Lower Sixth Languages Forum at Radley College

Lower Sixth linguists had the exciting opportunity to take part in a Languages Forum at Radley College.

Aims

Lower Sixth French, German and Spanish linguists were invited to take part in an evening of talks and speaking activities.

Resources

After a few ice-breaker games of Petit Bac, Taboo and Dobble amongst others, they heard a variety of talks on untranslatable phrases and idioms, French Slang ‘Verlan’, the OuLipo movement and its creative use of language. All students enjoyed discussing a range of topics on cultural and social issues.

A Lower Sixth student said: ‘We were split off into groups of our chosen A level language and played lots of games, listened to two talks related to our chosen language and had a delicious dinner kindly prepared by one of the Radley language teachers. Overall, the evening helped us improve our speaking skills through many conversations in our language and allowed us to talk about topics outside our curriculum.’

Impact

The evening was a great way to broaden students’ understanding of topics such as immigration, music, media, festivals and traditions, and encourage open discussion in the language they study for A level.