1st Edition

Jumpstart! Spanish and Italian Engaging activities for ages 7–12

By Catherine Watts, Hilary Phillips Copyright 2014
230 Pages 93 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

230 Pages
by Routledge

230 Pages 93 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Jumpstart! Spanish and Italian presents a collection of simple to use, multi-sensory games and activities which will jumpstart students’ understanding of modern languages in action. If you are one of the thousands of teachers looking for a range of practical and fun ideas to teach languages engagingly, then this is also the perfect book for you. A range of innovative ideas to help you set... Read more

Introduction page  Acknowledgements page  Vocabulary topics page  1: Setting the scene page  2: Using flashcards page  3: Quick starts page  4: On your feet page  5: Being creative page  6: Using songs page  7: Exploring stories page  8: Showing the world page  9: Starting to write page  10: At the end of the day page Appendix One: Spanish alphabet page  Italian alphabet page  Appendix Two: Useful classroom language page  Appendix Three: Praise, encouragement and being polite page  Bibliography

Biography

Catherine Watts is currently Director of the Routes into Languages South consortium and is Principal Lecturer in English Language and German within the Faculty of Arts and Humanities as well as contributing to the EdD, PGCE and MA in Education at the University of Brighton, UK.



Hilary Phillips has been a primary class teacher for over 20 years. She was also Lead Teacher for Primary Languages in Brighton and Hove and has co-presented workshops at many national conferences.