The Modern Foreign Languages Faculty
MFL Faculty Intent
• To provide opportunities for all students to achieve their full potential and to promote and enable academic achievement
• To foster within students a love of foreign languages and culture and to equip them with essential skills such as communication skills, problem-solving, team work and resilience
KS3 Subject Intent
• Development of cultural awareness through use of different media
• Promotion of intercultural understanding
• Understanding of structure and grammatical principles
• Increase self-confidence, especially in speaking
• Development of resilience and Growth Mindset
• Enjoyment of and success in language learning
• Appreciation of literature in foreign languages
• Provision of educational experiences in TL countries
KS4 Subject Intent
As per KS3, plus:
• Development of ability across all key skills in preparation for exams
• Development of spontaneity in speaking
• Equip students with the necessary skills and content to undertake further language study.
Curriculum Overview
Year 7
During Key Stage 3 Language lessons are taught in mixed ability classes with homework set twice per week. Students are assessed in the four skills of speaking, listening, reading and writing and on their knowledge and application of grammatical principles. Pupils will study French or Spanish.
French and Spanish – Year 7
Year 7 choose 2 of the 4 languages on offer on entry. They study one of these languages for the first half of the year and then the other language for the remainder of the year.
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Topic area: Me, my family and friends Introducing yourself: Greetings, name, age and birthday Family and friends: Physical description and talking about personality
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Topic area: Free-time activities Sports: what you play, how often and opinions Learning about a sportsperson from TL country Hobbies: key verbs and opinions Introduction to the present tense |
Topic area: Technology in everyday life, Free-time activities Using technology and social media: Uses, opinions, advantages and disadvantages Music and music preferences, music from TL country Reading material and reading preferences Understanding an authentic literary text Television and Cinema: genres and preferences |
Topic area: School Talking about school subjects Discussing school timetable Comparing school in UK and TL countries Describing school and facilities Use of the present tense Rules Talking about school day and routine |
Topic area: Home, town, neighbourhood and region, Customs and festivals Describing a house: types of houses, rooms Describing a town: places in a town Immediate future tense: discussing future plans Describing future plans to attend a festival in TL country |
Topic area: Home, town, neighbourhood and region, Customs and festivals Cultural project on TL-speaking areas: geographical location and features (natural attractions); weather; festivals; music; Sport; festivals; food and drink; daily life; things to see and do Use of present tense and immediate future tense; consolidation of tenses and key language from the year |
French and Spanish – Year 8
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Topic area: Travel and Tourism Destinations: Talking about location; cities and countries Holidays: talking about holiday preferences; opinions and justifications Asking for directions, questions Past tense, describing a past holiday
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Topic area: Travel and Tourism Booking accommodation, questions Describing hotel accommodation and making a complaint Describing what a TL holiday destination has to offer Immediate future tense, planning a future holiday in a TL destination
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Topic area: Free-time activities Food and drink, including from the TL country; opinions and justifications Discussing mealtimes and comparing with TL country Ordering food and drink in a restaurant Planning a party, immediate future Describing a party, using past, present and future tenses
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Topic area: Free-time activities Arranging to go out, conversational key language Daily routine activities, how you get ready to go out Describing clothes and what you are going to wear for different occasions, immediate future Shopping for clothes and describing problems with items Describing a day out, using three tense
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Topic area: Jobs, career choices and ambitions, Social issues Talking about how you earn money; helping at home; part-time jobs Jobs and qualities required; advantages and disadvantages; opinions and justifications Ambitions, educations post-16, future tense Volunteering: discussing good causes, using authentic texts Careers and language skills |
Topic area: Home, town, neighbourhood and region, Customs and festivals Cultural project on TL-speaking areas: geographical location and features (natural attractions); weather; festivals; music; Sport; festivals; food and drink; daily life; things to see and do Use of three tenses; consolidation of tenses and key language from the year |
Year 9
• All students in Year 9 study their language subject over four lessons per fortnight in mixed ability groups. Homework is set twice per week, one is a learning activity and one writing or speaking. Students are assessed in the four skills of speaking, listening, reading and writing and on their knowledge and application of grammatical principles.
• Students are assessed in the four skills of speaking, listening, reading and writing and on their knowledge and application of grammatical principles.
Year 9
| Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
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Topic area: Social issues Parts of the body, ailments and visiting the doctor, asking questions Present tense of regular and irregular verbs, healthy living activities Discussing healthy eating and healthy lifestyles
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Topic area: Relationships with family and friends, marriage/partnership, Social issues Discussing friendship and what makes a good friend, opinions and justifications Talking about relationship and future plans, use of future expressions Talking about rights and responsibilities: children’s rights; anti-social behaviour; reading strategies and extended texts Charity work and volunteering, opinions and justifications |
Topic area: The environment Global problems and solutions Environmental issues and protecting the environment, using extended texts Talking about the impact of Fairtrade and ethical shopping, using more complex opinions and justifications
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Topic area: Home, town, neighbourhood and region, Customs and festivals TL countries and hopes for the future Describing a festival: using the present tense and past tense Introduction to an artist from TL country (writer, musician, singer, artist), using a range of tenses Easter in TL country |
Topic area: My studies, Life at school Talking about school subjects and school facilities Comparing and contrasting the education system in TL country with the system in the UK The imperfect tense: comparing primary school to secondary school, using two tenses Future tense: planning a school trip to TL country
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Topic area: Home, town, neighbourhood and region, Customs and festivals Cultural project on TL-speaking areas: geographical location and features (natural attractions); weather; festivals; music; Sport; festivals; food and drink; daily life; things to see and do Use of three tenses; consolidation of tenses and key language from the year
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Years 10 & 11
• All students in Years 10 & 11 continue to study the language of their choice, over four lessons per fortnight in Year 10 and five per fortnight in Year 11. Pupils are taught in mixed ability groups. Homework is set twice per week, one is a learning activity and one writing or speaking.
• Students are assessed in the four skills of speaking, listening, reading and writing and on their knowledge and application of grammatical principles.
• In Y11, provision is personalised and key topic areas are revisited to allow for consolidation and extension.
Year 10 French and Spanish
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Topic area: Relationships with family and friends, Free-time activities Discussing friendship and what makes a good friend, opinions and justifications Present tense, free-time activities Talking about TV and Cinema, Music, Reading, Sport, Art (artist from TL country)
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Topic area: Home, town, neighbourhood and region, Social issues Describing home, local area, using a range of tenses Directions: using key language to ask questions and provide assistance Discussing key social issues, expressing opinions and suggesting solutions Christmas in TL country |
Topic area: Travel and Tourism Destinations: Talking about location; cities and countries Holiday activities, using the present tense Talking about a past holiday, using the past tense Describing hotel accommodation Describing a festival in TL country, using past tenses
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Topic area: My studies, Life at school Talking about school subjects Talking about school day and routine Discussing school timetable Describing school uniform Talking about advantages and disadvantages of school uniform Preterite/perfect tense of verbs Rules and pressures at school Comparing school in UK and TL countries |
Topic area: Jobs, career choices and ambitions, Education post-16 Part-time jobs and earning money Volunteering, including in TL country, discussing future plans Talking about jobs and qualities required, advantages and disadvantages Ambitions for the future, using the future tense Careers and language skills
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Topic area: Jobs, career choices and ambitions, Education post-16, Home, town, neighbourhood and region Discussing the importance of languages Studying and working abroad Cultural project: Independent research; Presentation skills; Extended text; Using a variety of tenses; Re-cap of key language and topics from the year
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Year 10 Italian
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Topic area: Holidays Destinations: Talking about location; cities and countries Holidays: talking about holiday preferences; opinions and justifications; expressing plans and intentions Talking about a past holiday |
Topic area: Travel and tourist transactions Methods of transport: advantages and disadvantages; travel by train and bus Places in town Asking for directions /information Dealing with problems (e.g. lost items) Describing accommodation: types of accommodation; booking a hotel room; hotel facilities; complaints Eating out in a restaurant Christmas in TL country |
Topic area: Town, region and country Describing local area: places in a town; what there is to see and do; positives and negatives Discussing the weather and plans Shopping: types of shops; buying clothes; complaints; shopping for food; using quantities Online shopping: advantages and disadvantages
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Topic area: Future aspirations, study and work Talking about how you earn money Jobs and professions: advantages and disadvantages; personal qualities and interests Applying for a job abroad
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Topic area: Ambitions The conditional tense of verbs Talking about plans, hopes and wishes: future plans for study, volunteering and work
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Topic area: Using languages beyond the classroom Using languages: discussing the importance of languages; famous TL speakers Studying languages abroad Working abroad Cultural project on TL-speaking areas: geographical location and features (natural attractions); weather; festivals; music; Sport; food and drink; daily life; things to see and do |
Year 11
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Topic area: International and Global Dimension Global issues and solutions The environment: environmental issues; solutions; protecting the environment Ethical shopping International events: arguments for and against Speaking preparation |
Topic area: Identity and culture Learning is personalised to allow students to develop the skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing in relation to this theme. Christmas and New Year traditions |
Topic area: Holidays and local area Learning is personalised to allow students to develop the skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing in relation to this theme.
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Topic area: School Learning is personalised to allow students to develop the skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing in relation to this theme.
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Topic area: Jobs and future aspirations Learning is personalised to allow students to develop the skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing in relation to this theme.
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LINKS TO SPECIFICATIONS FOR YEAR 10 ITALIAN AND CURRENT YEAR 11:
https://qualifications.pearson.com/en/qualifications/edexcel-gcses/french-2016.html
https://qualifications.pearson.com/en/qualifications/edexcel-gcses/german-2016.html
https://qualifications.pearson.com/en/qualifications/edexcel-gcses/italian-2017.html
https://qualifications.pearson.com/en/qualifications/edexcel-gcses/spanish-2016.html