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At BWH, pupils study French and Spanish and our intention is to share knowledge and experiences of the Francophile and Hispanic worlds in order to encourage travel and a passion for the culture, language and people of their countries.
We aim to:
- motivate and inspire students and kindle a lifelong love of learning languages
- foster curious, confident, independent and resilient learners
- promote an awareness and acceptance of different cultures locally, nationally and globally
- provide students with the skills to communicate effectively in at least one foreign language
- build students’ cultural capital by engaging in and learning from culturally enriching activities
- enable students to use the foreign language in real life contexts
- broaden students’ horizons through educational visits abroad, contact with foreign language speakers and extra-curricular clubs
Subject staff
Mrs M-C D'Arcy-Barron - Assistant Principal and Curriculum Lead
Miss E Brull-Llao - Progress Lead for Spanish
Miss A Day
Curriculum Overview
All students at Blessed William Howard have the opportunity to study either French or Spanish from Year 7 to Year 9.
In Year 7 to 9 students are taught the building blocks of languages through key vocabulary, phonics and grammar. In Year 9 we start to introduce topics in preparation for studying the language at GCSE.
SPANISH:
Year 9 Course Outline
Topics studied in Year 9 include:
Term 1: Travel and tourism
Term 2: School Life
Term 3: People around us
Year 10 Course Outline
Topics studied in Year 10 include:
Term 1: Interests and Influence
Term 2: Home, cities, towns and neighborhood
Term 3: Habits and Customs
Year 11 Course Outline
Topics studied in Year 11 include:
Term 1: The world of work and further education
Term 2: Environment and the world around us
Term 3: Exam preparation
FRENCH:
Year 9 Course Outline
Topics studied in Year 9 include:
Term 1: Who am I?
Term 2: Free time
Term 3: Daily life
Year 10 Course Outline
Topics studied in Year 10 include:
Term 1: Living in the town and country
Term 2: Holidays and travel
Term 3: At School
Year 11 Course Outline
Topics studied in Year 11 include:
Term 1: The world of work and further education
Term 2: Environment and the world around us
Term 3: Exam preparation
Extra-curricular
The MFL is open every lunch time to build key skills through Quizlet.
The departments cultural trips to France (Paris) and Spain (Barcelona/Madrid). These allow the students to practice their language skills in a real world setting and embed a long lasting love of the language.
Revision Materials
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Useful Links
Recommended Websites for Learning Languages
http://www.busuu.com/enc/ – French/Spanish
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/ – 40 different languages!
Advice on Learning Languages
http://www.omniglot.com/language/index.htm – Advice, suggestions, tips and techniques for learning languages
Communicating with Students of other Nationalities
http://www.penpalworld.com/ – Get a pen pal from another country
http://www.mylanguageexchange.com/penpals.asp – Get a pen pal
