LLANISHEN HIGH SCHOOL TRIPLE LITERACY

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LLANISHEN HIGH SCHOOLTRIPLE LITERACY
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BACKGROUND

• Differing approaches to Literacy
• In Welsh and MFL there is far more concentration
  on the nuts and bolts of language at word and
  sentence level
• In English they are usually working with texts
  and readers

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WORD vocabulary spelling
TEXT Reading writing
SENTENCE Grammar sentence construction punctuati
on
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• Basics may get overlooked, when the emphasis is
  on working with texts
• MFL/ Welsh teachers can focus on very basics,
  which can boost English skills

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CILT CYMRU PROJECT

• CILT Cymru/Ceri James
• The English Department
• SEN staff
• Parents
• Pupils (study buddies)
• Basic skills coordinator

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OUR FOCUS

• improve basic literacy through language learning.
• the alphabet
• basic vocabulary
• spelling rules and patterns
• the parts of speech

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OUR FOCUS

• pronunciation and intonation
• the sound-spelling link
• basic sentence structure
• verb endings and agreements
• techniques for memorising new language

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Focus on full ability range

• English dept produced more MFL-style exercises
• e.g gap fill, multiple choice, put infinitives
  into correct tense
• Encouraged pupils to give examples from Welsh/
  MFL to reinforce understanding

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SIMILARITIES

• e.g e and er when teaching pronouns, tu/ vous Du/
  Sie and ti/ chi
• Highlighting English object pronouns he gthim,
  they gt them when teaching the accusative case
• Analysis of English/ Welsh tense formation when
  teaching tenses in MFL

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Teaching grammar through thinking skills

• Working out rules/ spotting patterns
• Analysis of Welsh word order in MFL lessons
  verb- subject
• -Es i..Mae hi .
• - Inversion in German
• Introducing new vocabulary through texts pupils
  deduce meaning from context
• Teaching weather through parts of speech NOUNS,
  ADJECTIVES, VERBS
• Stressing that English has more than one word for
  a and the

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Transfer of knowledge

• Drawing on Welsh mutations to teach prepositions
  in French/ German
• Cymru gt i Gymru
• Caerdydd gt yng Nghaerdydd
• à le gt au
• In der/ das gt im

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Punctuation

• Discussion of English use of apostrophe when
  teaching genitives
• My fathers car gt das Auto meines Vaters
• La voiture de mon père
• contractions e.g. Gibts ein Kino in der Nähe?
• Jaime lItalie

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Common errors as basis for teaching

• e.g. Conjunctions a and achos in MFL
• Maen Vater
• Misuse of Mein at start of German sentence to
  mean It is

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Cymraeg in MFL

• Comment dit-on sunny yn Gymraeg?
• FLA Most able taught Welsh in German lesson
• gt Wie sagt man Guten Morgen/ Wie heißt du? yn
  Gymraeg?

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OUR EXPERIENCE

• Raised profile of MFL as vehicle for teaching
  literacy
• Common methodologies across languages
• Pupils are making the link
• Cwningen gt Kaninchen

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OUR EXPERIENCE

• Collaboration
• Cooperation
• Team work
• Joint meetings

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COMMON INTEREST

• Grammar
• Spelling
• Reading
• Writing