Session Two, Tuesday 14th March 2012
By the end of the session you will have
become more familiar with the Literacy objectives in
the KS2 Framework for languages
discovered some activities which can be used to teach
children Literacy skills in a Modern Foreign Language.
In this session you will be working towards the
following standards
Q10 Have a knowledge & understanding of a range of
teaching… strategies & know how to use & adapt them ...
Q14 Have a secure knowledge & understanding of your
subjects/curriculum areas & related pedagogy to enable
you to teach effectively...
Q15 To know and understand the relevant statutory
& non-statutory curricula & frameworks...
Q17 Know how to use skills in literacy …& ICT to
support your teaching & wider professional activities.
Q23 Design opportunities for learners to develop
their literacy …
& ICT skills.
L4.2 Follow a short ... text, listening & reading
at the same time.
L 5.2 Make simple sentences & short texts.
Context – Using prepositions to write a poem.
Success criteria –You can use prior learning, a model &
dictionary skills to write
at least 5 lines of a poem.
L 5.2 … Read ...a …short text.
L5.3 Write words, phrases and short sentences, using a
reference.
Context – We are using language & pictorial clues to read
& understand a short story.
Success criteria –You can use cognates & other clues to
read a short story in
German.
Activity
Make a list of activities you’ve
used or seen used in (English)
Literacy lessons.
Swap lists with another group. Decide how many could
be used in an MFL lesson.
Activity
Discuss & record the concerns you or other teachers may
have when it comes to the teaching of reading and
writing in foreign language.
‘Despite the fact that we recognise the importance of children
acquiring these skills, there is no doubt that their introduction
seems to conjure up feelings of concern. They have come to be
labelled as more difficult & less enjoyable elements of the
language learning process which often seems to fill both teachers
& pupils with fear & trepidation. For too long we have
concentrated disproportionately on listening & speaking, to the
detriment of the other two skills.’
Christina Skarbek, First Steps to Reading and Writing, CILT
Pathfinder.
http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/KS2-MFL-Reading-and-WritingGames-6084573/
It can help reinforce skills in the mother tongue.
It is useful preparation for learning a MFL in KS3 & KS4.
Written communication is all around & can’t be ignored.
Oracy is insufficient if we’re to cater for children of ALL
learning styles.
If it’s taught using dynamic & varied methods, it can be fun
Writing doesn’t have to involve a pen & paper.
reading labels and posters in the classroom
decoding a word or grapheme traced on their hands/back
holding up word cards whilst listening to a story
following a text read out loud by the teacher
putting word cards in the order they came in a sentence
/story/song
with support, read short
messages from a partner
school
match 1 half of a word to the other half
sort words into dictionary order
play Where Am I in the Sentence?
read words or simple rhymes in different voices
begin to recognise letter strings and phonemes which
are different from English
recognise & respond to
written phonemes
find cognates by recognising similarities
with English
read words & rhymes in different voices
read aloud a familiar text or rhyme in
chorus
http://www.primarylanguages.org.uk/training_zone/media_library.aspx?criteria=54
http://www.primarylanguages.org.uk/training_zone/media_library.aspx?criteria=54
Il y a un lion sur la balançoire,
Il y a un tigre dans la cour ,
Il y a un léopard sous les arbres,
Il y a un monstre à côté de l'école …
Alors moi… je suis à la maison!
Le chat est sous la table,
Le poisson est sur la chaise,
La souris est à côté de l'ordinateur,
Le cheval est dans la poubelle,
Mais moi ... je suis juste… ici.
Find a partner &...
Make a brief note together about how today’s session
has helped you work towards 1 or more of the QTS
standards.
Record an activity you could now incorporate into an
MFL lesson.
Make sure you make a
note of this for
yourself too !