In the
third seminar with Raquel, we did an activity which consisted on reading some
sentences with the right intonation and enthusiasm. At the beginning we did it
really bad, but trying it for some times, we improved.
The
intonation we give to sentences when we are telling something is very
important, not to be monotonous. We have to take into account this when we are
acting or doing a piece of theatre.
In my
opinion, working with children the intonation, and practicing a theatre, is an
excellent resource we can use in order to promote their socialization and they
are going to improve their reading skills using correctly the punctuation
signals. Acting in front of their classmates will help them to lose their
shame. Moreover, if they try and try to memorize a piece of text, they will
develop their memory too.
In
conclusion, it is a good way for children to enjoy and learn at the same time!
Hello Sandra! I absolutely agree with you!! I think this kind of activities is a good idea to put in practise with our students. They enjoy a lot with this because is something new and innovate and these activities catch their attention and is a good way to lose their inhibitions in front of the class.
ResponderEliminarThank you for the post,
regards!!
Patri
Hello Sandra, I also believe that work the intonation with children is crucial in order to improve their communication skills. Students are often so busy looking for the correct words that intonation suffers a lot and can result in misunderstandings, speakers losing interest or even taking offence.
ResponderEliminarI think that the first thing we should start working with is the intonation we are using while reading or telling stories or fairy tales. In this way students begin to be aware of the intonation the teacher uses to express happiness, sadness, intrigue, enthusiasm, etc. A good technic to raise students´ awareness of intonation is to tell them to read a text in pairs. After that, a good idea would be to let the students practice the intonation they use telling a story, using the teacher as a model.
Finally but not less important is to work the intonation while reading. This activity may be harder for the students as the context is normally reduced than in a storytelling and they have to do the intonation following the punctuation marks. A good idea to help them would be to read one paragraph of a text in front of the partner without any intonation and after that they read it again with intonation. It helps students to see how difficult can be to understand someone who is speaking without intonation.
Congratulations for you blog Sandra!!