Purpose of Study

We recognise that learning a foreign language is an essential skill in the globalised world we live in, and at Carville, we aim to broaden our children’s experiences and understanding of different cultures. We deliver this through high quality French education, which inspires and enthuses children while provoking their curiosity and understanding of the target country, its culture and history.

Through the high quality first teaching of French taking place we will see the impact of the subject in the following ways:

• Children will be able to communicate with each other in French.
• Children will become aware that a language has a structure, and that the structure differs from one language to another.
• Children will develop their language through development of the four key skills of speaking, listening, reading and writing.
• Children will enrich their language learning by developing an understanding of the French culture.
• Children will learn how language skills can be applied to a range of languages.
• Children will transfer to KS3 effectively and successfully and will be well prepared to continue and develop their language skills.

Who is the Carville Linguist?

The Carville Linguist is equipped with the grammar, pronunciation and spelling, speaking, and listening skills to communicate at an age related appropriate level in French. We deliver this through high quality French education, which inspires and enthuses children while provoking their curiosity and understanding of the target country, its culture and history.

As well as studying France as a country, we broaden children’s knowledge and understanding of Francophonie e.g. understanding that French is spoken in several countries such as Switzerland, Belgium, Luxembourg, overseas French territories and Quebec in Canada.

We recognise that children at Carville often have limited experiences of French language and culture. We build that knowledge through providing ‘real’ experiences with the support of ‘Nattalingo’, offering theme days, immersive French learning experiences and library bus opportunities led by an experienced French Teacher.

Carville Primary School is a culturally diverse school with children from all over the world. We celebrate the diversity of our school and give children opportunities to share language and culture from their home countries, recognising and valuing our children’s existing multi-lingual capabilities.

Carville French Rationale

• We deliver a bespoke French curriculum using The Primary French Project in association with Insitut Francais, Network for Languages and the Association for Language Learning.
• This delivers the essential subject knowledge needed to teach each aspect of language and culture, an excellent model of pronunciation and intonation and material and relevant age appropriate material.
• The learning of a Modern Foreign Language provides a valuable educational, social and cultural experience for the pupils. Pupils develop communication and literacy skills that lay

the foundation for future language learning. They develop linguistic competence, extend their knowledge of how language works and explore differences and similarities between the foreign language and English. Learning another language raises awareness of the multilingual and multicultural world and introduces an international dimension to pupils’ learning, giving them an insight into their own culture and those of others. The learning of a foreign language provides a medium for cross-curricular links and for reinforcement of knowledge, skills and understanding developed in other subjects.

• Our curriculum is aligned with the KS2 PoS for Languages and the KS2 PoS for English.
• We use interactive resources to demonstrate accurate pronunciation and promote independent learning.