I’m currently testing some ideas for A4 cards to go with the new “Can you speak English/French/Chinese etc.” theme.ย Two great ideas over on the members forum were to add in the script for each language and to try and include every country that uses that language!ย As you can tell below it produces some amazing results and should spark a whole lot of interest as well as let the kids know how useful English is as it can be used in so many places.
I’ve usedย Wikipedia (which is hardly a reliable source!) and theย CIA Wordfact Book (which hopefully is!) to include the countries that have the language as either an official or de-facto official language.ย But if you spot any mistakes with countries that should or shouldn’t be there, or indeed with the flags or script then please, please let me know.ย The last thing I want to do is to offend anyone! Although I have a kind of feeling that will happen somehow.
I’m guessing ๆฑ่ฏญ is the better than ๆฎ้่ฏ for Chinese, but what about Korean, do you think I need to include ์กฐ์ ๋ง as well? I guess maybe seeing as the North Korea flag is also there? I’ll be checking myself but if anyone could ask friends who could give an opinion it would be great!
There’s also a printable PDF version for members.
Thanks Richard. The cards look great in the PDF file. It will also help to reinforce why learning English is important. Great idea to make the cards in this way.
Wow, Richard; thank you. These cards are great. I’m going to use them right away in my next 6th graders class.
One more time,
THANKS for this song!!!
Today I had my last lesson with the 6th graders. After reviewing the conversation patterns I taught (it were only 6 lessons this year) I introduced the Q+A for this song, using some impressive comments and advice for when they go to Junior High.
Then we did the song, without long explanation they pumped up their volume and song from their heart.
And the best acknowledgment I could get was: the homeroom teachers were crying in the end.
I’m really really happy, thank you.
Wow, now that is very cool! ๐
Margit, being able to touch the students’ hearts is a sure sign of a good teacher. Great job!
Brilliant! I’d not thought of using this song as a grand finale for the 6th graders, but now I definitely will. After all the fun and games and learning over the last 3 years (with some of them) it’ll be great to send them off to Junior High with the confidence that, YES – they CAN speak English!
But it’ll probably be me who’ll be crying!
Thanks a lot for your comments. What a great day!
Julian, make sure to give it a GO! There couldn’t be a better final. I did download some other songs for the final, but then Richard introduced this one, and there is just no song, so simple but still so impressive and a really “Stick in your head” melody. + Of course also the kids are really into saying “Yes we can” right now.
Actually I was surprised because it was hard to make them say “NO”. When I asked about French, they started saying “Bonjour” and “Merci”, Spanish a few girls came up with “Adios”, and so on.
Be sure to take your handkerchief, the chorus being song by 20,30 kids will make you really feel chilly!
Have fun!
Thanks Richard.These cards are great. Iโm going to use them right away in my next 6th graders class.Iโm really really happy, thank you.