SCRIPT SEMINAR 'Zentrum für Kultur und Pädagogik' Wien 1-2 April 2022
A. FRIDAY 5 p.m - 6.30 Class 4 (Good at discovering shapes of words and what determines shapes)
1. COUNTING-OUT RHYMES stress the beat as index-finger moves from one participant to the next participant. NB Beat is not the same as rhythm (see further down). Tinker, tailer, soldier, sailor; Rich man, poor man, beggar-man, THIEF! Acker, Backer, Soda Cracker, Acker, Backer BOO; Acker Backer, Soda Cracker, OUT goes YOU! Jeremiah blow the fire 'Puff, Puff, Puff'. First you blow it gently, then you blow it ROUGH!
2. RIDDLES are good for the Teacher before preparing the lessons. (Trying to) solve riddles by extension helps solving all sorts of other problems as well! Connection between RIDDLING and READING!
RIDDLES:
Voiceless it CRIES, Wingless it FLUTTERS, Toothless it BITES, Mouthless it MUTTERS.
What goes round and round the tree but never into it? (The bark on a tree)
It's got hands and a face but no legs. (A clock)
I'm tall when I'm young and short when I'm old. (A candle)
What gets wetter and wetter as it dries? (A towel)
A joke-riddle: What has a bottom at the top? (A leg).
Another: What month of the year has 28 days? (All of them)
What has legs but doesn't walk? (A table)
3. Short DISCUSSION on 'What is Foreign Language Teaching for me?' Elements or teaching items for language lessons: Riddle, recitation, counting-out rhyme, teacher-pupil(s) interactive dialogue, speech exercise, set dialogue, grammar learning game, writing work/grammar repeat, writing exercise, finish up with story, song, etc.
4. SPEECH EXERCISE for sounds: C (aspirated C) and CL (C not aspirated) Come and clean the chaos in your closet. Sheep should sleep in a shed not a ship. 'What cheek!' said one chick to the other. The witch which bewitched this switch is Swiss. Six sticky skeletons (3x) Unique New (nju) York (3x) connected with Grammar: 'One dog, two dogs, One leaf - rwo leaves, One Life - two lives, One ox - two oxen etc. How man cans can a cannibal nibble if a cannibal can nibble cans (Can be conducted to emphasize the mini-pauses between parts of the whole). for individual sounds: (deep/dip, sleep/slip, read/rid; 'Round and round the rugged rock the ragged rascal ran.')
5. POEM: Old Morgan. aa longer poem telling a STORY.
Old Morgan had a lovely harp, / But he was no musician.
One day a man called ar his door / Upon a curious mission.
"I'm very hungry," said the man, / "Just hear my tummy rumble."
"Come in," said Morgan, "take a seat, / I'm not the man to grumble."
"I've eaten nothing," said the man, / "I'm as empty as a drum."
"Sit down," said Morgan, "rest yourself, /And please don't suck your thumb."
(If you cannot find the rest of this poem please don't hesitate to drop me a line).
6. Dialogue/Conversational Exchange ('Baker, baker! How much areose buns?') and:
'Where's the broom? - Inside the cupboard.
Where's the cupboard? - By the door.
Where's the door? - Beside the table.
Where's the table? - On the floor.
See Peter Oram "Just Mind Your Language" publ. by Starborn Books (sales@starbornbooks.co.uk)
B. FRIDAY 7.30 p.m. - 9 p.m. Class 4/5
1. Leprechaun STORY: This happened in Ireland 180 years ago. Many people died because the only food they had was potatoes and many potatoes rotted so they had nothing to eat. Anmold man lived in a little cabin with his wife, who was blind. Their daughter and her husband also lived with them. The daughter had been waiting for a baby that wouldn't come.
2. POEM: Colonel Fazackerley (This was handed out).
3. Transit into Discovering SPELLING RULES. In a first step towards systematic SPELLING, help the children to notice Short vowels:
bat/bad, bet/bed, bit/bid, rot/rod, cut/cud.
'Are there Spelling Rules for English?'
pat hate patting hating
pet Pete petting petered
hid hide kidding hiding
cop cope copping coping
cup cube cupping cubed
C. SATURDAY 9 a.m. - 10.30 Class 6
1. SPEECH EXERCISE 'I saw Esau sitting on a see-saw' - swop words progressively. Tonguetwisters.s ('The bloke's back brake-block broke'). Speech exercises like having an argument.Repeat: How many cans ...' Counting up/down 100 -3/3-100
2. POEM:
3. Remember words from Leprechaun Story. Reconstruct. Order sentences. Learn by heart.
4. GRAMMAR: Irregular Verbs
5. Discuss. L/C strategies.
6. VOCABULARY round the circle.
7. LANDESKUNDE: What do we know about Wales? Colloquial English. Pardon? Excuse me. Sorry. Geography. History. Customs/Festivals. Dialects. Idiomatic expressions. Irish Alphabet Ailm (Silver fir), Beth, Coll, Duir, Eadha (White poplar), Fearn (Alder), Gort (Ivy), Uath (H, Hawthorn), Idho (Yew), Luis (Rowan), Muin (Vine), Nion (Ash), Onn (Furze, Pethboc (Dwarf elder), Ruis (Elder), Saille (Willow), Tinne (Holly), Ur (Heather)
8. STORY: The donkey's tail.
D. 11 a.m. - 12.30 Class 7
1. SPEECH EXERCISE with grammatical analysis: ('I saw Esau sitting on a see-saw' - swopping words progressively.
2. POEM: William Butler Yeats on YOUTUBE reciting 'I will arise and go now.'
3. Discuss. L/C strategies. Try with '17 camels'
4.Order scrambled sentences / 'Karagöz' One day the King seemed depressed and Karagöz his Fool said, 'I can cheer you up.' - 'How can you do that?' said the King. - 'I'll tell you a bloody great lie.' The King said he would bet 100 silver shillings Karagöz could not make him believe a lie. - 'All right, said Karagöz, I'll tell you a lie then. - Twenty years ago my father and yours played at cards. Your father lost and my father had to lend your father 100 silver shilligs. - 'That's a bloody great lie,' shouted the King. - Why did the King now have to give Karagöz a 100 silver shillings?
5. Write a SKETCH (Ticket Collector: See YOUTUBE 'The Ticket Inspector Sketch').
E. 2 p.m. - 3.30 Class 8
1. Write a POEM.
Look for something in the room. Write a sentence just describing it scientifically, not poetically.
Notice the lught in the room. Shadows, patterns. Write a sentence.
Listen out for noises in or outside the room. Write a sentence.
Look at one of the participants (as if you had never seen a human being before). Sentence about ONE THING you see.
Look at yourself in the same way. Write one sentence.
Now go back to all the sentences you have written. Now start being poetic. Cross out, add, change, reorder, rewrite, thinking about how it sounds. Make your rough notes into a poem.
Write it out neatly.
2. POEM: Do not stand at my grave ... (If you cannot find it drop me a line).
3. READER: The Curious Incident Memorable thoughts and phrases:
F. 4 p.m. -5 p.m. Summary Session A - E / Classes 4 - 8
1. SPEECH EXERCISE: Count to 20 (only one at a time)
2. People give feedback to the lesson items dealt with: Riddle, Poem Recitation/Declamation, Counting-out rhyme, Teacher-pupil(s) Interactive Dialogue, Sketch, ...
3. Grammar Learning Game,
Grammar pictorially/imaginatively/rhythmically,
Grammar Hands-On, Grammar and developing minds,
Grammar emerging from directing a speech exercise.
4. Closing Comments
