MFL
French
Purpose of Study
Learning a foreign language provides an important opening to other countries and their cultures. It should foster pupils’ curiosity and deepen their understanding of the world; it should also enable them to express their ideas and thoughts in another language and to respond to its speakers in both speech and writing.
Learning a foreign language is all about communication. The teaching of a foreign language should provide opportunities for pupils to communicate for practical purposes, learn new ways of thinking and experience arts and culture in the original language. Language teaching should provide the foundation for learning of other languages, equipping them with the confidence to travel, study and work in other countries.
Aims
The national curriculum for languages aims to ensure that pupils:
- understand and respond to spoken and written language from a variety of sources
- speak with increasing confidence, fluency and spontaneity, finding ways of communicating what they want to say, continually improving the accuracy of thier pronunciation
- can write at varying length, for different audiences and purposes, using the variety of grammatical structures that they have learnt
- discover and develop an appreciation of a range of writing in the language studied
Attainment targets
By the end of each key stage, pupils are expected to know, apply and understand the skills and processes specified in the r elegant programme of study.
Subject content
Key stage 2 : French
The teaching of a foreign language at key stage 2 should focus on enabling pupils to make substantial progress in one language; at BDP we study French. Language teaching and learning should provide a balance of spoken and written language and should lay the foundations for further language learning at key stage 3. It should enable pupils to understand and communicate ideas, facts and feelings on topics in the programme is study, using their knowledge of phonology, grammatical structures and vocabulary of the language.
The focus of study in modern languages lessons will be on practical communication and pupils will be taught to:
- listen attentively to spoken language and to show understanding by joining in and responding
- explore the patterns and sounds of language (using rhymes and songs) and link the spelling, sound and meaning of words
- engage in conversations, ask and answer questions, express opinions, seek clarification and help
- speak in sentences, using familiar vocabulary, phrases and basic language structures
- develop accurate pronunciation and intonation
-read carefully and show understanding of words, phrases and simple writing
- appreciate stories, songs, poems and rhymes in the language
- broaden their vocabulary and develop their ability to understand new words
- write phrases from memory and adapt these to create new sentences to express ideas clearly
- describe people, places, things and actions both orally and in writing
- understand basic grammar appropriate to the language being studied ( French) including feminine and masculine forms, high frequency verbs, key features and patterns of the language and how to apply all of these, being aware of how these differ from or are similar to English.
KS2 Curriculum Overview
Knowledge Organisers
Autumn 1
Autumn 2
Spring 1
Spring 2
