French
Welcome to the French Department – Meet the team
Rachael Connelly – Head of MFL
“If you talk to a man in a language he understands it goes to his head. If you talk to him in his own language, that goes to his heart.”
Nelson Mandela
French Curriculum Intent
Studying languages at Wixams Academy, gives students opportunities to become global citizens and learn about more than fifty countries around the world. At Wixams Academy, we aim for students to see language used in everyday and real situations, making lessons engaging and preparing learners for opportunities to travel in later life. Students will be encouraged to communicate in the foreign language in lessons. The grammar and subject topics studied will allow students to converse independently by the end of Key Stage 3, giving them the skills to adapt sentence types and talk about a range of different topics. During Key Stage 4, this knowledge will be developed further and students will become confident linguists, able to understand challenging and authentic texts and produce language of a high standard.
Key Features
Key Stage 3
- Basic language learning skills (nouns, adjectives, verbs)
- School life
- Free time
- Where I live
- Food
- Holidays and festivals
- Media (including French poetry and film)
- Past, present and future tenses
Key Stage 4
Students follow the AQA GCSE Specification
- Identity and Culture:
Relationships, Free time, Festivals, Technology, Social Media, - Areas of Interest:
Home, Food, Healthy lifestyles, Travel and Tourism, Global issues, Social issues, Charity, - Study and Employment:
School life, Education Post-16, Jobs - Reading, writing, listening, speaking and translation skills
- Development of language learning skills:
Imperfect tense, Perfect tense, Present tense, Future tenses, Conditional tense, Subjunctive voice, Passive voice, Reflexive verbs, Adjectival agreement, Word order, Gender of nouns.
Extra Opportunities
- Pen pal school in France
- Visit from Onatti theatre company
- KS4 trip to Boulogne and St Omer
- German club