Modern Languages

Crumlin Integrated College’s MFL Department is dedicated to assisting our students in becoming fluent speakers of the language. We wish for our students to:

• enjoy and gain from learning a language, and be motivated by pursuing a wide-ranging, well-rounded, and valuable course of study;
• understand that their linguistic knowledge, comprehension, and abilities offer them a good foundation for future learning opportunities and career advancement;
• foster an understanding of and passion for language acquisition by offering chances for French and Spanish to be used practically;
• gain the self-assurance necessary for successful multilingual communication;
• cultivate the capacity to work both independently and collaboratively;

Key Stage 3

Pupils at Key Stage 3 are taught both French and Spanish in Year 8 on a carousel basis, with the option available to continue each language in Years 9 and 10.
The outline of work for KS3 is;

Year 8 (French and Spanish)

Unit 1: Introduction to phonics, greetings, inquiries, name, residence, personality, passion, counting numbers 1–31, age, birthdays, siblings, spelling, the definite and indefinite articles and adjective agreements.

Unit 2: School-related topics, present-tense verbs, opinion expressions, adjectives, school facilities, teacher descriptions, activities during breaks and time phrases.

Year 9

Term 1: Family, details, eyes and hair, numbers, relatives, and residence.
Term 2: Location in the town, description, café, cuisine, activities in town, the near future, and timekeeping.
Term 3: Stores, shopping genres, products available for purchase, description, adjectival agreement, clothing and fashion trends.

Year 10

Term 1: My hobbies, films, birthdays, weekly activities, the near future.

Term 2: Jobs, tasks you have to do, conditional tense, a typical work day, personal qualities, describing your job.

Term 3: Health, food, a healthy diet, likes, dislikes and opinions, stem-changing verbs, daily routine, illness, body parts and direct object pronouns.
Furthermore, in Year 10 pupils are given the opportunity to undertake the OCN level 2 qualification in Modern Languages, which has a grade equivalency of a grade B at GCSE.

Key Stage 4
Specification: GCSE Spanish

At Key Stage 4 , we adhere to the CCEA GCSE Spanish specification, which fosters students’ passion for the language while boosting their proficiency in the four essential language skills of speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Three learning contexts offer a great deal of diversity and opportunity for research, comprehension, description, discussion, and opinion sharing. The following contexts are studied;

• identity, lifestyle and culture

• local, national, international and global areas of interest

• school life, studies and the world of work.

Assessment

There is an external examination for each of the specification’s four assessment units, each worth 25% of the overall mark;

• Unit 1: Listening

• Unit 2: Speaking

• Unit 3: Reading

• Unit 4: Writing