Modern Foreign Languages (MfL)
At Preston, we teach Spanish using Language Angels. Our aim in Modern Foreign Languages is to ignite pupils' curiosity and broaden their understanding of the world. This is achieved through a focus on listening, speaking, reading, and writing, with grammar integrated throughout. In an increasingly interconnected world, learning additional languages is a vital skill that broadens pupils’ horizons, expands their worldview, and fosters greater tolerance.
Pupils are given opportunities to listen to the language through our language programme, Language Angels. This progresses into speaking the language, which is broken down into steps for a better understanding. At Preston, pupils build on the prior learning of the language to be able to hold conversations in Spanish and are given opportunities to have purposeful communication.
In their writing in Spanish lessons, pupils use a variety of grammatical structures to demonstrate what that they have learnt during their lessons. Learning a second language provides a level of respect for different people’s faiths and cultures, as the children learn where Spanish is spoken in the world. This helps the pupils to learn more about their own culture by reflecting and comparing. The topics that are covered create meaningful links which are relevant to the pupils and cover subjects that are taught in core lessons.
