Primary MFL: Bringing Lessons to Life with Songs, Stories and Poems

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Wendy Adeniji School principal, teacher, inspector and author
Webinar 53min

This webinar provides you with expert guidance on incorporating songs, stories and poems into the primary MFL curriculum, helping to enrich learning experiences, expand understanding of the language, and build cultural capital. It shows how different genres can be exploited in a range of ways to teach and reinforce grammar and vocabulary, and uses examples in French and Spanish.

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For: Leaders, teachers, teaching assistants

Aim: This webinar provides you with expert guidance on incorporating songs, stories and poems into the primary MFL curriculum, helping to enrich learning experiences, expand understanding of the language, and build cultural capital. It shows how different genres can be exploited in a range of ways to teach and reinforce grammar and vocabulary, and uses examples in French and Spanish.

Rationale: The DfE statutory guidance National curriculum in England: languages programmes of study states that pupils in key stage 2 should “appreciate stories, songs, poems and rhymes in the language”, and “explore the patterns and sounds of language through songs and rhymes and link the spelling, sound and meaning of words”.