Modern Foreign Languages

Students will follow the Viva and Studio Course books. They will have 2 lessons a week in either French or Spanish in years 7, 8 and 9. They will complete 5 modules over the course of the year and at the end of each module they will undertake an assessment across a selection of the 4 skill areas - speaking, listening, reading and writing. 

In terms 1 & 2, students will have an introduction to French and learn simple classroom commands and instructions. They will be able to talk about themselves, their likes and dislikes and learn all about school life.

In terms 3 & 4, students will be learning about their hobbies and free time activities, including use of computers and mobile phones. They will also learn about towns and villages, giving directions, and inviting someone out.

In terms 5 & 6, students will talk about holiday plans and activities and experience some cultural awareness projects.

Medium Term Plans

Term 1
Identity and Culture
Term 2
Current, Future Study and Employment
Term 4
Local National and Global Areas of Interest

In terms 1 & 2, students will give a description about their life with simple facts and will be able to talk about what they like doing in their free time.

In terms 3 & 4, students will give a description about their life in school and will be able to talk about their families and home

In terms 5 & 6, students will be able to describe their town, local area and what plan they have for the weekend

Medium Term Plans
Term 3
Current and Future Study and Employment
Term 4
Identity and Culture

In terms 1 & 2, students will learn about TV, film and books. They will be able to talk about internet use and activities they have undertaken in the past. They will have an introduction to regular present tense verbs as well as the verbs aller and faire. Students will find out all about Paris and be able to use the perfect tense.

In terms 3 & 4, students will have an introduction to reflexive verbs and the future tense. They will be able to talk about themselves and the things they like to do. They will be able to describe where they live and discuss food. They will also have an introduction to events.

In terms 5 & 6, students will use language to talk about talent and ambition. They will work on a variety of grammatical concepts - infinitives, imperatives, superlatives and the language of persuasion.

Medium Term Plans

Term 1
Identity and Culture
Term 2
Local, National, International & Global Areas of Interest
Term 3
Identity and Culture
Term 4
Local National and Global Areas of Interest

In terms 1 & 2, students will be able to give a description of their last holidays. Also, they will talk about what thing they do with their phones and music/tv interests

In terms 3 & 4, students will give opinions about food and order in a restaurant. They will discuss and arrange plans too.

In terms 5 & 6, students will describe and discuss summer holiday homes, activities, destinations.

Medium Term Plans
Term 3
Y8 - Identity and Culture

In terms 1 & 2, students will discuss their social lives and going out, as well as healthy living. They will be able to use 3 tenses.

In terms 3 & 4, students will talk about jobs and future plans, followed by holidays.

In terms 5 & 6, students will study the language relating to themselves in today’s world.

Medium Term Plans
Term 1
Identity and Culture
Term 2
Local, National, International & Global Areas of Interest
Term 3
Current and Future Study and Employment
Term4
Local National and Global Areas of Interest

In terms 1 & 2, students will be able to give a description of the things they like, talk about a special event, films and celebrities. Also, they will learn about the world of work and future careers

In terms 3 & 4, students will talk about healthy lifestyle, food and meals, getting fit and daily routines. They will continue working on the topic of recycling, fair trade, children’s rights and world issues

In terms 5 & 6, students will be able to talk about an adventure abroad, greet people, design a treasure hunt. Also they will organise future plans.

Medium Term Plans
Term 3
Identity and Culture
Term 4
Local, national, international and global areas of interest
 

At KS4 (years 10 & 11) students will follow the Viva and Studio Course books and will have 3 lessons a week. They will complete 8 modules over the two years and at the end of each module they will undertake an assessment across a selection of the 4 skill areas - speaking, listening, reading and writing. They will be working towards the:

AQA French Exam

AQA Spanish Exam

In terms 1 & 2, students will have an introduction to GCSE Theme 1 - Identity and Culture. Qui suis-je?

In terms 3 & 4, students will continue with Theme 1 - Identity and Culture. Le temps des loisirs et Jours ordinaires, jours de fête

In terms 5 & 6, students will have an introduction to Theme 2 - Local, National and International areas of interest. De la ville à la campagne

Medium Term Plans
Term 1
Identity and Culture
Term 2
Identity and Culture
Term 3
Identity and Culture
Term 4
Local National and Global Areas of Interest

In terms 1 & 2, students will work on GCSE Theme 1: Identity and culture. Intereses e influencias

In terms 3 & 4, students will continue with Theme 3: Current and future study and employment. Mi vida en el insti and Theme 1: Identity and culture. Mi gente

In terms 5 & 6, students will work on Theme 1: Identity and culture. Intereses e influencias

Medium Term Plans
Term 3
Identity and Culture
Term 4
Identity and Culture

In terms 1 & 2, students will continue with Theme 2 - Local, National and International areas of interest. Le grand large…(Les vacances). Students will start Theme 3 - Current and Future study and employment. Au collège.

In terms 3 & 4, students will complete Theme 3 - Current and Future study and employment. Bon Travail and complete Theme 2 -  Local, National and International areas of interest. Un oeil sur le monde.

In terms 5 & 6, students will revise over all topics covered, prepare for and complete the GCSE exam.

Medium Term Plans
Term 1
Current and Future Study and Employment
Term 2
Current and Future Study and Employment
Term 3
Y11 - Local, National, International and Global Areas of Interest

In terms 1 & 2, students will work on GCSE Theme 2: Local, national, international and global areas of interest. Ciudades. They will continue with Theme 1: Identity and culture. De costumbre

In terms 3 & 4, students will cover Theme 3: Current and future study and employment.  ¡A currar!. Also, they will work on

In term 5 & 6, students will do revision of the GCSE content, complete mock exams and do their GCSE exams.

Medium Term Plans
Term 3
Y11 - Local, National, International and Global Areas of Interest

In KS3 homework is set once a fortnight.  Students will use the digital platforms Duolingo, Quizlet and SENECA to support their linguistic skills. All assignments will be set on Google Classroom and students will be given one week to complete them.

In KS4 homework is set once a week. Students will be set Listening, Reading, Speaking and Writing exam style questions through the digital platforms Quizlet, SENECA and BBC Bitesize. All assignments will be set on Google Classroom and students will be given one week to complete them.

A significant number of our students speak another language at home - a community language - in addition to English. There are GCSE courses available in many of these languages, which will give students recognition of their prowess in their community language. 

Like the languages that we teach at GCSE at PCS, these GCSE courses all include a requirement to be able to speak, listen, read and write to the same standard as other GCSE languages.

Although we do not deliver teaching of community languages, we are able to support students through the completion of the specification and are able to arrange for them to sit the GCSE examination at school.

Languages Available

Unfortunately, not all community languages have GCSEs available, but if you are proficient in any of the languages listed, we may be able to help you sit your GCSE. All these languages count in the EBacc element.

• Arabic

• Bengali

• Chinese (Mandarin)

• Dutch

• Greek (Classical or Modern)

• Gujurati

• Hebrew (Biblical or Modern)

• Italian

• Japanese

• Latin

• Modern Hebrew

• Panjabi

• Persian

• Polish

• Portuguese

• Russian

• Spanish

• Turkish

For further information, please speak to Ms Turner:

josie.turner@swale.at

Text books

KS3 French Studio 1, 2, 3
KS3 Spanish Viva 1,2,3
KS4 French Studio AQA
KS4 Spanish Viva AQA

Are available to purchase £5.00 for a guide and a workbook. The workbook is extremely useful as it has GCSE graded questions and is self-marking as well as having lots of listening activities - an area the students still find very difficult, but they can work through them at their own pace. They can redo these as many times as they need to.