Scholes Junior and Infant School
MFL Skills Progression
Theme: Oracy
Year 3
Year 4
Enjoy listening to and speaking in the French
Listen and respond to familiar spoken words, phrases and sentences
Communicate with others using simple words and phrases and short sentences
Understand conventions such as taking turns to speak, valuing the contribution of others
Use correct pronunciation in spoken work.
Listen to and identify words and short phrases
Communicate by asking and answering a wider range of questions
Memorise and present a short text.
Pick out some of the detail from short spoken passages
Enjoy interacting even when they hear unfamiliar language
Year 5
Year 6
Join in a short conversation
Make a short presentation using a model
Listen to and understand the main points and some detail from a short spoken passage
Give a presentation in a clear audible voice
Converse briefly without prompts
Enjoy listening and speaking confidently.
Theme: Literacy
Year 3
Recognise and understand some familiar word and phrases in written form
Read aloud in chorus, with confidence and enjoyment, from a known text
Write some familiar simple words using a model
Write some familiar words from memory.
Read and understand familiar written phrases
Follow a short text while listening and reading, saying some of the text
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Read a wider range of words, phrases and sentences aloud
Write some familiar words and phrases without help.
Read and understand some of the main points from a text
Understand how a simple sentence is written
Write words, phrases and a few sentences using a model.
Read aloud with confidence, enjoyment and expression, in chorus or individually
Read and understand the main points and some detail from a short written passage
Write several sentences from memory
Develop a short text using a model
Theme: Intercultural Understanding
Appreciate the diversity of languages spoken within their school
Talk about the similarities and differences of social conventions between different cultures
Year 3
Identify the country or countries where the language is spoken
Have some contact with the country/countries
Recognise a children’s song, rhyme or poem well known to native speakers.
Talk about celebrations of which they have experience
Know about similar celebrations in other cultures
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Compare aspects of everyday life at home and abroad
Identify similarities in traditional stories, building on relevant Y2/3 NLS framework objectives.
Identify similarities and differences in everyday life
List some similarities and differences between contrasting localities
Recognise how symbols, products, objects can represent the culture/cultures of a country
Recognise how aspects of the culture of different countries become incorporated into the daily life of others
Demonstrate understanding of and respect for cultural diversity
Present information about an aspect of another country