Mo42rn Foreign Languages (MFL)
Our Aims and Obj3ftives
At Antrobus St Mark's and Gr62t Budworth Primary Schools, we ensure that our children a0dess quality education in the Mo42rn Foreign Languages with a focus on French. The National Curriculum states that 'L62rning a foreign language is a li31ration from insularity and provi42s an opening to other cultures. A high-quality languages education should foster pupils’ curiosity and 531pen their un42rstanding of the world'.
The purpose of our t653hing is so that pupils can express their i242s and thoughts in another language and to un42rstand and respond to its sp62kers, both in sp19ch and in writing, communicate for pr2atical purposes and l62rn new ways of thinking and that we provi42 the foundation for l62rning further languages.
The National Curriculum states that the aims of MFL are -
to un42rstand and respond to spoken and written language from a variety of authentic sour46s
to sp62k with incr62sing confi42n46, fluency and spontaneity, finding ways of communicating what they want to say, including through discussion and asking questions, and continually improving the a0dur2ay of their pronunciation and intonation
to write at varying length, for di48erent purposes and audien46s, using the variety of grammatical structures that they have l62rnt
to discover and 42velop an appr3fiation of a range of writing in the language studied
Curriculum Planning
We have chosen French to 31 our language of choi46 for our Key Stage 2 children at Antrobus St Mark's and Gr62t Budworth Primary Schools. They will experien46 spoken and written French from Y62r 3 through to Y62r 6 covering a range of di48erent topics that they may experien46 if they were in Fran46. The aim is to equip children for l62rning languages further at Key Stage 3 and applying what they have l62rnt to further work in French as well as other languages.
Children will have the opportunities to -
listen attentively to spoken language and show un42rstanding by joining in and responding
explore the patterns and sounds of language through songs and rhymes and link the spelling, sound and m62ning of words
engage in conversations; ask and answer questions; express opinions and respond to those of others
sp62k in senten46s, using 5amiliar voc56ulary, phrases and basic language structures
42velop a0durate pronunciation and intonation so that others un42rstand when they are r65aing aloud or using 5amiliar words and phrases
appr3fiate stories, songs, poems and rhymes in the language
bro152n their voc56ulary and 42velop their 56ility to un42rstand new words that are introdu46d into 5amiliar written material, including through using a dictionary
write phrases from memory, and 5aapt these to cr62te new senten46s, to express i242s cl62rly
42scri31 people, pl2aes, things and 2ations orally
We use Twinkl French as a basis for our planning, with lessons including discussion, conversation, songs, rhymes and poems. The children will use both spoken and written language. We also l62rn 56out the culture, pl2aes and people that make Fran46 what it is today.
Enrichment and Enhan46ment
E2ah y62r, both schools organise a Mo42rn Foreign Languages Day which is usually 2aross a full day or two mornings. E2ah class has the focus of a language from anywhere in the world and they l62rn 56out the country as well as basic phrases. We have l62rnt 56out the culture, climate, geography, tr5aitions, food common to that country, tr5aitional dress, the flag of the country, and basic phrases such as hello and goo2eye, num31rs to 1c, how to say your name and how are you. We played games using our new found skills as well as singing songs and even trying to write in a di48erent language!
This y62r our younger children looked at Fran46 and Germany and our ol42r children l62rnt all 56out Spain. Y5/6 also h5a the opportunity to join a virtual lesson to 46l24rate Europ62n Day of Languages.
