You are here: Home » Departments » Languages
Print this page

Languages

Bienvenue!

At Castle community college, in the Modern Foreign Languages department, we have a team of enthusiastic and experienced staff, two of whom are native speakers from Poitiers and Paris.

French is taught to all Key Stage 3 students. In Key Stage 4, French is a GCSE option and we follow the AQA modular examination which promotes language that arises in the world of work and leisure. Every year more and more students choose to continue with French as one of their GCSE subjects.

We are a well-resourced department and our course Métro which is fully compatible with the
National Curriculum and the latest secondary strategy, include student books at two levels of difficulty, differentiated homework booklets, audio materials, attractive transparencies,
assessment packs, flashcards and Métro-électro, a computer programme which enables the students to work at their own pace and to repeat the same exercise again and again. The course is interactive and encourages confident communication and understanding from the very beginning.

Outside links:

Every year, we organise a very popular and successful residential visit to France and students get
the opportunity to practise what they have learnt.

A day trip to Calais is also taking place during activities week.

In April 2007, we hosted some French students from Saultain near Valenciennes and many youngsters exchanged email addresses and telephone numbers.

  • Aims
    To develop in   students the ability to use the foreign language effectively for the purposes of practical communication.
  • To develop an awareness of the mechanisms of language and language learning.
  • To offer an insight into the culture and civilisation of the target language country.
  • To form a sound base of the skills, language and attitudes, required for further study and leisure.
  • To develop students’ understanding of themselves and their own culture.
  • To provide enjoyment and intellectual stimulation.

^ Top

Previous page: ICT
Next page: Learning Resource Centre