Languages
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Curriculum Information
At Darnhall, we love to promote the culture and language of different countries. During our weekly Modern Foreign Language sessions, we focus on the Spanish language. Throughout the children's time in Key Stage 2, they will develop upon their vocabularly each year from Year 3 to Year 6.
Teaching focuses on speaking, writing and reading the language in creative and practical ways. The children at Darnhall have a real love and excitement for learning a new language! The lively lessons delivered by class teachers show the passion for the subject and it is evident children have a real desire to learn about other countries and their languages.
Core knowledge and skills developed
- Language comprehension: Listening and reading
- Language production: Speaking and writing
- Pronunciation: Phoneme videos
- Language-learning strategies
- Cultural awareness
Our Lessons:
Pupils are given opportunities to communicate for practical purposes around familiar subjects and routines.They first develop confidence and accuracy with oral skills then increasingly apply their knowledge to extended reading and writing as they progress through Key stage 2.
It is a spiral curriculum, with key skills, grammar and vocabulary revisited with increasing complexity, allowing pupils to revise and build on their previous learning.
Cross-curricular links are included throughout our Spanish units, allowing children to make connections and apply their language skills to other areas of their learning.
Lessons incorporate a range of teaching strategies from independent tasks, paired and group work including role-play, language games and language detective work. Our scheme of work focuses on developing what we term ‘language detective skills’ and developing an understanding of Spanishgrammar, rather than committing to memory vast amounts of Spanish vocabulary.
Children will:
● Demonstrate understanding of spoken language by listening and responding appropriately.
● Speak and read aloud with confidence and accuracy in pronunciation.
● Apply their understanding of phonics to make increasingly accurate attempts to read unfamiliar words, phrases and short texts.
● Be able to engage in purposeful dialogue in practical situations (e.g. ordering in a cafe, following directions) and express an opinion.
Be able to identify word classes in a sentence and apply grammatical rules they have learnt.
● Have developed an a range of language detective skills to tackle unfamiliar words in Spanish, English and other languages.
● Use a bilingual dictionary to support their language learning. Be able to construct short texts on familiar topics.
● Meet the end of Key stage 2 stage expectations outlined in the national curriculum for languages.
● Develop a greater awareness of the wider world and an appreciation for the role of language learning in promoting cross-cultural understanding.
