you; delete it or I'll share it everywhere. |
| 7 | D | Stop, it isn't funny, leave her alone; messages Lina privately. |
| 8 | D | Has reported the nasty comments; says online bullying isn't OK. |
| 9 | C | It was just a joke, calm down. |
| 10 | B | Doesn't really like this kind of music, but she sang well — keep going. |
@anonyme_2847 comments twice (3 and 6) and @jules_foot twice (4 and 9). So comment 6 is not a one-off: the same hidden account has come back to target Lina again, and this time it threatens her.
Comment 9 is correctly put in C: "it was just a joke" does not undo comment 4, and it tells the people defending Lina to back off. Spotting the repeated accounts is what shows the pupil understands that bullying is often about repetition, not one bad comment. Evidences criteria 1 and 2.
| English | French from the thread |
|---|---|
| in my opinion | à mon avis |
| next time | la prochaine fois |
| I don't agree with | je ne suis pas d'accord avec |
| I prefer | je préfère |
| you have courage | tu as du courage |
| you're rubbish | t'es nulle |
| delete your video, otherwise… | supprime ta vidéo, sinon… |
| leave her alone | laissez-la tranquille |
| I reported | j'ai signalé |
| it was just a joke | c'était juste une blague |
Comments 2, 5 and 10 all add something positive (c'est bien, tu as du courage, tu as bien chanté) and talk about the singing or the song, not about Lina as a person. Comment 2 even gives advice for next time. Comments 3 and 4 only attack her and give no reason.
All ten phrases found with accents intact. The explanation pins down the difference: criticise the performance, not the person, and balance it with mais. Evidences criteria 1 and 3.
Comment 3: À mon avis, tu pourrais chanter un peu plus fort la prochaine fois, mais tu as du courage de monter sur scène.
In my opinion, you could sing a bit louder next time, but you are brave to go up on stage.
Comment 9: Je m'excuse, Lina. Ce n'était pas drôle et je n'aurais pas dû écrire « +1 ». Bravo pour ton courage.
I'm sorry, Lina. It wasn't funny and I shouldn't have written "+1". Well done for being brave.
The rewrite of comment 3 keeps a genuine criticism but aims it at the performance and adds a positive with mais. The rewrite of comment 9 owns the mistake instead of excusing it; je n'aurais pas dû is a stretch structure beyond what the task needs. Evidences criterion 3.
À mon avis, les réseaux sociaux sont utiles parce qu'on peut partager ses passions, mais ils peuvent aussi blesser. Lina devrait faire des captures d'écran, bloquer le compte anonyme et en parler à un adulte de confiance. Si on voit un commentaire méchant, on peut le signaler et envoyer un message gentil à la victime, comme Inès. Surtout, il ne faut ni liker ni partager. Récemment, j'ai lu un article sur le cyberharcèlement et j'ai appris qu'en France, on peut appeler le 3018. Ma règle : avant de publier, demande-toi si tu dirais la même chose en face.
About 95 words, all four points in order: an opinion with parce que and mais; Lina devrait + three infinitives; what a witness can do; a past-tense sentence (j'ai lu, j'ai appris) and a rule using the conditional tu dirais. Evidences criteria 4 and 5.
In English: In my opinion, social media is useful because you can share your passions, but it can also hurt people. Lina should take screenshots, block the anonymous account and talk to a trusted adult about it. If you see a nasty comment, you can report it and send a kind message to the victim, like Inès. Above all, you must neither like nor share it. Recently I read an article about cyberbullying and I learned that in France you can call 3018. My rule: before posting, ask yourself whether you would say the same thing face to face.
Comment 6 is the most serious. First, it is a threat: supprime ta vidéo, sinon je la partage partout means "delete your video or I'll share it everywhere", which is trying to frighten her into doing something. Second, it is repeated — the same anonymous account wrote comment 3 — and it claims the whole school is laughing at her, so it is trying to make her feel everyone is against her.
Lina should not reply. She should screenshot the comments, block and report @anonyme_2847, and tell a trusted adult such as a parent or the school's safeguarding lead, because the account says it is someone from her school. In France she could contact 3018; in Wales a young person could contact Meic or Childline.
Two reasons, both quoted from the thread, and practical steps in a sensible order (keep evidence before blocking). Evidences criteria 2 and 5.