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Celebration of Languages Morning PDF Print E-mail
Sunday, 25 May 2008
eggspert.jpgThe school where I taught German (and other subjects) for many years, ran a "Celebration of Languages" incursion for Year 8 students. These students learn German, Chinese or Japanese, or have English Support classes.

We had about 170 students participating in three 20 minute activities. Two of the activities were craft based - badge (button) making and paper fan decorating - and the students were encouraged to utilise their chosen language/culture in their designs. I ran a quiz competition as the third activity.

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The number of students in each group meant that we ran the quiz in two rooms. This meant that while I was in one room, I had to have another teacher (who doesn't teach a language this year) running the quiz in the other room. The success of the quiz can be attributed to the organisation that was done in advance:

  • Quiz questions from the three languages/cultures on small cards, with answers
  • Instruction sheet for the other teacher to back up the 5 minute "This is what you have to do" run-down.
  • Great quiz game controller (from Teacher's Discovery) set up with furniture arranged in groups for the team numbers that were anticipated.
  • Prizes (also from Teacher's Discovery - we just don't have a company here with their range of products!) already packaged in labelled bags for the teams that came 1st, 2nd, 3rd etc.

Please let me know if you would like any of the files I created for the quiz.

It was a fun morning and the students were really competitive. The event will most likely become part of the annual calendar.

Last Updated ( Sunday, 25 May 2008 )
 
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