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Circumlocution Games
Read more: Circumlocution GamesCircumlocution is a learned skill. In my classroom I try to model the skill for the students and to build toward them using it for themselves. The first two games offer the students examples of how to circumlocute. In the final game, one student is actively circumlocuting while the others guess the answer. You can…
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Students show understanding through movement
Read more: Students show understanding through movementDuring the first months of language learning, before they are ready to produce language, students can show understanding through movement. Here are five different possible activities to do with students where they move around the classroom to show what they understand. Click on the links to see examples. Lève-toi si : Students stand to indicate…
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French Instruction Unit: Free time activities
Read more: French Instruction Unit: Free time activitiesWhen developing a unit to teach language, my primary focus is how to recycle language for multiple repetitions. I rely on some techniques that come from the Comprehensible Input movement, like Card Talk, Story Listening, Picture Talk, Map Talk, Movie Talk and Write and Discuss. In addition, students ask each other questions and then synthesize…
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Beginning French Instruction Unit: What I like
Read more: Beginning French Instruction Unit: What I likeA most basic conversation is one about preferences. We tell another person what we like and it helps them to get to know us better. In this unit there are many opportunities for students to speak to each other, to be playful and to repeat a small set of vocabulary over the course of about…
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