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Language and Languages in the Primary School Some guidelines for teachers by David Little and Déirdre Kirwan
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Pupils can use all the languages in their repertoire in a single text, for example, a report on a visit to their
prospective post-primary school. The rule is that each sentence must be written in a different language from the
sentence that immediately precedes it (Figure 35).
Figure 35: Report on visit to post-primary school in Irish, Tagalog, French and English. Written unaided in class.
A lesson on clothes can draw on all languages present in the class. Pupils compile a multilingual list of items of clothing
and footwear, looking for similarities and differences in pronunciation and spelling. Cultural differences are also
explored. The results of this work are captured on posters that can be used as a point of reference in future work. (Figure
36–38).
Figure 37: “Language wall” on the theme of clothes and fashion, created in real-time discussion and
led by the teacher
Figure 36: Extract from list of words to do with
clothes.
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