MFL
MFL
Learning to speak and understand a foreign language provides a valuable educational, social and cultural experience and encourages students to embrace a global outlook. The skills to speak a foreign language equips students for fulfilling careers with an international dimension.
Modern Foreign Languages (MFL) enriches the British school curriculum by promoting initiative, confidence, creativity, intercultural sensitivity and independent learning. The languages we offer are French, German, Spanish and Mandarin. MFL is a compulsory subject from Year 3 to Year 11 (Key Stage 2 to Key Stage 4), and students can choose to study French, German, Spanish or Mandarin at IGCSE/GCSE and A-Level.
We also fully support those students with a strong knowledge of languages other than English, enabling them to sit international examinations to certify their proficiency. The British School of Bucharest students have recently successfully studied IGCSEs/GCSEs and A-Levels in Portuguese, Arabic, Russian, Greek, Italian and Japanese.
In Secondary, students learn to manipulate the language and go beyond mere imitation towards more natural use. Students learn through role-plays simulating real-life situations, research projects, presentations and interviews with native speakers. For example, cross-curricular links with other subjects in the British school curriculum (History, Art, Geography, Music and Mathematics) reinforce the relevance of foreign languages. We focus on enabling students to take authorship of their learning by developing independent learning skills and being aware of language-learning strategies.
Events outside the classroom highlight the intercultural dimension of language learning. Every year we organise trips abroad to provide students with an excellent opportunity to experience foreign languages `in action`.
