Modern Foreign Languages

Our languages teachers are proud of the consistently high levels of achievement our students accomplish.

All students study French from Year 7. From 2008 Year 8 students will also study Spanish and, for the last time, the more able in Year 9 will take German.

Key Stage 3

In Years 7 - 9 all students receive a minimum of 3 languages lessons per week, with those taking two languages receiving 4 lessons. We aim to provide all students a thorough grounding in French in all four skill areas: listening, reading, speaking and writing and develop student's appreciation of French cultures and customs.

GCSE

All students study the French OCR GCSE course and those who have taken German in Year 9 have the opportunity to study the German OCR GCSE course. From 2010 we will begin offering Spanish at GCSE.

The languages courses cover 5 topics of study:

* Everyday Activities
* Personal and Social Life
* The World Around Us
* The World of Work
* The International World

Assessment of the GCSE includes both Coursework and Examinations

COURSEWORK - Students submit three pieces of coursework each accounting for 25% of the final mark. Each piece of the coursework must be from a different topic of study.

EXAMINATION - Students sit four examinations, one for each different skill:

* Listening
* Reading
* Speaking
* Writing