Extended Learning

The Modern Foreign Languages team aim to provide a broad range of exciting opportunities for students to use and develop their language skills both in this country and abroad.

Year 7

•    Our annual Year 7 day trip to Le Touquet generates lots of enthusiasm from students and staff alike. 

•    Students travel by coach to Le Touquet where they carry out tasks under supervision enabling them to use in real situations the French they have learnt in the classroom.

Year 9

•    Students participate in the Languages Carousel, in which they learn about how languages can be used in the workplace, for communication and for pleasure.

Years 10 & 11

•    Students have the opportunity to visit France and Germany to practise the language they have learnt.

•    There is an annual French trip to Paris where students enjoy a range of experiences, educational, cultural and recreational, including visits to the most important landmarks. Visits to Germany have included the Cologne Christmas Markets trip and the 2012 study trip to Berlin.

•    Students have revision sessions provided for them to maximize their performance in public examinations.

•    There is currently a small group of students studying for public examinations in Mandarin, French and Spanish in addition to their normal timetable.

Year 12 & 13

•    There are study trips organised to the North of France, Berlin and Stuttgart and the Swabian Alb in Germany, in order to prepare students for the Cultural Topic at A2 level.

•    Students benefit from tuition by a Foreign Languages Assistant who gives vital help in preparation for the oral examination and who brings to the students another link with the foreign language and culture being studied.

•    Some Year 12 students participate in lower school lessons as assistant teachers, helping to support and extend younger students use of the target language.

 

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