Schools Direct
INTERVIEWS & ADMISSIONS
Subject Knowledge Audit – MFL
NAME
DATE
Purpose of the Audit
Your indications of subject knowledge strengths and weaknesses will be used as a basis for
discussion during your individual interview and will inform target-setting afterwards. When the
course begins, the audit will also be used to inform planning for the development of key areas of
individual trainee subject knowledge.
Please complete the enclosed audit as accurately and completely as possible using the following
‘codes’ where applicable.
Knowledge Grade
Source of Knowledge
0
1
2
A
B
C
D
No secure knowledge
Basic knowledge can be applied to the solution of problems
Secure knowledge that can be used to explain to others
GCSE Qualification or below
AS or A Level Study
Degree or Post Graduate academic study
Other (e.g. Native Speaker, Professional Training)
Please be aware that as part of the subject interview you will be required to answer
questions relating to grammatical structure and features of the language.
MFL TOPIC
KNOWLEDGE
GRADE
(0 or 1 or 2)
SOURCE OF
KNOWLEDGE
(A or B or C or D)
Gender
Articles
Adjectival agreement
Possessive adjectives
Adverbs
Regular verb paradigms
Irregular verb paradigms
Present tense
Perfect tense
Imperfect tense
Future tense
Conditional tense
Conditional perfect
Future perfect
Passive voice
Subjunctive
Word order
Pronouns
Reflexive verbs
Prepositions
Modal verbs
Conjunctions
The European Dimension
Modern literature
Modern society
1
SUBJECT CURRICULUM KNOWLEDGE AUDIT
MFL
Knowledge Grade
0
1
2
None or recalled from own experience as pupil/student
Outline knowledge based on general reading or hearsay
Detailed knowledge based on specialist reading or recent
experience of schools
MFL EDUCATION TOPIC
KNOWLEDGE
GRADE
(0 or 1 or 2)
National Curriculum for MFL KS2-4
Regulations and Codes of Practice for GCSE MFL
GCSE syllabuses for MFL
Specifications for AS and A level
National Language Standards for NVQ
Research findings re MFL performance
Research into effective MFL teaching
Research into common errors and misconceptions held by pupils
Published schemes and sources and text books
The use of IT in MFL teaching
Approaches to teaching MFL to low attaining pupils
Ofsted data re MFL performance
Role of cultural awareness in MFL
Place of primary MFL
2