1. New MFL National Courses N4/N5/MLLW
Course structures
Content
Teaching methodologies
Assessment

2. Comparing N4 & N5 Courses N4 Roughly equivalent to Int 1 / SG General
No final exam
8 Unit Assessments
Added Value Unit N5
Roughly equivalent to Int 2 / SG Credit
Final exam
4 Unit Assessments

3. Comparing N4 & N5 Content Lifestyles Education and Work Wider World
Culture

4. How do we teach N4 & N5? 4 skills + Flexibility Relevance Resources
High expectations
Pupil responsibility

5. N4 & N5 Assessment S3 = CfE Level 3 S4 National 4
Formal & informal
Unit Assessments
Prelims

6. Modern Languages for Life and Work
SCQF levels 3 or 4
ML for Life, ML for Work, Building Own Employability

7. In summary…
Flexibility
Relevance
Skillset
High Expectations

8. Home Study help
Linguascope - pupils have the username and password - Intermediate level
Languagesonline - vocab, grammar and topic exercises
BBC Bitesize Int 2 (for N5)
Some staff use EDMODO - a blog specifically for your child’s class with links and support + pupils can ask questions of their teacher; pupils have to get a time-limited password to join up. Mobile app available too
Wordreference.com - online dictionary (NOT Google translate please!)
SQA website - past papers Int 2 for N5, General for N4
aprender.org.uk - Spanish vocab and grammar