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Modern Foreign Languages

Modern Foreign Languages. GCSE FRENCH AND SPANISH. MFL at Key Stage 4. ASSESSMENT. Assessment is done in two ways:

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Modern Foreign Languages

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  1. Modern Foreign Languages GCSE FRENCH AND SPANISH

  2. MFL at Key Stage 4

  3. ASSESSMENT • Assessment is done in two ways: • Controlled assessment (in class) for Speaking (2 recordings of 10 minutes) and Writing (2 essays of 150 words): 6 hours of preparation with your teacher in class before the controlled assessment. • End of year exam for Reading and Listening

  4. THE COURSE • Description of course: • Study of 4 themes over three years: • Lifestyle (health and relationships), • Leisure (free time and holidays), • Work /Education (Schools, Career choices) • Home/ Environment (local area and wider environment).

  5. INTERNATIONAL LINKS AND ICT • Etwinning projects with France, Spain • Connecting classrooms Project with Colombia • Access to netbooks in class • Trips to Paris and Madrid

  6. WHY I WANT TO CHOOSE GCSE LANGUAGES (QUOTES FROM Y8 AND 9) • Employability • Open a shop and/or a business in Europe and further afield • Travelling purposes • Work experience, university gap year • Advantage above other British people in the job market • Meet new people

  7. IDEAS OF JOBS • Travel and tourism: Travel agent, Tourist guide • Public services and central government: Ministry of Defence, Foreign Office, MI6 and MI5... • Creative and media industry: sports journalist, editor, brand manager, advertising executive, sound engineer... • Business: “If I’m selling to you, I speak your language.  If I’m buying, tienesquehablar mi idioma!”, Personal assistant, Multilingual secretary, business owner or manager, trader... • Catering: chef, waiter, maitre d’, hotel manager, receptionist... • Voluntary sector: The Red Cross, Doctors without Borders, Oxfam, gap year opportunities... • Teaching and translating: translator for UK businesses, interpreter for foreign businessmen or sportspeople, language teaching in the UK or abroad... • Law : British or European lawyer, advisor at the EU in Brussels or Strasbourg.

  8. AND AFTER GCSE? • After a GCSE in Languages • you can go on to AS and A Levels • start studying other languages to broaden your field of experience. • Complete a vocational unit like Languages for Tourism or Business.

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