Getting students talking spontaneously about things they want to discuss is a key aim of the language teacher and one that in KS3 and KS4 often is overlooked. Janeen Leith who ran the Talk Project has just made an interesting contribution on the TES MFL forum with 12 points to encourage student autonomy. http://community.tes.co.uk/forums/t/356414.aspx?PageIndex=2
Many people find that sixth formers are short of things to say. This is the point of the WJEC A level film exercises on www.alevelfrench.com. In order to talk about a film it has to be watched very carefully to glean the little details which add up to a big message. In a film like Le Dernier Métro there are several themes going on at the same time with say the hatred of the Germans. The mother making her child wash his hair contaminated by a German soldier, the same boy reciting the unflattering nicknames of the Germans...all these contribute to the ambiance of the film.
The bigger things are more obvious such as the Anti-semitism and are almost constant. For the student to capture and articulate all of these www.alevelfrench.com offers very detailed summaries of the film to give the student a good head start in really knowing the film to the level required-then there is a very good chance that the type of "spontaneous" conversation we want can be achieved.
Many people find that sixth formers are short of things to say. This is the point of the WJEC A level film exercises on www.alevelfrench.com. In order to talk about a film it has to be watched very carefully to glean the little details which add up to a big message. In a film like Le Dernier Métro there are several themes going on at the same time with say the hatred of the Germans. The mother making her child wash his hair contaminated by a German soldier, the same boy reciting the unflattering nicknames of the Germans...all these contribute to the ambiance of the film.
The bigger things are more obvious such as the Anti-semitism and are almost constant. For the student to capture and articulate all of these www.alevelfrench.com offers very detailed summaries of the film to give the student a good head start in really knowing the film to the level required-then there is a very good chance that the type of "spontaneous" conversation we want can be achieved.
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