songs and games in the classroom

[Susanna Nazarova]

Janey,
How exactly do you play this "swat it" game?
Thanks,
Susanna



Quoting Janey Haynes <vjhaynes at bellsouth.net>:

> As one without native fluency, but who loves the history, language,   
> and customs of Russia (as well as a high school teacher of Russian),  
>  I have to say, games and songs of all persuations are welcome.  I   
> have no problem using folk songs to teach grammatical or vocabularic  
>  concepts.  After all, don't we do it in English as well?  As to   
> movement in the classroom, one of my kids' favorite games is "swat   
> it!", where they swat vocabulary words on a white board, trying to   
> beat the opposite team.  It gets to be quite fun!  I'd be interested  
>  in what you're producing.
> Janey Haynes
> Nashville, TN
> -------------- Original message from Inna Tigountsova   
> <itigount at DU.EDU>: --------------
>
>
>> Dear John,
>> I think both of your examples are great, and I use very similar games and a
>> variety of songs in my first-year Russian classes. Students love   
>> the vocab games
>> when they all are sitting in a circle, person 1 stands behind   
>> person 2, and I
>> show them a card with, say, the word "muzykant." Whoever says it   
>> first moves one
>> step further sideways, etc. Songs in Riazanov's films are great even for the
>> first-year, "Esli u vas netu teti" from "The Irony of Fate," for example,
>> introduces them to Gen. sg. My more advanced students loved the songs from
>> "Bremenskie muzykanty."
>> Hope this helps,
>>
>> Inna Tigountsova
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: John Langran
>> Date: Monday, March 31, 2008 3:39 pm
>> Subject: [SEELANGS] songs and games in the classroom
>> To: SEELANGS at BAMA.UA.EDU
>>
>>
>> > Dear colleagues
>> >
>> > A couple of further queries for the adaptation of my Ruslan course
>> > for the
>> > US market. I would be grateful if those teaching beginners Russian
>> > have time
>> > to respond.
>> >
>> > 1.
>> > Do you like using language games that involve students moving around
>> > the
>> > classroom talking to each other in Russian? I have been encouraged to
>> > drop
>> > these from my US edition, as your classrooms are perhaps more "rigid"
>> > than
>> > ours in the UK. But I am not sure of this advice, and I want to check
>> > it.
>> > Example of such a game for beginners in the first few lessons of   
>> a beginners
>> > course.
>> > They already know - Izvinite! Ya- Vy - Da - Net, and a few other necessary
>> > words.
>> > - students choose a profession - either inzhener, muzikant or zhurnalist.
>> > They don't tell anyone who they are.
>> > - they then have to get up from their seats and regroup in 3 groups,
>> > all the
>> > engineers together, etc, using Russian only. Teacher stays on hand to
>> > help
>> > with vocab etc as needed.
>> >
>> > 2.
>> > Will there be any resistance from teachers to the idea of fun songs for
>> > learners using popular Russian tunes with new words? There is an
>> > example of
>> > such a song to the tune of "Iz-za ostrova na strezhen" at
>> > http://www.ruslan.co.uk/songs/Iz_aeroporta_v_centr.wmv - only low quality,
>> > the song is being recorded properly next week. It has been suggested
>> > that
>> > some teachers will see this as a mockery, but I think that the memorable
>> > context is a good aid to learning. There are likely to be 4 or 5 such
>> > items
>> > in the new book.
>> >
>> > Thanks for any feedback
>> >
>> > John Langran
>> > www.ruslan.co.uk
>> >
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Susanna Nazarova
Norwich University

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