Subject Leader: Miss Smith
Willington Primary School MFL Intent
It is the aim of Willington Primary School to build an MFL curriculum, which develops learning and results in the acquisition of knowledge and skills which enables children to access the wider curriculum and to prepare children to be a global citizen now and in their future roles within a global community. We will have a curriculum that incorporates the understanding of Spanish so that children know more, remember more and understand more. As a result children will develop the knowledge to be able to communicate in another language other than English.
Willington Primary pupils will:
- listen attentively to spoken language and show understanding by joining in and responding · explore the patterns and sounds of language through songs and rhymes and link the spelling, sound and meaning of words
- engage in conversations; ask and answer questions; express opinions and respond to those of others; seek clarification and help
- speak in sentences, using familiar vocabulary, phrases and basic language structures · develop accurate pronunciation and intonation so that others understand when they are reading aloud or using familiar words and phrases* · present ideas and information orally to a range of audiences
- read carefully and show understanding of words, phrases and simple writing · appreciate stories, songs, poems and rhymes in the language
- broaden their vocabulary and develop their ability to understand new words that are introduced into familiar written material, including through using a dictionary
- write phrases from memory, and adapt these to create new sentences, to express ideas clearly
- describe people, places, things and actions orally and in writing
- understand basic grammar appropriate to the language being studied, including (where relevant): feminine, masculine and neuter forms and the conjugation of high-frequency verbs; key features and patterns of the language; how to apply these, for instance, to build sentences; and how these differ from or are similar to English
