 | Our aim is to give girls expertise in languages to prepare
them for whatever careers they go on to. |
We offer the chance to learn six languages. In Years 7-9 girls take three languages: out of French, German, Japanese, Latin, Russian and Spanish.Girls are allocated to a combination of three of these. In Years 10-11 they take at least one language. In Years 12-13 they are encouraged to continue with at least one language, to meet the needs of a workforce competent in other languages in an expanding European Union. There are opportunities to study a new language as part of the year 12 enrichment programme. This year, Italian is offered as enrichment. In 2011 – 2012, we hope to offer Japanese. We have a language resource centre opened in 1998 with a computer CD Rom network and Internet connection – facilities which are also available for use by the local community. Every girl has the chance to take a foreign trip and the school has strong links in a number of the countries whose languages are taught here. Recent trips have included a visit to France, with an art and history theme and there is an annual French exchange. A group visited Japan in Spring 2008 and there was a visit to Russia in 2009. |  |
Modern LanguagesCurriculum Leader for Modern Languages/Head of French/Language College Director: Mrs J Emm
FRENCH
French remains one of the major European languages, spoken by 120 million people in different countries on five continents. As an ‘A’ level subject, it goes well with every other subject.
GERMAN
German is also an important European language. A KS3 visit to Germany in 2008 was a resounding success.
JAPANESE
Japanese presents the challenge of a different writing system and gives an insight into a culture which is uniquely different from our own. We are currently the top school in the country for Japanese.
RUSSIAN
| The school has taught Russian for over four decades. We are currently the top school in the country for Russian. The Cyrillic alphabet (named after St. Cyril, who invented it!) may look complicated, but in fact it is a very easy language to pronounce.
SPANISH
Spanish is increasing in world importance. There will soon be more Spanish than English speakers in America. It is not a difficult language and pupils quickly develop confidence in communicating in Spanish. Classical LanguagesLATIN We aim to develop an enthusiastic and appreciative knowledge of the Roman world. Most European language is based on Latin and its language and literature have a profound effect on our own. We teach Latin through the medium of the Cambridge Latin course which allows pupils to read about the Romans and their way of life. Further interest comes from visits to sites of archaeological and historical importance. | | |
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