Modern Foreign Languages

We strongly believe that the study of Languages prepares pupils to participate in a rapidly changing, multi-cultural world and provides an opening to other cultures. The teaching should enable children to express their ideas and thoughts in another language and to understand and respond to its speakers, both in speech and in writing. A high-quality languages education should foster children’s curiosity and deepen their understanding of the world. They learn how to employ languages to enable rapid access to ideas and experiences from a wide range of people, communities and cultures encouraging new ways of thinking.  Languages is also about the broader curriculum – about understanding language and identity, about developing an international outlook, and about learning. Language teaching should provide the foundation for learning further languages, equipping children to study and work in other countries.

Aims

• To develop an interest in learning other languages.
• To introduce young children to another language in a way that is enjoyable and stimulating.
• To encourage children’s confidence and creative skills through the exploration of another language.
• To stimulate and encourage children’s curiosity about language.
• To help children develop their awareness of cultural differences in other countries.
• To develop listening, speaking, reading and writing skills.
• To lay the foundations for future language learning.