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Unread Feb 29th, 2008, 09:31 am
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Default Re: Teaching English in French primary schools

I don't use worksheets much either Kevin as the emphasis is very much on aural / oral, with only a very little bit of written language for the older children. We do lots of games, songs, and oral practice, with pictures and real objects or toys. This half term I am building the work around "Traditional Tales" and the characters in them (Three Little Pigs, Goldilocks etc). If you have a look at the Key Stage 2 website (link in an earlier post in this thread) you will see what the objectives and teaching activities look like - all very much based on active learning.

The European initiative is really about giving the children a good experience of language learning in state Primary Schools, not about teaching for the Cambridge Exams or similar. My son teaches in an Academy in Spain and I know he does more written work and grammar teaching with them. He also has much smaller classes though - fifteen maximum as opposed to 26+ in my classes.
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Lisa
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