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From squawk to talk (Improving speaking in MFL ) Dominic McGladdery @dominic_mcg I ain't no hollaback girl!

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From squawk to talk

(Improving speaking in MFL)

Dominic McGladdery

@dominic_mcg

I ain't no hollaback girl!

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Teaching Phonics

www.rachelhawkes.com

www.languageswithoutlimits.co.uk/phonics.html

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Teaching phonics

http://bit.ly/xjelKY - 10 minute phonics guide by Suzi Bewell

From Lightbulb Languages (formerly MFL Sunderland): http://goo.gl/BfyQNm

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Activities using phonics

Identifying words which rhyme.

Categorising words with similar sounds.

Students try to find words which contain a certain sound.

Students fill in a venn diagram.

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ei oder ei?

ei ie

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ei oder ei?

ei ie

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Activities using phonics

Learn tongue-twisters.

Reading aloud within a group.

Introducing an “if you wrote it, you can say it” policy.

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Tongue twisters

Cinq chiens chassent six chats.

Der dicke Dachdecker deckte das dicke Dach.Dann trug der dicke Dachdecker, die dicke Dame durch den dicken Dreck. Dann dankte die dicke Dame dem dicken Dachdecker, dass der dicke Dachdecker die dicke Dame durch den dicken Dreck trug.

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Use a rhyming dictionaryhttp://www.alcor.com.au/

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Random name pickers

www.classtools.net

www.classdojo.com

http://bit.ly/XiHfZH fresher schools

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Random question pickers

www.classtools.net

http://bit.ly/XiHfZH fresher schools

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Kagan structures

Exercises designed to get pupils speaking

http://bit.ly/10PCdR3

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Dice activitiesExample: Mon monstre a...

1 trois 1 yeux 1 rouges

2 quatre 2 bras 2 oranges

3 six 3 jambes 3 jaunes

4 vingt 4 oreilles 4 roses

5 sept 5 bouches 5 drôles

6 huit 6 pieds 6 horribles

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Rory's story cubes

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Rory's story cubes

Story cubes are dice with pictures on them.

There are 3 different sets of 9 dice: original, voyages and actions.

The actions set is ideal for teaching sports.

The students throw the dice and make sentences.

There are ipad and android versions.

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Songs

Make up songs.

Use a familiar tune.

Get the students to make up songs.

Use youtube to find songs in target language.

Students will join in and the more able can create their own extra verses.

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Puppets

Get students to use puppets to act out dialogues in TL.

Students can create pencil puppets in seconds.

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Masks and hats

Get students to wear hats and masks to act out dialogues in TL.

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Cluedo activitiesQui a vomi?

Je pense que c'était dans le jardin sur le bébé.le chien

Je crois quele chat

la cuisine la table.

À mon avis la tortue

le salon la chaise.

Selon moi la souris

le garage les devoirs.

J'imagine que le bébé la chambre

la télé.

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Describing a picture

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Comparing 2 pictures

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I went to the shop...

The old primary school game.

In groups.

Pupil A starts “I went to the shop and I bought X.”

Pupil B continues “I went to the shop and I bought X and Y.”

Pupil C continues “I went to the shop and I bought X and Y and Z.”

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Audacity

Resource for recording and changing voices.

Great for motivating boys!

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blabberize.com

Upload a picture and a sound file

(made with audacity?)

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voki.com

Like blabberize but with more features.

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Crazy talk

A program which allows pupils to create 3D living puppets from 2D photos and pictures.

There are Crazy Talk android and ipad apps.

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songify

An app for android and iphone/pad/pod

Record speech and it turns it into song.

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Useful apps

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Further reading

Steve Smith's blog: 50 speaking activities

http://bit.ly/WefH1d

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From squawk to talk

Dominic McGladdery

@dominic_mcg

domsmflpage.blogspot.com

I ain't no hollaback girl!