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.

Puppets

This teacher is using glove puppets to practise greetings in French. This school is marking the annual European Day of Languages. What is the European Day of Languages?
The European Day of Languages (EDL), a Council of Europe initiative, is held annually in September to celebrate language and cultural diversity. The Day was first celebrated in 2001, the European Year of Languages and involves more people every year.
EDL aims to:

• To alert the public to the importance of language learning
• To increase awareness and appreciation of all languages
• To encourage lifelong language learning