Spanish Progression Document

At Teignmouth Primary School, we provide our pupils with the opportunity of learning one of the most widely spoken languages in the world, Spanish. We have chosen this language not only because of how widely spoken it is but also because of the rich culture attributed to Spanish speaking countries. It is through the exposure of different cultures that our students are more prepared to live in multi-cultural Britain. Alongside the appreciation of culture, our pupils will improve their oracy and through links to cognates and near cognates, they will also further strengthen their own understanding of the English language. We intend to inspire and excite our pupils using a wide variety of topics and themes in Spanish with the expectation that all pupils will achieve their full potential in MFL. Our ultimate aim being that pupils will feel prepared, willing and inspired to continue studying languages beyond key stage 2 and into key stage 3.

    

The four key language learning skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing will be taught and all necessary grammar will be covered in an age-appropriate way across key stage 2. To enable us to teach Spanish to the highest standard, we have adopted the Language Angels scheme. This scheme centres its learning around the twelve points of the National Curriculum.

By the end of key stage 2, pupils should be able to:
• Listen attentively to spoken language and show understanding by joining in and responding;
• Explore the patterns and sounds of language through songs and rhymes and link the spelling, sound and meaning of words;
• Engage in conversations; ask and answer questions; express opinions and respond to those of others; seek clarification and help;
• Speak in sentences, using familiar vocabulary, phrases and basic language structures;
• Develop accurate pronunciation and intonation so that others understand when they are reading aloud or using familiar words and phrases;
• Present ideas and information orally to a range of audiences;
• Read carefully and show understanding of words, phrases and simple writing;
• Appreciate stories, songs, poems and rhymes in the language;
• Broaden their vocabulary and develop their ability to understand new words that are introduced into familiar written material, including through using a dictionary;
• Write phrases from memory, and adapt these to create new sentences, to express ideas clearly;
• Describe people, places, things and actions orally and in writing;
• Understand basic grammar appropriate to the language being studied, including (where relevant): feminine, masculine and neuter forms and the conjugation of high-frequency verbs; key features and patterns of the language; how to apply these, for instance, to build sentences; and how these differ from or are similar to English.

Our curriculum is structured in such a way that our pupils begin with the basics of Spanish and from this, they have the opportunity and support in place to sequentially build their knowledge. Our topics are also relatable to the children and are topics that they themselves have experiences in such as family, food and school which will support their metacognitive skills around the topic. This will enable pupils to use and apply their learning in a variety of contexts, laying down solid foundations for future language learning and also helping the children improve overall attainment in other subject areas. In addition, the children will be taught how to look up and research language they are unsure of
within the bank of reference materials they have available to them to help develop their independence and curiosity. Through the use of learning tools such as conversation builders, we will enable all of our children to access Spanish at their level and empower them to have a conversation in Spanish with another person. All pupils will develop a genuine interest and positive curiosity about foreign languages, finding them enjoyable and stimulating. Learning a second language will also offer pupils the opportunity to explore relationships between language and identity, develop a deeper understanding of other cultures and the world around them with a better awareness of self, others and cultural differences. The intention is that they will be working towards becoming life-long language learners.

All pupils will:

• Understand and respond to spoken and written language from a variety of authentic sources;
• Speak with increasing confidence, fluency and spontaneity, finding ways of communicating what they want to say, including through discussion and asking questions, and continually improving the accuracy of their pronunciation and intonation;
• Write at varying length, for different purposes and audiences, using the variety of grammatical structures that they have learnt;
• Discover and develop an appreciation of a range of authentic writing in the language studied.

 

Look at some of our superb Spanish learning so far this year!

Learning vocabulary:

     

Building sentences:

     

Asking and responding to questions: