Grammar from the start
November 2012
Dr Rachel Hawkes
Making it memorable
Visual
Use colour coded
background to support
gender acquisition when
teaching and practising
new nouns in any topic.
Keep it active!
Auditory
Use music and rhythm to
teach and practise key
structures and vocabulary
Collective memory
VKS
Kinaesthetic
Use gesture (and miming) as
strategies when introducing new
language and later when eliciting
it from students. Gestures are
powerful ‘fixing’ agents in
memory.
NB: At the point where students want to know WHY they are doing something, don’t forget to tell
them why you are asking them to act, gesture, sing, mouth, use colour etc..
Physical, mental, social
Key structures
Vocabulary
Listening skills
Fun
Running dictation
Empieza con uno
uno, dos, tres,
cuatro, cinco
seis, siete, ocho,
nueve, diez
y vamos a contar
otra vez
uno, dos, tres,
cuatro, cinco
seis, siete, ocho,
nueve diez
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jK3yyyQECNM
Song available on YouTube
Pronouns
Verbs
Vocabulary
Physical responses
Teatro físico
Walk the talk
Card sort
Pictograms
Empty your head
tú
yo
él
ellas
Ustedes
ella
ellos
nosotros
vosotros
Usted
yo
hablo
nosotros
hablamos
tú
hablas
vosotros
habláis
él/ella
Ud
habla
ellos/ellas/
Uds
hablan
siempre
normalmente
generalmente
a veces
nunca
10%
20%
30%
50%
75%
90%
Read
10%
Hear
See
See and hear
20%
30%
50%
Say (talk or discussion)
Say and do (simulating the real event)
Average Retention Rate
75%
90%
Adaoted from Accelerated Learning Systems Ltd
Keeping it active
Hola, me llamo
Tengo
11 años.
13 años.
12 años.
Vivo en
Soy
Holanda
Italia
Costa Rica
francés/francesa.
inglés/ inglesa.
español/a
Laura.
Xavi.
Santi.
¿Qué tal?
Mi cumpleaños es el
con
mi familia.
mis padres.
mis animales.
y hablo
italiano y español.
inglés y español.
solo español.
18 de junio.
5 de mayo.
27 de abril.
How do I know what I know?
1 I can pronounce the word
2 I know what it means
3 I can spell the word
4 I can use the word in a
sentence
For example:
1 The word ‘trabajo’ is pronounced
‘tra – ba- jo’
2 It means ‘work’
3 It is spelt t - r – a – b – a - j - o
4 It can be used in this sentence:
Tengo un trabajo a tiempo parcial.
Make a set of
online flashcards &
spend 20 mins
using them to learn
(50 pts)
Self
assessment
Use your core
language sheet and
vocab book to
create new
sentences with the
words
(50 pts = 5
100 pts = 10)
Take your list of language and rate
your knowledge of each. Then decide
how you need to improve:
- Practise pronunciation
- Learn what the word means
- Practise how to spell the word
- Create sentences with the word
Use WordArt
and type words out in
alphabetical order(50 pts)
Write each
word 3 times &
translate once (50 pts)
Look at the following Spanish words and award them a number (1 – 4)
according to the criteria below:
1.
2.
3.
4.
I can pronounce this word/phrase
I know what it means
I can spell this word/phrase
I can use this word/phrase in a sentence
1. hoy
2. tengo
3. voy
4. me encanta
5. un gato
6. no puedo
7. también
8. bien
9. es
10. soy
11. un bolígrafo 12. estoy
13. cansado
14. fatal
15. veinte
16. fenomenal
Look at the following Spanish words and award them a number (1 – 4)
according to the criteria below:
1.
2.
3.
4.
I can pronounce this word/phrase
I know what it means
I can spell this word/phrase
I can use this word/phrase in a sentence
1. hoy
(today)
2. tengo
(I have)
3. voy
(I go/I’m going)
4. me encanta
(I love)
5. un gato
(a cat)
6. no puedo
(I can’t)
7. también
(too, also)
8. bien
(well)
9. es
(it is)
10. soy
(I am)
11. un bolígrafo 12. estoy
(a pen)
(I am)
13. cansado
(tired)
14. fatal
(terrible)
15. veinte
(twenty)
16. fenomenal
(great)
memoria
El gran juego
de la
memoria
¡Tenéis 10 segundos para memorizar!
El gran juego
de la
memoria
¡Tenéis 8 segundos para memorizar!
El gran juego
de la
memoria
¡Tenéis 6 segundos para memorizar!
Una persona deletrea y los otros escriben.
The Bee
by Jane Driver
• A 1-minute TL spelling competition for Y7
students
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Stage 1 – Class Competition (50 words)
Stage 2 – School Competition (100 words)
Stage 3 – Regional Competition (150 words)
Stage 4 – National Competition (200 words)
Why?
• Develops important skills in first year of a language:
– Memory skills
– Phonics
– Pronunciation
– Alphabet
– Articles
• 45,000 competitors in England and
Wales this year
National Winners
Online
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