MFL
The Modern Foreign Languages department has three part-time and one full time language specialist who teach in four subject classrooms.
The National Curriculum for languages aims to ensure that all pupils:
- understand and respond to spoken and written language from a variety of authentic sources
- speak with increasing confidence, fluency and spontaneity, finding ways of communicating what they want to say, including through discussion and asking questions, and continually improving the accuracy of their pronunciation and intonation
- can write at varying length, for different purposes and audiences, using the variety of grammatical structures that they have learnt
- discover and develop an appreciation of a range of writing in the language studied.
Curriculum Intent:
We would like the MFL curriculum at PHS to give all pupils in KS3 and 4 linguistic and cultural opportunities as per the whole school intent. We believe that learning a language exposes all pupils to greater cultural awareness and stimulates and challenges pupils to learn about the world beyond the classroom, this is especially important for D and SEN pupils.
We want our pupils to be confident learners, aware of job opportunities, cultural differences and happy to explore. We aim to produce confident, capable and articulate linguists who are self-sufficient in their speaking, writing and comprehension with a range of vocabulary, tenses and complex structures.
We have identified grammar work pupils missed in lockdown and intend to address this during the year as they meet that grammar again. In MFL we visit and re visit grammar on a regular basis.
We know what end points the curriculum is building towards, what pupils will be able to know and do at those end points, and have planned the curriculum accordingly. Our curriculum is planned and sequenced so that new knowledge and skills build on what has been taught before and towards its clearly defined end points. Language learning here is built on the three pillars of phonics, grammar and vocabulary.
French Curriculum Plan
| KS2:
Primary |
Term ⇓ |
KS3+4: Philips High School | KS5:
College |
Careers: 18+ | ||||
| 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| Listen attentively to spoken language and show understanding by joining in and responding
Explore the patterns and sounds of a language through songs and rhymes and link the sound, spelling and meaning of words Engage in conversations, ask and answer questions, express opinions and respond to those of others Speak in sentences, using familiar vocabulary, phrases and basic language structures Develop accurate pronunciation and intonation Present ideas and information orally to a range of audiences Read carefully and show understanding of words, phrases and simple writing Appreciate stories, songs, poems and rhymes in the language Broaden vocabulary Write phrases from memory, and adapt these to create new sentences, to express ideas clearly Describe people, places, things and actions orally and in writing Understand basic grammar appropriate to the language being studied |
HT1 | Introducing myself
How are you? What is your name? Where do you live? How old are you and when is your birthday? Do you have siblings? My likes and dislikes My personality My pets My appearance |
My town
What is and isn’t there in your town? Where do you go at the weekend? Do you want to do to the café? What would you like? What are you going to do in Paris? What is the weather like? I’m going to visit Paris! |
My world
My likes and dislikes Friends forever How did you celebrate your birthday? What are you going to wear for your party? |
Me, my family and my friends
Free time (1)
Customs and festivals (1) |
Travel and tourism
School
Jobs and careers |
Holy Cross
French German Spanish Classics Latin Italian Xaverian French German Spanish Loreto French German Spanish Italian Chinese |
Jobs directly related to languages:
Academic researcher Interpreter Political risk analyst Teacher Translator Jobs where languages would be useful: Broadcast journalist Detective Diplomatic service officer Education consultant Teacher of English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) International aid/ development worker International banking and investment Logistics and distribution manager Marketing executive · Patent examiner Private tutor Publishing rights manager Sales executive Tour manager |
| HT2 | ||||||||
| HT3 | My school
What do you think of your subjects? What do you wear for school? What is your school day like? What’s the time? What is and isn’t there in school? |
My holidays
Did you have a good holiday? What did you do on holiday? Where did you go on holiday? What didn’t you do on holiday? Usual and past holidays |
Future plans
Where do you work? How to earn money What I do to earn money What do you want to do later in life? Plans for the future |
Customs and festivals (2)
Free time (2)
Technology (1) |
Social issues (poverty,
unemployment, discrimination)
Global issues (environment, world affairs) |
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| HT4 | ||||||||
| HT5 | My free time
What sports do you play? What hobbies do you have? What do you like to do and why? Making questions Understanding questions |
Festivals and celebrations
Which festival and when is it? What’s your favourite festival? At the carnival Buying food Food for a festival Plans for the future |
My life through music
Types of music French-speaking singers Musical taste What were you like when younger? What was your primary school like? Before, and today |
Technology (2)
Home town, neighbourhood and region |
Exam
preparation
Edexcel examination Listening 25% Speaking 25% Reading 25% Writing 25% |
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| HT6 | ||||||||
If you would like more information about your child’s work in MFL, please contact the Head of Department: Ms Beaud
