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French

Miss. A. Uphill

Head of Faculty
French

“One language sets you in a corridor for life. Two languages open every door along the way.”

Here at Ferndown Upper School we are passionate about learning languages.  We wholeheartedly share the sentiments of the Psycholinguist Frank Smith.

When you learn another language, you extend your linguistic and cultural knowledge, expand your worldview and broaden your horizons.  You recognise differences in values and beliefs and discover new ways of doing things, not to mention strengthen your understanding of your own cultural and linguistic background. Our aim is for all students at Ferndown Upper School to find their MFL lessons interesting, engaging and challenging.

Meet the French Department

Mrs. E. Elliott

Teacher of French

Miss. A. Uphill

Teacher of French

Chandeleur Celebrations
Chandeleur Celebrations
Chandeleur Celebrations

Curriculum Overview

Please rotate your device to landscape to view the Curriculum for years 9, 10 and 11.

Autumn 1
Autumn 2
Spring 1
Spring 2
Summer 1
Summer 2

Year 9

Year 10

Year 11

Free time, internet and social life

Healthy lifestyle

Jobs and the world of work

Holidays and tourism

Holidays and tourism (continued)

GCSE course starts: Free Time

Identity, Family and Celebrations

School Life

Healthy Lifestyle

Holidays and festivals

Protecting the environment

Geography and climate

Home and town

Jobs and future plans

Speaking preparation

Revision

Revision

Extra-Curricular Opportunities & Enrichment

Fortnightly French GCSE revision sessions.

Careers Links

As a Modern Foreign Languages student, you will have gained skills highly valued by employers, such as verbal and written communication, problem solving, processing of information, teamwork, literacy and oracy.  Speaking a foreign language enables you to compete in the global market place in a wide range of careers connected to areas such as the diplomatic service, marketing, customer service, law, business management and journalism to name a few. However, if you are passionate about languages you may wish to explore careers opportunities in an area more directly related to Modern Languages such as travel consultant, aviation operations manager, interpreter/translator, bilingual administrator, cabin crew, heritage-engineering technician and commercial procurement and supply.

Useful Information for Parents

• CGP GCSE AQA French/Spanish – The Revision Guide and other workbooks: Exam Practice and Translations Skills

• Revise GCSE Spanish/French Pearson – Revision guide and Revision workbook

• GCSE Bite size – Listening and Reading exercises

• Atantot.co.uk – Vocabulary practice; games and exercises. There is also some grammar practice.

• Languagesonline.org.uk – Interactive reading exercises and grammar practice.

• Wordreference.com – online dictionary

• Duolingo & Quizlet – vocab building and practice apps