Modern Foreign Language - French

We believe that learning a foreign language can enrich the life and experience of our children. Modern Foreign language teaching at Teesville Academy aims to introduce children to cultures and an additional language, fostering their curiosity. We aim to deepen their understanding of the world, enabling them to communicate their thoughts and ideas in another language. The teaching should provide the foundation of language learning so children can express themselves both in writing and speech. While learning another language, children access ideas and experiences from other cultures and communities, which in turn encourages children to have an understanding and appreciation of diversity in society.

 The learning of a foreign language provides a valuable educational, social and cultural experience for the pupils. Pupils develop communication and literacy skills that lay the foundation for future language learning. They develop linguistic competence, extend their knowledge of how language works and explore differences and similarities. Learning another language raises awareness of the multilingual and multicultural world and introduces an international dimension to pupils’ learning, giving them an insight into their own culture and those of others. The learning of a foreign language provides a medium for cross-curricular links and for reinforcement of knowledge, skills and understanding developed in other subjects.

MFL teaching at Teesville Academy focuses on the teaching and learning of French although we do engage in learning around other countries, culture and languages through  ‘Cultural Days’ across school. These opportunities are deliberately and carefully mapped out across the whole school in our long term plan.