Modern Languages:
First level learning Journey
“All about me”
Capacities
Successful learners, who can reflect on how they have acquired and learned their first
language and how this can assist them in learning another language
Confident individuals, who, through experiencing success and support, can interact with
others in real-life situations and role-play a dialogue in their new language
Effective contributors, who can work in individual, paired and group situations.
Responsible citizens, who have a growing awareness of life (similarities and differences) in
another society.
Principles:
Challenge & Enjoyment: Role playing a dialogue; creating and ID card etc to demonstrate
what I have learned
Breadth: - Listening to children from elsewhere giving information about themselves
Progression: Building on what has been learned in P1 about identity.
Depth: Adding additional information about themselves
Personalisation and choice: Creating their own imaginary family
Relevance: Real-life mini dialogue; sharing information about yourself
Creativity: Working individually or with others to create a family tree
Skill Development
* To be able to give information about oneself.
* To be able to understand information from someone else.
* To be able to recognise and use key words to produce/fill in an identity card/family tree
Assessment
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Mini-dialogue/presentation about themselves or made up character
I can use greetings, say my name, my age, my date of birth, where I live, how
many brothers and sisters I have and pets
I can ask: How are you? What’s your name? How old are you? When is your
birthday? Where do you live? Have you got brothers and sisters? Have you got
pets?
I can listen to and understand children giving information about themselves
I can understand names, ages, places, how many brothers and sisters and pets
I can complete in an Identity card with personal information
I can draw a family tree
Time: 1 term
Key Activities
1. Greetings: Hello/good morning-How are you? I’m (very) well/so-so/ and you?
>Use a puppet and go around the class to say « hello » and shake hands
->ask children to go around and greet each other
->do the same for “How are you? I am fine”
->reinforcement with song
2. Name: What’s your name?
->the puppet/teacher introduces him/ herself and ask a child “and you?” or “and you,
what’s your name?”
->children go around, introduce themselves and ask “and you?” or “and you, what’s
your name?” use of finger puppets
3. Age: I’m 6. And you? How old are you?
->beforehand, practise numbers with number fan, song, bingo
->same approach as 1 and 2 (above)
4. Birthday: When is your birthday?
-> numbers until 31 + months
->”line” game to practise months + date of birth (forming a line with the
months/dates of birth in the right order)
5. Where you live: I live in… and you?
6. Brothers and sisters: I have…brother(s) I have …sister(s). And you?
->interactive activity to practise how many brothers and sisters
->listening about brothers and sisters
->draw a made-up family tree
7. Pets: I have a dog-cat-mouse etc
->interactive activity to practise a few pets
->listening activities
->reading activity (end P3-P4)
Resources:
>Puppet
>Access to ICT
>Interactive whiteboard resources (weblinks)
>Audio files -songs
Experiences and Outcomes:
Literacy:
When I engage with others, I know when and how to listen, when to talk, how much to say, when to ask questions and how to respond with respect LIT 1-02a
I can show my understanding of what I listen to or watch by responding to and asking different kinds of questions. LIT 1-07a
Numeracy:
I have explored numbers, understanding that they represent quantities and I can use them to count, create sequences and describe order. MNU 0-02a
Health and Wellbeing:
I make full use of and value the opportunities I am given to improve and manage my learning and, in turn, I can help to encourage learning and confidence in others. HWB 0-11a /
HWB 1-11a
Modern Languages:
Listening and Talking
I am learning to take an active part in daily routines, responding to instructions which are accompanied by gesture and expression. MLAN 1-01b
I can listen to and show understanding of language from familiar voices and sources. MLAN 1-01c
I am beginning to identify key information from a short predictable conversation and react with words and/or gesture. MLAN 1-02a
With support I am becoming an active listener and can understand, ask and answer simple questions to share information. MLAN 1-03
I enjoy listening to stories, songs, rhymes and poems in the language I am learning by joining in and responding to show my understanding. MLAN 1-05a
I can use my knowledge about language and pronunciation to ensure that others can understand me when I say familiar words and phrases. MLAN 1-07b
Reading
I can work on my own or with others to demonstrate my understanding of words and phrases containing familiar language. MLAN 1-08b
I am beginning to use word banks, picture prompts, picture dictionaries and displays to support my understanding of simple texts. MLAN 1-11a
Writing
With support I am beginning to experiment with writing in the language I am learning. MLAN 1-13
Gaelic Learners:
Listening and Talking
I can respond verbally and non-verbally to a range of requests from teachers and others LGL 1-02a
I can use familiar words and phrases to give simple information. LGL 1-03a
When joining in with games, rhymes, songs and poems in Gaelic I can use familiar words and phrases. LGL 1-05a
When reading on my own or with others, I can read familiar words and simple phrases and sentences. LGL 1-07a
Reading
I have worked on my own and with others and I can demonstrate my understanding of words, signs and phrases containing familiar language. LGL 1-08a
Writing
I can write simple words and phrases in Gaelic LGL 1-12a