Laboratorio di lingua inglese (B021009) - Metodologie didattiche e preparazione esame | SFP Notes Vol.26

LEZIONE 1

In the first part we talk about of three rules of the initials.

The first is about the verb “goes” that we can write like an “G” uppercase and a “z” lowercase, because “I

es” of the third person it is reads with the pronunciation of the “z”.

The second is about the past form of the verb.

The third is about the comparative, for exemple the phrase “It is bigger” we write with the “ai-I-B”

uppercase that refers to a word, and with an “r” lowercase that indicates that it is part of the whole word.

Then he explains the transition from passive to active form; in the passive form the child says the numbers

to indicate the chunks of the phrase, while in the active form the teacher says the numbers and children

have to say what it refers to.

The reason why we should do these exercise is because the big problems in English are spelling and

pronuounce. “Memory” is an example of a game to do.

1) The auxiliary “do” is very important/auriliari

2) The pencils stand for/represent

3) Nothing else/other or nothingelse

4) Doesn’t have/don’t

5) On the student’s desk/In the desk of the student

6) An Italian translation doesn’t exist/a translation in italian

7) Children can’t repeat the same words/childs don’t have to

8) Because children might not understand/because maybe

9) Children have to train/the children

1) Elba is an island in Tuscany: E-I-An-ailend-I-T

2) Who is your best friend?: Wo-I-Y-B-frend?

3) Have you ever seen a castle in Germany?: H-Y-E-S-A-kassol-I-G?

4) Can I have a biscuit?: C-I-H-A-biskitz?

5) Do you use headphone to listen to music?: D-Y-U-H-Pz-T-listn-T-M?

6) Can I borrow your knife?: C-I-B-Y-naif?

7) Answer the questions: Ansuer-T-Q

8) The day before yesterday was Wednesday: T-D-B-Y-w-uensdei

9) Where is the chalk n the cupboard?: W-I-T-chak-I-T-cabord?

Sono d’accordo con ciò che hai detto sull’intelligenza. Poi credo che questo metodo sia adatto ad attirare

l’attenzione del bambino: essere brevi e concentrarsi sulla pronuncia piuttosto che sullo spelling, e gli

esercizi attivi e passivi per far venir fuori la nostra familiarità.

I agree with what you said about intelligence.

Then I think that this method is suitable (sutabol ) for attracting the child's attention: being short and focus

on pronunciation rather than spelling, and active and passive exercises to make it come out our familiarity.

Thank you.

1. I get up early to go to school

2. She goes shopping on Saturday afternoon

3. They ride their bikes on Saturday

4. He goes to dance school everyday

5. I chat on facebook with my friends

6. I have lunch at the school cantin on thurday and

7. I see a film on Saturday evening

8. I send whatsapp messages everyday

9. We play tennis in the afternoon

10. She goes to bed at midnight

11. I have breakfast with my family

12. He takes pictures with his phone

13. We watch tv after dinner

14. She does her homework in her bedroom

15. I walk with my dog

16. They met in the made square

17. She reads a lot

18. He listens to music everyday

19. They go swimming in the pool near the house

20. She speaks English on holiday

1) She goes shopping on Saturday afternoon. (picture number 5)

S-Gs / S-O / S-A

2) They ride their bikes on Saturday. (9)

T-R / T-Bs / O-S

3) I see a film on Saturday evening. (8)

I-S / A-F / O-S-E

4) We play tennis in the afternoon. (16)

W-P / T / I- + -A

5) She goes to bed at midnight. (20)

S-Gs / T-B / At-M

LEZIONE 2

In this video we talked about what is the best way to learn students words in English. It is important to

make sure that the kids are focused and, in this case, training is essential.

In the passive part the teacher uses words, chuncks, and sentences, while the child doesn’t use the mouth,

but his body, and through it the teacher receives the feedback.

Instead, in the active part, the teacher uses fingers, pencils, pictures cards.

However, the teacher must be very careful to not judge the child's pronunciation, and it’s for this that

silence is golden.

If in the passive part it was the teacher to speak, now the children have to do that! They can write the

words as they say in Italian or as they see them written.

Learning always follows a circular pattern that:

- becomes active from passive

- focuses attention on motivation

- trains the muscles of the mouth

- gradually becomes familiar

The main purpose is to get everyone talking and increase self-esteem.

In the "Twin Brother" game you have to draw a rectangle divided into 6 parts, and inside them draw for

example a biscuit, a boat, a castle, a guitar, the number eight and the yellow color; then the students have

to associated the figures to the exacly word on the right.

LEZIONE 3

In this exercise the teacher has to suggest to some children who come from Scotland some activities they

can do during the holiday.

Summer in Italy is very hot, and for this reason we can suggest to our kids to go to the swimming pool or go

to the sea, to play football, to drink an iced cola, to see a nice garden, to eat something together

As we have already said, the best method to (allao) allow children to understand everything the teacher is

saying is to use our body many times, and to spell the pronunciation well.

Moreover to explain the question "do you want to?" we have to put an X that refers to "do", we have to

move our arms to indicate "you want", and use two fingers for the word "to".

It is very important to pronounce "want" and "to" well because this sound is not separated, but a single

sound: so “want to”

We can use maims (mimes) and chunks to explain this question to the child.

APPUNTI VIDEO

The goal of the game is to make students learn new vocabularies and grammar, without really studying

them.

The name of the game is "the pencil in on the table" because pencils are used to teach it.

Simple phrase: “where do you have breakfast?”

Do (x): it doesn't has a real meaning in english, it's very important but there isn't a translation

5 words = 5 fingers to rapresents the words and 5 pencils on the desk

Passive familiarity part

5 pencils

Now let’s touch: when you are speaking and you are only touching and you are going in around the room

checking, touch “you”, and a kid touch the third pencil.

Active concentration part

We play to the "concentration" with 5 pencils: raise your hand, touch a pencil, don’t go in order, and say

what the pencil stands for (the pencils referes to the words of the phrase "where do you have breakfast?").

The goal of the game is to train to speak Italian.

5 words to a chunk

where / do / you / have breakfast

where / do you / have breakfast

where do you have breakfast?

Colour for grammar →

His book is next to the window: 7 words passive →

The book is a book of a boy, and the colour blue rapresents it from his to her: we eliminate the blue, and

we put the pink for her

his and is: pronunciation

From word to chunck: his book / is next to / the window

The game consists in drawing four pencils of different colors which refer to four different things.

I introduce four colour with a an pencil as the two word there are the same, and the colour in the middle

that changes.

"Yellow pencil" and you go in front of the sun on the board.

The fact they no the sun is not important, it can be passive.

This four things can be passive, it means they don’t have to know how to say them, but they have to know

that if you say the sun they say a yellow pencil: that’s is a problem solving.

They don’t know it, but you are doing grammar, it’s not important here, that they know this, but you are

training their mouth to say things correct, and you are giving them a chunk.

What do you do to get them to go from a / yellow / pencil to “a yellow pencil”.

You blow in the middle of the fingers to close it.

ISLAND WORDS

1. Castle

2. To listen

3. Eight

4. Biscuits

5. Clothes

6. Boat

7. Half

8. Knife

9. The sun is yellow

10. Answers

11. Friends

12. Wednesday

13. Island

14. Guitar

15. Window

16. Cupboard (credenza)

PRINCE AND PRINCESS RECORDING

Answer the questions

1. This is the story of a prince and princess.

2. Her name is Ann and his name is Harry.

3. How many windows are there in the living room? 8.

4. What colour are their castle? Yellow.

5. What can you see from the windows? The garden.

6. Is the island always hot? No.

7. When do they have a party? On wednesday afternoon.

8. During the party the prince sings and plays the guitar.

9. Their cupboard is in the kitchen.

10. There is a magic knife in the cupboard.

11. How do their friends go home? By boat.

12. What do the prince and princess do after the party? They go to bed.

LISTEN TO THE "THE PENCIL IS ON THE TABLE" PODCAST AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS (NOT MORE

THAN 15 WORDS )

1. Why is the title of this game "THE PENCIL IS ON THE TABLE"?

The name of the game is “The pencil is on the table” because pencils are used to teach it.

2. Why do we use an " X" to represent the auxiliary "DO"?

The auxiliary “do” it doesn’t has a real meaning in English even if it is important.

3. What has to be on the desk together with the pencils?

There are five pencils and fingers on the desk to rapresent words.

4. How does the passive part work?

The passive part consists in saying a word and let the child touch the pencil that rapresents

the word; in this way they will be able to learn new vocabulary without really studying it.

5. How does the "concentration" game work?

The game shows how to learn speaking Italian, putting your hands up, touching a pencil

and saying what it stands for.

6. Why is it important to explain how the game works in Italian to your kids?

The goal of the game is to train to speak Italian.

7. To help children pronounce "DO" well, what do you do with the "DO" pencil?

The way to help children pronounce “do” well is to low the “do” pencil.

8. Give me an example of some chunks in "WHERE DO YOU HAVE