Display the slide with 24 German nouns to do with clothing. Invite the pupils to group the nouns in a variety of ways within five minutes. Help the pupils to see that they can do a lot with German even if they don’t know the meaning of a word.
Strand: 1. Communicative Competence
Strand unit: Spoken Interaction/ Sprechen
Suggestions for use: 1.15 take part in routine classroom interactions such as pair and group work, asking questions, language games and activities.
Strand: 2. Language Awareness
Strand unit: 3. How you Learn a Language
Suggestions for use: 2.6 identify, share and explain their preferred language-learning strategies.
Strand: Topics
Strand unit: Fashion/Mode
Suggestions for use: Use (1) as a starter activity – to introduce a new area for learning (2) as a reinforcement activity (3) as a preparation for dictionary skills training. Let the pupils decide for themselves how they wish to sort the vocabulary. Give them a free choice about whether to use resources (such as dictionaries) to help.
Strand: A Language
Strand unit: German
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