Modern Foreign Languages

During their time at Cottingham High School, all Languages students will become:

Confident communicators
Eloquent speakers
Competent readers and listeners
Resilient learners
Linguists
Citizens of the world

Learning a foreign language is a liberation from insularity and provides an opening to other cultures. A high-quality languages education should foster students’ curiosity and deepen their understanding of the world. The teaching should enable students to express their ideas and thoughts in another language and to understand and respond to its speakers, both in speech and in writing. It should also provide opportunities for them to communicate for practical purposes, learn new ways of thinking and read great literature in the original language. Language teaching should provide the foundation for learning further languages, equipping students to study and work in other countries. Adapted from National Curriculum, DfE, 2013.

Students will have the opportunities to develop their speaking skills in a supportive environment where they will understand that mistakes are a vital part of learning. Everything they do will be underpinned by phonics and every new word that they meet will contain letters or sets of letters that they have met in previous words. This will allow them to tackle speaking work with a growing set of skills. They will realise that communication is the key to learning a language and that using the language in a real-life situation is easier than they could ever believe.

Key Stage 3 Curriculum

Year	Autumn	Spring	Summer
7	Introductions Alphabet Age Months Birthday School bag Where you live Hometown Colours Adjectives Gender	Likes and dislikes Survival kit Describe yourself Talk about others Describe someone else's activities	School subjects Opinions and reasons for likes and dislikes Describing your timetable Using the 12-hour clock (24-hour clock may be introduced as extension) Describing a school day Talking about food Asking questions Agreeing and disagreeing
8	Introduction to time phrases Sports Free time activities Basic opinions Opinions/Intensifiers/Time Phrase Adjectives	Holidays time phrases Getting ready singular reflexive verbs numbers 1-100 Basic food and drink vocabulary Future holiday plans Vocabulary for each topic Gender Adjectives Opinions/Intensifiers/Time Phrases Expanding their conjugation paradigm Basic reflexive verbs	A visit to Paris: Visits in town Activities in town Asking questions Carrying out role plays Understanding real life advertisements Describing a past visit Giving opinions
9	Talking about personality Talking about friendships Talking about music Giving opinions Talking about clothes Opinions	Say where you would like to live Describe your home Talk about meals Discuss buying food Talk about a forthcoming event	Describe body parts and illness Talk about eating and drinking Talk about staying healthy (food and activities)

Key Stage 4 Curriculum

Year

Autumn

Spring

Summer

Module 1: Identify and Relationships with Others

Introducing yourself
Personality descriptions
Making comparisons
Family relationships
Different types of family

Module 2: Healthy Living

Saying what you eat and drink
Health problems and addictions
Lifestyle choices and habits
Describing recent activities

Module 3: Education and Future Careers

Talking about school rules
Talking about future study
Saying what you need to do in the future
Talking about your ideal job

Module 4: Free Time Activities

Talking about what you used to like doing
Talking about what you did last weekend
Talking about sport and music
Talking about travelling

Module 5: Customs, Festivals and Celebrations

Talking about what you used to do
Saying what you did last weekend
Giving preferences about sport and music
Talking about holidays

Module 6: Celebrity Culture

Talking about how successful someone is
Saying if you want to be famous
Talking about what is needed to be successful
Talking about the life of a celebrity

Module 7: Travel and Tourism

Talk about the weather
Talk about Francophone countries
Talk about holidays
Talk about dream holidays

Module 8: Media and Technology

Talk about different types of media
Talk about the world before and after the internet
Talk about the importance of mobile phones
Talk about how you use technology

Module 9: The Environment and Where People Live

Saying whether you aid the environment
Talking about saving the planet
Talk about visiting a friend
Giving a guide of your town

Examination preparation and revision

CHS French - Curriculum Overview
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