Horbury School examines the gap in the exam results between boys and girls in modern foreign languages by experimenting with a single sex setting. This programme focuses on the head of modern foreign languages, Gill Wheeler and her Year 8 low-ability boys' class. Experts Amanda Barton, head of the modern foreign languages PGCE course at Manchester University and Terry Lamb, former president of the Association for Language Learning, examine the techniques Gill uses to motivate her class. The programme explores how Gill sets up a football league system with the class to raise their motivation. The class is split into teams which score goals for good work and as a result move up and down a league. Gill uses the idea of this league to introduce a wide range of varied activities to cater for the boys' learning styles. Gill's use of differentiation, independent learning and peer assessment in the classroom is also investigated.

Video Series: KS3 Modern Foreign Languages
Release Date 2005