From squawk to talk
(Improving speaking in MFL)
Dominic McGladdery
@dominic_mcg
I ain't no hollaback girl!
Teaching Phonics
www.rachelhawkes.com
www.languageswithoutlimits.co.uk/phonics.html
Teaching phonics
http://bit.ly/xjelKY - 10 minute phonics guide by Suzi Bewell
From Lightbulb Languages (formerly MFL Sunderland): http://goo.gl/BfyQNm
Activities using phonics
Identifying words which rhyme.
Categorising words with similar sounds.
Students try to find words which contain a certain sound.
Students fill in a venn diagram.
ei oder ei?
ei ie
ei oder ei?
ei ie
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Activities using phonics
Learn tongue-twisters.
Reading aloud within a group.
Introducing an “if you wrote it, you can say it” policy.
Tongue twisters
Cinq chiens chassent six chats.
Der dicke Dachdecker deckte das dicke Dach.Dann trug der dicke Dachdecker, die dicke Dame durch den dicken Dreck. Dann dankte die dicke Dame dem dicken Dachdecker, dass der dicke Dachdecker die dicke Dame durch den dicken Dreck trug.
Use a rhyming dictionaryhttp://www.alcor.com.au/
Random name pickers
www.classtools.net
www.classdojo.com
http://bit.ly/XiHfZH fresher schools
Random question pickers
www.classtools.net
http://bit.ly/XiHfZH fresher schools
Kagan structures
Exercises designed to get pupils speaking
http://bit.ly/10PCdR3
Dice activitiesExample: Mon monstre a...
1 trois 1 yeux 1 rouges
2 quatre 2 bras 2 oranges
3 six 3 jambes 3 jaunes
4 vingt 4 oreilles 4 roses
5 sept 5 bouches 5 drôles
6 huit 6 pieds 6 horribles
Rory's story cubes
Rory's story cubes
Story cubes are dice with pictures on them.
There are 3 different sets of 9 dice: original, voyages and actions.
The actions set is ideal for teaching sports.
The students throw the dice and make sentences.
There are ipad and android versions.
Songs
Make up songs.
Use a familiar tune.
Get the students to make up songs.
Use youtube to find songs in target language.
Students will join in and the more able can create their own extra verses.
Puppets
Get students to use puppets to act out dialogues in TL.
Students can create pencil puppets in seconds.
Masks and hats
Get students to wear hats and masks to act out dialogues in TL.
Cluedo activitiesQui a vomi?
Je pense que c'était dans le jardin sur le bébé.le chien
Je crois quele chat
la cuisine la table.
À mon avis la tortue
le salon la chaise.
Selon moi la souris
le garage les devoirs.
J'imagine que le bébé la chambre
la télé.
Describing a picture
Comparing 2 pictures
I went to the shop...
The old primary school game.
In groups.
Pupil A starts “I went to the shop and I bought X.”
Pupil B continues “I went to the shop and I bought X and Y.”
Pupil C continues “I went to the shop and I bought X and Y and Z.”
Audacity
Resource for recording and changing voices.
Great for motivating boys!
blabberize.com
Upload a picture and a sound file
(made with audacity?)
voki.com
Like blabberize but with more features.
Crazy talk
A program which allows pupils to create 3D living puppets from 2D photos and pictures.
There are Crazy Talk android and ipad apps.
songify
An app for android and iphone/pad/pod
Record speech and it turns it into song.
Useful apps
Further reading
Steve Smith's blog: 50 speaking activities
http://bit.ly/WefH1d
From squawk to talk
Dominic McGladdery
@dominic_mcg
domsmflpage.blogspot.com
I ain't no hollaback girl!