songs and games in the classroom

[John Langran]

Susanna
This is a swat game, I think, for beginners learning the numbers

7. Number practice
 Write the numbers 0 - 10 on the board in figures.
 The teacher or a learner calls out the numbers.
 Two learners stand by the board to see who can point to the numbers that 
are called out first.
 Another learner can keep the score in Russian.

John Langran
www.ruslan.co.uk



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Susanna Nazarova" <snazarov at UVM.EDU>
To: <SEELANGS at BAMA.UA.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 1:51 PM
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] songs and games in the classroom


> 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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