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Introduction LanguageoftheMonthActivities Section1: Whospeaksthelanguage? Section2: Listeningtospeakersofthelanguage Section3: Welcome Section4: Hello Section5: Goodmorningandgoodafternoon Section6: Goodbye Section7: Thankyou Section8: Yes,noandwelldone Section9: Comehereandsorry Section10: Please Section11: Numbers1to12 Section12: All theFirstWordsandNumbers1to12 Section13: Questionsandanswers Section14: Learnmorewords Section15: Otherlanguageawarenessactivities

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Appendix1ClassdisplaysfortheLanguageoftheMonth Appendix2AclassvisitbyanUrduspeaker Appendix3HorseRace Appendix4DualtextDisplayandHeritageDisplay Appendix5LanguagesQuiz Appendix6TamilAssembly Appendix7Themostwidelyspokenlanguagesintheworld Appendix8Usefulwebsites

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Introduction
Nochildshouldbeexpectedtocastoffthelanguageandcultureofthehome ashecrossestheschoolthreshold,nortoliveandactasthoughschooland homerepresenttwototallyseparateanddifferentcultureswhichhavetobe keptfirmlyapart.Thecurriculumshouldreflectmanyelementsofthatpartof hislife,whichachildlivesoutsideschool. BullockReport(1975)

WhyhaveaLanguageoftheMonth? Therearemanyreasonswhy weshouldknowaboutoneanotherslanguages, includingthefollowing: Togivebilingualchildrentheopportunitytodemonstratethelanguageskills theybringtoschool. Toenhancethestatusofbilingualchildren. TobroadenthehorizonsofmonolingualEnglishspeakers. Toshowrespectforotherlanguagesandcultures. Togiveparentsanopportunitytobeactivelyinvolvedintheirchildrens learning. Howtousethisbooklet Justdipintothebooklet,trytheactivitiesandhighlightthoseyoulike.Mostofthe activitiesaregameswhicharebestplayedforabout10minutessothatthechildren willwanttoplaythemagainwhenlearningotherlanguages.Spread theactivitiesover themonth andadaptthemtosuityourclass.Forexample,playtwo10minutegames perweekandusestickerstorewardthechildrenforplayingthegameswell. Whentousetheactivities Therearemany subjectscompetingfortimeontheschool curriculum.Teacherswill maketimetopromotelanguageawarenessiftheybelieveitisapriority.The followingareexamplesofwhen teachershaveused theideasinthisbooklet:aweekly 15minuteLanguageoftheMonthslotonthetimetable duringcircletime asabrain breakduringnumeracylessons aspartoftheschoolday,e.g.registrationandfruit timeduringstorytimebetweenlessonsbeforeplayduringassemblies andduring othersubjects,e.g.geographyandPE. TheLanguageoftheMonthwebsite TheLanguageoftheMonthwebsitehastheprograms,audiofilesandresourcepacks thatarereferredtointhisbooklet.Furthercopiesofthisbookletcanalsobe downloadedfromthiswebsite: http://www.newburypark.redbridge.sch.uk/langofmonth/

LanguageoftheMonthActivities
Section 1:Whospeaksthelanguage?
Whospeaksthelanguage? Each LanguageoftheMonth programandresourcepackhasinformation aboutwho speaksthelanguage,e.g. WhospeaksTamil?Thesecanbeusedtointroduceanew focuslanguagetothechildren. Mapof theworld Onamapoftheworldidentifythecountrieswherethefocuslanguageisspoken. Ifyouhaveaninteractivewhiteboardandinternetconnection,trythiswebsite: https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html Showphotographs Sharewiththechildrenpositiveimagesofthespeakersofthefocuslanguageand theircountries.Eachresourcepackhasalistofwebsitesforphotos. Youcanalsofind photosbytypingthenameofacountryintoasearchengine,suchasGoogle.Photos canthenbedisplayedasaslideshowusingWindowsPictureandFaxViewer. Whospeaksthelanguageinourschool? Tellthechildren thenamesofthosepeopleinschool whocanspeakthefocus language. Classdisplayboard HaveaclassdisplayfortheLanguageoftheMonth.Include:amapoftheworldto showwherethespeakersofthelanguagelive,picturesfromthosecountries,key wordsandphrases,etc.Oncetheboardissetout,itisveryeasytojustswapthe sheetsforthenextlanguage.SeeAppendix1ClassdisplaysfortheLanguageofthe Month. Linkswithspecialevents LinkyourLanguageoftheMonthboardtospecialevents,e.g.PortugalEuro2004, Athens2004OlympicGames,WorldCup2006Germany. Schooldisplay ItisalsoworthwhilehavingaLanguageoftheMonthboardinaprominentpartofthe schoolforparentsandvisitors. LanguageoftheMonthpamphlets LanguageoftheMonth pamphletscanbemadeforchildren,parentsandvisitors.The pamphletsareproducedusingtheFirstWords,Numbers1to12,andQuestionsand answerssheetsintheLanguageoftheMonthresourcepack.Thesesheetsare arrangedandpastedontotwosheetsofA3paperwithanappropriatedesignforthe frontcover,showingwhospeaksthelanguage.TheA3sheetsarereducedand photocopiedontobothsidesofA4sheetsofpaper,whicharethenfoldedtomake 4pagepamphlets.

Section2:Listeningtospeakersofthelanguage
LanguageoftheMonthprograms EachLanguageoftheMonthprogramcontainsvideoclipsshowingachildteaching wordsfromhis/herfirstlanguage.Classroomswithaninteractivewhiteboardanda fastinternetconnectionhaveeasyaccesstotheseprograms.Theprogramscanbe usedtointroducenewvocabularytoaclass,withwordsrepeatedasoftenasrequired. Theprogramscan alsobeaccessedbychildren athome. Audiorecording DownloadtheaudiorecordingfromtheLanguageoftheMonthwebsite.Play the audiorecordingsothatthechildrenbecomefamiliarwiththesoundofthelanguage. Attheendofthemonth,askthechildrentocountthenumberofwordsandphrases theyknowwhiletheylistentotheaudiorecording. Inviteaparentwhospeaksthefocuslanguageintoyourclassroom Inviteparentstoteachtheirlanguage,talkabouttheirculture, tellstories,andteach rhymes,songsandgames.SeeAppendix2Aclassvisitbyan Urduspeaker. Inviteachildwhospeaksthefocuslanguageintoyourclassroom AchildwhocanspeaktheLanguageoftheMonth,particularlyonewhoisalso literateinthelanguage,willmakeaverygoodteacher. Notedifferencesin pronunciation Fearofnotcorrectlypronouncingawordisoneofthemainobstaclestolearninga newlanguage.Nevertheless,itisalwaysbettertohaveagothan tonot tryatall.Itis agoodideatolearnjustonewordatatime.Whenlearningawordfromthefocus language,listen tohowdifferentspeakerssayit.Youwillbesurprisedatthe differencesinpronunciation.Usingyourownphoneticcodetorecordthese differenceswillhelpgiveyouconfidencetosaytheword.Thelanguageprogramsand audiofilesfromtheLanguageoftheMonthwebsitewillhelpyouwiththe pronunciationof words. Therearemanyotherwebsiteswhichwill helpwith pronunciation.Trythisone:http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/

Section3:Welcome
Welcomesign DecoratethewelcomesheetfromtheLanguageoftheMonthresourcepackandplace itontheclassroomdoor.

Section4:Hello
HelloWorld! ReadtheHelloWorld! sheet thereisoneineachLanguageoftheMonthresource pack.Getthechildrentosay hellointhetargetlanguageandtellthemhowmany speakersofthislanguagetheycannowsayhelloto.Forexample,achildwholearns tosay holacannowsay hellotothe425,000,000Spanishspeakersintheworld. 5

Firsthellos Turntothepeoplearoundyou,shaketheirhandsandsay hellousingthe Languageof theMonth. Sitinacircleandpassthehelloaroundthecircle. Whosaidhello? Achildischosentositonachairwithhisorherbacktotheclass.Theteacherthen pointstoanotherchildwhosayshelloin thetargetlanguageto thechildsittingonthe chair,e.g. Bonjour, Ahmed.Thechildonthechairthenhastoidentifythepersonwho saidthegreeting.When thechildsittingonthechairhasidentifiedfivechildren,s/he canberewardedwithasticker. Helloagain Theclasssitsinacircleinthehall.Onechildwalksaroundthecircleandchooses anotherchildbytappinghim/herontheshoulder.Thetwochildrenshakehandsand say hellotoeachotherthreetimesusingthetargetlanguage.Theythenracein oppositedirectionsaroundthecircle.Whentheymeetabouthalfway,theyrepeat theirgreetingsandthencontinueracingtotheemptyspaceleftby thechildwhowas tappedontheshoulder.Thefirsttositintheemptyspaceisthewinner.Theother childwalksaroundthecircleandchoosesanewchildtosay helloto. Inwhichlanguagescanwesayhello? Askchildrentosay hellointhelanguagestheyuseathomeorhavelearnedinschool. Ifyouwanttoknowhowtosay helloinmorethan800languages,thefollowing websiteisuseful:http://www.elite.net/~runner/jennifers Hellograph Makeablockgraphshowingthewaysyourclasscansay hello,e.g. merhaba, tungjatjeta,konnichiwa,ol,etc. Hellohands Havethechildrentracearoundoneoftheirhandsanddecorateitbywritinghelloin oneofthelanguagestheyhavelearned.Thehandscan thenbecutoutanddisplayed aroundasuitablepicture,suchastheworld.

Section5:Goodmorningandgoodafternoon
Registration Displaythewordsgoodmorningandgoodafternoonin thetargetlanguage.Usethese wordswhilstdoingtheregister.

Section6:Goodbye
Hello,Goodbye,byDavidLloydandLouiseVoce Displaythewordshelloandgoodbyein thetargetlanguage.ReadthebookbyLloyd andVoce, translatingthewordshello andgoodbye.Getthechildrentoparticipatein tellingthestory.

Section7: Thankyou
Saythankyou Askthechildrentoidentifysituationsforsayingthankyou.Forexample:when the teachercollectsthedinnermoney,whenthechildrenaregivenfruitormilk,when childrenbringinsweetsontheirbirthdays.Challengethechildrentousethankyou in thetargetlanguagethreetimesbeforehometime. Passtheballofstring Thechildrensitinacircle.Onechildholdstheendofaballofstring,callsouta friendsnameandthrowstheballofstringtothatfriend.Thechildwhogetstheball ofstringsaysthankyouinthetargetlanguage.Thesecondchildthenholdsapieceof thestringandpassestheballtoanotherchild,andsoon.Thechildrenendupmaking awebpatternwiththestring.Theteacherthenwindsuptheballofstringsaying thankyou toeachchild. MayItakeaseat? Onechildsitsonachair.Asecondchildasks,MayItakeaseat?Thechildsitting onthechairsaysyesinthetargetlanguage.Thesecondchildsitson thefirstchilds lapandsaysthankyouinthetargetlanguage.Continueinthiswayaslongasthereis alonglineofchildrensittingononeanotherslaps.Ifthelinecollapses,startagain. Thankyoucard Makeathankyoucardforsomeoneusingthefocuslanguage.

Section8: Yes,noandwelldone
Puppetquestions Displaythewordsyesandnoin thetargetlanguage.Theteacherputsonahand puppet.Thepuppetasks thechildrenquestionstowhichtheyansweryesorno.For example:IsyournameZain?Areyou100yearsold?Doyoulikeapples? HaveyouhadteawiththeQueen? Twentyquestions Displayandrehearsethewordsyes,no andwelldoneinthetargetlanguage.Secretly writedownthenameofanobject.Theclasshastoaskquestionstonarrowdown whathasbeensecretlywritten.Questionscanonlybeansweredwithayesorno. Keeparecordofthenumberofquestionsasked.They canonlyaskupto20 questions.Whenachildguessescorrectly,saywelldoneinthetargetlanguage.

HideandseekinLondon Tellthechildrentocounttoten usingthefocuslanguage.Whilethechildrenare counting,you thinkof somewheretohideinLondon,e.g.undertheQueensbedat BuckinghamPalace.Thechildrenthen havetoaskquestionstonarrow down where youarehiding.You canonlyanswerwith thewordsyes,no orwelldoneinthetarget language.Givetheclassfiveminutestofindyou.Nowletoneofthechildrenhide. (Youngerchildren can counttosixandhidesomewhereintheschool.) Famousperson Displayandrehearsethewordsyes,no andwelldoneinthefocuslanguage.Secretly writedownthenameofafamousperson,e.g.BartSimpson.Theclasshastoask questionstonarrowdownwhothefamouspersonis.Questionscanonlybeanswered withayesorno.Givetheclassfiveminutestogettheanswer.Whenachildguesses correctly,saywelldoneinthetargetlanguage.(With youngerchildrenusethenames ofpeopleintheschool.) Hedbanz ThisPaulLamondgamecanbepurchasedfromtoyshops, orcanbehandmade.A personsitsatthefrontoftheclasswearingaheadbandwhichholdsacardshowinga pictureofanobject.Thepersonwiththeheadbanddoesnotknowwhattheobjectis, buthastofindoutbyaskingtheotherplayersquestionswhichthey canonlyanswer withayesorno usingthetargetlanguage.

Section9:Comehereand sorry
Comeheregame Displayandrehearsethewordscomehereandsorryinthetargetlanguage.The childrensitontheirchairs.Achildisblindfoldedandspunaroundtentimes.Another childischosentocall theblindfoldedchild,e.g.Comehere,Laura!Thischild repeats,Comehere,Laura!each timetheteachergivesasignaltodoso.The blindfoldedchildtriestowalktothechilddoingthecalling.Iftheblindfoldedchild touchesadifferentchild,theyhavetosay,Sorrytoeachother.Thegamecontinues untiltheblindfoldedchildreachesthechildwhoiscalling.

Section10:Please
Sayplease Teachthechildren howtosay pleaseinthetargetlanguage,e.g. porfavor.Display thewordforall tosee.Identifysituationswhenthewordcanbeused.Challenge children totryandusethewordthreetimesduringtheday,e.g.Passmetherubber, porfavor.

Section11:Numbers1to12
Howdowesaythenumbers? Onalargechart,writethenumbers1to6(or 12) in thetargetlanguage.Listentothe audiorecordingsothatthechildrencanhearaspeakerofthefocuslanguagesaythe numbers.Thenwriteeachnumberusingyourowntransliteration tohelpeveryone pronouncethenumbers. Call outthenumber Theteacherrandomlyshowstheclassanumberfrom 1to6 (on A4sizedcards).The childrenpractisecallingoutthenumbersshown,usingthetargetlanguage. Throwingadie Thechildrensitinacircle.Onechildstarts thegamebythrowingalargespongedie tosomeoneinthecircleandcallingoutthatchildsname.Thechildreceivingthedie hastosaythenumberitlandsonbeforepassingittosomeoneelse. Throwingthebeanbag Thechildrensitinacircle.Onechildstarts thegamebythrowingabeanbagto anotherchildandsayinganumberinthetargetlanguage.Thechildreceivingthe beanbagsaysthenextnumberinthesequenceandthenthrowsthebeanbagtoanother child,andsoon. Whatismynumber? Youneedsixlargecardswiththenumbers1to6. Choosesix childrentoholdupthe cards.Thechildrenholdingthecardstaketurnstopickachildtocalloutthenumber intheirhands. Matchingpairs Usethe1 to6cardsfromapackofplayingcards.Turnallthecardsfacedownona table.Theplayerstaketurnstoturnovertwocards,saythenumbersinthetarget languageandcollectmatchingpairs.Thechildwhoendsupwith themostcardswins thegame. Givemefive Theteachercallsoutanumberusingthetargetlanguage,e.g.Givemetres.The childrenthenshowthenumberusingtheirfingers, Pickupacardandsaythenumber Usethe1to10cardsfromapackofplayingcards.Turnallthecardsfacedownona table.Theplayerstaketurnstoturnacardandsaythenumberinthetargetlanguage. Thechildrenkeepthecardstheynamecorrectly.Thechildwith themostcardswins thegame. OddsandEvens Dividetheclassintotwogroups theoddsandtheevens.Getthechildrentoface eachotherandchantthenumbersto12.Theoddsstartwithone,andthentheevens callouttwo, andsoon.Swapthegroupsaround.

Icancountto12 Thechildrenwhocan cometothefrontoftheclassandcountto12in theLanguage oftheMonthwritetheirnamesonachartandaregivenasticker. Yes/No Haveachartshowingthenumbers1to12inthetargetlanguage.Youwillalsoneed severalarrowsmadefromcardwiththewordno writtenontheminthetarget language,andonearrowwiththeword yes.Onepersonwritesasecretnumberfrom1 to12onapieceof paper.Otherstaketurnstoguessthenumber.Ifaguessiswrong, BluTackanoarrowbythatnumber.Placeayesarrowbythecorrectguess. Findthedoll Displayandrehearsethenumbers1to12(1to6for youngerchildren).Onechild leavestheroom,andanotherchildhidesasmalldollintheclassroom.Thechild waitingoutsidetheclassroom comesbackinandhastofindthedoll.Theclassstart chantingthenumbers1to12inthetargetlanguage.Theygetlouderwhenthechild getsnearer tothedoll andquieterwhenthechildmovesawayfromthedoll.The gameendswhenthedollisfound. Additionupto12 Useall theplayingcards1to6.Shufflethecardsandshow thetoptwo.Askthe childrentotellyouthesumofthetwocards. (Foradditionto6,use theplayingcards 1to3.) Dominoes Playdominoesby sayingthenumbersintheLanguageoftheMonth. Showadominototheclassandaskthemtoallcalloutthe totalshown. Tenfingers PractisesubtractionsusingtheLanguageoftheMonth,e.g.Showmedixfingers. Takeaway deux.Whatistheanswer? Takeawayfrom10 Useallplayingcards1to9.Showanumbertotheclasswhichtheyhavetotakeaway fromtenandthencallouttheanswerusingthetargetlanguage. Buttons YouwillneedthreeA4cardsshowing4,8and12buttons.Askthechildren:How manybuttonsareoneachcard?Whatishalfthenumberofbuttons?Whatisa quarterofthenumberof buttons? Fancards Usefancardstopractisenumbersin thefocuslanguage.Forexample,Showme jeden.Showmejedenplusdwa.Showmetrzytakeaway dwa.Showmehalf ofShowmedoubleShowme1morethanShowme1lessthan Musicalnumbers Playsomemusicforthechildrentodanceto.Whenyoustopthemusic,callouta numberusingthetargetlanguage.Thechildrenhavetogetintogroupsofthat

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number.Anychildrennotinagroupofthatnumberareout.Continueuntilthereare onlytwoorthreechildrenleft.Givearewardtothewinners. Lastonestanding Thechildrenstandinacircle.Achildstartsthecountingandcansaybetweenoneto threeconsecutivenumbers,i.e.1,or1,2, or1,2,3,inthetargetlanguage.Thenext childfollowsonwithuptothreenumbers.Forexample,ifthelastchildsaid1,2,3, thenthischildcansay4,or4,5,or4,5,6.Continuelikethisaroundthecircleuntila childsays12.Thechildwhosays12isoutandsitsdown.Thenextchildstarts countingfrom1.Thecountingaroundthecirclecontinuesuntilanotherchildsays12 andhastositdown,andsoon. Thelastchildstandingisthewinner. HorseRace SeeAppendix3andphotocopytheHorseRacegameontoA3paper.Writethe numbersforthetargetlanguageundereachnumeral,e.g.Uno under1,etc.Youwill needcountersandapairof dice.Putthecounters(torepresentthehorses)onthe numbers.Severalchildrencanplaythisgamewith each childchoosingahorse.The childrentaketurnstorollthediceandaddthescores.Movethehorseonthatnumber forwardonesquare.Playthegame,usingthetargetlanguage,untilahorsereachesthe finishingline. NumberCode Use0to9fromthefocuslanguagetowriteacodedword.For example,e.g.unsix th (French)gives16,andthe16 letterofthealphabetisp.

P 16

d 4

un six

un

un quatre

quatre

un

Section12:AllFirstWordsandNumbers1to12
Readtheword Thisisaquickgametoplayasthechildrenarebeingdismissedfromclass.Choosea childwhoissittingnicely.Showthechildawordfromthefocuslanguage.Ifthe childreadsthewordcorrectly,thechildcangoouttoplay.Ifnot,thechildwaitsfor anothergo. Beforeyougoout Asthechildrengooutforbreakorlunch,askthemtosayawordfromtheLanguage oftheMonth. Oneminutechallenge Askachildtocometothefrontoftheclasstoseehowmanywordsfromthefocus languages/hecansayinoneminute.Record onacharteachchildsattempt. 11

Writingonwhiteboards Showthechildrenaword forafewseconds.Askthem towriteitontheirimaginary whiteboardusingtheirfavouritecolourpen.Showthem thewordagaintocheckthe spelling.Iftheirwordiscorrect,theycandrawasmileyface.Ifthewordisspelled wrongly,theycancorrectit.Ifyourclasshasminiwhiteboardsanddrywipepensfor allthechildren,youmayprefertousetheseinstead. Spellingsintheair Thechildrenpractisespellingsintheair.Theyshouldusetheirfavouredhandfirst, andthenusetheweakerhand,andfinallyboth.Askthechildrentoclosetheireyes andwritethewordslarge,smallandbackwards. Rubbingoutwords Writeontheboardaboutfivetotenwordsfrom thefocuslanguageandgivethe children aminutetomemorisethem.Pointtoonewordandthenrubitout.The childrentrytowritetheworddownonpaper.Continueinthiswayuntilallthewords havebeenerased.Thenwritethewordsbackontheboardforthechildrentocheck theirspellings. Writingonyourfriendsback Asktwofriendstostandonebehindtheother,facingawhiteboard.ChildAchoosesa wordfromthefocuslanguage.ChildAthenwritesthewordonchildBsbackwitha finger,andchildBthenwritesthewordonthewhiteboardwithapen.Youcanhavea classofchildrenworkinginpairswithminiwhiteboards.Formorefun,trythis activitywithseveralchildrenstandinginaline. Alphabeticalorder Writeseveral wordsfromthetargetlanguageontheboard.Askthechildrentowrite themin alphabeticalorder. Handwriting Practisehandwritingbyusingthewordsfromthefocuslanguage. Copyingthescript Copyawordinthescriptofthefocuslanguage. Laddergame Drawaladderwithtenrungsonthewhiteboardandmaketwocounterswithcoloured cardandBluTack.Twoteamsplay.Theteamstaketurnstotranslateagivenword. Foreachwordcorrect,theteammovesitscounterhigheruptheladder.Thefirstteam toreachthetopwins. Bingo Writeontheboard10to20wordsfromthefocuslanguagewhichyouwouldliketo review.Tellthechildrentochooseanysixwordsandwritethemdownonapieceof paper.Nowreadoutthewordsontheboard,onebyone,inanyorder.Ifthechildren havewrittendownoneofthewordsthatyoucallout,theytickitontheirpieceof paper.Whentheyhavetickedalltheirsixwords,theycalloutBingo.Keeparecord ofthewordsyoureadoutinordertocheckthewinnerspieceofpaper.

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Drawaword Whispertoonechildaword thattheclasshasrecentlylearnt.Thechilddrawsa representationofitontheboard.Theotherchildrenhavetoguesswhatitis.Youmay wishtolimitthemtothreeguesses. Noughtsandcrosses Ontheboard,drawanoughtsandcrossesgrid.Dividetheclassintotwoteams.Ask theteamstotranslateorspellwords.Oneteam earnsacross(X)foracorrectanswer, whiletheotherteam earnsanought(O). Theteamwithacompletelineof threeXsor Oswinsthegame. Makingsquares Drawasquareof5dotsby5dotsonawhiteboard.Dividetheclassintotwo teams andgiveeachteamadifferentcoloureddrywipepen.Thechildrenfromeachteam taketurnstotranslateawordfrom Englishintothefocuslanguage.Whenthechildren successfullytranslateaword, theycanjointwoadjacentdots. Whenasquareis completed,itismarkedinsomeway sothateveryoneknowswhichteamitbelongs to.Achildthatcompletesasquaregetsanotherturn.Theteam thatgets themost squareswinsthegame. Hotpotato Thechildrensitinacircle.Thechildrenpasstheballtoeachotherbycallingouta wordtheyhavelearnedfromthetargetlanguageandthenameoftheplayertheyare passingto.Keepcountofthenumberofpassesmadeinthreeminutesandseeifthe classcanbettertheirscore. Languagesquiz CreateaquiztoreviewthethreeLanguagesoftheMonthlearnedoveraterm. ChildrencancompletethequizusingtheLanguageoftheMonthprograms.Fora samplelessonseeAppendix5Languagesquiz. Loop cards Useloopcardstopractisetargetwords.Eachchildhasacardwithaquestiontoask andtheanswertosomeoneelsesquestion.Onechildstartsthegamebyreadingout thequestiononhis/hercard,e.g.WhatisfourinSwahili?Thechildwhohasthe answershouts out, Nneandthenreadsoutthequestionon his/hercard.Thegame continuesinthiswayuntiltheplayerwhostartedthegameisreachedtogivethelast answer.Timehowlongtheclasstakesandgetthemtobeattheirrecord.Discuss strategiesforimprovingtheirtime. TheHarryPotterGame Twochildrenfaceeachotherwithwands(rulers).Theteacherthencallsoutawordin English,e.g.hello.Thechildrencastaspellontheiropponentbycallingouttheword inthetargetlanguage,e.g. bonjour.Thefirsttodosocorrectly,winstheduel.The playerwhowinsthreeduelswinsthegame.Itismorefunifaftereachduel,the teachersuggestssomethingthattheloserhasbeenturnedinto,e.g.arabbit,aschool tie,oraplateof spaghetti. Wordsearch MakeawordsearchusingwordsfromtheLanguageoftheMonth.

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Section13:Questionsandanswers
Whatisyourname? Introduceyourselfusingthefocuslanguage,e.g.MynameisNowaskthe children,Whatisyourname?toelicitindividualresponsesfromthechildren. Pretendingtobesomeonefamous Introduceyourselfassomeonefamoususingthefocuslanguage,e.g. Mynameis Spiderman.Nowaskthechildren,Whatisyourname?Theyhavetorespondas someonefamous,e.g.MynameisDoctorWho. CaptainNemo Thechildrensitinacircle.ChildAleavestheroom.Anotherchildischosentobe CaptainNemo.EveryoneinthecirclewillbecopyingwhateverCaptainNemodoes, e.g.raiseaneyebrow,stretchaleg,etc.ChildA comesbackintotheroomandhas threechancestofindoutwhoisCaptainNemo.ChildA doesthisby askingchildren theirnamesusingthetargetlanguage. Clapoutthesyllables ChooseasentencefromtheLanguageoftheMonth.Sayitwiththeclass,clapping eachsyllable. Roundincircles Havethechildrensittinginacircle.ChooseasentencefromtheLanguageofthe Month.Askthechildrentosaythesentencebygoingaroundthecirclewitheach childsayingonesyllable. Whatisthis? Introduce thequestionWhatisthis?usingthefocuslanguage.Holdupanobject andinviteindividualstorespond,e.g. DasisteinBleistift. Talkingtogether HavethechildrenusethequestionsandanswersfromtheLanguageoftheMonthto performashortdialogue. Classrules ChildAleavestheroom.Therestoftheclassagreeonarule,e.g.scratchyourhead beforeyouansweraquestion,oralwaystellalie,oransweraquestionasifyouare memberoftheoppositesex.ChildAcomesbackintotheclassandhas3minutesto guesstherulebyaskingquestionsfromtheLanguageoftheMonth.Therestofthe classhavetoreplytothesequestionsusingthefocuslanguageandtheagreedrule. CopsandRobbers Youwillneedacapandpolicehelmet. Thechildrensitinacircle.Startplayingsome livelymusic,andhavethechildrenpassthecapandpolicehelmetaround thecircle. Whenthemusicstops,thetwochildrenwiththehatsputthemon.Thechildwiththe policehelmetasksthechildwiththecapaquestionfromtheLanguageoftheMonth, e.g.Howoldareyou?Thechildwiththecaprepliesusingthetargetlanguage.

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Section14:Learnmorewords
Learnmorewordson theWeb EachLanguageoftheMonthprogram hasalinktoawebsitewherechildrencanlearn morewords. WordsfromtheLanguageoftheMonththatareusedinEnglish ShowthechildrenalistofwordsfromtheLanguageoftheMonththatareusedin English,e.g.kosherfromHebrew.Useadictionarytofindthemeaningofthese words. Dualtextdisplays On anewclassroomdisplay includewordsfromthefocuslanguage,e.g.foraJungle display,labeltheanimalswithEnglishandSwahiliwords.SeeAppendix4. Bookdisplay Haveaclassdisplayofdualtextstorybooks,andinformationbooksaboutthe countrieswheretheLanguageoftheMonthisspoken. Kimsgame Label6to12objectsusingthetargetlanguage.Showeachobjecttotheclassandread outeachlabel.Placethelabelledobjectsonatrayandcoverthetraywithapieceof material.Asktheclasstonamethehiddenobjects. Assembly Languageawarenesscanbepromotedduringassemblies.Inviteparentstohelpyou. GreeteveryoneusingtheLanguageoftheMonth.Tellastoryfrom acountrywhere thelanguageisspoken.Lookforwebsiteswithstoriesfromaroundtheworld.Teach thechildrensomeofthe targetlanguagewordsusedinthestory.SeeAppendix6 TamilAssembly. Recipes Askchildrenorparentstobringinrecipesforcooking.Learnthenamesofsomeof thefoodsandingredients. Robots Findouthowtosay forward,backward,left,right andstopin thetargetlanguage. Haveonechildgiveinstructionstoafriendonhowtogetfromoneplacetoanother, avoidinganyobstaclesinbetween. Bodyparts Displaythewordsforbodypartsinthefocuslanguage.Askthechildrentogetinto pairs.Nowgiveordersinthetargetlanguage,e.g. handtofoot.Eachpairshould haveonechildtouchingtheotherchildsfoot.Try:headtohead,handto shoulder,etc.Afterawhile,changepartners.

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Section15:Otherlanguageawarenessactivities
Languagesurvey Askthechildrentodoalanguagesurvey.Theycandesignaquestionnaireandplan howtodisplaytheirfindings. Usefulwordsandphrases Ifyouweregoingtoliveinanewcountry,which12wordsofthatcountryslanguage wouldyouwanttoknow?Whichfivequestionsandtheiranswerswouldyoufind useful?TheLanguageoftheMonthprogramsweredesignedafteraclassof9year oldsconsideredthesequestions. Identifythescript Makeaquizsheetwherethechildrenhavetomatchthescriptofalanguagetothe nameofthatlanguage.Thescriptscanbecutandpastedfromthesentencesinthe LanguageoftheMonthresourcepacks,orfromothersources.Thefollowingwebsite hasscriptsamplesfromhundredsoflanguages:http://www.languagemuseum.com Themostwidelyspokenlanguagesintheworld Although estimatesofhowmanypeoplespeakalanguagearequitegeneralandcan varyconsiderably,thisactivitywillhelpthechildrenbecomeawareofsomeofthe mostwidely spokenlanguagesintheworld.Onpiecesofcardwritedowntheten mostusedlanguagesandthenumberofspeakersforeachlanguage.Askthechildren tomatch eachlanguagetoitsnumberofspeakers.SeeAppendix7Themostwidely spokenlanguagesintheworld. Mapsandflags DrawthemapandflagofacountrywheretheLanguageoftheMonthisspoken.Try thiswebsite: https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html Nationalanthems ListentothenationalanthemofthecountrieswheretheLanguageoftheMonthis spokenbyvisitingthewebsiteathttp://david.nationalanthems.net/ Countryprofiles HavethechildrenproduceacountryprofileofwheretheLanguageoftheMonthis spoken.Decideonwhichheadingstouse,e.g.Capital,Area,Population,Languages, Flag,Map,etc.Thefollowingwebsiteisusefulforthisactivity: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/country_profiles Languageprofiles Havechildrenproducealanguageprofileforalanguagespokenbythemselvesor membersoftheirfamily.Decideonwhichheadingstouse,e.g.Language,Numberof Speakers,Writingsample,Wherespoken,Map,Mainreligions,etc. Heritage Takephotosofthechildren.UsingMicrosoftWord,thechildrencantheninserta speechbubbleandwriteafewsentencesaboutthemselves,theircountry,traditions andlanguage.Thesecanbedisplayedwithphotosoftheircountries.SeeAppendix4. 16

Proverbs FindaproverbfromthecountrywheretheLanguageoftheMonthisspokenandput itondisplayasaThoughtfortheWeek.Thefollowingwebsiteisusefulforthis activity:http://creativeproverbs.com Names Everylanguagehaspopularnamesforchildren.Makealistoffiveboyandfivegirl nameswiththeirmeanings.Drawgraphsshowingwhichboyandgirlnamethe childreninyourclasslikebest. Thefollowingwebsiteisusefulforthisactivity: http://www.20000names.com Endangeredlanguages Thereareabout6,800languagesspokenintheworld96%ofthemarespokenby about4%oftheworldspopulation.Havethechildrenresearch:Whatisan endangeredlanguage?Whichlanguagesarebecomingextinct? Whyarelanguages dying?Whyshouldwepreserveendangeredlanguages? Thefollowingwebsiteisa usefulplacetostart: http://www.nvtc.gov/lotw/months/november/endangered.html Explorewebsites Many useful websitesforpromotinglanguageawarenesshavealreadybeen mentioned.MorearelistedinAppendix8.

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Appendix1 ClassdisplaysfortheLanguageoftheMonth.

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Appendix2

AclassvisitbyanUrduspeaker
(LessonusedwithYears1and2) Aim:Toincreaseourawarenessandknowledgeofotherpeopleslanguagesand cultures. IntroduceMrsGhani. WearegoingtotellMrsGhanitheUrduwordsweknow,andthenweare goingtolistentohowshesayseachword,e.g.hello,welldone,etc. WearenowgoingtolistentothestoryTheVeryHungryCaterpillar.Each pagewillbefirstreadinEnglishandtheninUrdu. MrsGhaniwillnowteachushowtosaythedaysoftheweekinUrdu. WewillnowuseUrdutoplaytheDaysoftheWeekQuiz:Whatdayisit today?Whatdaywillitbetomorrow?Whatdaywasityesterday?Whatday comesafter...?Whatdaycomesbefore?OnwhichdaydowedoPE? MrsGhaniwillnow tellusalittleaboutherself whereherfamilycomes from,herdress,religionandRamadan. Thechildrenareinvitedtoaskquestions. Givetheclassaboxofdatesandexplainwhattheyarefor. Wewillnowsay shukriya(thankyou)toMrsGhani.

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Appendix4 DualtextDisplay(EnglishandSwahili)

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LanguagesQuiz
(LessonusedwithYear2Classes) Aim Toreviewthelanguageswehavebeenlearningthisterm,i.e.Tamil,Polish andUrdu. Whilecomingin SlideshowofSriLankawithmusic. Introduction OnamapoftheworldfindandlabelSriLanka,PolandandPakistan. Mainactivity Demonstrate theLearnTamilprogram. Readthequizquestionsto theclass(seeAppendix5b). Childrenworkinpairstodothequizandexplorelanguageprograms. Extension:Writethankyouinthethreelanguages. Plenary Matchthelabelsshowingthenumberofspeakerstoeachlanguage. Matchthehellolabelstoeachlanguage. Play:Oneminutechallenge. Resources ICTroom,LanguageoftheMonth programs,slideshowofSriLankawith music,mapoftheworld,countrylabels,languagelabels,hellolabels,labels showingthenumberofspeakersofeachlanguage,photosofspeakersin programs,quiz.

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Appendix 5b

Names_____________________________________

Date_________________

LanguagesQuiz

1. What is the name of the boy who speaks Urdu?

2. How is six written in Urdu script?

3. How is please written in Polish?

4. How old is Kuba?

5. Where do most Tamil speakers live?

6. How is well done written in Tamil script?

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Appendix6

TamilAssembly
(ForKS1) Aim:TopromoteawarenessoftheTamillanguageandculture.

(MrDebono willdotheintroduction.)
KaalaiVanakam(goodmorning),children. OurLanguageoftheMonthforSeptemberhasbeenTamil,andwehavealllearnedto saypolitewordslikekaalaivanakam,maalaivanakamandnandri. AlltheTamilchildrenputupahand.Thereareover100Tamilchildrenatourschool, andwealsohavetwoTamilspeakingteachersMrsVasoodavenandMrs Rajakumar. WearenowgoingtotellyouaTamilstoryaboutsixold,blindmenandanelephant. Firstweneedsixchildrentopretendtobesixold,blindmen.
(Sixchildrenarechosentocometothefront.Theycanpretendtobeblindbyclosingtheireyes.)

(MrsVasoodaven andMrsRajakumarwilltellthestory.)
Onceuponatimethereweresixold,blindmenwhowantedtofindoutwhatan elephantwaslike. Thefirstold,blindmanwenttofindoutwhatanelephantwaslike. Hetouchedtheelephantsside,andhethoughtthatanelephantwaslikeawall. (MrDebonowillleadthefirstchilduptoalargepictureofanelephant.Thechildwilltouchthe
elephantsside.MrsRajakumarwillholdupathinkbubble, showingthepictureofawalllabelledin Tamilshewillteacheveryonehowtosaytheword.MrsRajakumarwillthenstickthe labelledpicture ontheboard.Continueinthiswayfortheotherold, blindmen.)

Thesecondold,blindmanwenttofindoutwhatanelephantwaslike. Hetouchedtheelephantstuskandthoughtthattheelephantwaslikeaspear. Thethirdold,blindmanwenttofindoutwhatanelephantwaslike. Hetouchedtheelephantstrunkandthoughttheelephantwaslikeasnake. Thefourth old,blindmanwenttofindoutwhatanelephantwaslike. Hetouchedtheelephantslegandthoughttheelephantwaslikeatree. Thefifth old,blindmanwenttofindoutwhatanelephantwaslike. Hetouchedtheelephantsearandthoughttheelephantwaslikeafan. Thesixth old,blindmanwenttofindoutwhatanelephantwaslike.

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Appendix6 Hetouchedtheelephantstailandthoughttheelephantwaslikearope. Thateveningtheold,blindmenarguedaboutwhowasrightandwhowaswrong. Nowweknowthattheywereallright,andyettheywerealsoallwrong.

(MrDebonowillconcludetheassembly.)
Nandri(thankyou),childrenforbeingold,blindmen.(Giveeachasticker.) Nandri,MrsVasoodavenfortellingusthestory. Nandri,MrsRajakaumarforteachingussomenewTamilwords. Andnandritoallofyouforsittingandlisteningattentively. Reflection:Weallsometimeshaveargumentswithourfriends.Letuscloseoureyes. Rememberatimethatyouhadanargumentwithsomeone.Remindyourselfwhatthe argumentwasabout.Nowimagineyouhavestoppedtalkingandarelisteningtothe otherpersonandtryingtoseethingsfromhis/herpointofview. Letspray,inourownway,thatwemaylistenandunderstandeachothersothatwe havefewerarguments. Nandri. Inyourclassroom,onyourLanguageoftheMonthboard,youwill haveseenthis pictureofSriLankanelephants.Ihavesomespareones,andImgoingtogivethem tothechildrenthatIseewalkoutofthehallnicelytogoouttoplay.

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Appendix7

The most widely spoken languages in the world

Language 1. Mandarin 2. English 3. Hindi 4. Spanish 5. Russian 6. Arabic 7. Bangla (Bengali) 8. Portuguese 9. Malay-Indonesian 10. French
Approximate number of speakers

1,075,000,000 514,000,000 496,000,000 425,000,000 275,000,000 256,000,000 210,000,000 200,000,000 176,000,000 129,000,000

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Useful Websites
Language Of The Month Resources
Language of the Month http://www.newburypark.redbridge.sch.uk/langofmonth/index.html

Websites With More Than One Language

BBC Languages http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/ Omniglot http://www.omniglot.com/writing/index.htm Babel Fish Translation http://babelfish.altavista.com/ Ethnologue http://www.ethnologue.com/ Travlang http://www.travlang.com/languages/index.html Word2Word http://www.word2word.com/ iLoveLanguages http://www.ilovelanguages.com/index.php Say Hello to the World http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/hello/ Jennifers Language Page http://www.elite.net/~runner/jennifers/ Language Museum http://www.language-museum.com/ Infoplease http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0855611.html Languages on the Web http://www.lonweb.org/index.htm Numbers in over 5000 Languages http://www.zompist.com/numbers.shtml SmartPhrase.Com http://www.smartphrase.com/ Language Materials Project http://www.lmp.ucla.edu/Profile.aspx?menu=004 YourDictionary.Com http://www.yourdictionary.com/languages.html MultiLingua.Info http://gbarto.com/multilingua/ Names from Around the World http://www.20000-names.com/index.htm Languages of the World Website http://www.nvtc.gov/lotw/index.html Activities for ESL Students http://a4esl.org/ Digital Dialects http://www.digitaldialects.com/index.htm Translated Letters for Schools http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/letters/ Dual Language Posters http://www.schoolslinks.co.uk/resources_dl.htm EAL Resource Bank http://www.bfinclusion.org.uk/EAL%20files/Resnewtoeng.htm Language Guide http://www.languageguide.org/ Hello World http://www.hello-world.com/ Linguata http://www.linguata.com/linguata/index.html How to Learn any Language http://how-to-learn-any-language.com/e/index.html Mango Languages http://www.mangolanguages.com/main Master any Language http://www.masteranylanguage.com/ Reall Languages http://www.reall-languages.com/languages.htm Celebrating Language http://language.e2bn.org/videobank/ Learn Indian Languages http://www.languageshome.com/ Language School http://www.elanguageschool.net/ Survival Guide http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks1/community_lang/eal_survival/index. htm

English Words From Other Languages

Words Borrowed from Other Languages http://www.krysstal.com/borrow.html Online Etymology Dictionary http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?l=k AskOxford.Com http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/aboutwordorigins/?view=uk

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Countries
World Fact Book https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html Google Earth http://earth.google.com/ Country Profiles http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/country_profiles/ WorldLanguage.Com http://www.worldlanguage.com/Countries National Anthems http://david.national-anthems.net/ Creative Proverbs from Around the World http://creativeproverbs.com/

Photographs Of People And Places

PB World Database http://www.pbase.com/world Webshots.Com http://www.webshots.com/ TrekEarth http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/ People and Places of the World http://www.galenfrysinger.com/index.htm GeoResources http://www.georesources.co.uk/indexph.htm Travel Photography by Stuart Whatling http://www.flat3.co.uk/index.htm Jim Rees Travel http://jim.rees.org/trips/ FreeFoto.Com http://www.freefoto.com/index.jsp Images of the World http://www.imagesoftheworld.org/ Luke Powell Photographs http://www.lukepowell.com/ Zanzig.Com http://www.zanzig.com/ Pics4Learning http://pics.tech4learning.com/ Wrotniak.Net http://www.wrotniak.net/gallery/index.html Dominiques Photos http://www.alovelyworld.com/index2.html The Great Mirror http://www.greatmirror.com/ Krystal.Com http://www.krysstal.com/travel.html Picbase.Com http://www.picsbase.com/james/default.asp

One Website For Each Language

Afrikaans http://www.easyafrikaans.com/easyafrikaans/index.html Albanian http://www.cezarkurti.com/ Arabic http://muttaqun.com/arabic/ Bengali http://www.virtualbangladesh.com/bd_bhasha.html BSL http://www.britishsignlanguage.com/words/index.php?id=337 Cantonese http://www.chinese-lessons.com/index.htm Catalan http://www.geocities.com/learn_catalan/ Czech http://www.bfinclusion.org.uk/EAL%20files/Resnewtoeng.htm Dari http://www.gbarto.com/multilingua/ittybitty/blog/2004/10/itty-bitty-dari-course.html Dutch http://learndutch.elanguageschool.net/ Finnish http://www.uuno.tpu.fi/ French http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryfrench/ German http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/german/index.shtml Greek http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/greek/ Gujarati http://gujaratonline.com/index.html Hebrew http://www.learn-hebrew.co.il/ Hindi http://www.hindilearner.com/ Italian http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/italian/index.shtml Japanese http://japanese.about.com/ Kannada http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/plc/kannada/ Latin http://www.reall-languages.com/languages.htm Lingala http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingala_language Lithuanian http://www.slic.org.au/Language/ Makaton http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/somethingspecial/signs/ Mandarin http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/chinese/real_chinese/ Mauritian Creole http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritian_Creole Nepali http://learnnepali.com/index.html Norwegian http://www.sofn.com/norwegian_culture/languagelessons_index.jsp Oriya http://www.languageshome.com/English-Oriya.htm Polish http://info-poland.buffalo.edu/web/travel/polish/link.shtml

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Portuguese http://travlang.com/languages/ Punjabi http://www.punjabonline.com/servlet/index Romanian http://www.linguata.com/romanian/Learning_Romanian.html Russian http://masterrussian.com/ Sinhala http://www.speaksinhala.com/ Slovak http://www.bohemica.com/slovak/ Somali http://www.masteranylanguage.com/cgi/f/pCat.pl?tc=MALSomali&vm=fc&la= Spanish http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/ Swahili http://www.glcom.com/hassan/swahili.html Tagalog http://www.seasite.niu.edu/Tagalog/Tagalog_Homepage99/useful_tagalog_phrases3.htm Tamil http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/plc/tamilweb/ Thai http://www.learningthai.com/speak_thai.html Turkish http://www.onlineturkish.com/ Twi http://www.fiankoma.org/schoolsite/yourname.htm Urdu http://www.urduword.com/ Yoruba http://www.abeokuta.org/Yoruba_Training.html

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