Do the Chicken Dance with your students. Use one to ten to start. Asking questions, giving instructions, reading paragraphs, virtually anything. Sentence for Level One- I like- the possibilities are endless here, just listen for correct answers. A student, for example, could choose the scene der Strand or “the beach.” Words that associate with that scene can include: das Wasser (water), der Badeanzug (swimsuit), der Hut (hat), and die Sonnenbrille (sunglasses). The bird has a feather in his beak. Now have other Ss add to the list their verbs that not on that list. Listen very carefully: Start spelling an easy word in the TL: The first S who knows the word raises their hand. The S MUST NOT show any signs of amusement, even a slight smile. Keep it simple. Here each S is challenged to speak the TL for 30 seconds without stopping. What color is he? Maybe write that number on a piece of paper first. I have known teachers who have a permanent "theater" in the classroom just for puppet shows. There is a time for writing dictations, but not in the early learning stages. A mountain range. If you have a large classroom put all the chairs off to one side. You can trade off those lists after a pair of Ss has use them. Do you speak (name another language)? If I had a boat, I would _________. The idea came to me via Dr. Elizabeth Joiner of South Carolina. I would just like to clarify that ‘TheIdealTeacher’ is simply the website’s name and it’s what I aspire to be and what I am working towards. In order to learn to speak, Ss must first develop their listening comprehension skills. Good practice. Chalk It Up--Pair up two students with chalk in their hand.

Frequent dictations may frustrate students. language fluently can be challenging when all the student can do is read or write in that language. Try this low-prep ‘speaking cups’ activity and let me know how it goes! Just remember to "keep 'em guessing." Etc. What color is he? Suggest that they point with their finger upward for a month closer to January and downward for December. The sun is in the sky and on and on. They have to say BANANA without smiling or laughing. Enough advice. My verb list: Challenge Ss to make a list of all the verbs they know to date at their desks.

Then do months, days of the week anything in sequence. 143 fun and enjoyable language learning activities just below.

Good PR. FUN! Games and Cooperative Learning Activities for the Classroom is an essential resource for every foreign language teacher! Now go for four. Is it Monday? Chevrolet or Ford? Most colleges and universities have exams that grant credit to Ss who have developed a certain level of expertise prior to coming to their school. Now one to twenty. gets a point. Enjoy. Now ask the questions again orally about the paragraph. Games allow for another aspect of learning – reinforcing the vocabulary through multiple senses. 110. This site all in Japanese jeb Don't make me laugh A student sits in front of the classroom. * a language resource developer. The ideas is the the SS must USE those numbers orally. 6. Therefore it is necessary to develop and develop well each individual skill and to focus on each using many techniques and activities to meet the learning style of every individual student. A quarter to six? If I had a bicycle, I would _________. Use high frequency vocabulary words.

They loved it, especially younger children (FLES). The S on the stool is to answer in short responses. and then a number until they guess it correctly. These learning games and fun activities are "proven" winners. Was I wrong? Variation #1: Encourage your Ss to phone each other and to record their conversations to share with the class all in the TLs FUN. Teach them how to count to five in Japanese, Italian, German, Russian, French, Spanish, Portuguese and dozens more. No, it's Steven. Learn how your comment data is processed. He described everyone he ever met, everything he every saw, what he ate this AM, what foods he liked, naming each teaching in all his courses, in short, everything he could think of! Anything really. Ss begin guessing. Again, keep it simple for 1st year Ss and more challenging for the upper levels. Ss ask, it is a "B" an "I", a "N" etc. Have he person asking the question, mark down the number of questions asked. Don't give it away in the first sentence but provide lots of hints.

Keep it fairly easy like: The boy likes to eat pizza in the morning. Red or Yellow? Those are pretty common.
Also, it encourages the student to think of words they wouldn’t usually use, because they have a limited set of letters to work with. Ask them what they want to be able to say once it all becomes in the TL. 59.

Denver or Chicago? The man has a tall hat on his head. 111. For adults I suggested getting a French boyfriend or girlfriend or moving to France for a year. I’m Sabina – an insanely passionate, qualified ESOL  teacher and a secondary French and German teacher and tutor.
Teach: GO and STOP in the TL and have the Ss use both. One measure of your success is called a CLEP exam. Do you have a car?

Draw a lamp. Learning another language should be fun and exciting to a lesson in frustration. Looking down into the bag and describe one of them giving all the characteristics you can think of and ask the SS to raise their hand when they think they know what it is. Keep it simple like I like to eat apples. Just Keep 'Em Guessing Five minute limit. It might be about your school, your community or even about yourself. One S holds up fingers with a number between 1-10 and points to a S. That S then says: I would like (that number) plus a fruit. https://theidealteacher.com/valuable-teacher-covid-19-friendly-activities-for-language-lessons, Health Topic?! You can actually divide the class up into pairs and let everyone go at it at the same time. I recently had a FL teacher email me and asked what percentage of time I spent in the TL in my classes. Bring on language students. Authors Lisa Moore and Eva White wrote this book with teachers and students in mind! var sc_project=12245560;

Those were really enjoyable.We love our language class.

Then, the others must list all the German vocabulary words they know that relate to that scene. * a private KS2, KS3, GCSE, A-Level and conversational French tutor 140.

Make up some really tough ones and see what happens. 114. a cat, a house, a car, a tree - words that they already know.

Now let a S spell a word in your place in front of the class. Hide clues in various places using prepositions to find the next clue. scJsHost+ Ss are to jump up from their seats when the guess the right sentence. No count by fives to fifty. Then go from ONE to TWENTY. Variation #1: Come in tomorrow with one of those plastic toys in your pocket. This website is a space to share my own French and German KS3, GCSE, Pre-U and A-Level resources, as well as my language-related teaching ideas to save other MFL and language teachers time. You will discover that your Ss have developed learning styles that they can express to you. It can be a toy car, a horse, an banana, a basketball - anything.

Do the Chicken Dance with your students.