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Wednesday, February 20th, 2013
My second presentation at ILILC3 was called Let out for good behaviour.
The blurb said
Let out for good behaviour? refers to leaving the classroom being (often) seen as a treat. There are many ways to ‘break free’ of the walls of your classroom, both physical and virtual, and this session will involve both. Participation is required as we explore activities and games, that will enhance teaching and learning whilst bringing a breath of free air to a stuffy classroom. Technology will be involved but you don’t need anything but your imagination and sense of adventure to enjoy the activities.
Although my presentation was somewhat spoilt by the weather meaning we couldn’t get outside and make a mess with chalk, there was much giggling as we played Punto de contacto, went on a QR quest to solve animal riddles, went Placespotting and tried to win chocolate by solving dominoes. And much more of course! It’s great to know that some of the ideas I shared have already been used in classrooms!
Below are my slides from the session.
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I prepared a wikispace instead of a handout which gives links to activities as well as further ideas, and the presentation makes much more sense if you read it in conjunction with
bit.ly/lisibobehave (like the bit.ly link?)
I was really pleased at the end of the session that my Swiss QR quiz has gone to a good home in Switzerland class! If you want to have a go at it, you can download the codes, questions and answers from
here!
If there’s anything that needs explaining/clarifying, please leave a comment and I’ll get back to you!
Tags: animals, apps, french, games, german, ideas, languages, listening, MFL, outside, reading, songs, spanish, speaking, Switzerland, writing
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Monday, September 17th, 2012
I’ve just received an email about an exciting new venture from Lingua@Hillcrest. Based at Hillcrest School and Sixth Form centre in Birmingham, Lingua@Hillcrest is already known for its virtual visits to France, Spain and Germany including passport control, currency exchange, shopping and refreshment experience as well as language games.
Now they are offering …
Murder Mystery?
in French, German and Spanish
Why not challenge your students to solve the crime at
lingua@hillcrest
Birmingham
Using their language skills students take on a role in a team of detectives in order to solve the crime.
Investigations include
- examining the scene of crime
- forensics
- scrutinising news bulletins, recorded interviews & CCTV
- analysing suspects’ bank and telephone records
- cross-examining suspects
Recommended for year 9 – 11
Available every Monday
Bookings before 31 December 2012 – £150 per session or £250 for the full day.
After 1st January 2013 – £180 per session or £330 for the full day.
For further details www.hillcrest.bham.sch.uk/lingua
Contact 0121 464 3172 or email lingua@hillcrest.bham.sch.uk
Sounds fun to me and a great way to learn and practice language that can become very ‘borong’ after a while – personal identification, descriptions and so on!
Details of other activities at Lingua@Hillcrest are below.
Do you want to get your pupils ahead of the game in MFL?
fun, hands-on activities for KS3 in
French, German and Spanish
lingua@hillcrest, Birmingham
Half day visits include:
Passport control
- Exchanging currency at the bank
- A carousel of interactive language activities
- Simulated shopping in our international shopping village
- Collecting stamps for every transaction completed
- Buying refreshments and souvenirs at the shops
Available every Monday
Bookings before 31 December 2012 – £150 per session or £250 for the full day.
After 1st January 2013 – £180 per session or £330 for the full day.
Discover how your pupils could benefit from a visit at
www.hillcrest.bham.sch.uk/lingua
To book a visit call us on 0121 464 3172 and ask for lingua bookings
or email us at lingua@hillcrest.bham.sch.uk
“We had a great time on Tuesday – thank you all very much! We hope to be back next year!” Victoria School
“Very well thought-out structure with good timings. Great content… Year 8 students loved it and have even greater enthusiasm for MFL.” Heartlands Academy
Tags: french, german, MFL, primary languages, realia, role-play, spanish, visits
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Monday, January 24th, 2011
Lisibo’s been shopping again. This time, though, it’s not IKEA that has inspired her but TK Maxx that has come up trumps.
In the sale (!) I found this Very Hungry Caterpillar felt set.
Ideal for -
- telling the story to the class
- getting pupils to follow the story actively by adding / moving/ substituting the felt pieces
- animating – and because it’s a felt board, you can do it horizontally or vertically
- small group work
- independent play
Sad that Year 3 have finished with that story for the year and we’ll have to wait until next September to ry it out with them. perhaps it’s time I invaded Foundation stage again…
The Hungry Caterpillar is a great story to use with kids as it’s familiar and repetitive. The vocabulary is simple and everyday – numbers, colours, food – and it looks at healthy eating as well as the life cycle of the caterpillar / butterfly, so very cross curricular!
There are great resources all over the place for this story including
And that’s just gleaned from a quick Google search!
Tags: ideas, primarylanguages, resources, spanish, storytelling
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Sunday, October 17th, 2010
On Tuesday I was in sunny (yes, it was sunny!) Manchester, delivering my AQA course.
Apart from the problems with the internet, I believe a good day was had by all – lunch was once more a highlight!
Rather than repeat all the links, can I refer you to my last post where you will find all the ‘new’ links about PLL, and also some recommendations from other delegates of sites and learning materials that they’ve found useful.
I forgot last week to put a link to a resource listing many many games and quick activities for the PLL classroom, so here it is.
Tags: AQA, courses, ideas, languages, lisibo, lisibotalks, MFL, PLL, resources, Youtube
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Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
Via my Google Reader, I was led to the following book published on Scribd.
Over 300 pages of games and activities for use in the PLL classroom. What’s more, there are all mapped to the KS2 Framework objectives and helpfully split into sections for specific vocabulary areas, counting, literacy and language learning. Plus there are sections of vocabulary in Spanish French and German to support those who are less fluent.
Looks a brilliant resource to enhance the learning of languages at primary – and I’m sure there are a few secondary pupils who wouldn’t mind a nostalgic game of Duck duck goose once in a while?
Games and Activities for Primary Foreign Languages
PS I am checking re copyright as the author is not the one who uploaded it!
Tags: activelearning, french, games, german, languages, MFL, playgroundgames, PLL, primarylanguages, spanish
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Monday, July 12th, 2010
Today I was part of an ICT and Creativity in MFL day run by Links into Languages West Midlands at Aston University.
Below is my presentation about free tools that can be used to enhance language teaching and learning.
Tags: avatars, ICT, languages, lisibo, lisibotalks, MFL, tagxedo, technology, voki, wallwisher, wikispaces, wordle
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Sunday, July 11th, 2010
Here is the Slidecast of my second presentation from Brighton.
Apologies for the audio cutting out before the end – no idea what happened there! Perhaps the iRiver overheated!
Apologies to @wizenedcrone for forgetting her real name – it’s Fiona Joyce!!!
And the German site I mentioned was called GenkiGerman.
Tags: ideas, Linguascope, lisibo, lisibotalks, MFL, PLL, presentations
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Saturday, July 10th, 2010
Two weeks after the event I’ve finally got around to editing and synching the audio of my presentations from the Linguascope Conference in Brighton.
Here’s the first one – You and Youtube about the use of Youtube and other online video / slideshow sites in the language classroom.
Tags: Linguascope, lisibotalks, MFL, PLL, videos, youtube lisibo
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Saturday, July 10th, 2010
I normally make Slideshares of my presentations and add the audio for Slidecasts.
However, the lovely @eyebeams was UStreaming the MFL Show and Tell from Nottingham today so I’m able to embed the video of my presentation!
Hope you find it useful. Although my pupils are primary aged and some of the ideas are very ‘primary centric’, I think that there are many things that secondary colleagues can take and adapt to their situations. teh fun doesn’t have to stop at the end of KS2, you know ;o)
Tags: creativity, MFL, MFLSAT, PLL, primarylanguages, spanish, technology, ustream
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Monday, May 17th, 2010
Today sees the beginning of another wonderful offering from Radio Lingua Network as episode 1 of NewsTime Spanish is launched.
Made by a highly talented trio – Mark ‘Mr RadioLingua’ Pentleton, José ‘just say Edmodo and I melt’ Picardo and Chris ‘where’s it to?’ Fuller, this weekly podcast keeps you up to date with news from Spain and Hispanic countries.
In this week’s edition of News Time Spanish we’ll be looking at the major financial reform in Spain as a result of the ongoing issues around Europe. Other stories include:
- UK elections news
- Spanish sporting successes
- Mexican/US immigration issues
- Health problems in Spain
You can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes and listen for free, whilst a Premium pass will allow you access to transcripts, exercises and a slower version of the audio.
Tags: itunes, news, podcasts, RLN, spanish
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My second presentation at ILILC3 was called Let out for good behaviour.
