Modern Languages
Courses are as follows:-
S1 3 periods per week studying both Spanish and French, starting with Spanish from August to December and changing to French from January to end-April. Pupils undertake formal assessment on the four skills - Listening, Talking, Reading and Writing at the end of Spanish study and at the end of French study. S2 2 periods per week studying both Spanish and French, starting with Spanish from May to December, changing to French from January to end-April. Pupils undertake formal assessment on the four skills - Listening, Talking, Reading and Writing at the end of Spanish study and at the end of French study. This allows the pupils to experience both languages and choose which one they wish to take forward into S3. Some pupils choose to continue to study both languages. S3 All pupils in S3 will study modern languages for one period. In addition Pupils also have the option of studying 3 periods per week of a language - either Spanish or French. If studying both languages, pupils will receive 3 periods of tuition for each language (ie., 6 periods of language per week). S4 4 periods per week of language, working towards either National 4 or National 5 French or Spanish, or Level 4 MLLW. S5-S6 6 periods of language per week, working towards either National 5, Higher or Advanced Higher French or Spanish. |
