Modern Foreign Languages at Ark Kings

Modern Foreign Languages Curriculum Overview

MFL Curriculum Overview: Outline of taught and assessed content

The table below outlines the whole curriculum overview for this subject area, and shows the journey that students take throughout Ark Kings.

Autumn 1

Autumn 2

Spring 1

Spring 2

Summer 1

Summer 2

Year 3

Phonics 1

Phonemes: a, e, i, o, u, ch, j, ñ, ll, rr

Animals

Animals incl. indefinite article, use first person conjugated verb ‘soy’ (I am) from the infinitive verb ‘ser’ (to be)

Ice Creams

Flavour of ice cream, transactional language required to order food, using phrase ‘quisiera’ (I would like)

I Am Learning Spanish

Introductions, how someone is feeling, ask someone their name, numbers from 1-10, colours, know where Spanish is spoken

Culture: La Tomatina

History and traditions of La Tomatina

Year 4

Phonics 1-2

Phonemes: ca, ce, ci, co, cu

My Family

Members, names and ages of family members, counting to 100, use possessive adjectives ‘mi’ and ‘mis’, use 1st and 3rd person singular for verbs ‘llamarse’ (to be called) and ‘tener’ (to have)

In the Classroom

Recall classroom objects with their indefinite article, replace indefinite article with possessive adjective, say and write what they have and do not have in their pencil case

Presenting Myself

Counting to 20, say name and age, greetings, say how someone is feeling, say where they live, nationality and basic gender agreement rules

Culture: Las Fallas de Valencia

History and traditions of Lass Fallas festival in Spain

Year 5

Phonics 1-3

Phonemes: ga, ge, gi, go, gu

My Home

Recognise nouns for rooms in the house, say which rooms they do and do not have in their house, create longer written and spoken passage using vocabulary taught in previous units

Clothes

Use vocabulary for clothes, use genders and artcles for clothes, use the verb ‘llevarse’ (to get dressed), say what to wear in different weather/situations, describe clothes and their colour, use possessives

The Date

Recall and apply days, of the week, months of the year and numbers to 31, say when their birthday is

Culture: San Fermín

History, traditions and controversy of Las Fiesta de San Fermín

Year 6

Phonics 1-4

Phonemes: b, v, cc, qu, z

At the Weekend

Ask what the time is, tell the time, say what they do at the weekend, use conjunctions, present an account of what they do and at what time on the weekend

The Planets

Name and recognise planets, use adjectival agreement and explain the rules

At School

Use vocabulary for school subjects, say which subjects they like and dislike, tell the time, say what time lessons are

Culture: El Día de los Muertos

History and traditions of El Día de los Muertos in Mexico

Year 7

Autumn 1: My Life

Spanish pronunciation

Use of verbs ‘tener’ and ‘ser’’

Vocabulary describing family and personality

Autumn 2: My Family and Friends

Pronunciation ‘l’ and ‘ll’ Grammar position of adjectives and nouns Vocabulary including colour adjectives and intensifiers

Irregular verbs in 3rd person ‘tener’ and ‘ser’

Spring 1 & 2: Where I Live

Contraction of a and el

Regular verbs ‘ar’, ‘er’, ‘ir’ in the present tense

Vocabulary to describe where a person lives

Use of ‘ir’, including with infinitive

Prepositions

Using connectives and intensifiers

Giving simple opinions

Pronunciation of key SSCs

Summer 1 & 2: My School

Pronunciation of key SSCS and accent

1st person plural form of verbs

Use of plural definite and indefinite articles

Extending writing using sequencers

Justifying simple opinions

Year 8

Autumn 1: My Free Time

Irregular and stem changing verbs

Translation using cognates, near-cognates, and context

Complex sentences using clauses and connectives

Autumn 2: Everything about my life

Grammar: using the third person singular present tense regular and irregular verbs. Leisure activity vocabulary and expressing a preference, like and dislike

Using comparatives to extend expression.

Spring 1: On Holiday

Pronunciation through the separation of adjacent vowels and of r’ & ‘‘rr’

Preterite of regular and irregular verbs

Extending reasons through the addition of connectives and time explanations

Spring 2: Food and eating out

 Vocabulary: food and eating; being able to express likes/ dislikes as well as preferences; using expressions of quantity

Pronunciation of “n~”. Using a negative grammar feature (no, nada, nunca)

Using preterite and present tense (full paradigm)

Summer 1 & 2: Careers and future plans.

Use of the Immediate future tense

Verbs to describe jobs and workplaces

Vocabulary to be able to contrast education and work.

Year 8

Autumn 1: My Free Time

Irregular and stem changing verbs

Translation using cognates, near-cognates, and context Complex sentences using clauses and connectives

Autumn 2: Everything about my life

Grammar: using the third person singular present tense regular and irregular verbs. Leisure activity vocabulary and expressing a preference, like and dislike

Using comparatives to extend expression.

Spring 1: On Holiday

Pronunciation through the separation of adjacent vowels and of r’ & ‘‘rr’

Preterite of regular and irregular verbs

Extending reasons through the addition of connectives and time explanations

Spring 2: Food and eating out

 Vocabulary: food and eating; being able to express likes/ dislikes as well as preferences; using expressions of quantity

Pronunciation of “n~”. Using a negative grammar feature (no, nada, nunca)

Using preterite and present tense (full paradigm)

Summer 1 & 2: Careers and future plans.

Use of the Immediate future tense

Verbs to describe jobs and workplaces

Vocabulary to be able to contrast education and work.

Year 10

Autumn 1 & 2 French: Local Area

Describing places in town and what there is in your local region

Finding our tourist information in a town

The weather and related activities

Problems in one’s local area

Grammar: adjectives (agreement and superlatives)

Conditional phrases

Impersonal verbs

‘Si’ phrases with different tenses

Negation

Spring 1 & 2 French: Holidays and travel

Talking about what you normally do on holiday

Hotel stays: rooms, reservations, facilities and reviews

Methods of transport, buying travel tickets, station facilities and interactions

Food vocabulary and restaurant interactions, including complaints

Problems and disastrous holiday accounts

Recap of numbers

Grammar: ‘in’ / ‘to’ a country

Using the formal ‘vous’

Question formation

Working across the 3 tenses

Summer 1 & 2 French: School and education

Revising school subjects and explaining a timetable

Description of a school: facilities, subjects, school day, differences between France and the UK

School rules and regulations, including uniform

Comparing primary and secondary school

School clubs and activities

Grammar: opinions and justifications, including with Direct Object Pronouns

Impersonal verbs (il faut, il est + adj)

Imperfect tense for descriptions in the past

Year 11

Autumn 1 French: Work and future plans

Jobs and workplaces

Preferred types of employment to match personality

Future plans after GCSEs

Reasons why a language con help at work

Part-time jobs / chores

Grammar: recap present tense and opinions

Recap Immediate Future and Conditional tenses

Conjunctions including ‘pour’ + infnitive

Autumn 2 French: Environment and the future

Natural disasters, weather

Environmental problems and solutions

How individuals can help the environment

Helping society – volunteering

Global events

Grammar: recap mod

al verbs

Pronouns ‘on’ + modals

Understanding the passive

Emphatic / disjunctive pronouns

Mixing 3 key tenses

French: Writing and Speaking Skills

Review of all course content

Revision and Exams