Laying bare the literacy strand

Session Two, Tuesday 14th March 2012

Session objectives

By the end of the session you will have

become more familiar with the Literacy objectives in the KS2 Framework for languages

discovered some activities which can be used to teach children Literacy skills in a Modern Foreign Language.

QTS standards In this session you will be working towards the following standards

Q10 Have a knowledge & understanding of a range of teaching… strategies & know how to use & adapt them ...Q14 Have a secure knowledge & understanding of your subjects/curriculum areas & related pedagogy to enable you to teach effectively...

Standards cont...

Q15 To know and understand the relevant statutory & non-statutory curricula & frameworks... Q17 Know how to use skills in literacy …& ICT to support your teaching & wider professional activities.Q23 Design opportunities for learners to develop their literacy …& ICT skills.

Language-learning objectives - French

L4.2 Follow a short ... text, listening & readingat the same time.L 5.2 Make simple sentences & short texts.

Context – Using prepositions to write a poem.Success criteria – You can use prior learning, a model & dictionary skills to write at least 5 lines of a poem.

Language-learning objectives- German

L 5.2 … Read ...a …short text.L5.3 Write words, phrases and short sentences, using a reference. Context – We are using language & pictorial clues to read & understand a short story.Success criteria – You can use cognates & other clues to read a short story in German.

What is Literacy?

ActivityMake a list of activities you’ve used or seen used in (English)Literacy lessons.Swap lists with another group. Decide how many could be used in an MFL lesson.

Fears

ActivityDiscuss & record the concerns you or other teachers may have when it comes to the teaching of reading and writing in foreign language.

‘Despite the fact that we recognise the importance of children acquiring these skills, there is no doubt that their introduction seems to conjure up feelings of concern. They have come to be labelled as more difficult & less enjoyable elements of the language learning process which often seems to fill both teachers & pupils with fear & trepidation. For too long we have concentrated disproportionately on listening & speaking, to the detriment of the other two skills.’ Christina Skarbek, First Steps to Reading and Writing, CILT Pathfinder.

http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/KS2-MFL-Reading-and-Writing-Games-6084573/

Why Literacy?

It can help reinforce skills in the mother tongue.It is useful preparation for learning a MFL in KS3 & KS4.Written communication is all around & can’t be ignored.Oracy is insufficient if we’re to cater for children of ALL learning styles.If it’s taught using dynamic & varied methods, it can be funWriting doesn’t have to involve a pen & paper.

reading labels and posters in the classroom decoding a word or grapheme traced on their hands/backholding up word cards whilst listening to a storyfollowing a text read out loud by the teacherputting word cards in the order they came in a sentence /story/songwith support, read short messages from a partner school

Early reading activities

Early reading activities cont…

match 1 half of a word to the other halfsort words into dictionary orderplay Where Am I in the Sentence?read words or simple rhymes in different voicesbegin to recognise letter strings and phonemes which are different from Englishrecognise & respond towritten phonemes

Early readingactivities cont…

find cognates by recognising similarities with Englishread words & rhymes in different voices read aloud a familiar text or rhyme in chorus

Reading activity – French

Reading activity – German

Higher-level reading skills –Years 5 & 6

http://www.primarylanguages.org.uk/training_zone/media_library.aspx?criteria=54

Der Regenbongenfisch – writing activity

Writing with upper KS2 cont…

http://www.primarylanguages.org.uk/training_zone/media_library.aspx?criteria=54

Writing activity - poem!

Il y a un lion sur la balançoire,Il y a un tigre dans la cour ,Il y a un léopard sous les arbres,Il y a un monstre à côté de l'école …Alors moi… je suis à la maison!

Le chat est sous la table,Le poisson est sur la chaise,La souris est à côté de l'ordinateur,Le cheval est dans la poubelle,Mais moi ... je suis juste… ici.

Plenary Find a partner &...

Make a brief note together about how today’s session has helped you work towards 1 or more of the QTS standards.

Record an activity you could now incorporate into an MFL lesson.

Make sure you make a note of this for yourself too !