Modern Foreign Language Subject Leader: Mrs N Nicholls
Intent
It is our intent at Ditton Junior School to provide all of our children with a high-quality education in Modern Foreign Languages (MFL), which develops a love of learning about other languages and cultures, creating a broad and balanced curriculum. The current language taught is French, using a scheme of work called Language Angels. It is our aim that as we strive to teach in a way that engages with not only the language but also the culture, children will be curious and realise the potential in learning from others therefore deepening their understanding of the world and respect for others.
Implementation
All classes will have access to a high-quality foreign language curriculum using the Language Angels scheme of work and resources. This will progressively develop pupils’ skills in French through regularly taught and well-planned weekly lessons which will be taught by class teachers.
Children will build on previous knowledge gradually as their French lessons continue to recycle, revise and consolidate previously learned language whilst building on all four language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
- We start with nouns and articles and 1st person singular of high-frequency verbs in Early Learning units.
- We move on to the use of the possessive, the concept of adjectives, the use of the negative form, conjunctions/connectives and introduce the concept of whole regular verb conjugation in Intermediate units.
- We end with opinions and introduce the concept of whole high-frequency irregular verb conjugation in Progressive units.
Each unit and lesson will have clearly defined objectives and aims, and incorporates interactive whiteboard materials to include ample speaking and listening tasks within the lesson. Lessons will include challenge sections and written activities.
Reading and writing activities will be offered in all units, with grammar concepts that will increase in complexity as pupils expand their language education.
Extending writing activities are provided to ensure that pupils are recalling previously learned language and, by reusing it, will be able to recall it and use it with greater ease and accuracy. These tasks will help to link units together and show that pupils are retaining and recalling the language taught with increased fluency and ease.
Impact
Pupils will continuously build on their previous knowledge as they progress in their foreign language learning journey through KS2. The previous language will be recycled, revised, recalled and consolidated whenever possible and appropriate.
Children are expected to make good or better than good progress in their foreign language learning and their individual progress is tracked and reported to pupils and parents/carers in line with school recommendations.
Modern Foreign Languages Progression
Assessment
Teacher assessment is ongoing and forms part of our planning process in all subjects. Pupils’ attainment in all subjects is tracked 3 times per year against teacher assessment frameworks.
SEND Information
Interventions, support, and challenges are constantly revised and adapted to ensure all children are supported in achieving learning. Learning is robustly and continuously monitored and assessed to ensure gaps in learning are addressed. Teachers and support staff offer adaptive teaching to enable access for all, and may provide scaffolds, pre-teaching, and other support and intervention, as outlined in the Kent Mainstream Core Standards. Pupils may also be supported to access learning through the use of Clicker software.