Children have an innate desire to communicate and a natural ability to acquire language.  By age 11, that facility starts to disappear, which is why it is so important to introduce languages at young age and give children a positive experience by making learning fun and engaging.  We hope to instil confidence in using French whilst preparing children for future language studies by acquiring transferable skills – in class we talk about being detectives and looking for connections in words to decipher unknown words and text.  This also gives children a deeper understanding of their own language.