LITERACY

Students exposed to different literacy experiences

• French road & weather maps, job & real estate sites, furniture stores - www.ikea.fr, www.laredoute.fr , television & film guides, articles from newspapers & magazines, print & TVadvertisements, songs & music clips, poetry, art, menus - including school canteen menus, some adult & children's lit, movies, blogs, podcasts.

Language awareness strengthened

• In line with English curriculum: text-types; oral presentations; research; grammar - makes them think explicitly about English grammar and grammatical concepts, especially syntax. Prepares them for English language curriculum.

Development of metalanguage

• Strengthens students' knowledge of concepts across the curriculum (see rationale) - grammar, text types, audience and purpose, general terminology.