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Mind Map by Lou Blackwell, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Lou Blackwell
almost 9 years ago
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Why Foreign Language
is taught in Primary Schools
- Key stage 1
- Not compulsory in
maintained schools
at this level
- Some early year's
settings teach a
foreign language
- Not compulsory in
maintained schools
at this level
- Key stage 2
- Compulsory in all
maintained schools
- Lays foundations for
foreign language at
key stage 3
- Develops children's
cultural awareness and
their understanding of
themselves as Europeans
- Develops children's
cultural awareness and
their understanding of
themselves as Europeans
- Lays foundations for
foreign language at
key stage 3
- English as an Additional
Language pupils must be taught
a foreign language
- 25% primary
schools does not
have foreign
language expertise
(TES 2014)
- Does not cater for
children with broader
educational needs, e.g.
SEND, high achievers
- Young children do not
question why they are
learning a foreign language
- Young children do not show
embarrassment if the make
mistakes whilst learning as
foreign language
- Compulsory in all
maintained schools
- Department for
Education
- Published statutory
guidance on National
Curriculum in England for
MFL key stages 1 - 4
- Substantial progress in
one language over the
4 years of key stage 2
- National Curriculum purpose of study states that 'learning
a foreign language is a liberation from insularity and
provides an opening to other cultures.' (www.gov.uk)
- Substantial progress in
one language over the
4 years of key stage 2
- No stipulated
number of foreign
language teaching
hours per week
- An appropriate balance
of spoken and written
language to be provided
- An appropriate balance
of spoken and written
language to be provided
- Stipulates that
either French,
German, Italian,
Mandarin, Spanish,
Latin or Ancient
Greek be taught
- Schools should be
able to choose a
foreign language
based on the
demand of the
local community
- Guidelines do not take into
account any foreign languages
spoken within own culture
- Guidelines do not take into
account any foreign languages
spoken within own culture
- Most requirements
for spoken language
do not apply to Latin
or Ancient Greek
- A lot of the English
language is derived
from Latin
- Latin is used by many
professions, e.g.
scientists, medical
personal, legal
representatives
- Latin is used by many
professions, e.g.
scientists, medical
personal, legal
representatives
- A lot of the English
language is derived
from Latin
- Schools should be
able to choose a
foreign language
based on the
demand of the
local community
- Published statutory
guidance on National
Curriculum in England for
MFL key stages 1 - 4
- Progression
from key stage 2
to key stage 3
- Many feeder schools do not
study the same language at
key stage 2 as being taught
at key stage 3
- Article: Pupils will be forced to drop their foreign
language studies once they reach secondary
school. (www.independent.co.uk 25.03.2014)
- Article: Pupils will be forced to drop their foreign
language studies once they reach secondary
school. (www.independent.co.uk 25.03.2014)
- Many feeder schools do not
study the same language at
key stage 2 as being taught
at key stage 3
- Does not require a
high level of
linguistic
knowledge
- Can be learnt
through familiar and
constant repetition
- Provides the skills for the children to
easily learn other languages later in life
- Provides the skills for the children to
easily learn other languages later in life
- Improves prospects for global
economy and employment market
- Can be learnt
through familiar and
constant repetition
- Ofsted (December 2013)
- Overall effectiveness
of modern languages
education being
provided in schools
- Achievement of pupils
in modern language
- Quality of teaching
in modern languages
- Quality of the curriculum
in modern languages
- Quality of leadership in,
and management of,
modern languages
- Overall effectiveness
of modern languages
education being
provided in schools
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