Modern Foreign Language

French

Course Outline:

The contents of the course cover five themes:

  • Identity and culture (studied in Y10)

  • Local area, holiday and travel (studied in Y10)

  • School (studied in Y10)

  • Future aspirations, study and work (studied in Y11)

  • International and global dimension. (studied in Y11)


The course will enable students to:

  • Develop their ability to communicate confidently and coherently with native speakers.

  • Express and develop thoughts and ideas spontaneously and fluently.

  • Listen to and understand clearly articulated standard speech at normal speed.

  • Deepen their knowledge about how the language works, enrich their vocabulary and be able to translate texts from English to the target language and vice versa.

  • Develop awareness and understanding of the culture and identity of the countries and communities where the language is spoken.

  • Make appropriate links to other areas of the curriculum to enable deeper learning.

  • Year 10 will have access to the E-book format of the Edexcel GCSE course.

Key attributes required to enjoy and/or succeed on this course:

Thanks to the language skills acquired at Key Stage 3, students are well prepared to do a GCSE in Language. They should already know how to talk about themselves, their family, hobbies, where they live, school, holidays, food and drink.

The key to success is regular homework and the ability to understand or use the target language for different purposes and different settings.

Qualification Gained: GCSE

Spanish

Course Outline:

The contents of the course cover five themes:

  • Identity and culture (studied in Y10+Y11)

  • Local area, holiday and travel (studied in Y10 and Y11)

  • School (studied in Y10)

  • Future aspirations, study and work (studied in Y10 and Y11)

  • International and global dimension. (studied in Y10 and Y11)


The course will enable students to:

  • Develop their ability to communicate confidently and coherently with native speakers.

  • Express and develop thoughts and ideas spontaneously and fluently.

  • Listen to and understand clearly articulated standard speech at normal speed.

  • Deepen their knowledge about how the language works, enrich their vocabulary and be able to translate texts from English to the target language and vice versa.

  • Develop awareness and understanding of the culture and identity of the countries and communities where the language is spoken.

  • Make appropriate links to other areas of the curriculum to enable deeper learning.

  • Year 10 will have access to the E-book format of the Edexcel GCSE course.

Key attributes required to enjoy and/or succeed on this course:

Thanks to the language skills acquired at Key Stage 3, students are well prepared to do a GCSE in Language. They should already know how to talk about themselves, their family, hobbies, where they live, school, holidays, food and drink.

In Spanish, Year 9 is a transitional GCSE year in which themes from KS3 are consolidated and new themes are introduced and, later, consolidated in Year 11.

The key to success is regular homework and the ability to understand or use the target language for different purposes and different settings.

Qualification Gained: GCSE

'Twilight' Language Lessons

We have a programme of ‘twilight’ language lessons in Polish, Turkish, Portuguese, Italian and Spanish. Students who attend regularly can enter for an additional GCSE exam or A level exam.