The Modern Foreign Languages (MFL) Faculty offers Italian allowing students to continue with the language they have studied in Years 7 and 8. The course is designed to improve on linguistic skills as well as to broaden cultural horizons. The topics covered are intended to challenge and inspire students in their language-learning journey. Through studying a language, students will gain an important life skill which is viewed very favourably by employers and higher education providers.
Subject Content
Assessment is set in the context of these three themes:
Theme 1: People and Lifestyle
Theme 2: Popular Culture
Theme 3: Communication and the world around us
Assessment
All four skills (listening, reading, speaking and writing) are weighted equally and are assessed by exam papers at the end of the three year course.
MFL has a Foundation Tier (grades 1–5) and a Higher Tier (grades 4–9). Students must take all four question papers at the same tier.
General information
We expect students to spend 1-2 hours per week completing homework tasks, such as vocabulary learning, grammar exercises, independent study and assessment preparation.
Progression to Post 16
There is the opportunity to study Italian at A Level.