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National Curriculum for England

Overview

Rosetta Stone Foundations English is aligned to the National Curriculum for England, providing students with everything they need to succeed in reading, writing, listening, and speaking.

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National Curriculum of England: Foreign Languages Key Stage 2 (Years 3–6)

Foreign Language

Practical communication 1

Standard Descriptor

Pupils should be taught to listen attentively to spoken language and show understanding by joining in and responding.

Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
  • Online Lessons In most online Course lessons, pupils will listen attentively and demonstrate understanding.
  • Teacher's Guide In all Teacher's Guide activities, pupils will listen attentively and demonstrate understanding.
  • Supplemental Readings In most Stories and Supplemental Reading activities, pupils will listen attentively and demonstrate understanding.

Practical communication 2

Standard Descriptor

Pupils should be taught to explore the patterns and sounds of language through songs and rhymes and link the spelling, sound and meaning of words.

Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
  • Teacher's Guide In some Teacher's Guide activities, pupils will explore language patterns through songs and rhymes.

Practical communication 3

Standard Descriptor

Pupils should be taught to engage in conversations; ask and answer questions; express opinions and respond to those of others; seek clarification and help.

Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
  • Online Lessons In all online Course lessons, pupils will practice language structures and vocabulary to be able to engage in conversations.
  • Teacher's Guide In all Teacher's Guide activities, pupils will engage in conversations.
  • Workbook In all Workbook activities, pupils will practice language structures and vocabulary to be able to engage in conversations.

Practical communication 4

Standard Descriptor

Pupils should be taught to speak in sentences, using familiar vocabulary, phrases and basic language structures.

Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
  • Online Lessons In all online Course lessons, pupils will speak in sentences.
  • Teacher's Guide In all Teacher's Guide activities, pupils will speak in sentences.
  • Workbook In all Workbook activities, pupils will practice language structures and vocabulary to be able to speak in sentences.
  • Supplemental Readings In all Stories, pupils will practice language structures and vocabulary to be able to speak in sentences.

Practical communication 5

Standard Descriptor

Pupils should be taught to develop accurate pronunciation and intonation so that others understand when they are reading aloud or using familiar words and phrases.

Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
  • Online Lessons In all online Course lessons, pupils will develop accurate pronunciation and intonation.
  • Teacher's Guide In most Teacher's Guide activities, pupils will develop accurate pronunciation and intonation.
  • Supplemental Readings In all Stories, pupils will develop accurate pronunciation and intonation.

Practical communication 6

Standard Descriptor

Pupils should be taught to present ideas and information orally to a range of audiences.

Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
  • Online Lessons In all online Course lessons, pupils will practice language structures and vocabulary to present ideas and information.
  • Teacher's Guide In most Teacher's Guide activities, pupils will orally present ideas and information.

Practical communication 7

Standard Descriptor

Pupils should be taught to read carefully and show understanding of words, phrases and simple writing.

Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
  • Online Lessons In all online Course lessons, pupils will read carefully and show understanding.
  • Teacher's Guide In all Teacher's Guide activities, pupils will read carefully and show understanding.
  • Workbook In all Workbook activities, pupils will read carefully and show understanding.
  • Supplemental Readings In all Supplemental Readings, pupils will read carefully and show understanding.

Practical communication 8

Standard Descriptor

Pupils should be taught to appreciate stories, songs, poems and rhymes in the language.

Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
  • Teacher's Guide In many Teacher's Guide activities, pupils will have the opportunity to appreciate literary forms in the language.
  • Supplemental Readings In all Supplemental Readings, pupils will have the opportunity to appreciate literary forms in the language.

Practical communication 9

Standard Descriptor

Pupils should be taught to broaden their vocabulary and develop their ability to understand new words that are introduced into familiar written material, including through using a dictionary.

Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
  • Online Lessons In all online Course lessons, pupils will broaden their vocabulary.
  • Teacher's Guide In all Teacher's Guide activities, pupils will broaden their vocabulary.
  • Workbook In all Workbook activities, pupils will broaden their vocabulary.
  • Supplemental Readings In all Stories and Supplemental Reading activities, pupils will broaden their vocabulary.

Practical communication 10

Standard Descriptor

Pupils should be taught to write phrases from memory, and adapt these to create new sentences, to express ideas clearly.

Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
  • Online Lessons In all online Course lessons, pupils will practice language structures and vocabulary to be able to write phrases to create new sentences.
  • Teacher's Guide In all Teacher's Guide activities, pupils will write phrases to create new sentences.
  • Workbook In all Workbook activities, pupils will write phrases to create new sentences.
  • Supplemental Readings In many Supplemental Reading activities, pupils will write phrases to create new sentences.

Practical communication 11

Standard Descriptor

Pupils should be taught to describe people, places, things and actions orally and in writing.

Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
  • Online Lessons In all online Course lessons, pupils will describe people, places, things and actions.
  • Teacher's Guide In all Teacher's Guide activities, pupils will describe people, places, things and actions.
  • Workbook In all Workbook activities, pupils will describe people, places, things and actions.
  • Supplemental Readings In many Supplemental Reading activities, pupils will describe people, places, things and actions.

Practical communication 12

Standard Descriptor

Pupils should be taught to understand basic grammar appropriate to the language being studied, including (where relevant): feminine, masculine and neuter forms and the conjugation of high-frequency verbs; key features and patterns of the language; how to apply these, for instance, to build sentences; and how these differ from or are similar to English.

Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
  • Online Lessons In all online Course lessons, pupils will understand basic grammar forms and apply them in sentences.
  • Teacher's Guide In all Teacher's Guide activities, pupils will understand basic grammar forms and apply them in sentences.
  • Workbook In all Workbook activities, pupils will understand basic grammar forms and apply them in sentences.
  • Supplemental Readings In many Supplemental Reading activities, pupils will understand basic grammar forms and apply them in sentences.

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