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| Title | More Animal Activities |
| Body | Here are some more animal-themed sites and activities recently suggested on the FLTEACH listserv. These can be used with learners of any language. They may be most appropriate for younger learners, but some come from high school teachers. bzzzpeek -- recordings of children in various countries making animal sounds http://www.flat33.com/bzzzpeek/index1.html Sounds of the Worlds Animals -- photos and soundfiles http://www.georgetown.edu/faculty/ballc/animals Brief article on animal sounds around the world http://www.gbarto.com/languages/animasounds.html ---- You can play individual animal sounds and ask the kids what the animal is; they respond in Spanish. I have also played a type of "blind man's bluff" where each student receives a card with an animal on it. You need to have at least two of the same animal, and they don't share what animal they are. Make sure you clear the room of desks, chairs, etc. They are blindfolded and have to make their animal noise until they find their partner. Charades are also good, as is a game of what do you see at the zoo or I am going to the zoo and I am bringing... Kent, K. Re: Teaching animals... Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (3 Apr. 2006). ---- I just did a mini-unit on animals with my 1st years. I have an interesting website with animal sounds that you could use. Basically, it is about what sounds animals make according to the language the people speak. For example, American cows say "Moo" while French cows say "Meuh". It's a great discussion on how animals make the same sounds no matter where you are. It's the language that changes the interpretation of those sounds. Another thing that I've done in this unit is to show two French music videos from TF1, "Un Monde Parfait" and the current "Papa Pingouin". With "Un Monde Parfait" you could have the kids name what animals they see. With "Papa Pingouin" (the preferred one for my kids) you can have them describe in simple sentences what activities are going on in the video. My kids actually learned the cute little dance on their own because they loved the video so much. (These are 15/16 yr olds!) I've also had them make up children's books (colors, numbers, letters). Doerner, J. Re: Teaching animals... Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (4 Apr. 2006). ---- We sang "Old McDonald" in French using each of the animals we were learning and the noises they make: Vieux McDonald a une ferme E I E I O (letters pronounced in a French accent) et dans la ferme il a une vache E I E I O avec meuh meuh ici et meuh meuh là-bas etc. It was a lot of fun, reinforced the animal vocabulary, and helped students to learn the noises they make. Sellars, M. Re: Teaching animals... Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (3 Apr. 2006). |
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