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Modern Foreign Languages
| Head of Department: | Mr J P Laming |
| Staff: | Miss P Davidson, Mrs K Carlton, Mrs A L Hall, Mrs J Harding, Mrs E Roberts |
Frederick Gough Language College Vision
As leading Language College practitioners in North Lincolnshire, our vision is to instill a visible International ethos that is understood and experienced by students, staff, parents and carers and the wider community in order to promote cultural awareness and develop our young people into global citizens of the 21st century. We believe in the core aim of the National Languages Strategy to transform language learning into a life-long skill, promoting "languages for life" and "languages for all". Accepting the mutual benefits that each country brings to the global table, competency in a foreign language unlocks the technological, enterprise and vocational activities which enhance the employability skills our pupils.
Frederick Gough Language College actively promotes our vision to a local family of primary schools, all thirteen secondary schools in North Lincolnshire area, a prominent sixth-form college, business and community partners and the Local Authority with whom with work closely. Sharing our resources and good practice, together with our experiences of innovative curriculum design at regional and national conferences allows us to disseminate new ideas and gain greater recognition for our international work.
Our primary partners have worked extremely hard to implement the primary languages strategy with limited resources and no extra time. We therefore use this progression as a springboard to enter pupils for an earlier GCSE. The greater impact of this initiative is that as a result of significantly increased language exposure at key stage 3, pupils are becoming confident and competent language learners. Instilling confidence in pupils early on is key to raising participation rates in second language uptake.
Skills acquired in the languages classroom, particularly the high order memory skills, as well as the ability to communicate and empathise with other cultures has an impact on pupils' perception of their own potential in other subject areas. Exploring the commonality and overlap between subject areas in language lessons helps pupils understand the interdependence and importance of all of their subjects.
The MFL Department
The aim of the MFL department is to promote a love of learning foreign languages by exploring new and exciting cultures which in terms of their geography, history, ethnicity, agriculture, society, and technology are so different from our own. Through these fascinating comparisons which make language learning so vibrant and interesting, we use a wide range of teaching and learning styles to provide excellent lessons which are fun, challenging and stimulating to students of all abilities.
We supplement classroom teaching with visits to France, Germany, Japan, Russia and Spain. Every year, through our long-standing links with the British Council, we welcome four language assistants from France, Germany, Russia and Spain who not only take part in lessons to develop spoken language skills but also offer to run lunchtime clubs. They are invaluable, not only in demonstrating an authentic accent but helping pupils understand the culture of their home nation. Inevitably they become part of the makeup of the MFL department!
The Languages department has a dedicated International ICT Suite with interactive software and specialist language websites. All classrooms have interactive whiteboards.
John Leggott College
European Day of Languages
Russian AS/A Level
Work Experience Placements from Belgium & local area
International Schools Award
Frederick Gough Language College received the prestigious International School Award at a high-profile ceremony in London on 8 October 2008, presented by broadcaster and journalist George Alagiah.
This celebration of the best in international activity was attended by representatives from schools across the UK. Frederick Gough was rewarded for its outstanding work in bringing the wider world into the classroom though its range of international projects, including International themed days and visits to our partner schools in Japan.
The ISA encourages and supports schools to develop the following:
Courses
Blue Pathway
Visits Abroad
Responsibilities
As leading Language College practitioners in North Lincolnshire, our vision is to instill a visible International ethos that is understood and experienced by students, staff, parents and carers and the wider community in order to promote cultural awareness and develop our young people into global citizens of the 21st century. We believe in the core aim of the National Languages Strategy to transform language learning into a life-long skill, promoting "languages for life" and "languages for all". Accepting the mutual benefits that each country brings to the global table, competency in a foreign language unlocks the technological, enterprise and vocational activities which enhance the employability skills our pupils.
Frederick Gough Language College actively promotes our vision to a local family of primary schools, all thirteen secondary schools in North Lincolnshire area, a prominent sixth-form college, business and community partners and the Local Authority with whom with work closely. Sharing our resources and good practice, together with our experiences of innovative curriculum design at regional and national conferences allows us to disseminate new ideas and gain greater recognition for our international work.
Our primary partners have worked extremely hard to implement the primary languages strategy with limited resources and no extra time. We therefore use this progression as a springboard to enter pupils for an earlier GCSE. The greater impact of this initiative is that as a result of significantly increased language exposure at key stage 3, pupils are becoming confident and competent language learners. Instilling confidence in pupils early on is key to raising participation rates in second language uptake.
Skills acquired in the languages classroom, particularly the high order memory skills, as well as the ability to communicate and empathise with other cultures has an impact on pupils' perception of their own potential in other subject areas. Exploring the commonality and overlap between subject areas in language lessons helps pupils understand the interdependence and importance of all of their subjects.
The MFL Department
The aim of the MFL department is to promote a love of learning foreign languages by exploring new and exciting cultures which in terms of their geography, history, ethnicity, agriculture, society, and technology are so different from our own. Through these fascinating comparisons which make language learning so vibrant and interesting, we use a wide range of teaching and learning styles to provide excellent lessons which are fun, challenging and stimulating to students of all abilities.
We supplement classroom teaching with visits to France, Germany, Japan, Russia and Spain. Every year, through our long-standing links with the British Council, we welcome four language assistants from France, Germany, Russia and Spain who not only take part in lessons to develop spoken language skills but also offer to run lunchtime clubs. They are invaluable, not only in demonstrating an authentic accent but helping pupils understand the culture of their home nation. Inevitably they become part of the makeup of the MFL department!
The Languages department has a dedicated International ICT Suite with interactive software and specialist language websites. All classrooms have interactive whiteboards.
John Leggott College
European Day of Languages
Russian AS/A Level
Work Experience Placements from Belgium & local area
International Schools Award
Frederick Gough Language College received the prestigious International School Award at a high-profile ceremony in London on 8 October 2008, presented by broadcaster and journalist George Alagiah.
This celebration of the best in international activity was attended by representatives from schools across the UK. Frederick Gough was rewarded for its outstanding work in bringing the wider world into the classroom though its range of international projects, including International themed days and visits to our partner schools in Japan.
The ISA encourages and supports schools to develop the following:
- An international ethos embedded throughout the school
- A majority of pupils within the school impacted by and involved in international work
- Collaborative curriculum-based work with a number of partner schools
- Curriculum-based work across a range of subjects
- Year round international activity
- Involvement of the wider community
- Ideas for developing collaborative curriculum-based international work with partner schools
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| China | Germany |
Courses
Blue Pathway
- All pupils in the blue pathway are taught French, German, Russian and Spanish on a rotating programme until the end of the Autumn term of year 7. Having sought advice on their preferred option, pupils then study one language intensively, taking their GCSE at the end of year 10.
- Year 11 is then used as a bridging year between higher GCSE and AS level for those pupils who wish to continue their language studies.
- Alternatively, pupils who no longer study a language will be given additional curriculum support in other core subjects.
- Committed linguists have the option of taking a second language option as a two year intensive GCSE course during years 10-11.
- This successful approach to Early Language Learning (ELL) is a pioneering strategy designed to improve linguistic capability which the senior leadership team fully supports.
- All pupils in the yellow pathway are taught French based on our own fast-track scheme of work, dovetailing (with) progress made in junior school.
- • Studying French intensively brings pupils up to a comparatively high standard with the previous 5 year course, allowing them to take the Foundation French GCSE exam at the end of year 9.
- • Years 10-11 are then used for optimum projects.
- • Alternatively, pupils wishing to take an additional language like Spanish or Japanese have the option of taking a two year intensive short-course GCSE or Asset Languages qualification during years 10-11.
- Pupils in the green pathway are taught French from years 7-9.
- During years 10-11, Spanish or Japanese may be taken instead of French with greater emphasis placed on the intercultural understanding of the cultures where the languages are spoken.
- All pupils are offered the option of taking Mandarin as a twilight class from the start of year 7.
- We also offer twilight language courses for pupils at Melior and St Bedes.
- During the GCSE exam period, we support our secondary school network by examining pupils from surrounding schools whose teachers do not have the linguistic expertise to do so (e.g. Turkish, Cantonese, Mandarin and Spanish)
- We also run adult education classes in Spanish for teachers across the Local Authority either for purposes of professional development or personal interest.
- We also run family education classes in Spanish.
Visits Abroad
| France | Bolougne & Paris |
| In year 7 there is a residential visit to Boulogne. Students at GCSE level have the opportunity to improve their French on a 5 day trip to Paris | |
| Germany | Mosel Valley |
| Japan | Osaka |
| Russia | |
| Spain |
Responsibilities
| James Laming | Director of Languages & Lead Teacher (Interim Head of French) |
| Teaches French, Japanese & Chinese | |
| Kathy Carlton | Co-ordinator of German |
| Teaches German, French & Spanish | |
| Elizabeth Roberts | Co-ordinator of Russian |
| Teaches Russian, German & French | |
| Amanda Hall | Co-ordinator of Spanish |
| Teaches Spanish & French | |
| Paula Davidson | International Coordinator (Interim support for French Curriculum Planning) |
| Teaches German & French | |
| Laura Harrhy | Teacher of French & Spanish |
| Marilyn Smith | Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) |
| Assists with French, German, Russian & Spanish | |
| Amanda Murray | Language College Secretary |
| Mathematics | English | Science | DT | MFL | Geography | ICT | History | RE |
| Drama | Music | Art | PE & Dance | PSHE | Enrichment | SEN | Citizenship |
