Reading and Listening in MFL

Reading

Phonics as a starting point• Teach students to identify key sounds so they can decode written

texts.• Some French examples:• Ch – chat, chou• Qu – qu’est-ce-que, quand• German:• kein, nein, mein• wie, sie

Tongue TwistersWenn prahlerische Piraten

pikanten Piratenbraten bratenwird pikanter Piratenbraten vonprahlerischen Piraten gebraten.

Websites for tongue twisters• French: http://www.uebersetzung.at/twister/fr.htm

• German: http://www.uebersetzung.at/twister/de.htm

• Spanish: http://www.uebersetzung.at/twister/es.htm

• There are plenty more on Google!

Cognates• Make use of cognates part of your classroom routine.• Can you name 10 cognates in your chosen language?• Can you name 5 false friends in your chosen language?

Dominos, Follow me cards and Tarsia• Use dominos or follow me cards with single words as a starter – either

in pairs/groups or as a whole class activity.• Use Tarsia for introducing or revising vocabulary. Can be single words

or short phrases.• Light Bulb Languages run by Clare Seccombe has plenty of Tarsia

puzzles. http://lightbulblanguages.co.uk/• Download Tarsia here: http://

www.mmlsoft.com/index.php/products/tarsia

Jigsaws

Triptico• https://www.tripticoplus.com/• Bingo• Find Ten• Text Spinner• Order Sorter• What’s the Question?

Running Dictation

Trapdoor

Highlight key words or types of words• What pieces of information can you work out?• Can you spot any compound nouns?• Can you spot any cognates?• Highlight nouns in yellow.• Highlight opinions in pink.• Highlight connectives (linking words) in green• What level is the text and why?

Gap fill – great for differentiation

Task Magic

Reading to introduce vocab

Parallel textsFrenchteacher.net, run by Steve Smith

Literature

Poetry• Jacques Prévert – Déjeuner du matin • http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/d-jeuner-du-matin/

Die Geschichte vom Daumenlutscher• Show the image – students

discuss in pairs.• Show them the video animation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifzlWy4UpGw

• Physical punctuation.• Differentiated vocab tasks:-• Running dictation/ German and

English verse match-up/ Task Magic.

ALL Literature Wiki• http://all-literature.wikidot.com/

Websites for reading• Deutsche Welle http://www.dw.com/de/themen/s-9077• 1 jour 1 actu http://www.1jour1actu.com/• Newsmap http://newsmap.jp/

Task• Choose 3 of the reading activities we have looked at. • How you will use them in the coming fortnight?

Listening

Spot the silent letters• Nous parlons français tous les jours.• Ils restent dans un hôtel.

Spot certain sounds• Was werden wir am Mittwoch machen?• Nein, mein Wein ist zu klein.

Spot the rhymesDer Kaspar, der war kerngesund,Ein dicker Bub und kuglerund,Er hatte Backen, rot und Frisch;Die Suppe aß er hübsch bei Tisch.

Strategies• Get students to identify the strategies they use, eg:• Listening for cognates• Listening for key words • Predicting answers• Using the questions as a guide• Listening out for tenses.

Sample tasks• Put a series of words or pictures in order after hearing an extract.• Fill in the gaps.• Identify the tense.• Match the sentence to the picture.• Fill in a form or table.• Listen for certain types of words, eg linking words, qualifiers etc.• True or false.• Translate key phrases.• Predict the next word.• Give them a transcript, play the extract, they have to find the errors.

Differentiation• Give out 2 or 3 different sheets based on the same extract, eg a gap

fill, a true/false and translation of key phrases.• Some students could have a glossary of key words as support.• Some students could read along with a transcript.

Adverts• TV adverts – look on YouTube, Google etc.• https://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcF_88HLOYk&list=PL_HKis2sqmKf3FepOcbHSXaBs9CMeOtZr

• What activities could you use with adverts?

Film trailers• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Vtu03oabk0

• How could you use film trailers?

Songs• Stromae https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiKj0Z_Xnjc• Grand Corps Malade https://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LXaSFgVxGs• Serge Gainsbourg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhccbf0RZTY• Wise Guys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68bL02Ogrt0• Die Prinzen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfZtNq9ebJ4

News• News in slow French http://www.newsinslowfrench.com/

• Deutsche Welle http://www.dw.com/en/langsam-gesprochene-nachrichten-learning-german/a-2925601

• TV5 http://www.tv5monde.com/

Task• Choose your top 3 from the listening activities we have looked at.• How will you use them in the next fortnight?