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| Title | Math in the Foreign Language Classroom (Part 2) |
| Body | Here are some more suggestions for incorporating math into your language lessons. This weeks installment focuses on basic arithmetic practice and and puzzles. ---- I started numbers last week in Spanish I. Most kids have watched Sesame Street and "know" the numbers 1-20 in order. So I took a sudoku puzzle, put it on the projector, explained it in baby Spanish, and together we worked a couple of easy puzzles. I am going to look for reading about the Mayans and math. We are going to do Mensa-type puzzles that show patterns. Like sudoku, it involves basic numbers. CRS. Re: Schoolwide math goal. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (27 Aug. 2006). ---- For beginning classes, I have always taught numbers and then called on students to orally do simple addition and subtraction problems in the target language. I wouldn't waste class time on this in anything other than the target language, and would probably do it entirely orally. Word problems in the language would be an excellent idea, particularly as listening comprehension exercises. One weakness I have observed with high school students is the inability to solve mathematics problems in their head, as for example one would do on a building construction site, or as a cashier giving change with no digital cash register or calculator on hand. I would try develop exercises to instill language skills along with mental arithmetic skills. My students have always seemed to enjoy this. Chester, D. Re: Schoolwide math goal. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (28 Aug. 2006). |
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