“The Linguistics in MFL Project has brought benefits to both my students and my own teaching practice. I was keen to explore how study of linguistics can engage students and improve their competence in second language acquisition. Delivering the project in the summer term of year 12 also provided a valuable enrichment to studies as students began to consider university choices.

My A level students engaged positively with the course materials, enjoying the opportunity to learn about French as a language. The discussions surrounding phonetics and morphology particularly in relation to verb endings has a discernible impact on their pronunciation, deepening their understanding of the differences between written and spoken French. I have also designed linguistics starter activities to enable students to become more proficient at identifying patterns of language and build word families. “