LC Primary 'Games & Activities for the MFL & ISL Classroom' - Flipbook - Page 1


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Primary Language Sampler Module:
vocabulary building activities and games for the MFL and ISL classroom
Overview:
There are many activities and games to learn vocabulary in any language in a fun way. We have included a
selection of activities, most of which will work for both spoken and signed languages and are suitable to use with
young beginner-level pupils. Feel free to adapt those that you might ﬁnd useful to the context in which you will
teach the module.
Vocabulary Races
• Divide the class into two or more teams. Ask pupils to line up in front of the board
• Have ﬂashcards, or display a PowerPoint with images on the board
• Call out or sign a word
• Pupil at the front of the line races to the board and touches the matching image
• They then go back to the end of the line and the game continues
• Variation: If there is a native speaker or ISL user in you class you can ask them to call out or sign the words
What’s Missing?
• Stick ﬂashcards to the board and ask pupils to try remembering them
• Ask pupils to close their eyes and remove a ﬂashcard
• Ask them to open their eyes and ask: What’s missing?
• Pupils call out or sign the missing ﬂashcard
• This can be played in teams or individually, or from a PowerPoint presentation or similar
• To make it more challenging, you can remove two or more ﬂashcards at a time
Invisible Flashcards
• Stick nine ﬂashcards to the board and draw a grid around them
• Use a pen or a pointer to drill the nine words. Always point to the ﬂash card you are drilling
• Gradually remove the ﬂash cards but continue to drill and point to the grid where the ﬂash card was, nod your head to
encourage children to say or sign the word of the removed ﬂash card
• Pupils should remember and continue as if the ﬂash cards were still there
• This activity highlights the impact of visual aids. It really proves that the images 'stick' to pupils' minds
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