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Classroom talk Explore practical, reliable and replicable strategies to enhance the quality of the talk in your MFL classroom, including increasing the amount of spontaneous learner talk. . Speaker: Dr Rachel Hawkes.
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Classroom talk Explore practical, reliable and replicable strategies to enhance the quality of the talk in your MFL classroom, including increasing the amount of spontaneous learner talk. Speaker: Dr Rachel Hawkes
Planning for spontaneity: practical strategies to enhance talk in the languages classroom
Good / excellent teacher use of TL Carefully planned imaginative activities guide and support pupils to communicate enthusiastically both orally and in writing in the target language and secure outstanding progress. Pupils willingly participate in activities that require them to use the language to communicate orally and in writing. Teachers routinely use the target language for classroom communication and generally insist on pupils responding in the language. Pupils use the language with little prompting for routine classroom communication as well as for specific purposes.
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Classroom talk • Teacher talk • Student to teacher • Planned tasks to generate and support spontaneous/unplanned talk • Student to student
Planning teacher talk • Consistent • Clear / concise • Checks understanding • Creative • Communicative
Incidental talk Y8 beginner German first 6 weeks • danke (thank you) • gut (good/well) • bitte (please) • einfach (easy) • jetzt (now) • eineFrage ( a question) • eineAntwort (an answer) • schwierig (difficult) • ein Heft (an exercise book) • fast (almost) • schnell (fast) • eineAusnahme (exception) • die Aussprache (pronunciation) • intelligent • klar (clear) • Ist das…? (Is it/that…?) • nein (no) • kein (no + noun) • nicht (not)
Was istrichtig? • Ich lese/sprecheeinBuch • Deutsch istdanke/gut • Ich bin intelligent/ein Heft • Matheisteinfach/jetzt • Usain Bolt laüftsehr fast/schnell • Ichhabekeine/nein Brüder • Physikistschwierig/ja
Planning student teacher talk • Teach essential classroom language • Insist on it consistently • Reward spontaneity • Monitor spontaneous talk • Following up
lascartas de oro • ‘Cartas de oro’ because they are some of the most useful words you’ll learn ever • Play them at any time we are talking in Spanish ‘whole class’ – needs to be relevant to our discussion theme in some way • When you ‘play’ one you put it back in the envelope • Your aim is to use at least 3 per lesson – more than this (reward=spontaneous leader – call home)
Planned tasks • Twenty questions • What are the questions • Hotseating • Find someone who http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Talking-to-Learn-6207455/http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Talking-to-Learn-2-6219693/
20 questions • Have you…? • Do you like…? • How…? • Where…? • Is…?
¿Piensas que …? Do you think that………..?
WHAT ARE THE QUESTIONS Rachel Hawkes
¿Cuáles son laspreguntas? 7. Sí, pero es un poco aburrido. 1. Me llamo Adam. 2. Tengo 15 años. 6. Sí, por supuesto. ¿Y tú? 3. En Cambourne. 5. Sí, me gusta mucho. 4. Sí.
Mein Schultagbeginnt um halbneun (1) Nein. Deutsch istnatürlichmeinLieblingsfach. (2) Das langweiligsteFachistEnglisch. (2) EineguteFrage. IchfindeMathenützlicheralsEnglisch. (2) Man darf niemanden hänseln oder ärgern (1) Ichhabe Grammatik gelernt und ichhabegesungen (2) ManchmalisteslustigaberleideristMathe oft nurlangweilig. (2) Ja (5). LetztesJahr war Geschichte sehrlangweiligaber dieses Jahristesbesser. (2) Ich muss Hausaufgabenmachen (2) IchwerdeimmerpünktlichzurDeutschklassekommen (1) Nein. Ich muss Hausaufgabenmachen (5)
Deutsch ist schwierig, ja?Hast du mein Goldfisch genommen?Wie findest du Mathe?Das langweiligste Fach ist Geschichte oder?Magst du Pizzasaft?Denkst du, dass Alex ist ein bisschen verrückt?Was hast du in den Ferien gemacht?Was ist das langweiligste Fach?Was du in dein letztes Deutschfach gelernt? Englisch ist interessant, oder?Möchtest du ins Kino gehen?Findest du Englisch langweilig, oder?Später kannst du Schaflaufen ?Was ist eine Schulregeln?Warum kannst du nicht mit mir nach Cambridge gehen?Magst du Geschichte?Wie findest du Geschichte?Frau Gillings, ist das du?Was musst du nächstes Jahr gemachen?Was musst du am Freitag machen?Ist Mathe langweilig? Variety of formulations Mixture of tenses Use of statements + oder? Some more complex question structures Some mistakes! Message-oriented Humour! Like EFL sessions
Salut! Je m’appelle Clarisse et j’habiteà Fonainebleau. Je suisdrôle et intelligente et je suis fan de foot! Le foot, c’est ma passion. Mon équipe, c’est le PSG. Mon frère Rényesttrèssympa. En genéral on s’entendbien et normalement on regarde les matches de foot ensemble.Hiersoir, j’airegardé un match de foot international à la télé, J’aimangé du popcorn, commed’hab. Le weekend dernier, je suisallée au Parc des Princes oùj’airegardé le PSG contreAuxerre. J’aiaimé le match parcequ’il y a eudeuxpénalties. Après le match, je suisallée au café oùj’aimangé un sandwich.
Buscaa la persona que … • juega al fútbol los sábados. • va al cine a menudo. • lee todos los días. • ve la telecadadía. • nuncadescargamúsica del Internet.
Buscaa la persona a quién… • le gustaCome Dine with Me. • no le gusta Top Gear. • le gusta Factor X.
Planning student student talk • Teach specific language e.g. game-playing • Group talk tasks
¿Qué piensas? Pienso que... ¡Sí, es verdad!¡No, es mentira! ¡Yo también!¡Yo tampoco! X X X ¡Estás loco/a! ¿Qué piensas?
Pilla al intruso A España Perú Brasil Cuba B Madrid Paris Londres Barcelona C yo ella nosotros Usted D uno dos diez doce
Resource created by Rosyroja Reminders- Practice, 8 minutos e.g. One interaction Jack: Me gusta el chocolate porqueesdulce. ¿Quépiensas? (What do you think? Molly:Yotambién (Me too) Abbie: ¡Ni hablar! (No way!) Sam: Estoy de acuerdo (I agree) nominate listeners set timer – 8 minutes e.g. The next interaction Molly : Me gustanlashamburguesasporque son deliciosas. ¿Quépiensas? (What do you think? Jack: Yotambién (Me too) Sam: ¡Estás loco/a! (You are crazy!) Abbie: No estoy de acuerdo (I don’t agree)
Resource created by Rosyroja Self and Peer assesment sheet In my group talk speaking test today I achieved: ⃝ level 3 because I took part in a simple conversation and asked questions and gave replies 3 times. To reach level 4 my partner needs to……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ⃝ level 4 because I asked questions and gave replies 4 times and was able to apply grammar rules correctly. To reach level 5 my partner needs to………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
STAGE 1 Introducing and responding to simple opinions
Was hältstdu von.....? Resource created by Jen Turner
STAGE 2 Taking part in a short discussion
STAGE 3 Exchanging reasons and preferences Talking across time frames
STAGE 4 Developing a line of thought Sharing points of view Balancing an argument
Classroom talk • Teacher talk • Student to teacher • Planned tasks to generate and support spontaneous/unplanned talk • Student to student
rhawkes@comberton.cambs.sch.uk01223 262503 ext.222@RachelHawkes60