Presentation by Lisa Stevens at The Language Show Live 2021.
This session will consider why ‘literature’ – stories, poems and rhymes – is a great way to support language learning. Whether as a way into a topic, to support phonics or prosody, as a sample text to be adapted or as a way to support inclusion and challenge insularity, allowing learners to see themselves in their learning, literature is a powerful tool in our toolbox.
10. Hello to all the children of the world.
https://youtu.be/Hsbfw-h4euw
Hands of the World project – How far we’ll
go!
https://youtu.be/FvNXGr6SFL0
Let’s Go Cultural! Hello song
https://youtu.be/JSV1Ggcut6o
17. • rhythm
• rhyme
• figurative language
• structure
• introduce to writers in the
language of study
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20. PROSODY
Doña Pito Piturra
Tiene unos guantes,
Doña Pito Piturra
Muy elegantes
.
Doña Pito Piturra
Tiene un sombrero,
Doña Pito Piturra
Con un plumero.
http://lisibo.com/2011/07/dona-pito-
piturra/
story –based on Yummy Yucky -
https://www.lightbulblanguages.co.uk/resour
ces/PrimarySpanish/yucky-yummy-v2.ppt
21. STORIES
• familiar
• comforting
• non threatening
• repetitive
• adaptable
• stimulus
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24. ANIMALS
Link to La Selva
EL CARNVAL DE LOS ANIMALES
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shared by Angela
Smith
Ce n’est pas une giraffe.
Ce n’est pas un poisson
C’est une giraffon!
Is it un or une? How do
we decide?
A favourite with
Y2
47. • Outdoor learning
• Recycling previous vocabulary in new
contexts
• Providing a core of vocabulary plus
choices
• An opportunity to be original
http://lisibo.com/2014/06/seasonal-
poems/
LOS COLORES DE LAS
ESTACIONES
48. HELPFUL REFERENCES
ALL Literature Wiki
Pinterest links to research on Storytelling and stories
in language learning
Pinterest board of online stories
Blogposts on books on ¡Vámonos! - lots of posts!
article on storytelling in Teach Primary
GoogleDocs of my library! covers Spanish, French,
German, other languages, ICU books, reference and
non fiction
mentions great literature – but also cultures, curiosity, world understanding and asks that P can communicate, understand and respond
started highlighting but really poitnless as all highlighted!
culture – world view
https://youtu.be/VDND1vGQ9Ew
Phonics
debate - masc or fem??
A whole using song, rhyme, scripts, story
They are simple, yes. But they demonstrate to varying extents that they can
write at varying length, for different purposes and audiences, using the variety of grammatical structure that they have learnt
broaden their vocabulary and develop their ability to understand new words that are introduced into familiar written material, including through using a dictionary
write phrases from memory, and adapt these to create new sentences, to express ideas clearly
describe people, places, things and actions … and in writing (Languages Programmes of Study: Key Stage 2)