Language Taster Club September 2014

Another ex-Cowbridge student sets off abroad!

Fred Bisson left Cowbridge in 2012 having studied Maths, Physics, Further Maths and German at A-level. He loved Maths and chose to study it at Warwick university. However he has recently made the decision to take up the opportunity of a year abroad in Gottingen, Germany during his degree.



Here is Fred on some other exciting travels this Summer in China!

This is what Fred wrote about choosing to study abroad for a year:

Doing Maths probably worked in my favour for the year abroad. Warwick university has a good network of partner universities in Europe and the department are keen to promote the ERASMUS programme as we receive a lot of students as well. I found myself well placed after German A level compared to other candidates and could pick from a lot of universities in Germany. I chose Göttingen because loads of famous mathematicians studied there and it is a historic university town so I quite wanted to experience that kind of atmosphere as opposed to the modern hub of Warwick. A good thing about my university is how many opportunities they give you so I was lucky enough to be sent to summer school in Beijing which was great fun and gave me the opportunity to see a whole new world.

Hallo Klasse 8 2014!

Welcome to German in Year 8!

 

Viel Spaß! - Have fun!

 

Year 7! Have fun with these songs in your French lessons in the next few weeks!

Bonjour Year 7!
In your first few lessons of French you will be learning all about greetings in French! Watch these films to help you practise and remember how to greet people in French!

 

La rentrée! Schulanfang!

Welcome back from Cowbridge MFL department to all students from Year 7 to Year 13! We are sure you will have a fun and successful year learning with us. Don't forget you can also enjoy following and learning with us on twitter. @cowbridgemfl

Cowbridge students have graduated in languages with flying colours!

Harriet Booth, Rachel Proctor and Bethan Thomas left Cowbridge in 2010 having achieved excellent A-level results. Time has flown by and this year they have all graduated from university.

Harriet graduated from Bath University with a 2.1 in German and International Management. She is currently enjoying an internship at Siemens and working on an interesting communication project for the company. Her work will focus on the UK, Austria and probably Sweden! She is then going to do volunteer work in Australia after Christmas. 

  Bethan graduated from Southampton university with a 2.1 in French and German and she is now doing an internship for a translation company in Hamburg! Follow her blog:

Verloren in Traduction

 

 

Rachel studied at Bristol university and graduated with a 2.1 in German and Russian. She is now living in Berlin. Having lived there on her year abroad she couldn't wait to get back to the excitement of Berlin. She is doing a translation internship there.

 

We look forward to following their continuing career and travel updates! Félicitations. Herzlichen Glückwunsch!

 

Living in Hamburg, Germany - a former student's blog!

 

You may remember Bethan Thomas  who has visited school a number of times, the latest being this July. Bethan graduated from Southampton with a 2.1 in French and German this year. Herzlichen Glückwunsch! Félicitations. She has now decided that she can't get enough of life abroad (who can blame her!) and is currently working as an Intern in Hamburg for the year. Her blog makes for entertaining and informative reading! Enjoy.
You can follow her blog here: Verloren in Traduction
There is a prize if anyone can work out why her blog is called: Verloren in Traduction!

GCSE Language success!

The MFL department would like to wish Year 11 congratulations on their fantastic GCSE results yesterday! Across French and German highlights include 5 students who achieved over 190/200, and many of you who were determined to achieve above your target grade! Well done all of you for being so ambitious, focussed and conscientious.

62% A* - A in French and 52% A* - A in German this year!

94% A* - C in French and 100 % A* - C in German this year!

Congratulations to you all. We are very proud of you.

AS and A Level Exam Success

Well done to all of our French and German students in Years 12 and 13, who received their results on Thursday. 

Year 13 - make sure you keep in touch! 

Year 12 - we hope you decide to carry on into Year 13 - if you have any queries please drop us an email.

Bravo!

The MFL department wishes you all happy, fun and safe summer holidays