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 actions

A class is revising the names of the months in French by playing a game using mimes to represent the months. The class teacher and a Language Assistant call out the months and children perform the actions. The teachers then demonstrate the months using drama, by playing tennis. Children then do the same in pairs.