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Ideas for MLPS
Practical and creative suggestions to help motivate children and teachers
Making language learning fun and engaging for everyone
My Background
Teaching English in primary schools in France
Having bilingual children Teaching French in primary schools in
Scotland My experience has led to my continual
search for creative ways to teach languages.
Motivation is the key to success
Making the learning relevant is crucial My strategy has been to plan topics
around stories CfE has been beneficial in giving me the
freedom to create cross-curricular links in teaching languages
Freedom can create issues
Where do I start? What content should my lessons cover? Research is time consuming Issues of confidence: is it easier to follow
a prescribed pack? Issues of funding: will my school buy
resources?
Choosing the right stories I will provide websites to give you a head start.
Choose stories which are simple and repetitive. This helps improve everyone’s confidence.
Active learning and use of the target language can be accomplished on a very simple level.
Games and songs to reinforce the language of the text. These give plenty of opportunities to use the target language simply.
Get The Order Right
Comprehension
Speaking
Word Recognition
Writing
Group, Pair, Individual
Flashcard Games
comprehension- card above head, beat the teacher, corners
speaking- missing card word recognition- matching
word/image, putting words and images in order of story
Songs Many songs relating to stories available on
websites e.g. youtube: ‘Nous-promenons dans les bois’ linked with ‘Je m’habille et je te croque’ by Bénédicte Guettier
Be inventive using simple well known tunes e.g. frère Jaques to compose songs with chosen vocabulary. (See film clip)
Written Work
Printable resources available from various French websites designed for pre-5 and early primary stages in France
Creative writing: creating French speaking avatars using the Voki website
Writing simple stories using the Storybird website
Creating simple texts using Tesiboard literacy section.
Literacy: Fairy Tales Using familiar stories to create a focus on literacy Good stories to begin with as children can follow
and enjoy the stories because they know them Repetition in the stories helps children look for
patterns and notice differences and similarities between languages
Reading stories help children think about how their own language works and gives prominence to grammar
Versatile can be used on many levels Plenty of free resources available on the internet
Little Red Riding Hood An example which I used in a recent ‘Traditional
Tales’ Topic
Used a storyline approach
‘Annette la Chouette’ was the main facilitator
For Little Red Riding Hood I used several versions of the story and puppets. We progressed towards the final outcome of a drama production for parents.
Planning Little Red Riding Hood
Pros and cons of different versions of the story
Focus vocabulary depends on chosen version
Balance of nouns and verbs Always remember the
importance of constructing a sentence
Possibilities of other stories which link in with the main story (see resources after)
Time and Energy Make a range of resources to suit your needs and
make the learning active. Flashcards provide a great stimulus for a range of
activities Bingo cards and matching cards Dice games (Nexus blank dice) Worksheets from the internet or LJR and GSG
Taskmagic generated sheets Resources can be recycled in early years literacy
and in future topics
Final Outcome
Work towards exciting and creative summative assessments
Written work and recorded drama Emphasis on oral production Examples: a simple short story, a
collaborative wall display, a play
The Primary School is the perfect setting for interdisciplinary learning
Real opportunity to be creative with cross-curricular links.
Modern languages can be developed in every area of the curriculum.
Subjects which are active lend themselves to being delivered in the target language.
Non-specialists can deliver an elementary form of CLIL.
Plan topics which develop language through art, dance, drama.
Examples of interdisciplinary learning
Hungry caterpillar Eating and food Vocabulary Numeracy with caterpillar theme Final outcome: Performance of story and
French Café for parents
Mardi Gras Cultural and religious traditions Cooking: following recipe and making
crêpes Dance Final outcome: Animal Carnival parade and
singing at Easter service
MethodologyThe importance of learning approaches
To ensure the motivation and engagement of pupils
Collaborative learning
Working in teams helps the children to social construct their learning e.g. Making a board game for ‘La Surprise de Handa’
Active learning
Children learn naturally by actively engaging with a task e.g. participating in an action chant to learn the verbs used in ‘Le Petit Chaperon Rouge’
Experiential learning
Children should be given opportunities to live experiences in the target language.
Le Goûter Français
La Surprise de Handa
French Websites for Pre-5
La Maternelle de Moustache
http://jt44.free.fr/ Des albums en maternelle http://materalbum.free.fr/
La Classe de Lilli http://www.gommeetgribouillages.fr/MateR.htm
Websites for teaching Languages through stories
http://www.growstorygrow.com A fantastic collection of stories for different levels. Differentiation
within the stories, games and worksheets. (subscription)
http://ngfl.northumberland.gov.uk/languagesFree resource: good collection of fairy tales and teaching notes
http://www.storybird.com Free resource although you need to pay to print stories. Great site for
writing simple stories with beautiful illustrations. http://www.tesiboard.com Good literacy resources which can be adapted for modern languages
Websites for songs
http://www.youtube.comNow available in schools. This has fantastic resources for songs
accompanied by animation.
http://www.mamalisa.comGreat collection of children’s songs from around the world
http://www.momes.netGood collection of French children’s songs
Other useful resources
To find suitable picture books the European bookshop and little linguist websites are good.
Amazon is also great but can be difficult to look for books if you don’t know what titles you want.
La Jolie Ronde CD-ROM ‘La Ronde des Histoires’ is good for printable resources for fairy tales (French/Spanish).
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