more than words from rap to literature-creative language learning and teaching
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More than words-
From Rap to Literature
Isabelle Jones, Head of Languages
@icpjoneshttp://isabellejones.blogspot.com
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More than words?
• Teaching grammar creatively: a contradiction in terms?
• Creativity and authentic resources
• Creative opportunities for learning grammar through speaking and writing
• Creative use of digital and mobile tools
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Teaching grammar creatively,A contradiction in terms?
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Grammar?
Grammar “includes syntax, morphology and semantics and wasoriginally associated with logic andrhetoric.”
The Grammar Papers, QCA, 1998
What does this mean to me??
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Grammar?
Morphology (word level)Analysis of stem/root words, prefixes/suffixes, number, gender, person, “word families”…
Syntax (sentence level)Study of sentence structures(clauses, subjects, verbs, objects…)
Semantics (text level)Study of meaning: literal (denotation) and implied(connotation)
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Literature?
“Written material such as poetry, novels, essays, etc, esp works of imagination characterized by excellence of style and expression and by themes of general or enduring interest”.
Collins English dictionary
Just fiction?Excellence of style and expression?Themes of general or enduring interest?
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Text types Grammar items Connectives
Information Facts and opinionsThird person
Ordinal numbers
Explanation Telling why, how, whatFirst/ third person
Sequence, causalComparison
Description Creating a picture with wordsThird person
Sequence (prepositions)
Instruction Imperative , present tenseSecond person
Sequence
Recount Past tenseFirst/ third person
Temporal, causalContrast
Persuasion One-sidedSecond personSecond person
Causal
Argument One-sided, logical steps Sequence, causal
Advice Addresses reader directlyModal verbs
Sequence, causal
discussion Presents both side of an argument
Sequence, causalAlternatives, examples
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Linguistic creative tools
The way words lookThe way words soundThe way words interact with each otherText types Being playful with the links between languages
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Visual clues
• What visuals do you use to support the language you introduce?• How do you encourage all learnersto visualise new language?• How do you encourage learners topresent their work?
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The sound of language
• Target Language sounds different todifferent learners (e/ é)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybcvlxivscw
• Response to sounds (self-image, deliberately not following phonic patterns, self-conscious behaviour)• Encouraging differences without stereotyping• Pure listening (without reference tomother tongue?)• Rhymes (assonance/alliteration)• Reading out loud
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The sound/look of the language
• Silent letters, accents and grammar
• Chant/ chante/ chantent• J’ai chanté/ je chante• La/ là
• Gusto/gustó• Si/ sí
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The sound of language
CHANT SONG
Moon lunechant songrivière rivergarden rêveurpetit houselittle maison
chant songchant songbleu songet oiseau bleublood sangand bird oiseaubleu song red sangchant songchant song
chant songchant songblue songet oiseau bleublood sangand bird oiseaublue song red sang
Oh girl filleoh yes je t’aimeoh oui love youoh girl filleOh flower girlJe t’aime tant
Oh girl filleOh oui love you
Jacques Prévert, Spectacle
Moon lunechant songrivière rêveurgarden riverrêve dreammer sea
Thank youmoon lunethank youmer sea
Moon lunechant songrivière rivergarden rêveurChildren enfantmer seatime temps
Oh flower girlchildren enfantoh yes je t’aimeJe t’aime tantt’aime tantt’aime tanttime tempstime tempstime tempstime tempset tant et tantet tant et tantet tant…
et temps.
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The sound of language
L’amiral Jacques Prévert, Parole
L’amiral LarimaLarima quoila rime à rienl’amiral Larimal’amiral Rien.
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Ana Tijoux: Las horas• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnRywV8Hh-U
Hace horas que te espero y hace horas no te veo hace horas que te quiero pero hace horas que te pierdo hace horas que te espero y hace horas no te veo hace horas que te quiero pero hace horas que te pierdo Hace horas que te pierdo en esta esquina sólo me acompaña esta tímida neblina el sabor de tus besos impregnados al vapor de este solitario invierno quizás me olvidaste o quizás la verdad tú solo me borraste este amor es un chiste triste triste como se siente cuando todo lo perdiste la miel la piel y el riel cual es el sentido cuando la vida luego es tan cruel dame más tiempo frecuento un momento juro que mi sombra será tan discreta como tu silencio pero nunca me respondes …
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Words and phrases
• Etymology: prefixes & suffixes• http://www.etymonline.com/index.php
• Idioms (lost in translation language)• «awkward English»
• Set phrases and expressions• http://www.tv5.org/cms/chaine-francophone/lf/p-11171-Les-expressions-imagees-d-Archibald.htm• http://enseigner.tv5monde.com/fle/les-expressions-francaises-le-corps
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUHtmKLIAnY (mind mistake and slang)
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AR8V0UTuTWo
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Words and phrases
http://www.franceloisirs.com /
Animations?http://blabberize.com
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Words and phrases
Fluency?
2000 everyday English expressions translated into FrenchAnother 2000 everyday English expressions translated intoFrench
Kit Brett
Free Podcasts
http://www.frenchbyrepetition.co.uk/
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Language Awareness starters
• Jar, coffee, sugar• Sky, leg, wife• Pill, wagon• Damp, luck• Shampoo, bungalow, cot• Umbrella, piano, corridor• Tent, café, route• Rose, atlas, museum
Which languages have these been borrowed from?
ArabicNorwegian/ DanishDutchGerman
HindiItalian
FrenchGreek
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Language Awareness starters
Word order
»Une maison blanche
»Una casa blanca
»A white house
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Playfulness with language
Poetry:
Does not have to rhyme (writing-exploring a topic/building sentences)Using rhymes (speaking-exploring the sounds of the language, reinforcing patterns) Rhyming dictionary (online or app)http://www.dicodesrimes.com/ http://dictionnaire-des-rimes.fr/http://buscapalabras.com.ar/rimas.php
https://itunes.apple.com/es/app/pocket-rhymer/id338095684?mt=8 (fr-sp-Gr-it-En)
Puns and jokes:
Cultural referencesSounds of the languageDouble meaning
Carambar jokes http://blague.carambar.free.fr/blagues/blague.html Lepehttp://www.1000chistes.com/chistes-de-lepe
Tongue twisters:
Great for pronunciation practice & development of grammatical awarenesshttp://trabalenguasenespanol.com/ http://michel.buze.perso.neuf.fr/lavache/virelangues.htmhttp://www.tv5.org/TV5Site/publication/publi-39-Les_virelangues.htm
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Playfulness with language
Premier jour Jacques Prévert, Parole
Des draps blancs dans une armoireDes draps rouges dans un litUn enfant dans sa mereSa mère dans les douleursLe père dans le couloirLe couloir dans la maisonLa maison dans la villeLa ville dans la nuitLa mort dans un criEt l’enfant dans la vie.
Fais des phrases completes? Ecris une histoire?
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Playfulness with language
Le message Jacques Prévert, Parole
La porte que quelqu’un a ouverteLa porte que quelqu’un a referméeLa chaise où quelqu’un s’est assisLe chat que quelqu’un a caresséLe fruit que quelqu’un a morduLa lettre que quelqu’un a lueLa chaise que quelqu’un a renverséeLa porte que quelqu’un a ouverteLa route où quelqu’un court encoreLe bois que quelqu’un traverseLa rivière où quelqu’un se jetteL’hôpital où quelqu’un est mort.
Grammar: what is the rule? /Story/Art/clip scripting
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UN INVENTAIRE A LA PREVERT• Vous ne ferez pas de phrases complètes, mais une liste de
thèmes, objets, sentiments, personnes, actions…ayant rapport à l’amour. (focus on agreements)
• ·Nombre de vers : maximum 20
• Vous utiliserez des allitérations et/ou des assonances.
• Utilisez au moins trois mots de chacune des listes suivantes dans votre poème :
► adjectifs : ému, heureux, ensorcelé, amusé, ébloui, séduit, amoureux, fasciné, fou
► verbes : embrasser, murmurer, serrer contre soi, manquer, cajoler, penser à, tomber sous le charme de…
► adverbes : tendrement, doucement, amoureusement, passionnément, follement, affectueusement, intensément
► substantifs : la passion, l’amour, la flamme, la rencontre, la femme de ma vie, l’homme idéal, le coup de foudre.
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Un verbe : Aimer• 1. Un regard, une rencontre... un été, un sourire…
2. un numéro, un mail, une attente, un souvenir…3. un appel, une voix, un début, un rencard…4. un horaire, un endroit, une venue, un espoir…5. une terrasse, un café, un dialogue, un moment…6. un soleil, une lumière, un cœur, un battement…7. une seconde, une minute, une heure, un plaisir…8. un au-revoir, une prochaine, une promesse, un désir..9. un après, une durée, une patience, un silence..10. un doute, un pourquoi, un regret, une distance..11. un retour, une surprise, un déluge, une marée..12. une suite, une envie un projet.. une soirée..13. une pleine lune, une virée, un instant, une pulsion.. 14. un frôlement, un baiser, une magie ... Un frisson... 15. un accord, un avenir, une force,
• une destinée.. 16. une étoile, un poème
• et un verbe "aimer"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5FFtxl18ck
Dictionary skills,Gender, articles
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Word clouds &Calligrammes
• Wordle http://www.wordle.net
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Tagxedo http://www.tagxedo.com/
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Diamond poems
noun
adjective adjective
verb verb verb
adjective adjective
noun
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Haikus
En/core/ de/ la/ pluie (5)
Comme/ je/ pré/fére/ le/ so/leil… (7)
Vi/ ve/ ment/ l’é/té (5)
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KenningsA kenning is a form of metaphor, originally used in Anglo-Saxon and Norse poetry.
In a kenning, an object is described in a two-word phrase, such as 'whale-road' for 'sea'.
Some kennings can be more obscure than others, and are close to being a riddle.
Un jardinUn ordinateurUn teléfonoUn amigo
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Supporting and Recording Creative Talk
http://www.easi-speak.org.uk/ http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ http://www.voki.com
http://www.tellagami.com Ppt recording function
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Strategies to focus on structures and
Topic-specific languageGrand Corps Malade-Le blues de l’instituteurhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1bL9yIdAOw
L’ écoleL’environnementLe mondeLes médiaLes guerresLa religionL’enfanceLes riches et les pauvresLe futur
Les mots-clé?Without LyricsWith gapped lyricsWithout imageWith image/karaoke
Les thèmes
Words and phrases
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Creative Writing
My Film dice game
Raconte le film comme si tu étais dans le role principal!(Make sentences in the past in the first person)
A. Le role principal
1=une petite fille 2=un SDF 3=un joueur de foot4=une tortue 5=une danseuse 6=un chanteur de rock
B. L’ événement principal
1=un spectacle 2=des vacances horribles 3=un cambriolage4=un voyage 5=un mariage 6=une course
B. Le lieu principal
1=une école 2=les Bahamas 3=un château hanté4=un bateau de croisière 5=un stade 6=une bibliothèque
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Creative Writing
Decide Now! app
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/decide-now!/id383718755?mt=8
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•Develop/ extend ideas/ practise new structures
•Write about it: newspaper article/ letter/presentation to penpal/ blog post/ short play/ poem/ story for young audience.http://mfl-storybirds.wikispaces.com/French+Storybirds
•Talk about it: record an interview/ podcast (dialogue,News report, drama...) audio/ video
•Use your imaginationNightmare holiday/day, Famous for a day: who/what/why,Life Swap (dice), School of the future, My film (dice) Summer/ Winter uniform..
Creative Writing
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Musical translation
*Compare words in the song with transcript-correct mistakes
*Compare words in the song with the translation-what has been changed? Why?
*Tense discrimination/comparison
Use cover versions of popular songs like…
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Wrecking Ball"
We clawed, we chained our hearts in vainWe jumped never asking why
We kissed, I fell under your spell.A love no one could deny
Don't you ever say I just walked awayI will always want you
I can't live a lie, running for my lifeI will always want you
I came in like a wrecking ballI never hit so hard in love
All I wanted was to break your wallsAll you ever did was wreck me
Yeah, you, you wreck meI put you high up in the sky
And now, you're not coming downIt slowly turned, you let me burn
And now, we're ashes on the groundDon't you ever say I just walked away
I will always want youI can't live a lie, running for my life
I will always want you
En vano hoy mi corazón saltó, Pero sin preguntar, hoy te besé Un hechizo fue Amor, no lo puedo negar No me digas que sólo me alejéYo siempre te amaré Ya no mentiré, por ti escaparé Yo siempre te amaré Es como una Demolición Golpea fuerte el corazón cada muro en mi derribas hoy lo único que hiciste tu, fue destruir sólo, fue destruir Te puse en lo alto de Cielo Y ahora no bajarás Esto cambio el fuego Me quemó Cenizas quedarán No me digas que sólo me alejé Yo siempre te amaré Ya no mentiré, por ti escaparé Yo siempre te amaré
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVtL8Uv22D8
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Tense practice: script-writing
Subtitling songs or silent movies using Amara or Movie Maker
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=kPWLxhu_ETc&list=PL35B8F0E6427AC3BC (Morph)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOHvZjiDANg&list=TLU8HG-
nMoQ6N8VB_TRUU6HiRpQTqHVB1Y (Simon’s cat)
Oktapodi http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=badHUNl2HXU
http://www.amara.org/en/
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Flip your lesson!
Identify and create resources for
pupils to have access to key
Vocabulary and structures before the
lesson:
How would you do this?
Pros & cons?
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Flip your lesson!(develop their independence)
Traditional resources and references:
Free Collins online dictionary
http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english?showCookiePolicy=true
Text-to-speech:
http://text-to-speech.imtranslator.net/ Reading support:
http://lingro.com/
Related articles:
http://twitter.com/AESG_MFL
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https://help.pinterest.com/forums/21710172-Group-Boardshttps://help.pinterest.com/entries/22997543-Invite-people-to-a-group-board
Group boards
http://www.pinterest.com/icpjones/frenchgrammar/
http://www.pinterest.com/icpjones/spanishgrammar/
for grammar
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‘Appy GrammarBescherelle (£)
Bled (£)
Robert (£)
Bordas (L’intégrale des dictionnaires Bordas: difficulties, quotes,Synonyms, rhymes, verbs)
Conjugation nation (£1.99)
Brainscape: Spanish verbs, French verbs, Spanish (sentence builder/ vocabulary/ verbs/business language)
Duo linguo (all skills & all languages) FREE
¡Salsa! (fridge magnets) in Spanish
Pocket rhymer (English, Italian, German, Spanish, French)
Irime
isinónimos
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More than words?
• Teaching grammar creatively: a contradiction in terms?
• Creativity and authentic resources
• Creative opportunities for learning grammar through speaking and writing
• Creative use of digital and mobile tools
Action!123
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More than words-
From Rap to Literature
Isabelle Jones, Head of Languages
@icpjoneshttp://isabellejones.blogspot.com