Intent 

At MTB Primary, we place great importance on a curriculum which develops the whole child, to achieve their potential and shine brightly in our own unique way. At MTB Primary we aim to ensure that all pupils develop their curiosity and deepen their understanding of the world through high-quality MFL education. Learning a language is a requirement as part of the National Curriculum and our chosen language is Japanese. The teaching of Japanese should enable pupils to foster an interest in learning another language, develop listening and speaking skills and gain enjoyment and a sense of achievement at being able to speak another language. Growing together, we learn and succeed.

Implement

Modern foreign languages at Mary Tavy and Brentor provides: 

• Opportunities to listen attentively to spoken language and show understanding by joining in and responding.
• Opportunities to explore the patterns and sounds of language through songs and rhymes and link the spelling, sound and meaning of words.
• Opportunities to engage in conversations; ask and answer questions; express opinions and respond to those of others; seek clarification and help.
• Pupils will speak in sentences, using familiar vocabulary, phrases and basic language structures.
• Opportunities to develop accurate pronunciation and intonation so that others understand when they are reading aloud or using familiar words and phrases.
• Opportunities to present ideas and information orally to a range of audiences.
• Pupils will read carefully and show understanding of words, phrases and simple writing.
• Opportunities to appreciate stories, songs, poems and rhymes in the language.
• Opportunities to broaden their vocabulary and develop their ability to understand new words that are introduced into familiar written material, including through using a dictionary.
• Opportunities to 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.

At Mary Tavy and Brentor Primary you will see celebration of all languages and cultures: on displays, maps of the world and books in different languages. We reach out to our local and wider community by asking parents to share their cultures and we have international links with Africa, Japan, Romania and Germany.