“A foreign accent is a sign of bravery.” Amy Chua  

Through our teaching of Modern Foreign Languages, we believe we nurture learners who are confident and effective communicators, alongside developing their understanding of and empathy for other cultures and the individual. Scientific studies consistently confirm that language-learning actively improves brain health and function, producing higher academic performance, improved concentration, more powerful memory and stronger communication skills. By thus boosting our students’ transferable skill set, the MFL Department plays a significant role in promoting our students’ performance across the wider curriculum and in improving their life chances. 

Effective communication is achieved through: 

• An oral tradition, through which learners succeed in applying increasingly complex grammatical concepts and a secure knowledge of phonics to a growing range of vocabulary. This promotes linguistic autonomy across the four key modalities: listening, speaking, reading and writing (Developing body through greater self-expression and listening skills). 
• Exploring a wide variety of topics and sub-topics studied in the contexts of both the UK and relevant countries abroad: Identity and culture, Local area, Holidays and travel, School, future aspirations and work and the International and global dimension.  (Developing mind through cognitive skills) 

Piquing learners’ curiosity in discovering an array of other cultures. As they become increasingly inquisitive, open-minded and adaptable, students’ grow in confidence, empathy, independence and resilience.  (Developing character through research and LotC opportunities) 

Students will be resilient, able to communicate confidently and to forge respectful relationships. They will thrive through immersing themselves in culture, language and knowledge. They will have a life-long love of language learning and a desire to travel and learn more about the global community. They will take their linguistic and transferable skills into their places of further study and the workplace.

“Studying MFL inspires me to travel and explore new things in life. It has helped me to improve my resilience and self-confidence.” Year 9 student 

Spanish Curriculum Overview

French Curriculum Overview 

Children who speak another language have the opportunity to complete a GCSE in that subject, in key stage 4, in addition to their other courses. The language course involves speaking, listening, reading and writing. GCSE courses are currently available in the following languages:

Arabic

Bengali

Chinese (Mandarin or Cantonese speaking element)

French

German

Greek

Gujarati

Italian

Japanese

Modern Hebrew

Persian

Polish

Portuguese

Punjabi

Russian

Spanish

Turkish

Urdu

 

KS4 French

Key Stage 4 French students follow the Edexcel GCSE French specification. 

 

KS4 Spanish

Key Stage 4 Spanish students follow the Edexcel GCSE Spanish specification. 

 

The full Edexcel French and Spanish specification can be downloaded at the bottom of this page.

French

Additional subject specific materials and resources to support learning in French can be found be visiting the websites below.

Click on the KS3 BBC bitesize logo to visit their website

 

Click on the KS3 Oak Academy logo to visit their website

Click on the GCSE BBC bitesize logo to visit their website

Click on the KS4 Oak Academy logo to visit their website

 

Spanish

Additional subject specific materials and resources to support learning in Spanish can be found be visiting the websites below.

Click on the KS3 BBC bitesize logo to visit their website

 

Click on the KS3 Oak Academy logo to visit their website

Click on the GCSE BBC bitesize logo to visit their website

Click on the KS4 Oak Academy logo to visit their website

 

There are many different careers linked to Languages that you may be interested in.

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