Rights Respecting Schools Award

Learning a foreign language can open doors to a rich cultural world and enhance one's global communication skills and at Manadon Vale, all pupils will be expected to achieve their full potential. The four key language learning skills; listening, speaking, reading and writing will be taught and all necessary grammar will be covered in an age-appropriate way across KS2. This will enable pupils to use and apply their learning in a variety of contexts, laying down solid foundations for future language learning.

Aims of French at Manadon Vale

Through our teaching of Languages at Manadon Vale, we aim to:

Ensure every child has the opportunity throughout Key Stage 2, to study a foreign language and develop their interest in the culture of other nations
Ensure pupils’ learning is enriched in a broad curriculum to which languages contribute
Provide language teaching informed by the 5 ECM outcomes – Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing and Cultural Understanding
Ensure pupils have access to high quality teaching and learning opportunities, through the use of EuroStars

Why we learn languages at Manadon Vale

Reasons for learning languages:

recent studies show a positive correlation between second language learning and academic achievement (Steele et al, (2015)
language learners develop the ability to communicate with greater self-awareness and confidence
learning a new language at a young age can provide children with strategies to help them learn other languages in the future
gives us significant transferable skills, as it reinforces our linguistic competence and the use of grammar and syntax
can help children develop good memory skills, along with decoding and analytical skills
learning a language is challenging; children develop their resilience
leads to a measurable improvement in our attention capacity (Vega-Mendoza et al, 2015, Cognition)
helps to develop our awareness and understanding of different cultures: young people need to become culturally agile, ready for the mobile and global jobs of the future