Step 3 - Using and Producing
The Principles of Planning Activities to Use Language
This film suggests some things for you to consider when planning activities to use language patterns. The film was created for practitioners who have attended the National Sabbatical course.
A Collection of 'Using and Production' Activities
There are a variety of structured activities you can use in your class so that your learners use and produce the language. In this Powerpoint, you will find a collection of activities and their instructions.
‘Mind Reader’ Game
This film shows Miss Jazz Langdon from Ysgol Tafarnspite playing the game 'Mind Reader' with Year 3 children. This activity comes from the Modeling and Awareness stage of the MARSEARS sequence. In this game, sentences from the sentence builder are shown on the screen. The teacher chooses a sentence and writes it secretly on a whiteboard or post-it note. The pupils will take turns to guess the sentence that has been written.
‘Sentence Stealers’ Game
This film shows Miss Jazz Langdon from Ysgol Tafarnspite playing the game 'Stealing the Sentence' with Year 3 children. This activity comes from the Modelling and Awareness stage of the MARSEARS sequence. Sentences selected by the sentence builder are displayed on the screen. Each learner has 2 or 3 pieces of paper/post-it notes and they write sentences from the list (which is a different sentence for each piece of paper/post-it note), hiding them from everyone else. The pupils go around the class reading a sentence from the screen to a classmate. If the other pupil has that sentence on one of their post-it notes, they must hand over the card (ie the sentence is 'stolen'). In order to decide who reads a sentence first, the pupils play 'rock', 'paper', 'scissors'.
‘Around the world’ Game
The 'around the world' game is a language activity that enables practising vocabulary or language patterns by retrieving information and transferring it from one language to another (translation). The video from Ysgol Bryn Coch originally derives from the WJEC 'Raising Level 3 to 4’ resources. The changes to the Welsh Curriculum mean that using levels is no longer appropriate, but the pedagogy exemplified in the video is still current and appropriate.
‘Zap!’ Game
The 'Zap!' game is an activity that encourages language extension in a fun way. The video from Ysgol Rogiet is originally derived from the WJEC 'Raising Level 3 to 4' resources. The changes to the Welsh Curriculum mean that using levels is no longer appropriate, but the pedagogy exemplified in the video is still current and appropriate.
E-portfolio
The e-Portfolio, hosted on Google Sites is a personal record for each learner and a comprehensive repository of their oracy tasks. Learners upload their oral work to one of the communicative functions from the Language Continuum. They then self-reflect, with the support of the Verbal Milestones, to assess and improve their work. This ongoing process of uploading tasks within communicative functions creates a continuous record and displays progress within each function. The ePortfolio is also a valuable transition tool, assisting learners as they move on to the secondary stage.
Use and Production in the Outdoor Area
Using the outdoor area offers many benefits for learning. Learners' enjoyment is evident as they often want to repeat experiences and are keen to participate voluntarily in their free time.
By introducing the learners to activities where language patterns are repeated through a range of fun activities, their understanding deepens and their confidence often increases and contributes to their use of Welsh in informal situations.
Use and Production: Secondary
This is an example of how opportunities to use and produce should be planned within the Celebration theme. The resource has been created for the secondary but is suitable for planning activities for primary learners. This is not a collection of resources but a template for planning activities to use and produce
Do you want to further develop your skills in this area?
This website gives you a taste of the principles for introducing the Welsh language in the English medium sector, but if you want to develop your own Welsh skills or your ability to introduce the Welsh language to learners further, contact the relevant officer within the local team to support the Welsh language, or visit Dysgu Cymraeg website.
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STEP 4 USING THE LANGUAGE SPONTANEOUSLY
An opportunity for learners to use the language spontaneously.
