{"id":3420,"date":"2026-02-15T01:06:57","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T01:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/couriertrip.com\/grangeschool\/?page_id=3420"},"modified":"2026-07-13T18:34:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T18:34:54","slug":"modern-foreign-language","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/couriertrip.com\/grangeschool\/overview\/modern-foreign-language\/","title":{"rendered":"Modern Foreign Language"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\u2022 French \u2022 Spanish \u2022 Mandarin (Only offered in the primary school)<\/p>


\u201cAnyone that doesn’t know foreign languages knows nothing of his own.\u201d \u2015 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Maxims and Reflections
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Here at Grange School, the Modern Foreign Languages Department, which started as the French Department, has expanded to embrace two more languages: Spanish and Mandarin. This is a reflection of the realities of our time as more of our students are going outside Europe and America for further studies, and China has carved a niche for herself at the pinnacle of the global market.<\/p>

Years 7-9 (Key Stage 3)<\/h3>

Students coming into Grange during the Primary phase are exposed to the three languages [Mandarin, Spanish, and French] on offer on the Grange MFL menu. At the secondary school level, there are only two on offer \u2013 French and Spanish. Since Grange admits pupils from other schools where these languages are probably not taught, emphasis is laid on the rudiments of the languages in order to allow new entrants to find their feet and have fun learning the languages.<\/p>

Growing Up<\/h3>

The early years of MFL are always a challenge as students strive to break the habit of thinking and imposing the syntax of their first language on the second new one they are learning. At Key Stage 4, they are more sure-footed, thereby enjoying new learning challenges.<\/p>

Out & About<\/h3>

From the four walls of the classroom, we have gone out on regular language immersion excursions to places such as: Cotonou, France, Switzerland, and Spain \u2013 to stretch our cramped legs and get a fresh breath of \u2018linguistic air\u2019 in our adventurous lungs.<\/p>

Mr. A. Adebowale
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