Vision

“Foreign languages develop students’ understanding and appreciation of different countries, cultures, people and communities, making students aware that they are citizens of Europe, indeed the world as well as of the UK.

Improved communications, greater opportunities for travel and the increasingly multicultural composition of our society mean that the distance and national frontiers are no longer a barrier to contact with a rich diversity of people from different cultural backgrounds. As well as contributing to students’ development as citizens, MFL courses have the potential to enrich their lives.

• They lay the foundations for the study of other languages later in life
• They broaden the range and variety of accessible careers, improving employability and facilitating personal mobility.
• They enable students to communicate with speakers of other languages
• They extend the students’ knowledge of the foreign language being studied.
• They provide students with the skills and understanding to access information in other languages.”

MFL in the Key Stage 4 curriculum 2004

Department aims

All students are expected to take an active part in developing their individual knowledge, understanding and language skills in MFL

• To set high standards and expectations.
• To help pupils progress by raising their standard of achievement.
• To monitor each pupil’s progress.
• To develop the linguistic potential of each student to its maximum.
• To challenge pupils of all abilities.
• To develop all language competencies so that pupils are able to communicate effectively with people from other countries.
• To raise awareness of and create respect for other peoples and their cultures.
• To promote an awareness of Europe.
• To foster a positive relationship between teachers and students.
• To set regular homework which is marked – and corrected by pupils and teachers
• To promote and foster the ethos and the aims of the school.