M.F.L. Development

Group

2013 - 2014

2011 - 2012

Trial of the project

2012 – 2013

Project was extended to three schools in the Outer West

Literature Works approach for teaching M.F.L.

1. introduce book using Literature Works approach

2. children use their inference skills to translate the text or to work out general meaning

3. children compile word banks and lists of grammatical features

4. children create their own picture books using the target language

2013 - 2014

• try out a wider range of texts

• trial the approach in KS1 and LKS2

• share practice with colleagues from other schools

Following the Literature Works approach, the children recorded their thoughts about what the story might be about from the front cover.

• The title means ‘The wolf has returned’

• I think that all the animals were afraid of the wolf so they all went to the rabbit’s house and had a meal.

• The wolf knocked on the door but didn’t want to eat the animals and they all got scared and attacked the wolf. After that they realised the wolf wasn’t going to eat them so they invited him inside.

• Le Loup = The wolf

• est revenu = has returned.

The story was read in French and the children added further thoughts.

The children kept a record of the vocabulary they worked out, but also any grammatical features they noticed.

The impact of the project

• More than 12 books have now been used successfully with children in Years 1 – 6!

• More than 15 teachers have tried this approach and M.F.L. T&L in at least 6 schools now regularly uses target language texts.

• Feedback from teachers and children has been overwhelmingly positive.

Coverage of the new curriculum• 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

• understand basic grammar appropriate to the language being studied, including (where relevant): e.g. feminine and masculine

Christine.McGovern@waverley.newcastle.sch.uk

eric.ferguson@newcastle.gov.uk