“I liked the bit where her nose got bit off...”: A critical examination of the effect of studying a medieval French fairy tale on a low-attaining Year 7 French class
Melissa Berrill
(PGCE Secondary MFL, 2016-2017)
Email: melissaberrill@gmail.com
Abstract
This paper explores new National Curriculum requirements in modern foreign languages, which require students to engage with target languageliterature. A Year Seven class with a high proportion of students with special educational needs was taught a series of lessons on the medievalFrench lai ‘Bisclavret’ and wrote their own fairy-tales. Students were observed to enjoy and engage with the project, with a small observable positive effect on their reading and writing levels. It is hoped that this paper will offer justification and inspiration for teachers to meet the new
curriculum requirements in innovative ways with learners of all abilities.
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Citation: Berrill, M. (2018) '“I liked the bit where her nose got bit off...”: A critical examination of the effect of studying a medieval French fairy tale on a low-attaining Year 7 French class' Journal of Trainee Teacher Educational Research, Volume 9 pp.287-322 (Downloaded from http://jotter.educ.cam.ac.uk/, [date of access])