The French, German and Spanish specifications build on the knowledge, understanding and skills gained at GCSE, focusing on language, culture and society, and fostering a range of transferable skills including communication, critical thinking, research skills and creativity. The course involves actively using the foreign language and the approach tends to be topic-based, dealing with the themes and topics around which linguistic skills are practised and developed. Besides course books, authentic listening and reading materials from news broadcasts, newspapers and the internet are used extensively. DVDs are shown from time to time and visits to see plays and films are arranged where appropriate. The language lab is used weekly and there is also a compulsory conversation class with the foreign language assistant once per week.
a minimum of five (I)GCSEs at grade 6 / B and 3 at grade 5 / C.
Examinations are based on the core subject content of Social Issues and Trends, Political and Artistic Culture, Grammar, and Works (Literary Texts and Films), as well as an Individual Research Project. The Listening, Reading, Writing paper is worth 50%, the Writing paper 20% and the Speaking 30%.
About Education Provider
| Region | West Midlands |
| Local Authority | Staffordshire |
| Ofsted Rating | |
| Gender Type | Co-Educational |
| ISI Report | View Report |
| Boarding Fee | Unknown |
| Sixth Form Fee | Unknown |
| Address | Mount Pleasant, Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 1DB |
The French, German and Spanish specifications build on the knowledge, understanding and skills gained at GCSE, focusing on language, culture and society, and fostering a range of transferable skills including communication, critical thinking, research skills and creativity. The course involves actively using the foreign language and the approach tends to be topic-based, dealing with the themes and topics around which linguistic skills are practised and developed. Besides course books, authentic listening and reading materials from news broadcasts, newspapers and the internet are used extensively. DVDs are shown from time to time and visits to see plays and films are arranged where appropriate. The language lab is used weekly and there is also a compulsory conversation class with the foreign language assistant once per week.
a minimum of five (I)GCSEs at grade 6 / B and 3 at grade 5 / C.
Examinations are based on the core subject content of Social Issues and Trends, Political and Artistic Culture, Grammar, and Works (Literary Texts and Films), as well as an Individual Research Project. The Listening, Reading, Writing paper is worth 50%, the Writing paper 20% and the Speaking 30%.