Using 'Literature' to support primary language teaching and learning

Lisa Stevens
Lisa StevensPrimary languages educator and consultant
Using ‘literature’ to support
primary language teaching.
lisibo.com
@lisibo
Language Show 2021 14th November
Lisa
Stevens
Using 'Literature' to support primary language teaching and learning
Using 'Literature' to support primary language teaching and learning
Using 'Literature' to support primary language teaching and learning
Using 'Literature' to support primary language teaching and learning
DEFINITION
https://www.merriam-
webster.com/dictionary/literature
PRINTED MATTER
SONG
• community
• all involved
• low risk
• catchy
• ‘background’
• easy to use
SONG
https://youtu.be/PYfaNzQgFrk
https://youtu.be/tOj4hEk2CtU
https://youtu.b
e/yW9zLWBkk
qk
from
Lightbulb
Languag
es Unit
10
Hello to all the children of the world.
https://youtu.be/Hsbfw-h4euw
Hands of the World project – How far we’ll
go!
https://youtu.be/FvNXGr6SFL0
Let’s Go Cultural! Hello song
https://youtu.be/JSV1Ggcut6o
CHANTING
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
-ug8xNFPZAc&t=5s
Linking music and languages
https://changing-
phase.blogspot.com/2021/08/music-and-
languages.html
RHYMES
• rhythm
• rhyme
• short
• catchy
• sometimes linked to a
game
• call and response
Using 'Literature' to support primary language teaching and learning
Phonics
Marie-Odile Guillou
Rachel Hawkes
Sue Cave
Noémie
Neighbou
r
- Italian
Leigh McClelland -
German
Using 'Literature' to support primary language teaching and learning
Slide from LightBulbLanguages
• rhythm
• rhyme
• figurative language
• structure
• introduce to writers in the
language of study
This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA
NATIONAL POETRY DAY
https://twitter.com/whcps/status/1446082787786756096?s=20
https://twitter.com/whcps/status/1446082787786756096?s=20
https://twitter.com/whcps/status/1446100113462546442?s=20
POETRY
http://lisibo.com/2021/02/un-paisaje-para-que-los-pintes-gloria-
fuertes/
http://lisibo.com/2021/02/en-un-pais-magico-gloria-fuertes/
PROSODY
Doña Pito Piturra
Tiene unos guantes,
Doña Pito Piturra
Muy elegantes
.
Doña Pito Piturra
Tiene un sombrero,
Doña Pito Piturra
Con un plumero.
http://lisibo.com/2011/07/dona-pito-
piturra/
story –based on Yummy Yucky -
https://www.lightbulblanguages.co.uk/resour
ces/PrimarySpanish/yucky-yummy-v2.ppt
STORIES
• familiar
• comforting
• non threatening
• repetitive
• adaptable
• stimulus
This
Photo
by
Unknown
Author
is
licensed
under
CC
BY-SA-NC
This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC
Numbers
ANIMALS
Link to La Selva
EL CARNVAL DE LOS ANIMALES
d
shared by Angela
Smith
Ce n’est pas une giraffe.
Ce n’est pas un poisson
C’est une giraffon!
Is it un or une? How do
we decide?
A favourite with
Y2
STRANGE ANIMALS
Animals disguise themselves as other animals
http://lisibo.com/2019/04/strange-animals/
Using 'Literature' to support primary language teaching and learning
SHAPES KS1/LKS2
Thanks to CharlotteB-f for
sharing
https://youtu.be/X_b4O6Ko_3g
from
SHAPES UKS2
http://lisibo.com
/2017/05/veo-
veo-a-rubio-y-o-
villan/
http://lisibo.com
/2020/01/using-
a-game-for-
learning-
prepositions-
teachprimary-
issue-14-1/
https://www.slideshare.net/lisibo/year
-3-spanish-story-making
https://www.slideshare.n
et/lisibo/senor-cabeza-
naranja-mod
USING A BOOK
http://lisibo.com/2021/09/hip
opotama-feliz-pato-enojado/
question form
estar + adjective
emotions
masc/fem
muy (bastante)
-ito/a
Two presentations
(books available in other
languages!)
http://lisibo.com/2020/11/tak
e-one-book-phorum-
presentation/
http://lisibo.com/2021/03/tak
e-one-book-v2-lw2021/
Using 'Literature' to support primary language teaching and learning
VERBS - ESTAR
WRITING IN
RESPONSE
Play with language
Rewrite stories
Apply grammatical knowledge
Models to new versions
Adding ‘bells and whistles’
OTHER
EXAMPLES
VERBS - PODER
VERBS
- ar verbs (and some
others)
3rd person
singular and plural
SER + COLORES
GPS
PSHE
CELEBRATING
THE JOY OF
LANGUAGES
CHAPTER
BOOKS
http://lisibo.com/2016/03/la-maravillosa
medicina-de-jorge-wbd2016/
http://lisibo.com/2018/11/teachprimary-
ks2-mfl-lesson-plan-by-me/
PICTURE BOOKS
LANGUAGE GREATS
http://lisibo.com/2010/04/wallwisher/
Antonio
Machado – La
Primavera
Using 'Literature' to support primary language teaching and learning
NON FICTION TEXTS
https://animalandia.educa.madrid.org/
MAKE YOUR OWN!
• Outdoor learning
• Recycling previous vocabulary in new
contexts
• Providing a core of vocabulary plus
choices
• An opportunity to be original
http://lisibo.com/2014/06/seasonal-
poems/
LOS COLORES DE LAS
ESTACIONES
HELPFUL REFERENCES
ALL Literature Wiki
Pinterest links to research on Storytelling and stories
in language learning
Pinterest board of online stories
Blogposts on books on ¡Vámonos! - lots of posts!
article on storytelling in Teach Primary
GoogleDocs of my library! covers Spanish, French,
German, other languages, ICU books, reference and
non fiction
Lisa Stevens
Twitter @lisibo
lisibo@me.com
Website: www.lisibo.com
Pinterest - www.pinterest.co.uk/lisibo/
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Using 'Literature' to support primary language teaching and learning

Editor's Notes

  1. mentions great literature – but also cultures, curiosity, world understanding and asks that P can communicate, understand and respond
  2. started highlighting but really poitnless as all highlighted!
  3. culture – world view
  4. https://youtu.be/VDND1vGQ9Ew
  5. Phonics
  6. debate - masc or fem??
  7. A whole using song, rhyme, scripts, story
  8. They are simple, yes. But they demonstrate to varying extents that they can write at varying length, for different purposes and audiences, using the variety of grammatical structure that they have learnt broaden their vocabulary and develop their ability to understand new words that are introduced into familiar written material, including through using a dictionary write phrases from memory, and adapt these to create new sentences, to express ideas clearly describe people, places, things and actions … and in writing       (Languages Programmes of Study: Key Stage 2)