Pupils who are secure will be able to:

• Deduce the meaning of new words using a range of language detective skills.
• Accurately imitate the pronunciation of new vocabulary, showing awareness of how accents change the sound.
• Speak clearly and present simple phrases using a visual support.
• Explain what there is and is not in a classroom.
• Correctly identify masculine and feminine nouns in written form.
• Extract key information from a written text.
• Use modelled language to create sentences containing appropriate articles.
• Write familiar language with a degree of accuracy by applying knowledge of sound-spelling links.