Active learning - Drama

Children learn in many different ways and have different learning styles. Opportunities for children to experience language through song and rhyme, storytelling and games offer children ways to interact with the new language and with one another in a dynamic and social environment.

Through active methods and physical response children feel safe to explore and experiment with the new sounds. For those who prefer to listen and observe, they absorb the new language by watching others and gradually increase in confidence, until they too are joining in, responding to what they hear and see and engaging with others in short conversations and role-play.

Months

A class teacher practises the names of the months in French using gestures, pictures and words which pop up on an electronic whiteboard. Children perform mimes for the words and read them from the screen. They then sing the months while performing actions. A Language Assistant is present, helping with comprehension and encouraging the children.