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45 min lesson plan for use with Powerpoint presentation - greetings & descriptions

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Language Taster Lesson Plan

Language: Arabic
Session time: 45 minutes
Topic:   Greetings, characteristics
Lesson objective: To learn how to greet someone and introduce yourself in Arabic and to be able to describe other people
OBJECTIVES	ACTIVITY	RESOURCES	GROUPING	SKILLS	TIME
Settling in	Have music on while students come in and settle down.	Arabic music	Whole class		2
Welcome	Welcome pupils and show Slide 1 of the PowerPoint; explain the aims and contents of the lesson	Power point Slide 1	Whole class	Listening Speaking Reading	4
Greetings in Arabic 	Greet pupils in Arabic using Ahlan, ana...Practise the phrase with pupils and then ask them to introduce themselves to pupils around them or to the class.	Power point slide 2	Whole class	Listening 	1
Introducing pronouns He, she	Introduce the two pronouns that will be used in the class. Point to pupils in the class and pupils choose huwa / hiyah to practise.Teacher versus class:Explain the rules to the class – you will point to a boy and say huwa or hiyah. If you say the correct form, pupils should repeat it, if you say the wrong form, pupils stay silent.Who is the cleverest? Can the pupils outwit the teacher?	Power point slide 3	Whole class	Listening Speaking 	4
Introducing masculine adjectives	Introduce the masculine adjectives, saying “Huwa...” Pupils repeat the words to practise them.Once they are familiar with the words point to boys in the class and ask pupils to choose a word to describe them, saying the phrase “Huwa...”	Power point slide 4	Whole class & individual volunteers	Listening Speaking	8
Introducing the feminine form	Show Slide 5 and point to a picture (e.g. tall), asking pupils to describe it. Pupils will say the masculine form that they know. Repeat the phrase with the correct feminine form (emphasising the different sound for feminine adjectives).Can pupils work out the difference?Can they work out what the feminine form will be for the other words, remembering first the masculine form?Practise the feminine form of all adjectives using “Hiyah...”	PowerPoint slide 5	Whole class & individual volunteers		5
Putting the language into practice	Split the group into two teams (e.g. girls v boys). The class are shown pictures on PowerPoint slides 6 - 12. To win points, they must describe the picture using a full sentence (Huwa / Hiyah...) A point is given for each adjective used correctly.The correct answer appears at the bottom of each page.N.B. Pupils have to put hands up to answer – points can be deducted for shouting out. 	PowerPoint slides 6 – 12	Whole class / team work	Listening Speaking	4
Practice in context (Reading and writing task)	Students are given the worksheet. They have to link the pictures with the correct adjectives.Extension task: pupils should try to copy the Arabic – is it hard? 	HandoutsPens	Individual work	ReadingWriting	5
“Build a strange celebrity” game / Plenary	The game is explained (slide 13). Pupils are split into groups of four. Each group is given a set of body parts. Pupils have to build a “strange celebrity.” They stick their creation onto the laminated card and work out how to describe it. Slide 14 helps to remind them of the words. Extension task: Create one man and one woman.Volunteers bring their “strange celebrity” to the front and describe it to the class (Rewards to be given to volunteers)	Packs of laminated body partsLaminated A4 cardBlutackInstructions on PowerPoint slides 13 & 14	Group of 4 pupils	Speaking	10
Plenary	What have pupils learnt? Show them slide 15 to look at the lesson objectives again. Ask students general questions about the lesson to assess learning	PowerPoint slide 15	Whole class	ListeningSpeakingWriting	2




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Arabic Taster Lesson: Characteristics - Lesson Plan

Language Task

 Link the pictures with the correct adjectives and rewrite the Arabic words. Then have a go at writing the word in Arabic.






		هو سعيدhuwa saeed……………………
		هو حزينhuwa  hazeen……………………
		هي نحيفةhiyah  naheefah……………………
		هو سمينhuwa sameen……………………
		هي سمينةhiyah sameenah ……………………


Here are some tips: 
1.	Can you remember the Arabic for he and she? That will help you with this task
2.	In Arabic you write from right to left – try it! 






Arabic Taster Lesson: Characteristics - worksheet

45 min lesson plan: how to greet someone; how to introduce yourself; learn some pronouns; Ask & answer the question 'What do you do?

Routes into Languages North West
Language Taster Lesson Plan

Language: Arabic
Session time: 45 minutes
Topic:   Greetings, pronouns, jobs
Lesson objectives: To learn how to greet someone, to introduce oneself in Arabic, to learn some pronouns, and how to ask “what do you do” in both masculine and feminine, answer this question by using 1st and 3rd person pronouns.
Objectives	Activity	Resources	Grouping	Skills	Time
Settling in	Have music on while students come in and settle down.	Arabic music	Whole class		2
Welcome	Welcome pupils and show Slide 1 of the PowerPoint; explain the aims and contents of the lesson	Power point Slide 1	Whole class	Listening Speaking Reading	2
Greetings in Arabic 	Greet pupils in Arabic using Ahlan, ana...Practise the phrase with pupils and then ask them to introduce themselves to pupils around them or the class.	Power point slide 2,3,4	Whole class	Listening Speaking	5
Introducing the pronouns, first and third person.	Introduce the Arabic pronouns, first and third person, pupils repeat the words to practise them. Ask pupils to use the pronouns in the class for example by saying I am John, He is Alex, She is a teacher...etc.	Power point slide 5	Whole class	Listening Speaking reading	6
Ask someone what do you do?	Introduce how to ask “what do you do” (masculine)?Giving answers using the 1st and third person pronouns, ask pupils to demonstrate these questions, and answer them.	Power point slide 6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15	Whole class & individual volunteers	Listening SpeakingReading 	13
Game Time	Teacher explains the rules of the game, pupils need to be in 2 groups, a picture slide will appear, pupils need to say the jobs which appear on the screen, a point will be given for the correct answer.	Slide 16	Whole class	Readingspeaking	5
Task Time	Teacher explains the rules of the task, a hand out will be given to the pupils, it contains a simple form to write greetings they have learnt in the class, their name in English, and then a potential job for themselves, one male and one female from the class. Pupils need to work individually. The first 3 students to finish will be rewarded.	Handouts of slide 17Slide 18  	Whole classIndividual 	ListeningReadingSpeaking	8
Plenary	What pupils have learnt? Ask students general questions 	White board 	Whole class	Listening Speaking	3




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Arabic Taster Lesson: Jobs - Lesson Plan

Chinese Taster Lesson - Quiz

Multiple choice answer sheet to use with Powerpoint Quiz



Chinese quiz
How much do you know about Chinese and its speakers?

ANSWERS: Circle the correct option or write the answer

Question	Answer
1	A                    B                     C
2	A                    B                     C
3	A                    B                     C
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5	A                    B                     C
6	
7	A                    B                     C
8	A                    B                     C
9	A                    B                     C
10	A                    B                     C


   			

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Chinese Taster Lesson - Quiz Answer Sheet

45 min lesson plan. Lesson objective: At the end of the session, students will be able to greet each other in Chinese, introduce their names and say their nationalities (British or Chinese). They will also learn numbers, be able to count from 1 to 20 in Mandarin and know the culture of numbers for Chinese people

Routes into Languages North West
Language Taster Lesson Plan

Language: Mandarin
Session time: 45 minutes
Topic: Numbers
Lesson objective: At the end of the session, students will be able to greet each other in Chinese, introduce their names and say their nationalities (British or Chinese). They will also learn numbers, be able to count from 1 to 20 in Mandarin and know the culture of numbers for Chinese people.

Objectives	Activity	Resources	Grouping	Skills	Time
Welcome Students and explain the learning objectives	Welcome students to Chinese taster lesson and greet them in Mandarin while students come in and sit down.Explain the objectives of the lesson and make sure they understand what they’ll learn from this lesson.	Power point slides 1 – 2	Whole class		1min 
Teach students how to say Hello, My name is .., I’m British.	Drill the sentences thoroughly to ensure students are confident with the pronunciation.Ask students to practise in pairs, and then invite a few volunteers to perform in front of the whole class.	PowerPoint slides3-4	Whole class, pairs	SpeakingListening	6mins
Introduce numbers from 1 to 10 	Teach students ten numbers.Then ask students to count numbers together, practice numbers backwards and forwards until they feel comfortable to pronounce all the numbers. 	PowerPoint slide 5- 8	Whole classgroups	ReadingSpeakingAnd listening	8 mins
Quick check to see whether students can remember numbers from 1 to 10	Teacher gives a starting number, e.g. 1, and asks students to continue the series in turn. 	Power point slides 9	Whole class	ListeningSpeaking	1 min
Talk about lucky numbers for Chinese peoplePractice numbers in context 	Ask students to read and repeat the numbers after the teacher.Ask students about the date of 2008 Olympic Games, and why this particular date was chosen and then talk lucky and unlucky numbers for Chinese people. Ask students to tell you English people’s lucky and unlucky numbers and why. 	Power point slides 10	Whole class	Listening and speaking	6 mins
True and false game	Tell students that you’re going to show them some numbers and their pronunciations in Chinese, they need to watch carefully to see whether they match each other correctly. If yes, repeat the words, otherwise, they stay silent. The teacher then asks students for the correct word.  	PowerPoint slides 11	Whole class	Speaking listening and reading	3mins 
Learn to say numbers from 11 to 20 	Introduce how to say numbers from 11 to 20 and drill new numbers with students to make sure they’re confident with the language. 	PowerPoint slides 12-14	Whole class	SpeakingListening and reading	5 mins
Practice numbers in context	Game: Counting and clappingThe teacher chooses a student as a starting point for the counting and each student says a number in turn.The student who comes to the number “3” and the multiple of “3” will clap hands instead of saying the number. The students who make a mistake will be out of the game.The game can be repeated again when they reach number 20 so those who were out can join the game again.	PowerPoint slides 15	Whole class	Speakinglistening	5 mins
Consolidation of numbers  by saying their ages	Learn how to say their ages in Chinese, then practice self introduction in pairs. After that, ask a few volunteers to demonstrate to the class.	PowerPoint slides 16-17	In pairs 	Speakinglistening	5
Reading and Writing in Chinese 	Students are given the worksheet on which they have to do at least 2 tasks, matching and making a judgement; the third one is counting in Mandarin which is an extension task for students who finish the first 2 tasks very fast. The answer is on slide 18 	slide 18	Independent work	Reading writing	5 mins




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