MFL in the curriculum

 

“Modern foreign languages (MFL) is not a compulsory national curriculum subject at key stages 1 and 2, but it is government policy that by 2010 every child in key stage 2 should have an entitlement to learn a language other than English. An increasing number of schools already provide some MFL teaching at key stage 2, and provision is expected to grow, both across schools and across the four years of key stage 2.”


www.qca.org.uk

 

“Since 2000, QCA has been working with schools to explore ways of adapting and developing the schemes. New materials have been produced that explain why and how schemes could be customised to better meet childrens' needs and the context of the school. Examples of how teachers have tailored individual units are also provided.
QCA has now publised these new materials. They provide support and guidance for primary teachers in developing their curriculum by:
· embedding English and mathematics across the curriculum
· adapting schemes of work
· combining units from different subject schemes”


www.standards.dfes.gov.uk

 

The Dearing Interim Languages Review

Many of the improvements we are making are a direct response to the report on MFL by Lord Dearing.

Lord Dearing said, “For languages: the earlier the better. We like the way they are being taught in primaries as they are introduced through cross-curricular work, and the way they draw on the young children’s sense of fun. We propose that they should be embedded in the primary curriculum at the next review.”

Languages should become a standard part of the National Curriculum for primary school in the next review of the primary curriculum;

There should be informal classroom assessment using the Languages Ladder at the end of Key Stage 2 (age 11).

See the full report: http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/languagesreview

 

In response to the report, MFL Plus Ltd are:

 

  1. now a registered body with Asset Languages
  2. now able to assess pupils using Asset materials
  3. updating our schemes of work so that they correspond directly to the Languages Ladder
  4. providing every pupil in every school we work in with a Junior European Language Portfolio as a celebration of their progress and evidence that they are meeting the required standards

 

 

  • MFL Plus courses are designed to fit in with the QCA and DfES schemes of work.
  • Courses for the following Key Stages:
    Key Stage Year groups Ages
    Foundation Stage Preschool - end of Reception Year (age 3-5)
    Key Stage 1 Years 1-2 (age 5-7)
    Key Stage 2 Years 3-6 (age 7-11)
  • MFL Plus use various assessment and monitoring techniques
  • MFL Plus can provide National Curriculum levels and reports to parents on progress
  • Cross-curricular links and projects
  • School-wide learning (displays around school, French days, assemblies, performances for parents)
  • Structured courses
  • ICT-based learning opportunities
  • Lessons planned by teams of specialists to offer something for every learner type in our lessons
  • Fantastic resources (all provided as part of the package)



We believe that children learn most effectively when they are engaged and we arrive with a complete package to achieve this

 

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