Why am I here?

0Consider how MFL can fit in to your future aspirations

0Understand what route your language learning journey can take

0Options available to you

0Hear from real people who use languages on a day-to-day basis

MFL at St Mary’s

0All of Year 9 do one language: Spanish

0Option choices

0Carry on with Spanish through Years 10 & 11 (GCSE)

0Pick up French from beginners level and take a GCSE in 2 years

0Take both languages at GCSE!

0Not take any languages

What is in the GCSE?

020% reading exam and 20% listening exam

0 undertaken in May of Year 11

030% writing controlled assessment and 30% speaking controlled assessment

0 completed at various points throughout Years 10 & 11

0two CA tasks for speaking and two CA tasks for writing in total sent off

What is in the GCSE?

0Topics

0Work & Education

0 Family & Celebrations

0Healthy Living

0 Free Time

0Holidays

0Environment

0Town

0House & Home

Why take a language at GCSE?

0you enjoy learning languages0you might like to work or travel abroad0a good qualification to have for entry into college

or university0some universities require a GCSE in MFL eg

University College London (C grade or higher)0employability 0makes you stand out from the crowd0 lots of well known people speak other languages

and it has helped them in their careers

Give yourself the edge… they did!Match the names on the left to the degrees on the right:

J. K. RowlingAuthor (Harry Potter)

Paula RadcliffeAthlete

Lucy LiuFilm star

Jonathan RossTV and Radio Presenter

Rory Bremner Comedian

Fiona BruceNewsreader

Chris MartinMusician (Coldplay)

Nigella LawsonTV Chef

Chinese Language and Culture(1990)

European Studies(1982)

French and German(1983)

Modern European Studies(1996)

Greek and Latin(1999)

French and Classics(1987)

Medieval and Modern Languages(1983)

French and Italian(1986)

J. K. RowlingAuthor (Harry Potter)

French and Classics(1987)

Paula RadcliffeAthlete

Modern European Studies(1996)

Lucy LiuFilm star

Chinese Language and Culture(1990)

Jonathan RossTV and Radio Presenter

European Studies(1982)

Rory Bremner Comedian

French and German(1983)

Fiona BruceNewsreader

French and Italian(1986)

Chris MartinMusician (Coldplay)

Greek and Latin(1999)

Nigella LawsonTV Chef

Medieval and Modern Languages(1983)

Give yourself the edge… they did!Match the names on the left to the degrees on the right:

J. K. RowlingAuthor (Harry Potter)

Paula RadcliffeAthlete

Lucy LiuFilm star

Jonathan RossTV and Radio Presenter

Rory Bremner Comedian

Fiona BruceNewsreader

Chris MartinMusician (Coldplay)

Nigella LawsonTV Chef

Chinese Language and Culture(1990)

European Studies(1982)

French and German(1983)

Modern European Studies(1996)

Greek and Latin(1999)

French and Classics(1987)

Medieval and Modern Languages(1983)

French and Italian(1986)

J. K. RowlingAuthor (Harry Potter)

French and Classics(1987)

Paula RadcliffeAthlete

Modern European Studies(1996)

Lucy LiuFilm star

Chinese Language and Culture(1990)

Jonathan RossTV and Radio Presenter

European Studies(1982)

Rory Bremner Comedian

French and German(1983)

Fiona BruceNewsreader

French and Italian(1986)

Chris MartinMusician (Coldplay)

Greek and Latin(1999)

Nigella LawsonTV Chef

Medieval and Modern Languages(1983)

The Language Learning Journey

0 each MFL teacher has taken a different route

Today’s speakers

0Miss DiNiro

0Italian, Spanish & French

0 Trainee teacher

Today’s speakers

0NST

0Anne Bekel & John Kaya

0travel company

0 school trips including WW 2015 Barcelona

0 based in Blackpool

My Work

Role – Recruitment Consultant

Location - Paris

Company - Swift World Wide Resources

Swift WWR Is a recruitment agency specialising in the oil and gas industry, we find engineers and managers to work on oil rigs and other oil and gas platforms all over the world.

Benefits of being able to speak French

0 You will be able to communicate with around 340 million more people than your average English speaker.

0 Your understanding of grammar and vocabulary is massively improved.

0 In a French working environment you will be the best English speaker.

0 It opens you up to opportunities abroad, even at A-Level standard.

0 There is nothing that you can learn at university about speaking French that you cannot learn at A-Level if you take advantage of the opportunity.

How French Has Helped Me

0Graduated from St Mary’s Sixth Form with a B in French and went on to study at the University of Sheffield.

0 Spent a year as a student in the south of France.

0Went on to work in customer service at NS&I (boring)

0Did a Marketing internship with a local Fylde company.

0Moved to Swift WWR UK last year in March, then to Swift Paris in June.

My Tips

0 Learn the irregular verbs as quickly as you can.

0 Practise listening, use youtube, watch films that you know well in French.

0 Speaking- use music to improve your pronunciation, it helps with accent, rhythm and breathing. It also helps with listening, I strongly recommend Emily Loizeaufor this purpose.

0 If you want to say something learn how to say it! Use all the tools you can to find out how to say what you want to say, it makes learning far more fun if you express your own opinions in your work!