Primary Sampler Module Teacher's Notes MFL - Flipbook - Page 8
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Overview:
One of the ûrst conventions to learn about diferent cultures, and in diferent languages, are greetings and
introductions. Pupils will get to know a little more about their tutor and each other. They will learn how to greet each
other, say their name, and express their feelings in role-plays, and they can practice using diferent identities. Because
our ûrst name is a very important component of our identity, particular care should be given to pronouncing names
correctly.
Learning intentions:
Through various learning experiences, pupils should be able to…
• Greet the tutor and each other
• Introduce themselves to their classmates and tutor
• Understand basic feelings
Areas and Subjects
Strands
Arts Education – Drama
Drama to explore feelings, knowledge, and ideas, leading to
understanding
Social, Personal and Health Education
Myself
Suggested activities:
• Tutor introduces himself/herself to the pupils (may bring along a puppet or other
character and let them introduce themselves too, and/or involve the other adults
Before we start:
in the classroom)
Can you introduce
• Video/audio clips of short dialogues where young people introduce themselves
yourself in different
• Vocabulary building games on basic greetings + “My name is”
languages?
• Practice greeting + “My name is” + name, with classmates. This can be done in
pairs/groups or by playing a circle game where a ball or teddy is thrown around
and whoever catches it, says a greeting and introduces himself/herself
• Ask pupils to say the greeting for “Hi” in any language they know and create a
visual representation representing the languages in the class (a wheel, a flower,
a word cloud, etc.). Ask them to include the name of the languages beside the
words
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