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| Title | Incorporating Art into the Foreign Language Classroom |
| Body | These resources and ideas for using art and music as part of a foreign language curriculum were recently posted on the FLTEACH listserv. --- Here's a veritable gold mine of a resource for those who enrich the study of civilization and literature with the use of art. This is well worth a bookmark. http://www.wga.hu/index.html The Web Gallery of Art is a virtual museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture of the Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods (1100-1850), currently containing over 13,900 reproductions. Commentaries on pictures, biographies of artists are available. Guided tours, free postcard and other services are provided for the visitors. Marsh, L. Art resource. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (22 Aug. 2005). ---- I read the excellent information on the FLTEACH FAQ page at http://www.cortland.edu/flteach/FAQ/FAQ-Art.html and got some very good ideas. Brownell, W. Art and foreign language. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (3 Sept. 2005). ---- With art, music, and literature I try to find out who's got a birthday when. If it's a hugely important composer or artist I'll spend the week with examples of their music playing when convenient, e.g., leaving, entering, writing assignments, or if an artist I'll bring in a new picture each day, if possible. Only the summer artists/composers take it on the chin, but one could have a separate week for The Overlooked too. I enjoy doing this and some of my students turn out to be real classical/art fans. Pontius, J.L. Art and foreign language. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (4 Sept. 2005). ---- I made a short PowerPoint that discussed the different types of art found in the museums in Madrid. With that background, students were to imagine that they were guides working for one of the museums and would be leading a group of high school students who had never before visited a museum. The guides had to create commands to tell what the students should/should not do during their visit. My students worked with a partner to generate a list with eight affirmative and eight negative commands. They then shared some of these with the class. This activity could be done without the visuals, but I think it made it more real and allowed them to mention some specific things about the museums from my presentation. Brownell, W. Art and foreign language. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (4 Sept. 2005). |
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