Modern Foreign Languages

Modern Foreign Language

Curriculum Intent

The Modern Foreign Languages department aims to develop independent and creative language learners. We promote the study of French and Spanish by making lessons interesting, enjoyable, relevant, accessible and challenging to all pupils. We aim to foster positive attitudes and enthusiasm for languages.

We aim to provide an environment where students make progress and achieve and are proud of their success in languages. We promote language confidence and aim to give students skills for real life purposes.

Our Vision/Notre Vision/Nuestra Vision:

“You live a new life for every language you speak. If you only know one language you only live once”. We want our pupils to see the value and purpose of using languages in their lives, to promote a lifelong love for them and to equip our students with the cultural capital they need to develop into global citizens of the 21^st century.

Exam Board: AQA

MFL Curriculum

French

Year 7Year 8Year 9Year 10Year 11

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Likes and dislikes School essentials Describing yourself and others Adjective agreements Regular ER verbs	School subjects Giving opinions and reasons. Christmas in France Connected sentences Asking questions	Describing timetable and school day Talking about food Computers/phones Using ‘on’ for we Partitive article	Hobbies, what you do and play in your free time. Teenagers hobbies in France Jouer/faire Likes + infinitive	Where you live/area Giving directions Inviting people outModal verbs + infinitive. Tu/vous	Holidays Buying drinks/food Holidays in the French speaking world Je voudrais + infinitive Near future tense

Autumn 1	Autumn 2	Spring 1	Spring 2	Summer 1	Summer 2
Talking about television programmes, cinema, films, reading, the internet, the weather. Past tense Negatives	Describing activities and places in Paris, and likes and dislikes. Perfect and imperfect tenses. Christmas in France	Talking about personality, music, your passion. Connectives, disagreeing, giving reasons, adjectival agreements, pronouns.	Talking about your passions, clothes, personality, friends and relationships. Past, present and near future tenses, giving reasons, pronouns. Easter in France	Where I live, describing my house, food, carnival. More on adjectival agreement, near future tense, prepositions, modal verbs, partitive article.	Dictionary skills, Francophone countries. Recap of all grammar points. French Revolution.

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Autumn 2

Spring 1

Spring 2

Summer 1

Summer 2

Social media, giving opinions about someone, telling the time, arranging to go out.
Likes and dislikes, adjectives, frequency phrases, indirect object pronouns.

Describing a date, music event.

Festivals in French speaking countries
Present, past and near future tenses.

Body parts and pains, talking about sport and health, healthy eating.

Using ‘il faut’, using the simple future tense

Making fitness plans and resolutions.
Learning languages.Investigating careers using languages
Past (2), present and future (2), using together.

Describing jobs, describing your future, saying what you used to do.

Mock interview
Future and imperfect tenses, using modal verbs

Discussing holidays, including narrating event + imagining an ideal holiday.
Tourist attractions in Fr. Speaking countries
Asking questions, conditional tense, combining tenses.

Autumn 1	Autumn 2	Spring 1	Spring 2	Summer 1	Summer 2
Family and describing people. Talking about relationships, discussing role models. Introduce 90 word task Link to AS family topic Regular + irregular verbs in present tense Reflexive verbs	Making arrangements to go out, describing a night out, talking about when we were younger. Embed 90 words Famous artists in French speaking countries Imperfect + revision of the perfect tense/near future	Talking about sport, leisure, reading, technology, TV and films. Healthy living and bad habits (M6) Photocard technique French cinema and festivals Using depuis, comparatives and superlatives, direct object pronouns	Revising clothes and shopping. Talking about food, daily life, describing family occasions Role play technique Festivals + traditions Asking questions, using tu and vous, using modal verbs, revising main tenses.	Talking about where you live, describing a neighbourhood/town. Discussing options /plans/ weather General conversation focus (theme 1) 90 words revisionUsing ‘y’/’en’ Revising negatives + asking questions + future tense	Talking about an ideal holiday. Booking hotels, ordering in a restaurant, buying souvenirs Role play + photocard to embed, general conversation practice Famous Fr. Sp. holiday destinations Conditional tense Reflexive verbs past ‘avant de’ + infinitive

Autumn 1	Autumn 2	Spring 1	Spring 2	Summer 1	Summer 2
Talking about holidays in general + a past holiday and disasters Introduce 150 word task + anecdote skills Review speaking skills 3 tenses revision Pluperfect tense En+present participle	Talking about school (subjects, rules, day) School exchanges Career choices/jobs Embed 150 word task Revise 90 word task Comparing French/UK education systems Using il/elle for it Ambitious opinions Using il faut/interdit.. Revising comparative	Talking about plans, hopes, wishes. Discussing world issues (environment, ethical shopping) and volunteering Link to AS volunteering topic Final speaking skill practice and review Subjunctive + passive Modal verbs conditional Ind. Object pronouns	Revision- Exam skills Catch up on any previous module content. Re-visit modules 1-5 content/vocabulary (from y10) Exam skills (listening, reading, speaking) Speaking practice- photocard, role play, general conversation 3 tenses revision (1st and 3rd person)	Revision – Exam skills Revision workbooks- exam style questions. Quick re-cap of modules 6-8 content/vocab. Exam skills (listening, reading & writing) Writing practice- 90/150 word tasks Ambitious vocab and tenses revision Anecdotes, narrating events successfully.

Spanish

Year 7Year 8Year 9Year 10Year 11

Autumn 1

Autumn 2

Spring 1

Spring 2

Summer 1

Summer 2

Module 1: My life
(describing yourself, pets, colours, numbers)Grammar: Adjective agreements and phonics

Module 2: Free time (hobbies, sport and weather)

Grammar:
Present tense AR verbs and the verbs ‘To do’ and ‘ To play’

Cultural : Christmas and epiphany.

BIG TEST 1

Module 2/3
Module 3: school (subjects, opinions, facilities, break time activeGrammar: Present tense ER/IR verbs.Adverbs of frequency (sometimes, from time to time etc)

Module 3 and Start Module 4

BIG TEST 2

Mainly Module 4

Module 4: family and friends and where you live.

Grammar: Possessive adjectives
Irregular verbs ‘to have’ and ‘to be’ (ser and estar)

Module 5: My city
Places in town, telling the time, ordering in a café, plans for the weekendGrammar: indefinite articles (a, some, many)
Irregular verbs ir= to go, querer= to wantNear future tense (…going to…)BIG TEST 3

Autumn 1

Autumn 2

Spring 1

Spring 2

Summer 1

Summer 2

Module 1: Holidays (location, transport, activities, last day of holiday, opinion of holiday)

Grammar: Past tense all (AR/ER/IR)

Irregular verb Ir=to go

Module 2 Unit 1/2
Activities on phone, musicGrammar: Present tense (AR/ER/IR)
ComparativesBIG TEST 1

Module 2 Unit 3-5
TV, activities from yesterday.Grammar: Hacer = to do in the past tense
Combine past and present tense together

Module 3: Food
Opinions on food, mealtimes, ordering in a restaurant, what to buy for a party, and account of a party.Grammar: Opinions + agreements, negatives, Youinformal and formal, near future tense.Using past, present and future tenses togetherBIG TEST 2

Module 4: What shall we do (arrangements to go out, excuses, getting ready including clothes, and sporting events.

Grammar: Conditional (me gustaría)

Querer and poder (stem-changing verbs)

Reflexive verbs
Adjective agreements with clothing
Demonstratives (this/ these)

Module 5 Summer plans, holiday activities, directions, summer camps.

Grammar: comparative, superlative, imperative

BIG TEST 3

Autumn 1

Autumn 2

Spring 1

Spring 2

Summer 1

Summer 2

Module 1: Things that I like, weekly plans, films, past birthdays, life as a celebrity.

Grammar: definite articles (el, la)
Present tense of 2 irregulars
(ir, hacer, ser)

Revision of 3 tenses taught in year 8

BIG TEST 1

Module 2: Work
What you do at work, jobs I’d like to do,OPTIONS/CAREERSGrammar: Tener + que (to have to)Adjectival agreement

Module 2: Work continue…
future plans , describing your job.Grammar:
Present, past and near future tenses (recap)

BIG TEST 2

Module 3: Healthy living.
Talking about diet (frequency words), active lifestyles, daily routine.

Grammar: Direct object pronouns. Jugar and preferir present tense (stem changing verbs). Reflexive verbs.

Module 3 continued..
Healthy living
Talking about getting fit. Ailments/ pains/problems.Module 5: Madrid
Meeting/greeting people. Talking about a treasure hunt.Grammar:
Se debe/ no se debe
Doler- to hurt (stem changing verb)
Expressions with tener.

BIG TEST 3

Revisit parts of Module 5: Unit 3 Buying souvenirs
Saying what you will do.

Authentic texts about Madrid.

Grammar:
Simple future tense. Comparative
Tense revision (past, present, future).

Autumn 1

Autumn 2

Spring 1

Spring 2

Summer 1

Summer 2

Module 1: Holidays
(location, accommodation, Barcelona, making a reservation, problem on a holidayGrammar:
-Revising present tense regular and irregular verbs
-The preterite tense-
-imperfect tense
-Two past tenses together
-Using verbs with 3rd person plural (usted)
-Using 3 tenses together to give an account of a holiday

Module 2: School
(subjects, teachers, facilities, school rules, school exchange in Zaragoza, extra-curricular activities.Grammar:
-Opinions and reasons with adjective agreements
– adjectival agreements with uniform
-using comparatives and superlatives
-Distinguishing between the present and the imperfect tense
-Phrase followed by the infinitive (se debe/está prohibido etc)
– near future tense
-Direct object pronouns

Module 3: My people
(favourite apps, making arrangements, reading, portraits/description of people in more detail, relationshipsGrammar:
-adjectival agreements
-para+ infinitives
– present continuous
– ser and estar (the verbs to be)
– using a range of relationship verbs.
-Referring to the present and the past

Module 4: Interests and influences
(free time activities, TV, what you usually do, sports, what’s trending, live entertainment, role models)Grammar
-stem changing verbs
-adjective of nationality
-soler+ infinitive (usually)
-the imperfect tense
– the perfect tense (he comido=I have eaten)
-useful adjectives (alguno, otro, demasiado, cierto, mucho, todo-
-using a range of past tenses

Module 5: Cities
(places in town, directions, shops, souvenirs, your area, plans for the tomorrow, shopping, pros and con of living in a city, visit to Arequipa)Grammar
-Asking for directions
-se puede(n) (one can)
-using the simple future tense
-demonstrative adjectives
-conditional
-using synonyms and antonyms
-using different tense together
-recognising and using idioms

Continuing with module 5

Practise for MOCK speaking exams
With photo cards, role play and general conversation practice.

Autumn 1

Autumn 2

Spring 1

Spring 2

Summer 1

Summer 2

Module 6: Festivals
(mealtimes, daily routine, illness, typical food across the world, festivals, a special occasion, ordering in a restaurant, a music festival)Grammar
-Reflexive verbs
-Using the passive and avoiding the passive with ‘se’
-reflexive verbs in the past tense
-absolute superlatives
-irregular patters in the preterite tense
-expressions followed by an infinitive*MOCK ORAL EXAMS*

Module 7: Work
(talking about jobs, earning money, work experience, the importance of learning languages, applying for summer jobs, future plans, gap years).Grammar
-soler + infinitive
-using the preterite & imperfect together
-Lo & adjective
-the present continuous
-the perfect tense
-indirect object pronouns (H)
-future plans/verbs followed by infinitives- quiero/espero/ pienso etc
– the conditional (H)
-Cuando & present subjunctive (H)*MOCK EXAMS L,R,W*

Module 8: Towards a better world
(Talking about different types of houses, the environment, healthy eating, diet-related problems, global issues, local actions, healthy lifestyles, international sporting events)Grammar:
-se debería (H)
– the superlative
-the present subjunctive (H)
-the pluperfect tense (H)
-the imperfect continuous (H)*Oral GCSE Exam*

Revision- Exam skills

Catch up on any previous module content.

Exam skills (listening, reading, writing)

Revision workbooks- exam style questions.

Re-visit modules 1-5 content/vocabulary (from y10)

Writing practice- 90/150 word tasks

Revision – Exam skills

Focus on listening, reading & writing.

Revision workbooks- exam style questions.

Quick re-cap of modules 6-8 content/vocab.

Writing practice- 90/150 word tasks

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Topic
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Cultural activity
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MFL Curriculum

French

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