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Why do we teach MFL?
In Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home, Pope Francis implores people across the globe to work together for the good of our planet. At St. Augustine’s, we believe that the teaching of modern foreign languages plays a key role in helping our children to understand this concept of ‘our common home’. As well as learning how to communicate in a new language, our children will develop their knowledge and understanding of other countries and cultures, and will have a greater appreciation of what it means to be a global citizen.
The curriculum
By the end of KS2, we aim to ensure that all pupils:
- understand and respond to spoken and written language from a variety of authentic sources;
- speak with increasing confidence, fluency and spontaneity, finding ways of communicating what they want to say, including through discussion and asking questions, and continually improving the accuracy of their pronunciation and intonation;
- can write at varying length, for different purposes and audiences, using the variety of grammatical structures that they have learnt;
- discover and develop an appreciation of a range of writing in the language studied.
How are MFL taught at St. Augustine’s?
The main language that we teach is French. This is taught throughout KS2.
Classes will usually receive one dedicated French session per week (minimum 30 minutes) with regular shorter sessions throughout the week to allow for rehearsal and reinforcement of new vocabulary and grammar.