Languages

Languages and EAL

Head of Faculty: Mrs C Roscoe

The EAL Team: EAL - Mrs E Campbell, Mrs B Everest, Ms C Kirst, Mrs V Lewis

MFL - Mrs R Lambert, Mrs J Leonard, Mrs S Paver, Mrs L Perry

Ethos

· To encourage positive attitudes to learning a foreign language and to speakers of that language, and to develop a tolerant and open-minded approach to other cultures and to celebrate diversity.

· By exposing students to a wide range of material, they are encouraged to achieve their potential in a variety of situations and experience success and enjoyment in their work.

· To ensure the highest level of achievement for each student.

· To ensure successful integration of overseas students into school life.

· To offer a range of language exam entries, appropriate to the needs of students.

Key developments

Key Stage 5

Successful launch of the new specification.

ü Leading the teaching of German for schools in the KS5 cluster.

ü Year 12 and 13 EAL students mentoring KS3 and KS4 EAL students.

Key Stage 4

ü Extra-curricular support classes on offer throughout the 2 year course.

ü Exam support classes for GCSE candidates.

ü Exam support classes for EAL students.

Key Stage 3

ü Lunchtime French club.

ü Lunchtime EAL clubs offered.

ü Beginners Spanish for Y Band students.

ü School produced topic based booklets for X Band students.

ü Half termly formal standardised assessments.

Curriculum Summary

Key Stage 3 French

· Self

· Family

· Home

· Food and drink

· Free time

· School

· Holidays

· Travel

· Daily routine

· Helping at home

· Likes and dislikes

Key Stage 3 German (Year 9 W Band only)

· Self

· Family

· School

· Home

· Daily routine

· Food and drink

Key Stage 3 and 4 EAL

EAL support is focused on the needs of the student.
Students at Stage 1 cover single word vocabulary, looking at similar topics to those in French and German.
Students at Stage 2 form simple sentences in the present tense.
Students at Stages 3 and 4 use the past and future tenses and have intensive work on their grammatical skills, as well as learning the skills required to write essays to support the work covered in the National Curriculum.

Key Stage 4 French and German

· Self, family and friends

· Free time

· Holidays

· House and home and local area

· School

· World of work

· Daily life

Key skills

ü Speaking in pairs and groups, preparing a presentation.

ü Reading and scanning texts.

ü Understanding native speakers.