Modern languages

Principles and practice

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Learning other languages enables children and young people to make connections with different people and their cultures.

The principles and practice document is essential reading for teachers as they start working with the experiences and outcomes for modern languages.

Experiences and outcomes

All curriculum areas contribute to the totality of the experiences that make up the new curriculum. You can download the experiences and outcomes for modern languages.

    National Qualifications

    An introduction to the modern languages National Qualifications with links to information on how they are changing.

      Support materials

      • Reference grammars for primary teachers of modern languages

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        These reference grammars - in French, German, Italian and Spanish - aim to help teachers brush up on the basic rules of the languages they teach in primary schools.

      • Good Practice Conference in Modern Languages

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        Workshops and film clips from the Good Practice Conference in Modern Languages highlighting how effective practitioners are taking forward the development of practice in modern languages.

      • A critical skills approach to MLPS

        A case study which looks at a critical skills approach to modern languages teaching. This approach provided opportunities for learners to engage in discussions, to learn collaboratively and comment constructively, identifying aspects for improvement.

      Responsibility of all

      All staff have a responsibility to develop, reinforce and extend learning in the following areas.

      Broad features of assessment

      This information about assessment is extracted from the principles and practice documents for each curriculum area.

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