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Rushall Primary School believes that the learning of languages provides a valuable spiritual, moral, social and cultural experience for our pupils. We strive to ensure that our children will be empathetic, intelligent and resilient learners and leaders of the future who can adapt in an ever-changing world. Language learning is an excellent vehicle for our children to embrace diversity in our school setting, locally and worldwide, and to celebrate and respect difference.
Through our teaching of Makaton and French we aim to:
Foster an interest in learning other languages
Develop their speaking, listening and communication skills
Introduce young children to another language in a way that is enjoyable and fun
Stimulate and encourage children’s curiosity about language
Encourage children to be aware that language has structure and that the structure differs from one language to another
Help the children develop their awareness of cultural differences in other countries
Make links between learning English, home language (where applicable) and a foreign language.
Teach language learning following a skills progression, so that prior knowledge is built upon.
Languages lead: Miss Lauren Rankin
We teach Makaton throughout school and French in key stage two. We use a combination of a formal teaching session followed by reinforcement throughout the week and through learning in other areas of the curriculum, including links to English language learning. In this way, learning is embedded within the primary curriculum as a whole.
The children are taught how to:
Use signing to aid communication
Ask and answer questions
Use correct pronunciation and grammar in a safe environment where the children are encouraged to take risks with their learning and develop resilience
Memorise signs and words
Interpret meaning (problem solving)
Understand basic grammar
Use dictionaries
Work in pairs and groups and communicate in French (working collaboratively)
Look at life in another culture
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