Title: Promoting Literacy in Modern Foreign Languages
1Promoting Literacy in Modern Foreign Languages
2Contents
- Promoting Literacy through the Learning
Environment - Strategies for promoting literacy at
- Word Level
- Sentence Level
- Text Level
3Literacy through the Learning Environment
Display showing how pupils have evaluated each
others work, identifying features of a
good piece of writing in French
4A collective brainstorm by Year 7, identifying
features of a good piece of writing in French
5Literacy in MFL (across the curriculum)
.In every classroom
Literacy labels
6Key Word Mats
7Exam Literacy in MFL
8Sign Posts Indicating Tenses
9Fuzzy Felt Boards
10High Frequency Verbs
11Number Washing Lines
12Teacher / pupil activities which enhance literacy
skills at Word Level
2. Fuzzy Felt Boards
13Promoting Literacy in MFL Using Uni-Fix Blocks
14Quinze
Quarante
Quatre
Quatorze
1. Numerical order 2. Alphabetical order
15Quatre
Quatorze
Quinze
Quarante
1. Numerical order
16Quarante
Quatorze
Quatre
Quinze
2. Alphabetical order
17Je me couche
Jarrive au collège
Je me lève
Je fais mes devoirs
1. Chronological order
18Je me lève
Jarrive au collège
Je fais mes devoirs
Je me couche
1. Chronological order
19Une chemise
Un manteau
Un caleçon
Une cravate
- Alphabetical Order
- 2. The order that you would put them on
20Un caleçon
Une chemise
Une cravate
Un manteau
- Alphabetical Order
21Un caleçon
Une chemise
Une cravate
Un manteau
2. The order that you would put them on
22Afrique
Etats-Unis
Australie
France
1. The closest to the UK
23France
Afrique
Etats-Unis
Australie
1. The closest to the UK
24Using Fuzzy Felt BoardsTo Promote Literacy,
Tenses High Frequency Words
25Activity
- Discuss 5 ways in which the Fuzzy Felt
- Board might be used to promote literacy
26Teacher / pupil activities which enhance literacy
skills at sentence level
- An inductive style lesson classifying
information within a text e.g. cognates,
adjectives, verbs, pronouns etc - Odd one out, using key words from a topic,
explanation of incorrect answers (Millionaire) - Stepping Stones - Sentence builder to generate
speech or writing
27An Inductive Style Lesson
- Joyeux Noël!
- See handout
28Odd one Out
- Challenging common errors through games
29Comment tappelles-tu?
Je mappelle Henry
J mappelle Henry
Je mapple Henry
Je mappele Henry
30Comment sont tes cheveux?
Jai les chevaux blonds
Jai les cheveux blonds
Jai les blonds cheveux
Jai les cheveux blond
31As-tu des frères et des soeurs?
Oui je suis une soeur
Jai un soeur
Oui jai trois soeurs
Oui jai deux frère
32Quel âge as-tu?
Jai quinze ans
Je suis quinze ans
Jai quinze an
Je quinze ans
33An aid to prompt speaking writing
34Teacher / pupil activities which enhance literacy
skills at text level
- Essay Planning Template (extended writing)
- Guided reading strategies - to access more
challenging text - Stepping Stones - Sentence builder to generate
speech or writing - Fuzzy Felt Board - to encourage the use of
tenses, connectives, intensifiers, opinions and
justifications
35Write about what you do in your spare time
- Aim To be able to write about our hobbies in the
present and future tense (NC Level 5)
36 Opinions
Ingredients needed to produce a L5 piece of
writing in French
Reasons Parce que Car cest
ce sera
Connectives Mais Par contre Demain
Tenses Je vais inf
How often X1 une fois par semaine Tous les jours
Who with and where Avec mon ami au college
37 Opinions
Ingredients needed to produce a L5 piece of
writing in French
Reasons
Connectives
Tenses
How often
Who with and where
38Mes Passe-temps Mots Clés
Mon passe-temps préféré cest Jaime Jadore Je
mintéresse au sport Je naime pas Je déteste Je
vais Une fois par semaine Tous les
week-ends Tous les jours Demain Le week-end
prochain En été/en hiver
Avec mes copains Avec mon équipe Avec ma
famille À la piscine À la maison Au collège Au
stade Cest fatigant Cest passionnant Cest
barbant Ce sera relaxant Ce sera nickel
À mon avis Mais Parce que Surtout Très Trop Assez
Un peu
39Guided Reading Strategies
- Le Père Noël existe?
- See Handout
40Thank you for your participation. Any questions?