Languages at UCS

The department offers French, German and Spanish to both GCSE and A' Level Standard. Pupils commence with the study of French in Year 7. In Year 9 they can then opt for German or Spanish as additional languages. We are based in the new Jeremy Bentham building and have two state-of-the-art ICT suites and a broad range of resources available to the pupils, including subscriptions to MyWorks, Vocab Express, Rosetta Stone and departmental websites and materials. We maintain an excellent track record in preparing pupils for Higher Education and throughout the school strive to offer as much variety and intellectual stimulation as possible, whilst tailoring tuition to individual pupils’ needs. The department organises annual trips to Paris, Hamburg and Salamanca, in addition to cinema, museum and theatre outings. The Modern Languages Society is key to promoting such opportunities. Pupils are also actively encouraged to partake in a number of language events and competitions, such internal vocabulary leagues, national French writing competitions (Winner 2010), Think Kafka Essay Prize (Winner 2010), the Linguistics Olympiad and the Stephen Spender Translation Prize.
 

Please see individual language pages for more details and downloadable content.