Curriculum - MFL - Departmental Information

MFL Department Aims & Objectives

The department aims to enable students to learn one or more modern foreign languages in a lively and stimulating environment, and to contribute as fully as possible to the success of the whole school in its service to the students. Its general aims are:
• To motivate students by providing enjoyable learning experiences
• To counter prejudice and insular attitudes
• To offer insight into and contact with other cultures
• To promote a variety of study skills and learning styles
• To provide opportunities for pupils to interact socially in a variety of situations
• To promote awareness of the nature of language and of language learning process

The specific aims are to:
• Equip students with a life-skill and provide a sense of achievement by enabling them to use a foreign language for themselves.
- provide a sense of individual worth by allowing students to perform to the best of their ability.
- Instil pleasure and challenge in learning that will encourage students to continue in education beyond the age of 16.
- Enable students to work harmoniously in pairs or groups, as well as individually.
- Enable students to compare and contrast their own society with that of another country and in doing so break down prejudices that may be held against foreign cultures and traditions.
- To provide the basis for greater vocational opportunities and recreational fulfilment