Modern Foreign Languages
French, Spanish, and Urdu are currently offered at GCSE in Yrs 10 and 11
Areas of study
Theme 1: Identity and Culture
* Relationships with Family and Friends
* Marriage and Partnership
* Social Media and Mobile Technology
* Music, Cinema and TV
* Food and Eating Out
* Sport and Free Time Activities.
* Customs and Festivals in Spanish Speaking Countries.
Theme 2: Local, National, International and Global Areas of Interest
* My Home
* My Town and Local Area
* Charity and Volunteer Work
* Healthy/Unhealthy Lifestyles.
* Environmental Problems and Solutions
* Poverty, Homelessness and other Social Issues
Theme 3: Current and Future Study and Employment
* My studies
* Life at School/college
* Education Post-16
* Jobs, Career choices and Ambitions
Assessment
There are 4 assessments in total, each contributing 25% of the final grade.
Students are tested in 4 skills: Reading, Listening, Writing and Speaking at the end of year 11.
The speaking exam is made up of a photo-card, a short role play activity and a general conversation and is conducted by the class teacher.
The reading and writing exams also contain elements of translation, both into and out of the target language.
Lessons include a variety of activities including independent, pair and group work. Collaborative learning styles are also used regularly to develop students’ linguistic skills and there is a keen focus on exam skills to ensure students are fully ready to access all of the exams.
Students also have completely FREE and full access to a revision program called VocabExpress to help them learn, revise, develop and improve their language knowledge.