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Modern Foreign Languages

Being able to communicate in another language opens doors in students' future lives and careers, providing personal enrichment and making pupils more competitive in the jobs market in Europe and the rest of the world.

We aim to provide our students with enjoyable, relevant and enriching lessons, encouraging them to develop the necessary skills needed to become life-long learners of languages.

Curriculum

  French German Spanish
Year 7
  • Introducing yourself
  • Talking about others
  • School
  • Present tense
  • Sport and leisure activities
  • The French-speaking world
  
  • Introductions
  • Family
  • Free time
  • Weather
  • The present
  • School
  • Subjects
Year 8
  • Local area
  • Holidays
  • Future tense 
  • Media
  • The Internet
  • School subjects
  • Timetable
  • Introductions
  • Family
  • Other people
  • Animals
  • Present tense activities
  • Descriptions
  • Housing
  • Family
  • Town
  • Weather
  • Future activities
  • Holiday activities
  • Transport
  • Past tense
Year 9
  • Discovering Paris
  • Past tense
  • My life
  • Food
  • The environment
  • Film Study (Les Choristes)
  • Holidays
  • Past and present
  • Different forms of media
  • Food and health
  • Future intentions
  • TV and cinema
  • Technology
  • Past and future tenses
  • Food
  • Diet
  • Restaurants
  • Shopping for food
  • Holiday preferences
  • Activities
  • Booking a hotel
  • Holiday disasters
Year 10 and 11
  • Free time
  • Festivals
  • Local area
  • Social issues
  • Holidays
  • School/education
  • Employment/careers
  • Environment/global issues
  • Identity and culture
  • Local, national, international and global areas of interest
  • Current and future study
  • Education
  • Mi Gente
  • Free time
  • Town
  • Food and diet
  • Employment and future study
  • Environment
  • Global issues

Assessment

GCSE Exam Board: AQA

Paper 1: Listening (25%)

  • Audio in French/Spanish/German
  • All questions and answers to be given in English
  • Duration: 35 minutes (Foundation Tier)/45 minutes (Higher Tier)

Paper 2: Speaking (25%)

  • Part 1: Roleplay Task
  • Part 2: Reading Aloud Task
  • Part 3: Photo Card Task and Conversation
  • Duration: 7-9 minutes plus 12 minutes preparation time (Foundation Tier)/10-12 minutes plus 12 minutes preparation time (Higher Tier)

Paper 3: Reading (25%)

  • Texts in French/Spanish/German
  • All questions and answers to be given in English
  • Duration: 45 minutes (Foundation Tier)/1 hour (Higher Tier)

Paper 4: Writing (25%)

Foundation Tier
  • Question 1: Response to a photo (5 sentences)
  • Question 2: Short passage in response to 5 bullet points (50 words task)
  • Question 3: Grammar Task (Gap Fill - multiple choice) 
  • Question 4: Translation from English into French/German/Spanish 
  • Question 5: Response to three bullet points (90 word task)
  • Duration: 1 hour 10 mins
Higher Tier
  • Question 1: Translation from English into French/German/Spanish 
  • Question 2: Response to three bullet points (90 word task)
  • Question 3: Response to two bullet points (150 word task)
  • Duration: 1 hour 15 mins

Enrichment Opportunities

For information on all our enrichment opportunities, please see our enrichment programme here.

Further Education and Careers

Courses you could study at university include:

  • Economics
  • History
  • Journalism
  • French/German/Spanish
  • Teacher Training

Careers which require a Languages qualification include:

  • Broadcast Journalist
  • Diplomatic Service Officer
  • Education Consultant
  • English as a Foreign Language Teacher
  • International Aid Worker
  • Marketing Executive
  • Patent Examiner
  • Private Tutor
  • Tour Manager