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A SUMMMARY OF THE MODERN LANGUAGES CURRICULUM AT KING’S

KEY STAGE 3

GCSE

AS LEVEL

A LEVEL

Modern Languages Curriculum

French

Key Stage 3 (Years 7-9)

Over the three years Encore Tricolore Nouvelle Books 1 and 2 are used. Some time in Year 9 is also used to introduce more advanced GCSE style work. The course covers speaking, writing, reading and listening skills, as well as the acquisition of vocabulary and grammar. Here is a summary of the main topics covered.

Y7 Topics

Y8 Topics

Y9 Topics

Modern Languages Curriculum

Spanish

Key Stage 3 (Years 7-9)

Over the three years Listos Books 1 and 2 are used. Some time in Year 9 is also used to introduce more advanced GCSE style work. The course covers speaking, writing, reading and listening skills, as well as the acquisition of vocabulary and grammar. Here is a summary of the main topics covered.

Y7 Topics

Y8 Topics

Y9 Topics

Modern Languages Curriculum

French

Key Stage 4 (Years 10-11)

The Tricolore 4 course book is used over two years in preparation for the OCR GCSE examination.  Nearer examination time, practice of examination papers and revision are incorporated into the lessons. Here is a summary of the main topics covered during the course. Some of the topics from KS3 will be revisited, but with more advanced language.

The learning of vocabulary and grammar is included in the topics.

Modern Languages Curriculum

Spanish

Key Stage 4 (Years 10-11)

The Listos 3 course book is used over the two years in preparation for the OCR GCSE examination. Students are examined in four skills: Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing. Nearer examination time, practice of examination papers and revision are incorporated into the lessons. Here is a summary of the main topics covered during the course. Some of the topics from KS3 will be revisited, but with more advanced language.  The learning of vocabulary and grammar is included in the topics.

AS LEVEL FRENCH

The Lower 6^th course will lead to Edexcel AS Level and is taught on 7 periods per week. The lessons are taught through a mixture of topics and skills. The main teaching language is French, but English will be used to explain grammar and difficult comprehension points. English is also used in discussing pupils’ progress and going through examination requirements and techniques. In addition to the AS topics, a grammar course is covered over the Lower 6^th year, and students see a French assistant once a week

General Topic Areas for AS

A LEVEL FRENCH

The Upper 6^th course will lead to Edexcel A Level and is taught on 8 periods per week. The lessons are taught through a mixture of topics and skills. In addition to the general topics, students will study a book or a play in French, as well as an in depth study of another topic. The main teaching language is French, but English will be used to explain grammar and difficult comprehension points. English is also used in discussing pupils’ progress and going through examination requirements and techniques. All students have an individual lesson with a French assistant once a week

A2 topic areas

AS LEVEL GERMAN

The Lower 6^th course will lead to Edexcel AS Level. The lessons are taught through a mixture of topics and skills. In addition to the AS topics, a grammar course is covered over the Lower 6^th year. The main teaching language is German, but English will be used to explain grammar and difficult comprehension points. English is also used in discussing pupils’ progress and going through examination requirements and techniques.

General Topic Areas for AS

A LEVEL GERMAN

The Upper 6^th course will lead to Edexcel A Level. The lessons are taught through a mixture of topics and skills. In addition to the general topics, students will study a book or a play in German, as well as an in depth study of another topic. The main teaching language is German, but English will be used to explain grammar and difficult comprehension points. English is also used in discussing pupils’ progress and going through examination requirements and techniques.

A2 topic areas