Key Stage 2 Framework for languages

Learning objectives: Intercultural understanding - Year 4

IU 4.3 Compare traditional stories   View this objective over 4 years >> Learning opportunities Compare characteristics of simple stories between cultures Look at the writing system of the language   Knowledge about language Identify a different writing system Identify narrative forms in a different language and compare to those in English   Language learning strategies Use knowledge of English or another language to help learning and understanding Make sensible predictions based on previous knowledge and language cues   Teaching activities Listen to a traditional children's story, in the language being learned. Using the illustrations and their experience of traditional stories in their own language, they try to work out the plot of the story. In pairs, look at the alphabet/characters of the language being learned. Are there identical letters, additional letters? How do the shapes of letters/characters differ? Identify the 'orientation' of the writing system, e.g. does it go from left to right or vice versa? and which way are pages turned in a book? Find which symbols are used for punctuation. Are they the same? Do they help with the meaning of the text? Identify common elements of traditional stories, e.g. story themes, settings, repetition of phrases and sentences, endings. Learn the names of the main characters in a story or song and draw them. Label the pictures for a classroom display. Invite native speakers into the classroom, or use the expertise and knowledge of class members to share simple songs and rhymes they learned as a child. Children listen to the sounds and rhythm and identify words that they may already know. Act out the story to another class or during a school assembly to celebrate the culture/cultures of the language they are learning. Make a PowerPoint or storybook of a traditional story to send to a partner school. Cross-curricular links View all Year 4 Intercultural understanding cross-curricular links >> NLS Y4 T3 T2: To read stories from other cultures by focusing on e.g. differences in place, time, customs, relationships; to identify and discuss recurring themes where appropriate NC English KS2 Reading 4g: Express preferences and support their views by reference to texts NC English KS2 Reading 4h: Respond imaginatively, drawing on the whole text and other reading NC English KS2 Reading 8e: Texts drawn from a variety of cultures and traditions NC Art and Design 4c: The roles and purposes of artists, craftspeople and designers working in different times and cultures NC Design and Technology 5a: Investigating and evaluating a range of familiar products, thinking about how they work, how they are used and the views of people who use them