Thursday 29 October 2009
Friday 23 October 2009
Mis amigos Pooh y Tigger
I've been having a little look at Youtube resources again, and, inspired by the session last week on teaching Infants languages, I've found some sweet little videos featuring Winnie the Pooh and Tigger too! Now, Winnie is always a winner in my books - I just love that bear of very little brain! - but talking Spanish is even better.
Estrellita ¿cómo estás?
me preguntas ¿qué serás?
en el cielo brillas tu
como un diamante es tu luz.
Estrellita ¿cómo estas?
me preguntas ¿qué serás?
Lindo lampi ¿cómo estás?
No te quejes; duerme ya
La noche es para soñar
Pon su trompa, descansar.
Qué se acabe mal humor
y no ronques por favor.
Lindo lampi ¿cómo estás?
Es mejor que duermas ya
Then there's this clip called Es la hora de pensar and is a little song to signal thinking time. I think it would be a lovely cue to send children to their desks to work on whatever they are doing, or as a signal to change activity. And not just in language lessons but as one of those 'embedded' ways of making language an everyday, incidental thing.
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Labels: Foundation, KS1, primary languages, songs, videos, Youtube
Tuesday 20 October 2009
Lisibo Talks! latest
I've spent some time over the weekend doing something that I find rather uncomfortable - listening to my own voice! Whilst it is much better than watching myself on video, I find myself cringeing at the sound of my accent and speech habits. In my head I don't sound like that - my 'self-image voice' speaks much more 'properly' and sounds less Brummie!
So why do it? Well, I was catching up with editing the audio from my presentations at two recent conferences - in Hull and in Basingstoke, Hampshire - before adding it to my podcast. I kept reminding myself that I wouldn't have to listen again once I'd finished, and then remembered that I'd have to listen one more time to synch the audio to my Slideshares to make Slidecasts.
So - I'm pleased to announce three new episodes of my podcast Lisibo talks! But does it make sense?
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Labels: audio, etwinning, Hampshire_Language _Conference, Hull, ICT, lisibo, lisibo talks, primary languages, secondary languages, Slidecast, slideshows, speaking
Monday 19 October 2009
25000 not out!
So thank you for your continuing readership and support. It's really exciting when people meet me and say 'I read your blog!' or 'I used that idea you blogged' or 'thank you for your inspiration.' It is so encouraging and keeps me going when things get on top of me.
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Sunday 18 October 2009
Teen idols sing in Spanish!
Here's one for your older 'pop' loving pupils. The Jonas Brothers of Disney Channel fame learning a (devilishly tricky it has to be said!) song - and not doing badly!
And here's Vanessa Hudgens from High School Musical singing When there was you and me including a Spanish section in the middle - subtitled.
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Some clips to help teach numbers to young learners.
Very sweet - love the graphics. And it's short too.
I like the repetition in this one.
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Labels: languages, numbers, primary languages, songs, videos, Youtube
Saturday 17 October 2009
Storybird - update!
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Labels: ICT, ideas, languages, storytelling, Twitter
Storybird
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Labels: ideas, languages, primary languages, secondary languages, storytelling
Animated languages
Another highlight of the Hampshire Language Conference was Oscar Stringer's session on Animation. So popular it was put on twice, and had to move rooms to accommodate the number of people wishing to attend, from the conversations I heard, Oscar and his ideas were a hit!
Using I Can Animate and a Hue webcam, Oscar guided the assembled throng through how to animate using fuzzy felts before adding voiceover using iMovie - bet he had no shortage of volunteers!
You can see the finished movies - made in 20 minutes!- on Oscar's blog, along with other examples of animation using languages such as the ones from Wednesday in Gloucestershire, and the lovely animations made with a Reception class last year. You'll also find plenty of tips and guidance on how animation can be used right across the curriculum and beyond.
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Labels: animation, Hampshire_Language _Conference, languages, Oscar Stringer, primary languages, secondary languages
Exciting ICT in the Language Classroom - Hampshire Language Conference
As Jo Rhys-Jones kindly pointed out last night, in all my blogging I have failed to post my own presentation!
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Labels: Hampshire_Language _Conference, ICT, ideas, languages, primary languages, secondary languages
Thursday 15 October 2009
Languages at KS1
As pupils at Whitehouse Common learn Spanish from Nursery to Year 6, I was very interested by this session at the Hampshire Conference. Fiona and Naouele spoke persuasively about the benefits of language learning at a young age.
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Labels: Hampshire_Language _Conference, primary languages, storytelling
CLIL - Content and Language Integrated Learning
CLIL is - Content and Language Integrated Learning and basically involves teaching cross-curricularly, delivering other subjects through the language. Do Coyle is the driving force behind this. The ideal is that the subject specialist delivers the lessons in the language, but it's more likely that the MFL specialist will deliver eg history, or possibly the subject and the MFL teacher team teaching. You might also use the FLA to support the subject specialist. I'm interested in this as Whitehouse Common is involved in a project with three foci, one of which is CLIL.
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Labels: CLIL, intercultural understanding, languages, primary languages, secondary languages
The delegates came in 2 by 2
I was somewhat disappointed to discover that the Hampshire Language Conference this year was not being held at Marwell Zoo, and excited to discover that it was to be held at The Ark. So far no animals have appeared and its a lovely day so you might guess that it's not a big boat.
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Labels: Hampshire_Language _Conference, languages, primarylanguages, secondary languages
Wednesday 7 October 2009
Happier richer and sexier?
I Love You In 100 Languages by michelleoshen
Attribution License
Just caught up with an article in The Independent on Monday with the headline -
Apparently, in a survey commissioned by Michael Thomas,
Britons who learn a foreign language are richer, happier and are regarded as sexier than those who can only speak English, according to a new study.
An average of £145,000 more earned over a lifetime? Linguists easier to match for dating agencies as they are seen as more intelligent and sexier? Can this be true?
I don't know but I like the sound of it!
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Tuesday 6 October 2009
El Mundo de Pocoyo
I have declared my affection for Pocoyó previously on this blog and have subscribed to the Youtube channel dedicated to this lovely little chap. His latest clip is above and announces Mundo Pocoyó.
As the blurb says -
Un mundo virtual donde los niños pueden compartir experiencias y aventuras con sus personajes favoritos: jugar con Pato en el parque de atracciones, visitar la boutique de Elly o pintar y colorear con Pocoyó.
Actividades didácticas y amenas que ayudan a conocer el mundo, juegos que estimulan la habilidad, capítulos y melodías siempre disponibles para disfrutarlos online, miles de posibilidades al alcance de todos con un claro objetivo: aprender riendo.
www.mundopocoyo.com
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Welcome to Pocoyo World!
A huge virtual world where kids, parents and carers can share adventures with their favourite characters: play with Pato in the theme park, visit Ellys shop or paint and colour with Pocoyo.
Educational activities, games, puzzles, episodes, music and dancing, all available in a totally secure environment, with one simple objective: learning through laughter.
www.pocoyoworld.com
Available in English or Spanish, the site seems to function much like Club Penguin, with you having your own character - a Pocoyó like personaje- and, by earning tickets by completing games, you can buy pets, furniture etc. It's a social place as you can interact with other members.
Fun place to visit - and good for playing with another language.
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Labels: Pocoyo, primary languages, spanish
Friday 2 October 2009
¿Ganará Madrid 2016? ¡Vénte pa' Madrid!
So, the decision about to whom London pass on the Olympic flame at the end of 2012 will soon be made. And much to everyone's surprise, Chicago (despite Obama) are out and Madrid are still in to fight it out head to head with Rio.
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Thursday 1 October 2009
It ain't grim up North!
Just spent a lovely day in Hull at their primary language conference. The sun shone, the trees were very autumnal and it was far from ‘grim’ About 90 delegates attended the day which focussed on Using ICT in Primary Language teaching, attending workshops on film in education by Mark Reid of BFI, the use of animation for improved speaking and listening in language learning led by Oscar Stringer, using school networks to support language learning led by Dorolyn Parker and cross curricular collaboration, led by me. I’m becoming more used to presenting seminars now and, whilst the adrenalin rushes and I have butterflies, it is not as frightening as it once was. However, Hull presented a new challenge as I’d been invited as keynote speaker as well - a first! Anyone who has been following my tweets this week may have sensed the growing anxiety I experienced as the ‘big day’ approached; that was but nothing compared to my state this morning. However, once I’d cracked a joke and got everyone doing a ridiculous warm up dance, I felt much better and, despite one or two issues with projector not wanting to talk to my Mac and then the Internet failing to connect, I think the session went well. I even think my use of a Fernando Torres clip (a mere four days after he scored a hattrick in the 6-1 defeat of Hull City by Liverpool) may have been forgiven by 95% of the delegates. My Keynote was entitled Inspiring Creative Teaching in the Primary Language Classroom and centred on what ICT can do to enhance and support language teaching and learning. As Ewan McIntosh said - it’s not about the tech, it’s about the teach. My seminar was entitled Don’t be mad, get cross curricular with ICT and PLL and focussed on embedding and entwining language learning into the existing school curriculum, making links and collaborating, and tools that might help in this. We talked eTwinning, eLanguages and it was also pleasing to see that schools are working collaborativel on a local level in clusters to support one another. Below I’ve posted my presentations - pop back over the next couple of days to see the screencast with audio. I’ll also post both sessions on Lisibo talks! as soon as I have a spare moment! Any queries, feel free to leave a comment below or contact me directly - my details are at the end of the slideshow. A couple of things I mentioned that weren’t in the handout (also below) The wiki sites I mentioned were Wikispaces, Wetpaint and PBWiki. For ways of using Youtube, and/or downloading clips where it is blocked, have a look at a previous presentation You and Youtube where I mention RealPlayer, Zamzar, MediaConverter and Firefox widgets. You can obtain Take Ten en français or en español from Devon Education Services or from Little Linguist. And finally, check out this post for details of tutorials for some of the tools I mentioned today. Thanks for a great day Hull! You’ve definitely made an impression on me!
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Labels: ICT, lisibo, presentations, primary languages