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Year 9 MFL trip to Queen’s College, Oxford

Posted on: 05/02/2019

Year 9 MFL trip to Queen’s College, Oxford

A group of Year 9 students visited Queen’s College for an afternoon of university style lectures and seminars in Modern Languages.  Sessions included an introduction to linguistics and learning a new language in half an hour.  We learned the Hebrew alphabet, how to write from right to left and how there is even a different alphabet for the printed form of the language.  The Portuguese lesson focused on pronunciation and translating the lyrics of the song Águas de Março – some students even sang along.

Students then worked in groups subtitling a film in either French or German before presenting their work as an audio commentary.  The day finished with a very informative talk on “Why study Modern Languages” and a question and answer session with undergraduate students who were able to share their experiences of language learning and living abroad. 

Our students were fantastic - participating enthusiastically in all activities and being ready to talk in foreign languages, even in front of native speakers. We were very proud of The Henry Box students.

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