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To give our pupils the knowledge and skills to be able to communicate in another language
To give our pupils a practical and engaging experience of how the culture in other countries is
To give our pupils the opportunity to enrich and extend their skills with broader job prospects
To give our pupils the opportunity to develop enthusiasm and curiosity for other ways of life
To give our pupils the opportunity to learn skills beyond the classroom to became a well rounded global citizen
OVERVIEW OF COURSE
The MFL KS3 course enables you to progress from very little knowledge in French and Spanish, to reaching a good level of confidence by Year 9 so that you are ready to take a GCSE Language course. All 4 skills are covered and topics such as family, friends, school, and holidays are covered.
Studying a language at KS3 and then continuing to GCSE allows you to have a wider perspective of the world as well as improve your accuracy and grammar awareness in your own native language. It also opens your opportunities for future career prospects.
Academically a language GCSE enables you to gain the English Baccalaureate Certificate and have a competitive advantage when applying to prestigious universities. Personally, it broadens your opportunities to communicate with people from different countries and discover other cultures.
PROGRAMME OF STUDY
SKILLS / KNOWLEDGE / UNDERSTANDING
Students will be expected to develop the following knowledge, skills and understanding:
Listening skills: Students are regularly trained to listen for specific details and tick boxes or answer questions accordingly. They answer questions in English and in the target language.
Speaking skills: Students are required to answer questions on different topics. Students need to ensure they add opinions, connectives, and different tenses.
Reading skills: Students read shorter and longer passages to answer questions in English or in the target language about the text.
Writing skills: Students are required to write 40-, 90- and 150-word essays in the target language, responding to specific bullet points form a task. This could be an email or a letter to a friend. Students learn to get familiar with the success criteria and add complex structures and tenses to achieve higher marks.
METHODS OF ASSESSMENT
We will use a range of assessments:
Formal tests / examinations
Tracking of quality of class and homework through books/folders
Speaking and oral presentations
Projects
We will also use a range of different styles of feedback to students:
Extensive (deep) marking in which the teacher provides formative comments for future improvement, that the student is expected to act upon in the following lesson.
Acknowledgment marking, where the teacher concisely marks the piece of work, highlighting positive work and addressing major misconceptions.
Non-written feedback, which can take the form of verbal, peer and self-assessment.
HOW PARENTS / CARERS CAN HELP
Parents can support language learning by testing students’ vocabulary from English to the target language during breakfast or dinner.
Parents can also encourage watching European films at home with subtitles, listening to French or Spanish music or even visiting a French/Spanish market, monument, restaurant, or city.
Any cultural activity that encourages knowledge and curiosity for the countries where the language is spoken will add value and help to raise students’ language skills and learning progress.
Parents can get CGP MFL revision guides for students or encourage students to actively go on MFL websites such as Quizlet and use the QR codes provided to revise vocabulary and grammar regularly.
EXTRA-CURRICULAR
The MFL department runs regular lunchtime and after school clubs.
The aim of these clubs is to help students gain more confidence and achieve their best possible grade but there are also extension clubs for students who would like to push themselves further and achieve more cultural knowledge and higher grades in their GCSE exams.
The MFL Department has organized various successful trips to Europe in the past and will continue to offer language residentials to students.
Every year the MFL Department celebrates European Languages Day and the French Bastille Day, with cultural whole school quizzes and guest speakers and runs regular quizzes, awards, and competitions.
The MFL department has also organized interactive and engaging MFL Theatre plays for students and provides students the opportunity of taking part in competitions run by the British Language Champions Association and attend language conferences.
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