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- I will/do teach the following languages:
- French
- I teach these year groups;
- 3, 4, 5, 6
- About Me:
- I am a secondary school teacher by experience but have found myself involved in Primary Languages and love it. I teach plus act as a consultant for anyone wanting support to bring the subject alive through creativity, songs, drama, puppetry, and setting up international links.
- Favourite/recommended MFL Website:
- http://www.mdlsoft.co.uk
- Favorite MFL resource:
- Task Magic provides a lot of exercises for your bucks plus easy to create worksheets.
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Catherine Cheater Singing Rhymes
If anyone can use them I have been playing around with Apple Mac's Garageband to produce some music to the rhymes that she suggests for use in the primary classroom. They are loaded onto the music player of my main page and can be downloaded in mp3 format. My first stab at this so apologies for any poor quality!
Posted on 13th July 2008 at 5:13pm —
Dominique Dimey
I have already put some links to this singer on the site. I think she is a really good composer for children, she has a strong message to convey about children's rights, and her songs would fit well into any work schools might do on this theme. I am adding this song to the site "Enfants des Rues" as a strong example of what she does. The mp3 was downloaded for free from We7.com. Listen to these songs on my page ENFANTS DES RUES : Dans… Continue
Posted on 12th July 2008 at 10:00am —
OUVREZ VOS MAINS
Here are the words Texte parlé Ouvrez vos mains Tendez vos doigts Comptez vos droits Ça fait… Continue
Posted on 7th July 2008 at 5:32pm —
Pronunciation
This is my one big worry with the current push for languages at Primary Level. I know that although I am not a native speaker of French, my accent is pretty good. I am asked by French people what part of France I come from, but I know this is because I was first taught French when I was 7 by a French woman. I worry that many pupils first contact with the language is not going to give them that. What do others think? Here is one neat tip that really works though when you are trying to improve pr… Continue
Posted on 30th June 2008 at 8:41am — 11 Comments
More Primary resources
There are a whole load of KS2 powerpoint and interactive whiteboard resources on this site. Teachers Resource Exchange Wendy Adeniji is one teacher with a lot of particularly good mat… Continue
Posted on 25th June 2008 at 10:00am — 1 Comment
J'aime pas l'anglais video
Here's attempt number two at the subtitling. There are LOADS of neat vids on youtube that could be used for any level of teaching. You can tailor what kids have to listen out for at any level as long as you simplify the task. Great for teaching kids to sift through noise to find one relevant sound, and in a fun way. Song is pretty annoying after a while though! Continue
Posted on 25th June 2008 at 9:29am —
Asterix vid
Well just joined this site so thought I would post my first vid. I learnt at last how to do subtitles and this was my first stab. I love this song from Asterix and Cleopatre. Continue
Posted on 24th June 2008 at 5:39pm — 6 Comments
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New QCA MFL Units click here
European Portfolio & Language Passport
KS2 MFL Framework click here to order
KS2 MFL Framework click to download
Part 3 of the KS2 Framework - Planning!
Regional Support Groups info click here
NACELL site homepage
International School Award
Primary Languages Training Zone
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for example planning, songs, phonics etc...
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Jo x
No I'm afraid I don't ! One of the schools in my LA has done a bit as part of a project with Sunderland Uni, but personally I haven't done anything. Sorry !
Not on your horizon until 20 mins ago?! Well, you have a steep but very fun learning curve ahead of you! :-) Welcome to the madness.....you will find that you've gone from one side of cyberspace to the other with little or no recollection of how you actually got there.
When my email "pinged" to let me know I had a new message I was shocked to see someone up waaaay past English bedtime!!!
Please do not hesitate to get in touch if you have any further questions about the course.
Cheers,
Mardi
Mardi
If you need any more info, you can contact me on my comments again....
Helen
I am sure you will love our friendly group. You may be intested in the links to the resources I have on my blog for French and lots of other languages. I am a secondary teacher too and I have been French and /or Spanish in primary for 4 years now. To find the links, go to My Languages then scroll down to a long list of keywords to the right (delicious tags), just click on the relevant keyword to get an updated list of links to resources e.g. French... You can filter for just Primary resources by clicking +primary once in del.icio.us to get a list of French Primary resources only.
I hope it is of use...
Isabelle
http://isabellejones.blogspot.com
I have just completed a 4 week teaching practice in Spain which was very interesting. The system there is very different to that which I have experienced so far in England.
Thanks for the link.
Louise x
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