Languages

Extra-Curricular Activities

  • Lunchtime Clubs- homework support for KS3 and KS4
  • After school extra MFL for KS4

Key Stage 3

French

What are the knowledge and skills that students will gain over Key Stage 3?

Learning a foreign language provides an opening to other cultures. The teaching should enable pupils to express their ideas and thoughts in another language and to understand and respond to its speakers, It should also provide opportunities for them to communicate for practical purposes, thereby equipping pupils to study and work in other countries.

Grammar and vocabulary

  • identify and use tenses or other structures which convey the present, past, and future as appropriate to the language being studied
  • use and manipulate a variety of key grammatical structures and patterns, including voices and moods
  • use a wide-ranging and deepening vocabulary allowing students to give and justify opinions and take part in discussions about wider issues
  • use accurate grammar, spelling and punctuation.

Linguistic competence - 4 skills

  • Listening- to listen to and show understanding of a variety of forms of spoken language
  • Speaking- to speak coherently and confidently with increasingly accurate pronunciation and intonation.
  • Reading- to show comprehension of original and adapted materials from a range of different sources and provide an accurate English translation of short, suitable material read literary texts in the language
  • Writing -to write prose creatively to express their own ideas and opinions using an increasingly wide range of grammar and vocabulary, and to translate short written text accurately into the foreign language

The curriculum is taught following the scheme of work for Studio 1 and 2. Topics studied are:

  • Talking about myself
  • Schools
  • Hobbies
  • My town and area
  • Holidays
  • Entertainment
  • Paris
  • My identity
  • At home

 

Why is it delivered in this way?

In KS3 we follow a scheme of work which aims at vocabulary building whilst encompassing grammar skills. Students are taught vocabulary in themes whilst building on the understanding of sentence structure and tenses. This enables students to understand and apply their knowledge in receptive skills ( listening and reading ) and to use their productive skills in writing and speaking.
The nature of this course prepares them for KS4 but also gives them the basic skills needed if travelling to a French speaking country.

 

Key Stage 4
Course Title: AQA GCSE French 8658, AQA-8658-SP-2016.PDF

What are the knowledge and skills that students will gain over Key Stage 4?

Through studying a GCSE in a modern foreign language, students should develop their ability and ambition to communicate with native speakers in speech and writing. It should also broaden students’ horizons and encourage them to step beyond familiar cultural boundaries and develop new ways of seeing the world.

Students studying a modern foreign language should be able to:
• develop their ability to communicate confidently and coherently with native speakers in speech and writing, with increasing accuracy
• express and develop thoughts and ideas spontaneously and fluently
• listen to and understand clearly articulated, standard speech at near normal speed
• deepen their knowledge about how language works and enrich their vocabulary in order for them to increase their independent use and understanding of extended language in a wide range of contexts
• acquire new knowledge, skills and ways of thinking through the ability to understand and respond to a rich range of authentic spoken and written material, including literary texts
• develop awareness and understanding of the culture and identity of the countries and communities where the language is spoken
• be encouraged to make appropriate links to other areas of the curriculum to enable bilingual and deeper learning,
• develop language learning skills both for immediate use and to prepare them for further language study and use in school, higher education or in employment
• develop language strategies, including repair strategies

Why is it delivered in this way?

In KS4 we deliver the AQA scheme of work which consolidates prior knowledge and expands students’ vocabulary in order to tackle the exams. There is an increased emphasis on grammar and students are encouraged to use a variety of tenses as this is needed in the speaking and writing where they use their productive skills .
Students work through the units in the books following the level of difficulty and thereby scaffolding grammar in order to prepare for the GCSE.

 

Spanish

Key Stage 3

What are the knowledge and skills that students will gain over Key Stage 3?

Learning a foreign language provides an opening to other cultures. The teaching should enable pupils to express their ideas and thoughts in another language and to understand and respond to its speakers, It should also provide opportunities for them to communicate for practical purposes, thereby equipping pupils to study and work in other countries.

Grammar and vocabulary

  • identify and use tenses or other structures which convey the present, past, and future as appropriate to the language being studied
  • use and manipulate a variety of key grammatical structures and patterns, including voices and moods
  • use a wide-ranging and deepening vocabulary allowing students to give and justify opinions and take part in discussions about wider issues
  • use accurate grammar, spelling and punctuation.

Linguistic competence - 4 skills

  • Listening- to listen to and show understanding of a variety of forms of spoken language
  • Speaking- to speak coherently and confidently with increasingly accurate pronunciation and intonation.
  • Reading- to show comprehension of original and adapted materials from a range of different sources and provide an accurate English translation of short, suitable material read literary texts in the language
  • Writing -to write prose creatively to express their own ideas and opinions using an increasingly wide range of grammar and vocabulary, and to translate short written text accurately into the foreign language

The curriculum is taught following the scheme of work for Mira 1.
Topics studied are:

  • Talking about myself
  • Schools
  • My family
  • My house
  • Hobbies
  • My town and area

Why is it delivered in this way?

In KS3 we follow a scheme of work which aims at vocabulary building whilst encompassing grammar skills. Students are taught vocabulary in themes whilst building on the understanding of sentence structure and tenses. This enables students to understand and apply their knowledge in receptive skills (listening and reading ) and to use their productive skills in writing and speaking.
The nature of this course prepares them for KS4 but also gives them the basic skills needed if travelling to a Spanish speaking country.

Key Stage 4

Course Title: AQA GCSE Spanish 8698, AQA-8698-SP-2016.PDF

What are the knowledge and skills that students will gain over Key Stage 4?

Through studying a GCSE in a modern foreign language, students should develop their ability and ambition to communicate with native speakers in speech and writing. It should also broaden students’ horizons and encourage them to step beyond familiar cultural boundaries and develop new ways of seeing the world.

Students studying a modern foreign language should be able to:
• develop their ability to communicate confidently and coherently with native speakers in speech and writing, with increasing accuracy
• express and develop thoughts and ideas spontaneously and fluently
• listen to and understand clearly articulated, standard speech at near normal speed
• deepen their knowledge about how language works and enrich their vocabulary in order for them to increase their independent use and understanding of extended language in a wide range of contexts
• acquire new knowledge, skills and ways of thinking through the ability to understand and respond to a rich range of authentic spoken and written material, including literary texts
• develop awareness and understanding of the culture and identity of the countries and communities where the language is spoken
• be encouraged to make appropriate links to other areas of the curriculum to enable bilingual and deeper learning,
• develop language learning skills both for immediate use and to prepare them for further language study and use in school, higher education or in employment
• develop language strategies, including repair strategies

Why is it delivered in this way?

In KS4 we deliver the AQA SoW which consolidates prior knowledge and expands students’ vocabulary in order to tackle the exams. There is an increased emphasis on grammar and students are encouraged to use a variety of tenses as this is needed in the speaking and writing where they use their productive skills .
Students work through the units in the books following the level of difficulty and thereby scaffolding grammar in order to prepare for the GCSE.

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