Lots of Languages! June 15, 2010
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Pupils were asked to find out what 2 nouns were in 15 different languages. Here are some examples of what they came up with…
Emily and Sarah – Dog and Cat
French Chien Chat
Spanish Perro gat
German Hund Katze
Hungarian Kutya Macksa
Portuguese Cão Gato
Polish Pies Kot
Swedish Hund Katt
Danish Hund Kat
Dutch Hond Kat
Finnish Koira Kissa
Italian Cane Gatto
Maltese Kelb Qattus
Turkish Köpek Kedi
Icelandic Hundur Köttur
Galician Can Gato
George and Sammy – Table and chair
French Table chaise
Spanish Tabla silla
German Tabelle Stuhl
Russian ctoл ctyл
Afrikaan tafel stoel
Finnish taulukko puheenjohtaja
Albanian tryezë karrige
Catalan taula cadira
Polish tabela krzeslo
Portugese tabela cadeira
Basque Taula katedra
Norwegian bord stol
Filipino mesa upuan
Irish tábla cathaoir
Italian tavolo sedia
Getting to know you! June 15, 2010
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One of the first tasks of the day got pupils asking each other questions and then recording a soundfile using our SANAKO software, either introducing themselves or pretending to be whoever they were working with. Here are a few examples of the soundfiles that were produced.
Pupils using the pair work function of the SANAKO language software
Languages Mini Challenges June 15, 2010
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The last session of the afternoon took place in the digital language lab and it involved pupils completing 4 mini challenges, each one only lasting 10 minutes. The 4 challenges were to 1) Produce a poster aimed at primary school children, explaining why languages are so important. 2) Film a short news item aimed at teenagers explaining the value of languages. 3) Complete a task entitled ‘Lots of languages’ – pick two nouns and then translate them into 15 different languages. 4) Create and record a soundfile of a restaurant situation. Here are some examples of the soundfiles that pupils came up with!
Restaurant Scene Amelia and Maddie
Restaurant Scene Emily and Sarah
Tips on Language Learning June 10, 2010
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As part of today’s programme the pupils were asked to come up with a list of top tips that they would encourage others to follow when starting to learn a new language. Here are a selection of their ideas:
Enjoy the learning process
Read books and newspapers in that language
Use colours when writing vocabulary to make it more visually appealing
Watch TV and films in the foreign language
Visit the country to speak the language
Listen to music in the language
Try to speak the language daily
Write notes to remind yourself of what you have covered
Keep testing yourself to see what you are capable of doing
Stick words on your fridge to help you remember them
Appreciate how amazing languages are
Never give up, stay dedicated
The end of a long but enjoyable day! June 10, 2010
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The first Prep School Languages Day to be held at Repton School has come to an end and you will soon be able to see and hear some of the fantastic work that the pupils from Grace Dieu and Foremarke Hall prep schools produced today. Here are some pictures to get you started!
Welcome to our languages day blog! May 24, 2010
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Welcome to the 8 pupils from Foremarke Hall and Grace Dieu who have joined us for our Gifted and Talented Languages Day here at Repton. Throughout the course of the day you will be adding material to the blog. Soundfiles, Vokis, text and pictures after having experimented in our digital language lab. You are also going to have a session in linguisitics, an introduction into how two Turkish people learnt English in very different ways and a Russian taster lesson. Enjoy!
