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Regular French Verb Podcasts - by the Higher Pupils

The following podcasts have been produced by my Higher pupils to help younger students understand the finer points of the present tense of regular verbs in French. Have a listen. Which one do you think will help you learn better? Why?  Which one do you think might not help you learn? Why?

Leave a comment.

Regular -er verbs:

Regular -ir verbs:

Regular -re verbs:

German Grammcasts

What seems a long time ago I tasked 2F with producing podcasts to explain various aspects of German grammar. After a long gestation period here are the results.

Your task is to listen to each and every one of the podcasts and rate them. You must assess how well the podcast has taught you about the grammar point and also think about how well the podcast has been scripted, then you must leave a comment on this post by clicking the comments button below. Try to express your comment in the form of 2 THINGS THAT ROCK AND 1 THAT SUCKS, eg "the podcast was well scripted and I learned a lot about irregular verbs, but there appear to have been some errors in pronunciation." NO TEXT SPEAK EITHER PLS PLEASE.

In particular I want you to look out for and identify any grammar mistakes made in the presentations, with a view to rerecording a wholly accurate versions.

Click here to get your own player.

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An Experiment in Action Learning

The posts below are the result of a wee experiment with my students in 1F. Instead of using the usual direct teaching methods to cover the topic of school I asked the students to work in groups to produce either a film or a radio show.
The aim of the production was to introduce German-speaking visitors to The Gordon Schools; to give an idea about its history, the subjects studied, give some opinions, some interviews etc. The only real guideline I gave them was to use the vocabulary from their vocab guides to ensure reasonable quality German. You can see/hear the results for yourselves but here is my own analysis of how the experiment went.

1. I allowed it to go on for too long, although much of the time was down to various disruptions
2. some level of direct teaching is involved beforehand to ensure some familiarity with the labguage to be used
3. I'm not sure how much of the language they have learned
4. there are some fantastic ideas in there which with a little tweaking could produce really high quality work, both language-wise and creatively
5. once again just when you are getting brassed off and you think they are taking the mick the students come up with the goods...in general.
6. the script is king, queen, emperor and general dictator all rolled into one
7. on the whole THEY HAD A BALL..look at the bloopers at the end of the films

Will I do it again? YES, but with the above in mind.

Please leave 2 stars and a wish-type comments on their work!!!

Beth, Joe, Kathryn, Kim and Michael

Der BJKKM Shau

Here's our radio show (Mp4 version with lots of nice pictures)

Der_BJKKM_Shau

Here's the slightly less exciting mp3 version

Der_BJKKM_Shau mp3

Cameron, John, Charlotte, Amy, Connor

Die Gordon Schule

Here's our film. Down load it here:

Die_Gordon_Schule

Or just watch it here:

Tiffany, Heather, Chay-Lee, Becky, Jackie and Clair

Ein Tag in der Gordon Schule

Here is our film. Down load it here:
Ein_Tag_in_der_Gordon_Schule

Or just watch it here:

 

What to do when the snow comes

PODCASTS ARE EASY (ish)

The snow has arrived in Huntly and most of the students aren't in. Classes have been collapsed but Teaching and Learning goes on. But what to do with 20+ pupils spread from 3 different classes. Ideally we should all be at the same point in the scheme of work but this is reality at the chalk face.

3 teachers, 20 kids, the necessary equipment. Make radio shows. Yes in a 50 minute period the students managed to generate enough ideas and produce enough German to come up with a short radio news programme. FANTASTIC.

Only got one recorded in the time but the rest will appear tomorrow (if we are in.)

Here they are. Leave a comment. Personally I think they did a great job in the time given.

PS Did the same with French classes the following day. Have a listen. leave a comment.

Download radio_umlaut.mp3

Download radio_rot.mp3

Download toten_hosen_radio.mp3

Download radio_grne_bohnen.mp3

Download radio_amngin.mp3

Download radio_france_1.mp3

Download radio_penguin.mp3

Download 999_radio.mp3

German Radio by 2B

As a class project 2B were divided into groups and asked to produce a radio show around the theme of their freetime activities. Here are the results.

Listen to them and leave a comment. When leaving a comment make sure you specify which radio programme you were listening to. Try to mention two positive things about the performances and suggest one way to make an improvement.

Enjoy. I think there is some really good work here.

Mr S.

Download andere_leben.mp3

Download radio_regenbogen.mp3

Download radio_schokolade.mp3

Download super_siebens_freizeit.mp3

French Radio by 2H

As a class project 2H were divided into groups and asked to produce a radio show around the theme of their freetime activities. Here are the results.

Listen to them and leave a comment. When leaving a comment make sure you specify which radio programme you were listening to. Try to mention two positive things about the performances and suggest one way to make an improvement.

Enjoy. I think there is some really good work here.

Mr S.

Download cinq_sur_cinq.mp3

Download jimmybobbobbyjim_radio.mp3

Download radio_impact.mp3

Download radio_nimporte_quoi.mp3

Download wm_5_francais.mp3

Andrew M and William

Here is our speaking test. Please leave a comment.
Remember 2 rocks 1 (constructive) sucks.

Download andrew_m_and_william.mp3