Primary Sampler Module Teacher's Notes MFL - Flipbook - Page 11
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Overview:
We don’t need to go abroad to hear or see diferent languages. Ireland is a multilingual society. If they have completed
My Language Portrait, pupils will be aware of all the diferent languages spoken by their peers. In this activity, they
look at languages in public places in their villages, towns and cities and they reüect on strategies that they can use,
and are already using, to understand diferent languages.
Learning intentions:
Through various learning experiences, pupils should be able to…
• Notice languages present and used in their community
• Appreciate differences in pronunciation of certain words across different languages
• Identify strategies which help them understand new languages
Areas and Subjects
Strands
Social, Environmental, and Scientific Education – Geography
Human environments
Arts Education – Visual Arts
Drawing
Social, Personal and Health Education
Myself and the wider world
Suggested activities:
• Introduce vocabulary to respond to the roll call, repeat the words
with the pupils as the roll is called and exchange greetings (make
Before we start:
Can you think of words in
various languages that you
can see around where you live?
Do you have a favourite
way to learn words in
other languages?
sure to pronounce first names correctly)
• Tutor presents pictures of words from (foreign but also local) shops,
signs, public places
Pages 16-19 of the book “Language Explorers” can also be used here
Pictures of English and Irish words in foreign countries can also be
shown
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