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MFL Alive 2016. Welcome. Fáilte. Bienvenue. Willkommen. Bienvenida. Benvenuti. PDST Active Learning Toolkit. www.pdst.ie/publications - Free PDFs www.laoiseducationcentre.org/pdstpublications To order p rint copies at cost price + P & P. In-school support. www.pdst.ie/schoolsupport.
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MFL Alive 2016 Welcome Fáilte Bienvenue Willkommen Bienvenida Benvenuti
PDST Active Learning Toolkit • www.pdst.ie/publications - Free PDFs • www.laoiseducationcentre.org/pdstpublications To order print copies at cost price + P & P
In-school support www.pdst.ie/schoolsupport School roll number schoolsupport2016 It is essential to fill out the on-line application form in order for your application to be considered
Primary Language Curriculum • www.pdst.ie/plc - Webinar etc • www.curriculumonline.ie/Primary/Curriculum-Areas/Language - information leaflets/videos etc
Primary Language Curriculum • 2016 - Junior Infants to 2nd Class • 2018 - 3rd Class to 6th Class • English & Gaeilge taught as languages not subjects • Learning Outcomes • Assessment – progression continuum
Language Awareness Activity What strategies might you use to make sense of the text? What language skills, concepts and prior knowledgeof how language works helped you to understand the text? What made it difficult for you to fully understand the text?
Types of Cross-lingual Transfer 1 2 3 Tuar Conceptual Knowledge Metacognitive and metalinguistic strategies Predicting Visualising Ceistiú 1 2 3 Cat - Mat Trá - Mná tele vision teilifís Specific Linguistic Elements Phonological Awareness
Common Underlying Proficiency Is cailínmé I am a girl Surface features of L2 Surface features of L1 Common Underlying Proficiency Syllabification Window = win - dow Fuinneog = fuinn - eog Recount – Past Tense Athinsint – AimsirChaite Left to right orientation
Transferable Skills • Conventions of print; left to right • Orientation, punctuation, verbs • Phonological awareness • Decoding and word recognition • Comprehension strategies • Writing process • Written genres- structure, framework and language features • Spelling strategies and sound patterns • Vocabulary development
Effective Conditions for promoting Transfer of Skills • Making links between languages explicit for children-draw attention to similarities and differences • Adequate exposure to L2- informal use of L2 throughout the day • Teaching through the target language - Múin an GhaeilgetríGhaeilge • Deep understanding of concepts in L1 • Opportunity for practice in L1 before L2 See Ó Duibhir and Cummins (NCCA Research Report no. 16)
Research suggests that in order to effectively learn a language there must be: • Well developed skills in a student's first language • Exposure to the language • Opportunity to use the language • Motivation to learn the language
Jim Cummins/Pádraig Ó Duibhir Podcasts https://www.google.com/url?hl=en-GB&q=http://ncca.ie/en/Curriculum_and_Assessment/Early_Childhood_and_Primary_Education/Primary-Education/Primary_Developments/Language/Language_Curriculum_Research_Reports.html&source=gmail&ust=1475363943723000&usg=AFQjCNFkKPAQMoKPtLTOPDTd0Fdz3uxI5w
Dual Language Books Project http://www.conventprimaryroscommon.ie/gallery/G07.html
Target Language Sessions • French - • Spanish - • German - • Italian -