Creative post-16 MFL ideas

Chris Fuller
Creative ideas for 6th form
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Predict what the article will be about
Write the title
Write the opening paragraph – thinking of style
Argue their case
Compare , contrast, assess

text prediction
cut news stories into 2, pupils write summary of their part
then have to describe what happened
guess to match the 2 halves
predict follow-up to the 2 sections: pair work

Just a Minute
Challenge: talk, in TL, for 1 minute
Pupils allowed to challenge for hesitation, deviation or inaccuracy

Have I got News for You gap-fills

Balderdash
1) Create a series of cards with a very high level word PLUS its definition
2) 1 player has that card
3) All players are told the word and have to create a definition
4) Definitions are read out by person who’s turn it is (including the correct one)
5) Players guess the accurate definition

Thinking Skills
Where is it? What can you see? Who is there? Where are they going? What are they doing? Why?

www.noticiaslocas.com
Ideas:
rewrite as serious article
present “live from the scene”
what happened next?
What caused the person to act like that?
Character biographies

http://northgatemfl.wikispaces.com/

wiki
Essays
Online exercises
Videos
Links
Daily news articles
Pooled collection of interesting vocabulary
Assessment for Learning
Recommended: www.wikispaces.com

Edmodo
‘A private social platform for teachers and students to share ideas, files, events and assignments’
www.edmodo.com

Edmodo
Teachers are able to set up classes and groups (for which Edmodo generates a unique alpha-numerical code) set and collect assignments, send alerts, link to online resources, attach documents and embed audio visual material. When students log on to Edmodo for the first time, they are prompted to enter the unique code generated for their class and thus both teacher and student accounts become linked and they can begin communication privately and safely.
JoséPicardo, www.boxoftricks.net

Edmodo
http://edmodo.pbworks.com

Voicethread
http://voicethread.com/share/47117
(Northgate MFL)
Uses
develop banks of opinions in response to visual stimulus
collaborate before evaluative essay
devil’s advocate roles? Online debate

Adverts – www.pubstv.com
Voiceovers?
Listening exercises
Use as examples for own
Critical analysis- why interesting?

Writing subtitles
Write subtitles, either for something they’ve watched or over a muted clip- then compare, contrast, evaluate
Can be done as homework from a video on blog / wiki

continue the article / story
Forces pupils to think through the appropriate register
- creativity
- need to fully understand the text in order to continue it
Equally, what is the backstory to any incident?

Write comments on blogs
Sometimes they reply!

www.spanishnewsbites.com

Xtranormal
http://www.nottinghamhighmfl.co.uk/2009/12/6th-form-pupils-make-more-spanish-videos/

podcasts
Podcasting
Effectively a digital audio recording
- edited using Audacity
- published online (blog / itunes)

podcasts
Podcasting
Create topic podcasts
- ANYTHING your imagination can think of
- even to replace some speaking tests?

podcasts
Podcasting
Make a radio advertisement
e.g. for biscuits
Language needed: comparisons
basic adjectives of taste / cost / health

podcasts
Podcasting
Create a Slidecast
- using www.slideshare.net pupils can upload a PowerPoint and then record a voiceover for each slide
- can be embedded into a blog

Podcasts as listening materials...
Coffee Break Spanish
-excellent topic explanations
2) Notes In Spain
- come with supporting materials
- based around topics affecting life in Spain
podcasts
Podcasting

3) Elliot school podcasts
- KS5 topics, with exercises
podcasts
Podcasting

4) iTunes as a podcast search engine
podcasts
Podcasting

Use of Audacity
podcasts
Podcasting

create a display
Encouraging creativity
- emphasis still on end output but without the intensity
- increases cultural materials for other pupils

interviews in pairs / groups
Can be done as serious or comic
Interview...
- an expert on climate change
- a historian
- an immigrant
Even get in touch with international bodies to see if you can organise an online interview for real!

Flip- dialogues
Opportunities for creativity

Skype / Pamela
Potential speaking homework
+ practises key skill
- can be put onto blog / wiki
http://joedale.typepad.com/integrating_ict_into_the_/2010/02/recording-skype-and-editing-in-audacity.html

Songs
Fantastic to break down for grammar points
or to analyse cultural aspects
Spanish: Manu Chao, Clandestino
(immigration, great video)
Bebe, Malo(domestic violence)
Alex Ubago, La Quinta Estación,
La Oreja de Van Gogh

Running dictation
Rules: only Target Language allowed
1 player to write, 1 player to run
good to encourage communication of simple ideas, such as positions + to practise complex ideas
focus on accuracy so ideal for key structures e.g. subjunctives
fun + motivational
deliberate misspellings to focus on a specific point?

create grammar exercises for year 11
Forces pupils to think through structures
- creating a piece for a genuine purpose
- could be accompanied by an explanatory podcast guide

Self-check list on folder

www.bubbl.us

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