MODERN LANGUAGES: French and Spanish (OCR) 

The GCSE in Modern Languages has as its chief aim the development of the ability to use the language effectively for communication.

The four skill areas on which teaching, learning and testing are based are listening, speaking, reading and writing; these are given equal weighting and emphasis.

Believing that for the best communication there must be a real understanding of the foreign culture and environment, as well as the language, we want to encourage a lively and positive approach, so that students will use their skills practically in authentic situations. This will be supported by parallel encouragement of traditional linguistic skills.

We expect that a pupil will attend the trips that we organise to France and Spain on a regular basis, as this will bring the language to life.
        
Mrs C Collcutt, DEUG