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Last updated: 01.08.24

Languages brought to life in House competition




Languages brought to life in House competition
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Plymouth College’s House Modern Foreign Languages competition saw students from Year 7 through to sixth form give presentations in French, German and Spanish.

Launched last year, the event saw students talk on a range of topics including ‘My Family’, ‘My Hobbies’, ‘A Film I Enjoyed’ and ‘My Dream’. Each age group had non-native and near-native categories. The winners and runners-up go through to the regionals at Barnstaple on 10 March. The results were:

Non-Natives                                                   Near-Natives

KS3 Winner:
                                                  KS3 Winner:

Olivia Mears (French)                                      Thomas Cosby (French)

KS3 Runner-Up:                                             KS3 Runner-Up:

Jocelyn Wannell (Spanish)                              Joseph Thompson (French)

 

KS4 Winner:                                                   KS4 Winner:

Laura Cosby (Spanish)                                    Wolfram O’Connor (French)

KS4 Runner-Up:                                             KS4 Runner-Up:

Ben Gittins (German)                                       Laura Cosby (French)

 

KS5 Winner:                                                   KS5 Winner:

Dana Turogina (French)                                  Charlotte O’Brien Gore (French)

KS5 Runner-Up:                                             KS5 Runner-Up:

Sauri Roche-Walker (Spanish)                        Luc Dewulf (French)

 

Retired Spanish teacher, Christine Pearce and last year’s winner, Mae Dartnell, were the judges. Mae went on to be runner-up in the regional competition and made it through to the national final. She is currently taking a gap year before going to university to study languages.

 

“The thought of speaking in a different language to a large audience was quite frightening at first,” said Mae. “However, with practice, my confidence grew and following the House competition I performed in both French and Spanish in the regional round and French in the final. It was a turning point in my language speaking and this newly-found self-belief enabled me to work in Spain for two months over the summer.”







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