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Ratatouille!

In French with our year 8's today we were talking about the Pixar movie Ratatouille and started discussing where the dish came from and what is was made from. Here is a photo that we found with some explanation.

MFL Teachers Use Languages too!

Mrs Stockwell has done us proud in the MFL office today. The last time she had a conversation in Italian was 20 years ago. Yet today, when in desperate need of an Italian linguist, Mrs Stockwell came to the aid of Mrs Murayama and pulled an Italian conversation out of the bag in order to book hotel rooms in a hotel in Italy. She successfully booked the rooms and we are very proud!

The MFL team!

Why Learn Languages - The Apprentice

Here it is! Another reason why you need to learn languages - you might not fail tasks on The Apprentice. Languages help you get a foot in the door in business!

¡Hola!

Today we had a wonderful lesson in year 9 Spanish where we were looking at Spanish restaurant menus, practising dialogues and learning how to describe a dinner with a celebrity in the past tense. Whilst we discussed this we were looking at the various styles of Tortiallas in Spain and Mexico, how David Beckham(our chosen celebrity!)has learned Spanish for his football career and how the inventor of Doritos has died recently and requested that he was buried with Doritos! We even integrated salsa music into the lesson to add to the Spanish Tapas restaurant ambiance.

¡Buen provecho!

European Week of Languages Sept 2011

Continuing on theme of European Week of Languages, here is the assembly presentation led by the Head of Faculty and the 6th formers which celebrated the importance of learning languages:

why learn languages

More PowerPoint presentations from MFL Dept

Yr 12 French: Imperative

Please watch this video on the formation of the Imperative mood in preparation for today's lesson.

Merci!

Miss H

French du/de la /des

Cher 10D FR,

Voici les sites webs pour le cours lundi 3 Octobre:

After the negatives test we will move onto the following sites. Please use the below links to research and practice the use of du/de la/des and also au/à la/aux in French: (make notes in your neat book).

1. Youtube video 1 - including notes on using just "de" after negatives.


2. GCSE Bitesize notes - don't forget to click "Next". There are 3 pages of notes.


3. A very quick exercise


4. Youtube video 2 - Including notes on au/à la/aux.


5. Information on using "de" after expressions of quantity.

We will discuss these in the lesson. We will also be using exericses on p.216 in the Edexcel French text book.

Mlle H

BA Flag Awards

As part of the European Week of Languages the MFL department hosted an assembly to award year 10 students with their BA Flag Award badges to celebrate the success of all their hard work last academic year. As a result of the BA Flag Award running successfully in schools British Airways has won special recognition in the form of the European Language Label award. They have sent an email thanking all testers, including those here at the Weald of Kent.

European Week of Languages

Today the MFL department led an assembly on why it is important to learn languages. As part of that assembly some of the students gave testimony as to why they enjoy learning languages and the Weald of Kent, describing also some of the benefits of the trips they have been on. Here is one student's account:

I first chose to go to France on the basis of how much my sister enjoyed it and the fact that I wanted to study A level French, despite not being very confident in speaking it. However, taking part in the French Work Experience has been very beneficial for my language speaking and understanding skills. I would recommend this experience to anyone who is passionate about languages, as it really builds your confidence in being able to speak a foreign language. The trip can also increase independence as you are constantly given the freedom to spend your own free time however you would like, instead of having a programme of activities like lower down in the school. I took my guitar with me and sang with the primary and nursery school children, teaching them songs such as Heads Shoulders Knees and Toes, which proved very popular. This was an incredible experience and taught me that there are so many ways to get over language barriers that don’t involve speaking the language, although studying French for 5 years did come in handy!

Just like everyone else on the exchange, I made a long-term friendship with my exchange partner Priscilia, as well as all of the other French partners that were involved in the visit. From going over in June, she has already come back to England once and I am returning to Elbeuf in October with a few others to see them again. This was a truly incredible experience and I would recommend it to anyone.