Using the KS2 Framework - Knowledge about language

The Key Stage 2 Framework for Languages sets out the rationale for language learning in primary schools and defines the skills, knowledge and understanding that children should develop as they begin their language learning apprenticeship.

The Framework is based on sound principles of primary pedagogy. It sets out learning objectives across five strands, Oracy, Literacy, Intercultural Understanding, Knowledge about Language and Language Learning Strategies. It is inclusive and for all children. It recognises that language is central to the development of individual identity and that education in language and culture plays a vital part in shaping the future of our world community.

Gap filling

This lesson consolidates work on gender in French in the context of a cross curricular project about evacuation during World War 2. Children have just been using their knowledge about masculine, feminine and plural in a sorting game. They now do a gap filling exercise in which they select words from word cards on the table and copy appropriate ones into a short text. They must decide whether to select masculine, feminine or plural words, according to the text.