Subject leader
Mrs E Robertson E.Robertson@beverleygrammar.co.uk
Teachers
Miss C Bagley C.Bagley@beverlrygrammar.co.uk
Miss K Grimes K.Grimes@beverleygrammar.co.uk
Subject content
KS3
French
| Curriculum Content | ||
| Year 7 | Year 8 | Year 9 |
| French phonics linking sound to spelling
Classroom instructions Introducing self Asking and answering questions Agreeing / disagreeing with others Greetings and farewells Times, days and dates School Hobbies Physical appearance and personality Dictionary skills Opinions and reasons Present tense – explicitly taught Using a glossary / reference material Awareness of target language culture. Near future: I would like”/“I am going to” Present tense + future time frame Le Petit Nicholas – film |
Reinforcement of Y7 content
Present and past time frames Holidays Directions Perfect tense – explicitly taught Paris Research on an area of France. Near future tense TV and film Opinions and reasons Near future Comparative forms Les Choristes – study of a film Eurofest trade fair competition Poetry and tongue twisters Foreign Language Translation Bee |
Reinforcement of Y7-Y8 content
Present, past, future and conditional Proper future tense Foreign Language Translation Bee Irregular present tense Comparative and superlative Imperfect tense – to complete Regular and irregular adjective agreement Prepositions Possessive adjectives Asking questions in 3 ways Combining tenses |
German
| Curriculum Content | ||
| Year 7 | Year 8 | Year 9 |
| German phonics linking sound to spelling
Classroom instructions Introducing self Asking and answering questions Agreeing / disagreeing with others Greetings and farewells Introducing yourself Times, days and dates School subjects Dictionary skills Opinions and reasons Prices in Euros, ordering food School Family and friends Sports and hobbies Present tense – explicitly taught Using a glossary / reference material Awareness of target language culture. Near future: I would like”/“I will + infin” Present tense + future time frame |
Holidays
Towns and cities Saying what there is and isn’t in a town Perfect tense (explicitly) Past, present and future time frames (increased number of irregular forms) Opinions and reasons Word order (verb second and vb to end) Mixing up timeframes Opinions and reasons Weather (past and present) Ordering food – café role plays House and home Reseaching a town / city in Germany Using a film as a stimulus for learing – Oskar, Rico und die Tieferschatten Eurofest trade fair competition Foreign Language Translation Bee |
Media in my everyday life
Present tense including irregular verbs and separable verbs. Giving and justifying opinions Past, present and future time frames TV and Film Healthy living Going to the doctors School (GCSE module 1 – foundation level) Introduction to the GCSE (examples of all four skills). Creative work on Goethe’s Erlkönig poem. Film focus: Vorstadtkrokodile Foreign Language Translation Bee |
KS4
Careers information
Click the links below to see LMI (Labour Market Information) for sectors that are related to Modern Foreign Languages.
Useful websites
- www.memrise.com – (from Y9 upwards) for vocabulary learning
- www.wordreference.com – online dictionary for different languages
- www.linguee.com – alternative online dictionary for different languages
- www.pearsonactivelearn.com – students in KS4 get a login to access this platform during their course and will complete homework from it
- @BevgrammarMFL – our twitter feed also has useful information on language learning in general