CURRICULUM
Polish
Polish Curriculum Intent
Modern Foreign Languages empowers students to communicate successfully in the target language. They learn to appreciate the importance of languages in a rapidly changing global society and the diverse culture and customs of others. Our curriculum embeds and builds upon prior knowledge, raising students’ confidence to become successful linguists and develop a life-long love of languages.
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Key STRANDS
Listening
Students learn to understand both detail and the gist of a variety of texts through different types of questions, ranging from multiple-choice to more open-ended responses. By Year 11, students are able to comprehend more complex spoken texts and respond confidently.
Students develop skills to pick out synonyms, understand the gist of a text, and tackle more complex questions, including identifying positive and negative viewpoints, answering multiple-choice questions, and responding to open-ended prompts. Students are also trained to spot distractors, helping them choose accurate answers from a given text.
Reading and Translation
Speaking
Students develop their writing in increasingly complex language and grammar structures. Students develop being able to engage in extended conversations, discussing a variety of topics with confidence and fluency.
Students develop their writing more complex texts that reflect a wide range of vocabulary, grammar, and sentence structures. By Year 11, students are proficient in writing using multiple tenses.
Writing & Translation
Grammar
Grammar is taught both indirectly, within the context of language learning, and directly when appropriate. Students deepen their understanding of grammar, including more complex structures like the conditional and imperfect tenses, preparing them for the demands of GCSE Polish.
Curriculum Structure
Our Polish curriculum is designed to meet the needs of our students and prepares students for GCSE exams by progressively developing key skills, vocabulary, and grammar. The curriculum is structured to ensure a smooth progression in listening, speaking, reading, writing, and translation skills, with topics revisited in increasing complexity. The skills are interleaved throughout the curriculum and the grammatical skills are spiralled in years 10 and 11. By Year 11, students are confident in using the Polish language in a wide range of contexts, ready for their GCSE exams and future language studies.