Modern Foreign Languages

Why we study Modern Foreign Languages
Learning a foreign language is a liberation from insularity and provides an opening to other cultures. A high-quality languages education should foster students’ curiosity and deepen their understanding of the world. The teaching should enable students to express their ideas and thoughts in another language and to understand and respond to its speakers, both in speech and in writing. It should also provide opportunities for them to communicate for practical purposes, learn new ways of thinking and read great literature in the original language. Language teaching should provide the foundation for learning further languages, equipping students to study and work in other countries.

Our Aim
We strive to enable students to achieve the highest standards of which they are capable. As well as skills in learning vocabulary, using dictionaries and other resources, students are provided with a solid grounding in the structures and patterns of the language through a range of contexts.

Our aim is to develop language learners who are enthusiastic about their learning; able to communicate in another language, and capable of working independently. 

To create motivated and confident language learners who have an acute awareness and respect for the differences between languages and cultures around the world. To widen students’ horizons, increase their cultural capital and ready them for a globalised world.  Students enjoy and are positive about learning a language and thrive in communicating in another language and working independently.

Road Map

• Modern Languages

FRENCH

SPANISH

Staff Contacts
Mr S Willard - sam.willard@oxted.thpt.org.uk (Head of Faculty)
Mrs L Witty – lesley.witty@oxted.thpt.org.uk (French)