It seems that I can upload using IE as my web browser but not firefox for some reason! So, finally, something useful (I hope).
This first doc is a pdf of the Francophoniques - this is version 2. I felt that the first version of these French phonics wasn't the best for two reasons. Firstly, some of the words and pictures didn't have any obvious and all important gestures and secondly, there were just too many of them and combining two sounds within each box was a bit confusing for learners. So, now there are still 3 x sets but they are smaller sets and all the words have a gesture. If you struggle to find a gesture for 'violet', some of my colleague's Y9 class mime putting on purple eyeshadow! The other possibility for this one is changing the word to 'et' and having the mime as a plus sign, crossing two first fingers.
Download Francophoniques_ALL_Rha
This is the PowerPoint version of the same phonics.
Download Francophoniques_ALL_Rha
And here are the Spanish and German ones. (Thank you as always to Leigh McClelland for the genius German ones)
Download German_pronunciation
Download Lesson1.1
Feedback on these is welcome as always!
Rachel
Hi Cath
The gestures are really just what you would imagine, what your imagination suggests when you say the word/look at the image. Even these particular words don't have to be chosen - they are just my choice but can be varied/adapted if there are other words that would be preferred. I don't have a written down list of the gestures as i'm not sure how much that would help! I do keep meaning to video myself doing them but haven't yet found the time for this - just do whatever you think OR even better, ask the students to invent the gestures - you'll really get good 'buy in' then too.
Best wishes
Rachel
Posted by: Rachel | July 14, 2010 at 03:13 PM
Rachel,
Great phonics resources but i am unsure of the gestures you use to introduce them. I was wondering if you have a list of the gestures you use.
Thank you
C. Andy
Posted by: Cath Andy | July 13, 2010 at 05:33 PM