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Mix It Up! Authentic Activities for the World Language Classroom
Do you ever feel stuck in a rut while planning your language classes? Perhaps you spend a lot of time lecturing at the white board, use the same activities with different vocabulary for every unit, or rely on teaching students grammar because that's how you were taught. No matter your "go to" activity, we are all much more engaging when we vary our activities and make them relatable. If the speaker is engaging, a good lecture every now and then is enjoyable. However, when faced with daily lectures, students dread class, and hence, learn less. When dreaming up new activities, our main focus should always be authenticity. In a previous Edutopia post, I outlined how to best shape a unit around communication. Interpretive Mode Read children’s stories. Interpersonal Mode Engage your students in these activities: Sign a contract on the first day of school promising to use only the target language within your classroom walls. Presentational Mode Have students do these: Create a comic strip.
Communicative activities
Looking for Strategies and Activities? Click Here! What are Communicative Activities? Communicative activities include any activities that encourage and require a learner to speak with and listen to other learners, as well as with people in the program and community. Furthermore, research on second language acquisition (SLA) suggests that more learning takes place when students are engaged in relevant tasks within a dynamic learning environment rather than in traditional teacher-led classes (Moss & Ross-Feldman, 2003). How do I know to what degree an activity is communicative? Many teachers make the mistake of thinking they are getting their learners to speak, when in fact, the learner is not. Consider the following questions. Singing? back to top What are the benefits and challenges of using communicative activities? BICS & CALP Explained by Jim Cummins
Primary schools
The Language Teacher Toolkit by Steve Smith and Gianfranco Conti is now available from Amazon. Updated July 2016 Fun with French is a blog with lots of good ideas for the primary French teacher. A blatant self-plug, but Frenchteacher.net has a good range of primary resources on the Y7 page, including parallel reading, games, lesson plans, simple worksheets and simple grammar. Modern Languages in Primary Schools Initiative is from Ireland. Culturethèque from the Instituit Français has modules by Catherine Cheater to download. Languages in primary schools Facebook group iPad Ideas in Primary MFL NEW 11.11.15 The Primary French project is from Culturethèque/ALL/Network for Languages. Changing Phase is by well known primary consultant Clare Seccombe. Zut Junior (UK) is part of the Language Skills site. Jack Hunt School, Peterborough, has put together some useful resources. Primary Languages Network (Formerly known as the Janet Lloyd Network) has lots of ideas and resources.
Jack Hunt School - French Primary Resources
Select Language Powered by Translate You are here: French Primary Resources Jack Hunt School and Language College is heavily involved in supporting the development of language learning in the primary schools of our local area. As part of our commitment to sharing best practice in language teaching and learning, we have put together some basic teaching resources which are free to download for classroom use. Sitemap | Contact Us| Back to Top Copyright © 2016 Jack Hunt School School Web Design by e4education Original text Contribute a better translation
Core French 5 to 12 (2001)
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French Interactive Readings
LanguageGuide.org • French The Interactive readings allow you to pause the audio and see what's being read. Click on any word, and the audio will jump to that location. Use the arrow keys to jump backwards and forward within the audio. A free French Interactive Reading app is now available for Android. Beginning Readings Chère Maman, cher Papa * by Christine Hendelman voice: Tamara Chida Le Bon * by Christine Hendelman, Thomas Blackmon, & Stephanie Villard voice: Alexia Maher Le Cauchemar ** by Thomas Blackmon & Stephanie Villard voice: Alexia Maher Le Lycée *** by Thomas Blackmon & Stephanie Villard voice: Alexia Maher & Stéphanie Villard Le Brocant *** by Thomas Blackmon & Stephanie Villard voice: La Guillotine *** by Thomas Blackmon & Stephanie Villard voice: Alexia Maher Jokes * easy ** medium *** hard Advanced Readings Guy de Maupassant 1850 - 1893
eTools for Language Teachers
Principles of Language Teaching, W. Rivers 1997
As fashions in language teaching come and go, the teacher in the classroom needs reassurance that there is some bedrock beneath the shifting sands. Once solidly founded on the bedrock, like the sea anemone the teacher can sway to the rhythms of any tides or currents, without the trauma of being swept away purposelessly. It is fun to sway to new rhythms, but as we ourselves choose, not under the pressure of outsiders who do not understand the complexities of our situation. Teachers need the stimulation of new thinking and new techniques to keep a fresh and lively approach to their teaching, but without losing their grip on enduring truths of learning and teaching that have proved to be basic to effective language experiences. An explication of the Ten Principles will help the teacher distinguish between what is fundamental and what is expendable. For faster loading, this article has been divided into the following sections: Principle 1: The student is the language learner next page
