Modern Foreign Languages
Curriculum Area Leader: Mrs A Forrester
At Coppice Performing Arts School, students in Years 7 and 8 are “banded”, with 3 sets in each band, a top set, middle set and a smaller set where support is more easily targeted.
Learning Environment & Resources
The Modern Foreign Languages department is situated in the Communications Zone. There are three teaching rooms and an open learning area equipped with desk top computers. A trolley of 30 laptops is available to use for lessons and private study outside of lesson time.
The Department has developed a wide range of activities for use with the interactive whiteboards available in each teaching room. A range of specialist software titles is available for use in lessons and for revision purposes. Many resources have been produced “in-house” for use exclusively by our students, and we have invested in new course material in line with the new GCSE specification.
Key Stage 3
All students have 2 French lesson per week. The French scheme of work is supported by a variety of materials including the Allez textbook, MaryGlasgow magazines and online resources.
Year 7 topics include:
- Language Awareness
- Personal Information
- Family and Pets
- Town
- House and Town
- Sports and Hobbies
Year 8 topics include:
- School
- Francophonie
- Food
- Holiday and Weather
- Body Parts and Illness
Key Stage 4
Students in Key Stage 4 may opt to continue studying French up to GCSE Level. Once again, French is studied for two lessons each week. The school currently follows the EDUQAS/WJEC examination course. The scheme of work at Key Stage 4 is based on the Eduqas Course Book and complementary resources.
Post 16
French AS and A Level are available to Sixth Form students at Wolverhampton College.
All of these websites will help you revise for the Listening and Reading exams:
- bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize
Excellent website provided by the BBC, organized by skill (e.g. Reading or Listening) and then by topic - wildfrench.co.uk/GCSEPapers/paperslist.htm
Edexcel French GCSE Past Papers (the topics are very similar to WJEC) - languageskills.co.uk/intermediate/year10.html
French GCSE revision practice available after 4pm for free - revisioncentre.co.uk/gcse/french/index.html
French GCSE general revision site with revision advice - atantot-extra.co.uk
Basic vocabulary builder including many games in French - languagesonline.org.uk
French: grammar, topics and vocabulary practice - s-cool.co.uk/gcse/french
3 steps with iPhone apps - http://revisionworld.com/gcse-revision
Free registration and sign in with Facebook - funwithlanguages.vacau.com
Lots of interactive games - memrise.com Lots of vocabulary building exercises