Welcome to the Languages department

The MFL department comprises three subject specialists including one native Spanish speaker. We offer Spanish to GCSE. 

Teachers

Madam Peace – Head of Languages 

Señor Navarro

Madam Kerley

Phase 2 (Years 7, 8 and 9)

Our Phase 2 Scheme of Learning is based around the very interactive and fun Active Learn programme, which caters for a variety of learning styles to engage all learners.

Students in Year 7-9 will study Spanish. 

As we firmly believe that studying a language is one continuous journey, Phase 2 students will be introduced to some elements of GCSE exam technique from the start, such as translation, describing a photograph and role play conversations. 

MFL Topics – Year 7 

MFL Topics – Year 8 

MFL Topics – Year 9 

Phase 3 (Years 10 and 11) 

AQA GCSE in Spanish

The course is made up  of 3 main subject areas called themes:

Theme 1 – Identity and culture (relationships, social media, music, cinema food, sport, festivals and customs).

Theme 2 – Local, national, international global areas of interest (home and local area, charity work, healthy living, environment, poverty, holidays/travel and French regions).

Theme 3 – Current and future study and employment (school subjects, school and college, university, work and career).

During the course students will also acquire translation skills, learn how to deal with authentic texts, learn vocabulary and build on grammatical knowledge.

Assessment:                      

Students must complete formal assessments in listening, speaking, reading and writing. These will be conducted at the end of the two year course. Each of these represents 25% of the overall numerical grade. The speaking component, which includes a role-play, a photo card and a general conversation element will be conducted by the teacher and marked by an external examiner

MFL Topics – Year 10 

MFL Topics – Year 11 

Career Opportunities

Some modern language graduates work on a self- employed basis as interpreters or translators. However, many others choose careers not directly related to their subject but where there is the opportunity to use their language skills, for example working for companies who trade or offer services internationally or to non-English speaking customers and suppliers.

This means that language graduates work for a huge variety of employers and sectors, including:

• business services
• charity work
• engineering
• media
• museums and libraries
• public administration
• teaching
• tourism
• transport and logistics