Mannheim Course on Middle School (Writing and Reading) Tuesday 27.9 to Friday 30.9.2022

MANNHEIM Tuesday 27 (3 p.m.) Intro. Enact English Speaker visiting a Class 5 ('Try out your Enhlish on him' 'Ask any questions you like' ...). The 4 Main Concerns of a Teacher of English: 1. Can we generalize on what Children in Class 4 or 5 are really like? 2. Formats, activities, approaches that prompt children ro learn a modern language 3. The English language and culture that we are trying to bring to life. (Pronunciation, Rhythm, Structure). 4. What can we as teachers do? Wednesday 28 9 a.m. The 3 Main Goals for the Children: 1. Dare to speak. 2. Know how to speak. 3. Have something to speak about. We practise Language-Learning-Games and learn to spell. We practise Recitation, Singing and Speech-exercises. And we get to know word-pictures. We invent Dialogues for the children. We learn to write (1). We get children to invent Play-scenes. We learn to write (2). Story-telling: We tell stories, the children learn to tell stories. We learn to read (1). 3 p.m. Writing and Reading to discover the Few Rules of Spelling the English language. Thursday 29: No sessions. Friday 30 3 p.m. Open session to pick up threads still dangling.