Classrooms are fittedwith individual listening/speaking posts. Computers and videos areused widely in everyday teaching and pupils are also able to recordand assess their own work on video.
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Head of Department |
Mrs C McGrath |
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Staff |
Mrs E Knox Mr J Forbes Miss G Friel Miss C Reid |
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The Modern Languages Department is equipped with the mostup-to-date language learning technology.
Classrooms are fittedwith individual listening/speaking posts. Computers and videos areused widely in everyday teaching and pupils are also able to recordand assess their own work on video.
All pupils study a foreign language for 4 years from S1-S4. BothFrench and German are offered in S1 with the possibility of anadditional language in S3.
Our aim is to teach pupils to communicate competently andconfidently in the foreign language. We emphasize the practicalskills of understanding and speaking the languages in real lifesituations. Reading and writing in the foreign language, as well aslearning about the way of life in foreign countries, are alsoimportant elements of the course.
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All pupils study a foreign language for 4 years from S1-S4. BothFrench and German are offered in S1 with the possibility of anadditional language in S3.
Our Foreign Languages Assistants allow our pupils to communicatewith native speakers, so improving their practical language skills.
We have recently established links with a school in France andanother in Germany. This should provide further opportunities for ourpupils to communicate in European languages. We intend to set up anexchange programme with these schools in the near future.
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Higher Courses are available in French and German, with Sixth YearStudies available in both languages according to demand.
Courses leading to SCOTVEC certificates in French, German andSpanish will be available to pupils who prefer not to follow a Highercourse.
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