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Modern Foreign Languages

Modern Foreign Languages. Your Options 2014. She’s so beautiful. The woman of my dreams. I wish I could speak to her in her own language, then maybe I’d have a chance…. If only I’d taken a language qualification………. UK businesses can no longer afford to rely on English alone.

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Modern Foreign Languages

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  1. Modern Foreign Languages Your Options 2014

  2. She’s so beautiful. The woman of my dreams. I wish I could speak to her in her own language, then maybe I’d have a chance…. If only I’d taken a language qualification………

  3. UK businesses can no longer afford to rely on English alone. • Being able to communicate with our customers, colleagues and business partners is crucial • Multilingualism is an indicator of general mental ability and an internationalist outlook Chief Learning Manager, Deutsche Bank

  4. GCSE All grades available General Topics eg Your Area Social Activities and Leisure Fashion & technology Holidays Leads onto A Levels or level 3 course Counts towards E Bac qualification All courses allow you to take part in the French or Spanish visits/ exchanges

  5. Y9 Preparing for GCSE Y10-11 GCSE Healthy lifestyles Future life plans Environmental issues More tenses Sophisticated structures Food & drink/ sports Plans for weekend Your town/ weather Past/ present & future Comparisons & more opinions

  6. GCSE Success criteria • Use a range of tenses • Use extended sentences • Use varied connectives • Give opinions with reasons • Include description ( of people/ places/ activities) • Refer to others too ( we, they)

  7. Assessment Controlled assessments 60% of the total marks are in your control Taken during Y10- Y11, no final exam • Speaking – 30% Conducted and marked by your teachers 2 tasks • Writing -30% Taken in class, marked by Exam board 2 tasks Listening & reading 40 % End of course exam, summer y11

  8. My boss wanted to send someone to Valencia to learn a new language. He said it’d help the company attract more business from abroad. I really wanted to do it, but he picked him. All because he’d done a language before…… Having at least one foreign language keeps you one step ahead………

  9. I can’t believe she got the pay rise instead of me! And all because she can speak French to the people at our Paris offices…… If only I’d taken a language qualification………

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