Teachers TV
4 minute starter
a pupil shows you his school in Martinique
http://www.teachers.tv/videos/ks2-french-voici-mon-ecole
Methodology
http://www.teachers.tv/videos/ks2-modern-foreign-languages-activity-based-learning
Showing posts with label school. Show all posts
Showing posts with label school. Show all posts
Wednesday, 23 February 2011
Wednesday, 16 February 2011
Wed 15 Feb
Isabel intro and Maureen vocab. Merci à vous deux.
Handouts - doublesided mat and Mon portrait kids' writing.
1. Adjectives Slideshow from Keynote (and Alessandra's description physique.) see previous post
We highlighted the adjectives in the examples of writing Mon portrait written by French children ( file download ) and read them aloud.
mince - thin
maigre - skinny
coquet (f. -ette)- well turned out, stylish
j'ai des mèches - I have highlights
une houppette - little tuft of hair
je louche - I squint
pas comme les autres - unusual
sauf les épinards - except spinach
je n'aime pas qu'on m'embête - I don't like people annoying me
je rends service - I'm helpful
rigolo (f. -ote) - funny
coquin - mischievous, naughty
writing your own description physique - to be added to writing
2. blogpost and clip from "être et avoir" film
3. Dr Dan Tierney, Strathclyde Uni, on GLOW (we didn't watch this as it wouldn't play but it seems ok)
Encounter model
Language Awareness
Partial Immersion (in Walker Road PS Aberdeen)
Immersion Gaelic medium units
Linguistic competence
Successes
positive attitudes
pupil enjoyment
good pronunciation
listening skills - earlier start
But
gaps in provision - first thing to go
trained teachers move on
pupils arriving at secondary with different experiences
lack of liaison on content coverage - "doing" colours how many, can they spell them?
lack of liaison between secondary and primary colleagues
different languages in different schools and authorities French, German, Spanish and Italian
mismatch of languages
leading to lack of continuity and sec teachers starting again for scratch
Alternative model - new approach
less content more on skills development
diversification French plus another language
surrender value - not just a smattering
developing positive attitudes
lots of oral/aural but writing too
skills - pronunciation, dictionary, phonics, language awarenes
social skills - how to listen, how to talk English to a foreign person, modify your language
strategic competence - how to ask for help
Homework
- Language Focus - adjectives, description
- Background School in France
- Intro to essay topics - problems in languages / intercultural aspect (not done due to video refusing to play. Try watching in school or at home)
Handouts - doublesided mat and Mon portrait kids' writing.
1. Adjectives Slideshow from Keynote (and Alessandra's description physique.) see previous post
We highlighted the adjectives in the examples of writing Mon portrait written by French children ( file download ) and read them aloud.
I can use my knowledge about language and pronunciation to ensure that others can understand me when I read aloud or say familiar words, phrases and short texts.Vocab from mon portrait
MLAN 2-07b
mince - thin
maigre - skinny
coquet (f. -ette)- well turned out, stylish
j'ai des mèches - I have highlights
une houppette - little tuft of hair
je louche - I squint
pas comme les autres - unusual
sauf les épinards - except spinach
je n'aime pas qu'on m'embête - I don't like people annoying me
je rends service - I'm helpful
rigolo (f. -ote) - funny
coquin - mischievous, naughty
writing your own description physique - to be added to writing
2. blogpost and clip from "être et avoir" film
3. Dr Dan Tierney, Strathclyde Uni, on GLOW (we didn't watch this as it wouldn't play but it seems ok)
CPDMeet 21- MLPS, have we got it right? from Con Morris on Vimeo.
Models for MLPS provision:Encounter model
Language Awareness
Partial Immersion (in Walker Road PS Aberdeen)
Immersion Gaelic medium units
Linguistic competence
Successes
positive attitudes
pupil enjoyment
good pronunciation
listening skills - earlier start
But
gaps in provision - first thing to go
trained teachers move on
pupils arriving at secondary with different experiences
lack of liaison on content coverage - "doing" colours how many, can they spell them?
lack of liaison between secondary and primary colleagues
different languages in different schools and authorities French, German, Spanish and Italian
mismatch of languages
leading to lack of continuity and sec teachers starting again for scratch
Alternative model - new approach
less content more on skills development
diversification French plus another language
surrender value - not just a smattering
developing positive attitudes
lots of oral/aural but writing too
skills - pronunciation, dictionary, phonics, language awarenes
social skills - how to listen, how to talk English to a foreign person, modify your language
strategic competence - how to ask for help
Homework
- Keep working on the writing and reading the blogs.
- Find adjectives for the 6 Simpson family members, in GLOW group. Add to the lists. Remember to use feminine forms for Marge and Lisa and Maggie. Use a dictionary to help you. Remember to crosscheck in the French-English side
Tuesday, 15 February 2011
Ecole - school
Chartreux primary school in Marseille http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/marseille-l-cole-primaire/5710.html
Click on S bottom right of video window to turn on subtitles.
What's different? How do you know it is a French classroom?
Note the reading preferences. The French love their BD - cartoon books like Asterix.
Playground games and equipment http://www3.ac-clermont.fr/etabliss/ecole-jferry-perignat/spip.php?article50
Long school day and long lunch break. Also linger summer holidays.
Lunch menus are published in the local paper and online - fascinating!
Pupils have to provide all their own jotters, folders, pencils, paints, glue etc
Classes
Nursery (la maternelle) age 3-6
3 stages les petits, les moyens et les grands
Primary (l'école primaire) age 6 -11 5 years
CP
CE1
CE2
CM1
CM2 equivalent of p7 but pupils are a year younger.
Foreign language lessons, usually English, are given in CM1-2
A feature of French primary education is the classe de découverte where a whole class decamps to another venue for 1-3 weeks a bit like a school trip but with lessons, could be in a ski resort at the seaside or in the country: classe de neige, classe de mer, classe de nature
Secondary schooling 11-16 compulsory, up to 18
Collège
comprehensive
le sixième equivalent to first year but pupils are a year younger.
le cinquième
le quatrième
le troisième leads to le Brevet
Lycée
leads to the Baccalauréat and higher education
more detailed information in English here
Film clip from être et avoir about a one teacher country primary school in 2002
Click on S bottom right of video window to turn on subtitles.
What's different? How do you know it is a French classroom?
Note the reading preferences. The French love their BD - cartoon books like Asterix.
Playground games and equipment http://www3.ac-clermont.fr/etabliss/ecole-jferry-perignat/spip.php?article50
Long school day and long lunch break. Also linger summer holidays.
Lunch menus are published in the local paper and online - fascinating!
Pupils have to provide all their own jotters, folders, pencils, paints, glue etc
Classes
Nursery (la maternelle) age 3-6
3 stages les petits, les moyens et les grands
Primary (l'école primaire) age 6 -11 5 years
CP
CE1
CE2
CM1
CM2 equivalent of p7 but pupils are a year younger.
Foreign language lessons, usually English, are given in CM1-2
A feature of French primary education is the classe de découverte where a whole class decamps to another venue for 1-3 weeks a bit like a school trip but with lessons, could be in a ski resort at the seaside or in the country: classe de neige, classe de mer, classe de nature
Secondary schooling 11-16 compulsory, up to 18
Collège
comprehensive
le sixième equivalent to first year but pupils are a year younger.
le cinquième
le quatrième
le troisième leads to le Brevet
Lycée
leads to the Baccalauréat and higher education
more detailed information in English here
Film clip from être et avoir about a one teacher country primary school in 2002
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