Our Lingofest – the Languages Faculty House Competition – is a Speaking Competition which saw over 450 Years 7-9 students represent their Houses in a foreign language reading competition. They read aloud songs and poems in 5 languages and were given points for pronunciation, intonation and dramatic effect. We had to, once again, adapt our plans to accommodate Storm Eunice. All students recorded themselves and uploaded their performance to Google Classroom and we chose the winners from there. You can see/hear some of the recordings here!
German
The German Lingofest final saw pupils read or perform a variety of texts. Year 7 read aloud a poem about colours. There were lots of videos and gesticulation to entertain and make the meaning clear. Year 8 read or sang the well-known and much enjoyed carnival song ‘Das Fliegerlied’ with appropriate sound effects. Year 9 read a poem ‘das Farbengedicht’, written by another student about how the colours can make us feel. All of our students gave their very best and scored lots of House Points for their efforts.
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Russian
The Russian department used the Lingofest 2022 as an opportunity to mark the Russian festival of Maslenitsa (pancake week) in Year 7, students read aloud poetry about pancakes – блины. In Year 8 students performed a dialogue in town to show off their current learning and Year 9 read a poem about their current topic – Школа -school. Mrs Willett was very pleased with the effort students went to and enjoyed hearing the poems and dialogues being read so well. A special mention goes to Amy Richardson who has won a prize in the British Council Celebrate Speaking competition with her entry.
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Italian
We focused on modern Italian poetry in the Italian department. Year 7 students read Sembra questo, sembra quello by Maria Enrica Agostinelli while Year 8 brought to life I mesi dell’anno by Renzo Pezzani, and Year 9 took on Gianni Rodari’s Il Vento. So much effort had been put into honing pronunciation and intonation and it was a delight to listen to the girls enjoying and exploring the sounds of la bella lingua! Bellissimo lavoro, ragazze!
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French
This year, we welcomed the return of a face-to-face final for the French Lingofest House competition. Years 7, 8 and 9 students came together to represent their respective house in the final, reading either “Le Cancre”, “En sortant de l’école” or “Le chat et l’oiseau”, three poems by the famous French poet, Jacques Prévert. Our Year 12 students were responsible for the judging of each year group and were very impressed with the intonation and pronunciation of our students. Well done to all the students who took part and many thanks to Kirsten, Olivia, Violet and Maia in Year 12 for your help. Bravo tout le monde!
Results
Spanish
Spanish pupils at Key Stage 3 put on some lovely performances of a variety of poems by writers from the Spanish-speaking world. Year 7 students performed an excerpt of ‘En un trozo de papel’, a beautiful poem about the imagination by Galician poet Antonio García Teijeiro. Year 8 did some excellent, well-pronounced performances of ‘Mariposa’ by one of the 20th century’s most famous Spanish poets: Federico García Lorca. Meanwhile, Year 9 students did really well with their renditions of ‘El viento en la isla’ by Chilean poet and Nobel Prize-winner Pablo Neruda. Well done to all who participated!
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