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General ideas and strategies to promote student use of the Target Language

General ideas and strategies to promote student use of the Target Language. Sarah Brown MFL AST. Strategies for Promoting pupil’s use of the target language. In year 7 plan into SoW basic classroom instructions/vocab/useful phrases.

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General ideas and strategies to promote student use of the Target Language

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  1. General ideas and strategiesto promote student use of the Target Language Sarah Brown MFL AST

  2. Strategies for Promoting pupil’s use of the target language • In year 7 plan into SoW basic classroom instructions/vocab/useful phrases. • Support this by having visual stimuli around the room (displays/hanging signs/washing lines etc) • Practice repeatedly and expect pupils to then always use them in the T.L. • Give rewards for good usage! Eg sticker charts. • Revisit briefly at the beginning of every year. Can be extended in subsequent years-both amount and complexity of phrases. • Use key phrases to apply to different contexts. • An “active” washing line of useful phrases/key structures that crop up in lessons. New items can be pegged up as they occur and taken down when v. familiar. • Pupil’s have a dedicated page at the back of their books or booklets to note down useful phrases. Especially authentic, useful things that they really want to say. Gives them real motivation for speaking!

  3. Further ideas….. • Greet pupils at the door and engage in T.L. conversation (differentiated according to ability of pupil). • See how long (use a timer) the class can keep talking onlyin the target language before someone starts to speak in English. Keep a record each lesson for them to try and beat. • Competition idea from immersion group- divide the class in half or (filles v garçons). Keep a record each week of target language use-pupils receive a point for their team for good usage and can challenge for a ”penalty”-a point to be deducted if they hear someone talking to the teacher in English. Can only do so if they use the phrase “Je peux parler/expliquer en anglais?” Winning team receive a treat at the end of each week!

  4. And some more……. • Use of “place mats” to scaffold and support. Eg year7/9/10 peer assessment mats. • Ideas from book called “Something to say”. Have a display space for pupils to “build” a wall. Every time a pupil is heard using a good TL phrase they write it on a “Sprechbaustein”. See eg. And it is stuck up on the wall. • Forfeit system. Appoint a police officer each lesson without the class knowing who it is. At the end of the lesson the police officer reveals him/herself and reads out any expressions in English he/she has heard. These are then stuck onto a “rubbish bin” poster and the person who said them has to find out the TL equivalent and write it up! • Use humour, mime, huge gestures, ridiculous suggestions to create positive, non threatening atmosphere and encourage pupils to react spontaneously.

  5. Lessons carefully planned with clear objectives (in French?) • Planned opportunities for TL use in the lesson. Eg. Peer assessment year 7 / to explain small grammar points –parce que c’est masculin/féminin/pluriel. / older pupils - .il faut + infinitive

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