German Taster Afternoon: Grundisburgh Primary @ Farlingaye High School
On Monday the 9th of July year 6 students from Grundisburgh Primary School visited Farlingaye High School in Woodbridge for a German taster afternoon. Anna and Annalena, originally from the University of Wuppertal in Germany and currently on a work placement at Farlingaye, taught the most important phrases you need to know when starting out in a new language. Students then tested two language learning apps to evaluate their effectiveness and appeal to learners. They were then joined by year 9 students of German at Farlingaye, who had prepared a number of interactive activities and games to teach the year 6 students basic vocabulary, such as numbers, colour and animals. The year 6 students thoroughly enjoyed the afternoon and were engaged and enthusiastic throughout. I would like to thank the Goethe Institut London for their financial support and our year 9 students for their hard work and commitment when preparing and delivering the activities.
Some great feedback from year 6 included:
“Really fun and best lesson ever... The activities on the iPads were really fun... My favourite thing was the memory pair game with year 9.”
If you would like to find out how to run a similar project in your school or feeder school, please email: sgreen@farlingaye.suffolk.sch.uk or b.pfeiffer@uea.ac.uk.