Another find today on Youtube.
I loved the official song of the FIFA World Cup 2010 when i heard it for the first time today. And now I've found this bi-lingual version too with K'Naan, the original artist, singing with David Bisbal.
The lyrics are below!
Waving Flag de K´naan y David Bisbal
Give me freedom
Give me fire
give me reason
Take me higher
see the champions
take the field now
youll be fighters
make us feel proud
En las calles muchas manos
levantadas, celebrando
una fiesta sin descanzo
los paises como hermanos
Canta y une tu voz
grita fuerte que te escuche el sol
el partido ya va a comenzar
todos juntos vamos a ganar
Unidos!
Seremos grandes,
seremos fuertes
somos un pueblo
bandera de libertad
que viene y que va (x3)
when i get older
i will be stronger
theyll call me freedom
just like a wavin flag
Now wave your flag (x3)
ohhh ohhh ohhh ohhh
Danos vida
danos fuego
que nos lleve a lo alto
campeones o vencidos
pero unidos a internarlos
In the streets
are exalted people
as we lose our inhibitions
celebretion is around us
every nation all around us
Singing forever young, singins
songs underneath the sun
lets rejoice to the beatuful game
and together at the end of day
Seremos grandes,
seremos fuertes
somos un pueblo
bandera de la libertad
que viene y que va (x3)
when i get older
i will be stronger
theyll call me freedom
just like a wavin flag
Now wave your flag (x3)
ohhh ohhh ohhh ohhh
Unidos!
Seremos grandes,
seremos fuertes
somos un pueblo
bandera de la libertad
when i get older
i will be stronger
theyll call me freedom
just like a wavin flag
Now wave your flag (x3)
ohhh ohhh ohhh ohhh
And everybody
will be singing
The Youtube page also explains -
El español David Bisbal y el somalí K´Naan interpretan la versión latina del tema Waving Flag, elegido para la Copa del Mundo FIFA Sudáfrica 2010.
La canción fue estrenada ayer, como parte de las celebraciones rumbo al Mundial.
"La música y el futbol unen al mundo, y a través de esta canción queremos contagiar el sentimiento de alegría que nos provoca este evento mundialista", explicó el artista español, al referirse a la canción inspirada en costumbres africanas referentes a la fiesta, y que aborda temas como el amor, la unión y el optimismo.
El tema presenta pasajes en español e ingles y un video en el que se pueden ver las pocas habilidades futbolistas de Bisbal, quien lucha sin éxito dominar un balón.
La canción de la Copa del Mundo, Waving flag, fue compuesta por el rapero Knaan Mogasishu, quien nació en Somalia aunque es ciudadano canadiense.
La canción es el tercer single de su álbum Troubador y meses atrás fue elegida por la organización del Mundial como su himno oficial.
At the ELL Local Support Group (LSG) last week, we were talking about short activities that needed minimal preparation and could be used for the 'little and often' model.
One of the activities discussed was I spy...
In Spanish there is a lovely little rhyme that goes with the game - check out the East Riding site for sound files, instructions and words. A good game for playing with kids who have a wider vocabulary, but also for discrete groups of words eg food, sports, colours. You could change it to 'tengo tengo' (I have..) and play with items in a bag even.
Veo veo I see, I see,
¿Qué ves? What do you see?
Una cosita. A thing
Y ¿qué cosita es? And what thing is it?
Empieza con la ……. It begins with ………
¿Qué será? ¿Qué será? ¿Qué será? What can it be? (x 3)
I also came across this catchy sung version of the rhyme - here I've chosen the kiddies version rather than the tropical island and bikinis! Lyrics below.
Veo veo ¿qué ves? una cosita ¿y qué cosita es?
empieza con la "A", ¿qué será?, ¿qué será?, ¿qué será?, alefante
no no no eso no no no eso no no no es así
con la "A" se escribe amor, con la a se escribe adiós
la alegría del amigo y un montón de cosas más
Veo veo ¿qué ves? una cosita ¿y qué cosita es?
empieza con la "E", ¿qué seré?, ¿qué seré?, ¿qué seré?, eyuntamiento
no no no eso no no no eso no no no es así
con la "E" de la emoción estudiamos la expresíon
y entonando esta canción encontramos la verdad
Veo veo ¿qué ves? una cosita ¿y qué cosita es?
empieza con la "I", ¿qué serí?, ¿qué serí?, ¿qué serí? invidia
no no no eso no no no eso no no no es así
con la "I" nuestra ilusión va intentando imaginar
cuan insolita inquietud una infancia sin maldad
Veo veo ¿qué ves? una cosita ¿y qué cosita es?
empieza con la "O", ¿qué seró?, ¿qué seró?, ¿qué seró? oscuela
no no no eso no no no eso no no no es así
no no no eso no no no eso no no no es la hora del final
Veo veo ¿qué ves? una cosita ¿y qué cosita es?
empieza con la "F", ¿qué seraf?, ¿qué seraf?, ¿qué seraf?, final
si si si eso si si si eso si si si es así
si si si eso si si si eso si si si llegó el final
cha cha cha
photo from Look Into My Eyes on Flickr
I just have to share this lovely lovely storytelling clip that was brought to my attention by @mariefrance.
A lovely Christmas song, written by José Luis Perales and performed here by Los Toribianitos, and today brought to my attention by one of my online friends, Francisco Meza in Perú.
NAVIDAD NAVIDAD EN LA NIEVE Y LA ARENA NAVIDAD NAVIDAD EN LA TIERRA Y EL MAR (BIS) Mientras haya en la tierra un niño feliz mientras haya una hoguera para compartir mientras haya unas manos que trabajen en paz mientras haya una estrella, habrá Navidad.
Mientras haya unos labios que hablen de amor mientras haya unas manos cuidando una flor mientras haya un futuro hacia donde ir, mientras haya ternura, habrá Navidad
Mientras haya un vencido, dispuesto a olvidar mientras haya un caído a quien levantar mientras haya una guerra y se duerma un cañón mientras cure un herido, habrá NavidadFuente: musica.comLetra añadida por el brunoJosé Luis Perales
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
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!
Very sweet - love the graphics. And it's short too.
Today I took part in a Primary Language workshop at Plantsbrook School.
My contribution to the day was called You and Youtube and addressed the use of video and slideshows to facilitate and enhance primary language learning. Below is my presentation. If you click on the videos or the titles, they are all hyperlinked to their source. I've added a few of the clips I used as well.
I picked up the above tweet earlier from Chris Craft, a teacher at CrossRoads Middle School.
Intrigued, I checked it out and found the following.
A few things struck me;
For those of you who read my post a while back about the One Semester of Spanish Love song, you'll be pleased to know that Mike hasn't given up on wooing his 'chica'. Now, with another semester (term) of Spanish behind him, and with a little help from a friend, he's back with the Second Semester of Spanish Love Song.
Enjoy!
Here's my presentation from my Saturday session at the Primary Languages Show in Liverpool entitled You and Youtube.
The idea of the session was to give people ideas about how Youtube can be used in Primary Language Learning (PLL). We looked at alternatives to Youtube, how to use video clips if a site is blocked by downloading via one of a number of tools and of course, ideas of suitable clips to use and how they might be used to meet bjectives in the KS2 Framework.
This afternoon I had the pleasure of the company of Year 2 for a whole afternoon of Spanish!! So I decided to indulge my creative urges and let them loose with the puppets! This caused great excitement - obviously - perhaps a little more than was strictly necessary, but heigh ho!
The idea was to create short role plays in pairs in Spanish using puppets so that we could safely record them using my camera's video facility, then upload them and the kids would be able to watch them before going home. Best laid plans...
I handed out the puppets by naming them in Spanish and asking ¿Quién quiere el mono? for example - the pupils had to guess the animal to 'win' the right to hold it! That was fine. However, as they put the finger puppets on their fingers, the pupils' excitement was a little more exuberant than foreseen and it took a while to calm down sufficiently to set the task. Of course, the pupils immediately wanted to start talking to one another using the puppets and I didn't want to squash that urge, just channel it ;o)
Next problem was that all previous knowledge seemed to have popped out of their heads and for some reason there were very few who could even remember how to answer ¿Qué tal? let alone ask it! However, after a quick revision session we rehearsed and after break we had a go at recording our animal role play, using Smartboard backgrounds as our backdrops.
Below you can see some of the results - some were better than others and, believe me, given the time and effort it took, I'm pleased we recorded anything!
I was thinking of doing some animation with them.... perhaps leave it until I've recovered :o)
Karen aka Spanishblog has, for the second time in a week, pointed me in the direction of an interesting Spanish resource - this time, Lingus.tv.
Based in Barcelona, Lingus.tv uses its own situation comedy '5 y acción' to teach useful phrases through short - and usually rather amusing - episodes featuring Paco, Sandro, Eva, Michael and Agatha. There are three different levels offered - Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced - with titles like ¿Dónde está mi bikini? (where's my bikini?), Mi primer novio (my first boyfriend)and Espiando a Agatha (spying on Agatha).
I've watched several of the episodes, and a key feature seems to be the quirky ending or sting in the tail. See the latest example.
Each clip has subtitles in Spanish.
On the site there is a transcript of the dialogue.
At the click of a button, the dialogue is translated into English.
There are grammar notes pertinent to the episode, with an audio recording of the phrase / expression in question.
The clips are searchable by topic, objective and skill, as well as level.
The site offers advice on how to use the videos and also has a blog - the latest post talks about the benefits of second language acquistion.
I think it's a good way of making a good start at learning some phrases at the same time as being entertained. I particularly like the use of more colloquial (and sometimes colourful!) language that can be missed in some other learning tools. Looking forward to seeing more episodes!! I'll leave you with another episode - this one's for beginners.
A Tweet from Spanishblog advised me to check out Profeland, la web para el profesor de español. And, as I'm an obedient girlie, off I popped to see what it was about. I must admit that i haven't had time to look at it in depth and much of it seems to be great for older learners with comprehensions and reviews, but not much for Primary pupils...
...apart from
It's been over a week since my last post on Es Repte Català (Catalan Challenge) and although haven't been idle, I haven't done as much as I would've liked to have done.
One way I've found that helps me 'revise' is to listen to the language and to see how much I can understand. I usually find this encouraging as I understand more than I think. It also brings back to my mind phrases that I know and love - for example - com vulguis - as you like!
And if the listening is accompanied by viewing, visual clues add to understanding.
What's more, if the listening / viewing is of something that is already familiar or known to you in some other form, you're on to a winner.
So -
Here's a challenge for you! Courtesy of Lynne Horn (marvellous blogger from Tobermory - the real 'Miss Hoolie') - here's Fawlty Towers in Catalan. Can you follow the story? Which episode is it? Can you pick out any key words?
And what about some Si primer ministre - Sir Humphrey and Bernard show how the results of questionnaires and statistics can be manipulated to say whatever you want! Can you follow the gist? This is trickier as Sir Humphrey is an expert at bamboozling in English so in another language, wel...)
And if all that is too tricky - why not have a go at the tonguetwister challenge on 12seconds.tv? One brave soul has had a go! There'll be another one coming up soon.
Bona sort avec es repte ;o)
