What would be included in a workshop designed for French teachers in Alberta, Canada?
I have been selected to coordinate a workshop for French teachers. What would they like to see and do? What would be valuable and interesting for them? I am a teacher but do not speak French. This is in Canada. Also, are there any teacher stores that might have products to display that you know of?
As you know teachers always love to come away from workshops with ideas and materials that can be used immediately in the classroom. You could provide some games, activities and songs that support the learning of grammar and vocabulary. For example a Tic Tac Toe game can be used with a variety of topics to help students to practise vocabulary, verb agreement, French structures etc. One idea is to write an adjective in each Tic Tac Toe square, some in the masculine form and some in the feminine form. To win the square the student must say either "Il est" or "Elle est" to match the adjective. Play one or two games together and then have the teachers brainstorm ideas of how the game can be used for their level of students. You may want to give time for them to make their own game boards. Games such as Concentration, Jeopardy and Hangman also work well.
A session on using songs to review vocabulary and improve pronunciation can be useful.
Language teachers are also concerned with finding ways to encourage oral participation. You could have a session on using pre-written or student-written skits to be acted out live or with puppets.
Using well-known stories such as fairy tales and fables also improves comprehension when students are learning to read and speak another language. Give the teachers some scripts to act out or have them create simple puppets to take back to the classroom to use with a fable.
Hopefully there is something useful to you.
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#1. December 27th, 2009, at 9:37 AM.
As you know teachers always love to come away from workshops with ideas and materials that can be used immediately in the classroom. You could provide some games, activities and songs that support the learning of grammar and vocabulary. For example a Tic Tac Toe game can be used with a variety of topics to help students to practise vocabulary, verb agreement, French structures etc. One idea is to write an adjective in each Tic Tac Toe square, some in the masculine form and some in the feminine form. To win the square the student must say either "Il est" or "Elle est" to match the adjective. Play one or two games together and then have the teachers brainstorm ideas of how the game can be used for their level of students. You may want to give time for them to make their own game boards. Games such as Concentration, Jeopardy and Hangman also work well.
A session on using songs to review vocabulary and improve pronunciation can be useful.
Language teachers are also concerned with finding ways to encourage oral participation. You could have a session on using pre-written or student-written skits to be acted out live or with puppets.
Using well-known stories such as fairy tales and fables also improves comprehension when students are learning to read and speak another language. Give the teachers some scripts to act out or have them create simple puppets to take back to the classroom to use with a fable.
Hopefully there is something useful to you.
References :
Ideas for Teaching French – http://www.play-script-and-song.com
Find a Store in Alberta – http://teachers.scholarschoice.ca/content/retail_locations/