sarah kay hurst foreign language share fair spring 2013 a kinesthetic connection: leaning vocabulary...

SARAH KAY HURST

FOREIGN LANGUAGE SHARE FAIRSPRING 2013

A Kinesthetic Connection:Leaning Vocabulary Through

Spirited Gestures

Les moyens de transport

un bateau

un vélo une moto

le métro

Les verbes

dormirservir

rougirpunir

Les meubles

une lampe

une armoireun micro-ondes

des rideaux

Les activités

faire du joggingfaire de la musculation

faire de la danse

Le temps

Il y a un orage.

Il y a du vent. Il fait froid.

Il y a du brouillard.

Des charades chez le médecin !

Etudiant 1: You are the patient. You have forgotten all your French because you did not keep practicing after IU ! You use wild gestures to explain what hurts.

Etudiant 2: You are the French doctor. You must guess what’s wrong !

Modèle: E1: (dramatic gesture, indicating the elbow) E2: Vous avez mal au coude ? E1: (nodding yes, then miming headache) E2: Et vous avez mal à la tête ?

Change roles after four dramatic afflictions.

Goals

Vary and enhance vocabulary presentations Reach kinesthetic learners Keep classroom energy highCreate an additional connection with the

vocabularyModerate the presence of technology in the

classroom

Thank you for your time!