Bald ist Weihnachten! C'est bientôt le Noël!

 

Enjoy these French and German songs in your lessons this week or at home too!

Year 9 STEM science and languages workshops take place this week

Wednesday, Thursday and Friday this week all of Year 9 have been taking part in Languages and Science workshops. The MFL department are proud that with the help of SEE-Science, we have been lucky enough to enjoy the expertise and insights of 4 different speakers who all use languages in their business and scientific careers and in Wales: David, a UK diplomat, Chris and Sarah from Tata Steel and Lars from Dow Corning.

Here are some of 9X enjoying working on a task looking at different international scientific companies.

Ben Jones presents his group's findings loudly and confidently.

Here they are concentrating intently on the task in hand.

 

Lars Luckoff presenting his final quiz with the class on Thursday. The prize for the team with the highest marks in the quiz was a pot of silicone. Lars works for Dow Corning.

 One of the final thought provoking questions in Lars' quiz.

Lars and the students having fun at the end of the quiz.

The MFL department of Cowbridge Comprehensive would like to express their thanks, danke schön, merci to David, Lars, Sarah and Chris, who all gave up their valuable time to talk to Year 9 about how their use languages in their careers and how languages have helped their careers in business and science to progress.

We are sure that all of Year 9 have enjoyed the thought provoking process considering new careers options open to them in Science, Languages and other areas of course!

Year 11 French speaking exam tips!



Year 11 - Follow these steps to success in your speaking exams next week!

Learn your presentation step by step, testing yourself after each sentence so you KNOW you know it all.
Check you are not speaking too fast.
Ask your teacher or another French speaker to record the presentation for you so you can focus on pronunciation.
Double check any words that are hard to pronounce.
Make sure you understand the questions that you will be asked.
Make sure you can answer each question confidently - sounding confident is the key!

Come to the revision sessions at the following times:

Monday 1st December: 1.15 B2D

Tuesday 2nd December: 1.15 B2E

Wednesday 3rd December: 1.15 B2E

Thursday 4th December: 3.15 - 4.00 B2D

Friday 5th December 1.15 B2D (for Mr Marwaha's class only)

Come with your notes and ask any questions on pronunciation, vocabulary, extending your answers, or practise with other students or teachers! The more practice the better!

Riceathon 9Y4

Student of the Month - November 2014

25 years ago today the Berlin Wall fell. Germany commemorates andcelebrates.

9th November 1989 after months of political pressure the Berlin Wall was forced down. Germany could begin to celebrate and hope for freedom for all its citizens.

BBC tells the history in 60 seconds

To celebrate 25 years since "der Mauerfall" Berlin created a "Lichtgrenze"- a light border along the route where the wall originally was. 

Here are thousands of people celebrating and hoping for freedom 25 years ahold today.

This video also gives a very succinct and fascinating version of the events!

The Berlin wall - This is another great link to read and watch more about the Berlin wall.

Be frugal with google (translate!)

Here are 3 very good reasons why your brain is cleverer than google translate!

What it should say: entrance only with a tour guide!

What it should say: bienvenue! De rien means "you're welcome" in French, after someone has said merci!

Whilst this is a beautiful translation fail, it's still a bit weird!

Welcome back to a new half term of fun and work in French and German.

Practice makes the master: In other words "practice makes perfect"

Stay calm and work hard

Year 8 French

Use this video to help you practise and remember hobbies in French.

Student of the Month!! October 2014