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In year 7 you will learn French and cover a wide variety of topics ranging from Personal information to School, Food and clothes using the course text book "Métro".
You will be encouraged to communicate in the language and to speak, listen and understand as well as read and write.
Your teacher will provide structured lessons which will give you the opportunity to develop your understanding and use of a foreign language.
There is an emphasis on oral work and activities that enable you to rehearse and explore the language. The activities include carrying out surveys and preparing role plays in the foreign language. You will also watch videos, listen to CDs, and read books and magazines in the foreign language. You will have access to the internet to help you. All rooms in the school have interactive whiteboards to broaden your experience of IT. We also have the added advantage of having a French Language Assistant attached to our team who works with small groups of students, primarily with their oral skills.
If you do well in Year 7 and enjoy learning languages, there may be an opportunity for you to study a second foreign language in Year 8.
Most students continue their study of a language in the Upper School. In addition students can be entered for a GCSE in a community language of which they already have a working knowledge.
Students choosing Pathway 2 will take a full course GCSE in a foreign language. Students will have the opportunity to study one foreign language either French or German.
Students doing GCSE will cover the following topics:
- At home and abroad
- Education, training and employment
- House, home and daily routine
- Media, entertainment and youth culture
- Social activities, fitness and health
Students will develop their skills and be assessed in Speaking, Listening, Reading and Writing and they will be able to continue with a foreign language after they leave school by progressing to the next level of language qualifications either at work or in further education.
Language skills are useful for employment, in travel, transport, imports and exports, leisure services, hotels, restaurants, banking, advertising, journalism, teaching, industry and commerce.