Performance in the lower school: Speaking, singing, playing, dancing and acting in a foreign language

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dc.contributor.authorJaffke, Christoph
dc.contributor.editorLutzker, Peteren
dc.contributor.editorRawson, Martynen
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-08T14:07:38Z
dc.date.available2022-08-08T14:07:38Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractIn Waldorf schools, two foreign languages are taught from the start of primary school age, the first three years only orally. Body movements as well as non-verbal means of communication like facial expressions, gesture and posture are essential elements of this holistic approach. Ample use of poetic language facilitates the children’s access to the new language. Action rhymes, finger plays, counting-out rhymes, number rhymes, jump-rope/skipping rhymes, clapping games, classroom games, singing games, little/short rhymed dialogues, every-day conversations (e.g. about family, pets and the weather), daily activities and role-plays — all of these activities and more are part of the repertoire that forms the basis of this approach. While choral activity usually is the starting-point, individual speaking in dialogue, role-play and games is the goal. Fixed expressions (‘chunks’) serve as islands of security in the beginning phases of verbal interaction. In every lesson there is room for performing as well as for listening and watching.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
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dc.identifier.citationJaffke, C. (2022) 'Performance in the lower school: Speaking, singing, playing, dancing and acting in a foreign language', Scenario: A Journal for Performative Teaching, Learning, Research, 16(1), pp. 22-39. https://doi.org/10.33178/scenario.16.1.2en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.33178/scenario.16.1.2
dc.identifier.endpage39
dc.identifier.issn1649-8526
dc.identifier.issued1
dc.identifier.journalabbrevScenarioen
dc.identifier.journaltitleScenario: A Journal for Performative Teaching, Learning, Researchen
dc.identifier.startpage22
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/13471
dc.identifier.volume16
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherDepartment of German, University College Corken
dc.relation.urihttps://journals.ucc.ie/index.php/scenario/article/view/scenario-16-1-2
dc.rights© 2022, the Author(s). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.subjectPrimary school ageen
dc.subjectPerforming language in FLTen
dc.subjectHolistic language teachingen
dc.subjectPoetic languageen
dc.subjectMovementen
dc.subjectTeaching material for oral English FL teachingen
dc.titlePerformance in the lower school: Speaking, singing, playing, dancing and acting in a foreign languageen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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