More than words-Engagement and Motivation

Friday 4th July 2014, Merseyside Languages Conference 2014.

Isabelle Jones, Head of Languages, Alderley Edge School for Girls icpjones@yahoo.co.uk

@icpjones http://twitter.com/icpjones A downloadable copy of the presentation slides for this training session will be available from:

My Languages Blog http://isabellejones.blogspot.com

Paroles, Jacques Prévert & Spectacle, Jacques Prévert

Music resources:

Ana Tijoux: Las horas http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnRywV8Hh-U

Grand Corps Malade: Un verbe, aimer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5FFtxl18ck

Le blues de l’instituteur http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1bL9yIdAOw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVtL8Uv22D8 Kevin, Karla y la banda (Spanish cover of “wrecking ball” and many more pop songs…)

Origin of words http://www.etymonline.com/index.php

Set phrases and expressions

http://www.tv5.org/cms/chaine-francophone/lf/p-11171-Les-expressions-imagees-d-Archibald.htm

http://enseigner.tv5monde.com/fle/les-expressions-francaises-le-corps

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUHtmKLIAnY (mind mistakes and slang)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AR8V0UTuTWo

http://blabberize.com (animate pictures and make them speak)

Podcasts and translation of English idioms http://www.frenchbyrepetition.co.uk/

Tongue-twisters, puns and jokes http://trabalenguasenespanol.com/

http://michel.buze.perso.neuf.fr/lavache/virelangues.htm

http://www.tv5.org/TV5Site/publication/publi-39-Les_virelangues.htm

http://blague.carambar.free.fr/blagues/blague.html

http://www.1000chistes.com/chistes-de-lepe

Rhyming dictionaries and apps

http://www.dicodesrimes.com/ http://dictionnaire-des-rimes.fr/

http://buscapalabras.com.ar/rimas.php

https://itunes.apple.com/es/app/pocket-rhymer/id338095684?mt=8 (fr-sp-Gr-it-En)

Word Clouds and Word Art http://www.wordle.net http://www.tagxedo.com

Text-to-speech software http://text-to-speech.imtranslator.net /

Audacity free sound editing software http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/

Decide Now! App https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/decide-now!/id383718755?mt=8

Storybird http://mfl-storybirds.wikispaces.com/French+Storybirds

Script-writing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPWLxhu_ETc&list=PL35B8F0E6427AC3BC (Morph)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOHvZjiDANg&list=TLU8HG-nMoQ6N8VB_TRUU6HiRpQTqHVB1Y (Simon’s cat)

Oktapodi http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=badHUNl2HXU

http://www.amara.org/en/ (subtitling software)

School Tweeter Feed http://twitter.com/AESG_MFL

Reading support Lingro http://lingro.com/

Pinterest for grammar http://www.pinterest.com/icpjones/frenchgrammar/ http://www.pinterest.com/icpjones/spanishgrammar/