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Hand Puppets in the classroom
| Абдрахманова Ботагоз Кадыровна учитель английского языка Назарбаев Интеллектуальная школа г.Кокшетау botagoz@list.ru Together with the songs and drawing we incorporate drama in teaching primary students. Using drama enables children to use English appropriately in real conversations. It’s different to teach kids, because their attention spans are short, however, in a few months you can see their progress since they learn also fast and it is really, really rewarding. Actually, young children learn through play. Puppets are a great tool for teaching a second language to young learners. They are fascinated by puppets. Puppets are not just toys they are a great way to teach second language conversation. Kids may hesitate to talk to an adult, but they never refrain from talking to a puppet. Puppets increase kids’ motivation and encourage shy students. This learner centered approach reaches all of the learning styles: auditory, visual and kinesthetic. Implementing puppetry in the classroom I have been surprised at how the kids never tire of this. Very often after a few months they are bored with some other ideas but the puppet is still going strong. Puppets are also a great tool for teaching children who go back to speaking their mother tongue during language lessons. If they try to talk to the puppet in their mother tongue, I usually have the puppet give confused looks, and shrug its shoulders. This enables them to speak the language of the lesson. What can we use a hand puppet for in class? Using puppets is a great help to me. Puppets are language assistants for teachers and school time friends for students. Therefore, it is crucial to use them effectively. -for introducing new vocabulary and sentence structures - for repeating and deepening knowledge - for storytelling - for singing songs - for playing action games - for creating authentic situations through dialogues- We set up a little stage, add a puppet and then let the puppet introduce the new vocabulary. Puppets may lead the children in a song.Rather than tell them that we’ve got a new song and play it for them it’s a good idea to start off with a captivating introduction that will draw the children’s attention. Puppets count out loud, say the days of the week, spell the new vocabulary and so on. Puppets are a valuable part of the primary school teacher’s toolbox. However, they can be used with any child, at any level. They increase children’s concentration and imagination and bring other native speakers into the classroom, encourage more spontaneous use of language, offer opportunities for creative pair work. You don’t have to buy them. You can create them with your children. Just draw a face, colour and cut out the picture and attach to sticks. Children usually give a name to their puppets so we are ready for a conversation. Having the puppets ask each other, ‘’What’s your name?’’ or “How old are you? ” is a great starter. Next, I have the puppets ask the students the same questions, and they love it! One of the greatest things about using a simple puppet stage like this is that it really captures the interest of young learners so that we organized a “Puppet Theatre”. The Enormous Turnip –a super simple story was the first children performed on the stage. If possible I try to use a video camera to record their puppet show so they can view the final result. THE TURNIP Characters: An Author A Grandfather A Grandmother A Granddaughter A Dog, named Zhuchka A Cat A Mouse Scenery: Garden, further a house, a shaft, trees, flowers and bushes. AN AUTHOR: Once upon a time somewhere about there lived the grandfather and the grandmother. The grandfather was a very good gardener he liked to spend a lot of time looking after his plants. In springtime he planted a turnip, a cabbage, cucumbers, tomatoes, grew dill and spring onion and many other vegetables. But the turnip was his favourite. The grandfather even used to sing songs for it. A GRANDFATHER: We had planted a little seed, We took out all the weed. So it grows and grows fast And will bring the rich crop at last. AN AUTHOR: The turnip was growing bigger and bigger with the grandfather's songs and there came time to take it out. A GRANDFATHER: Came the happy, happy time Taking out crops of mine. Pooling, pooling my turnip Can’t just do it - it's too big! I should call grandmother for help. Grandma, grandma come over to help me to pool the turnip out. A GRANDMOTHER: I am coming, I'll help you with your crops with the greatest pleasure, grandpa. AN AUTHOR: The grandmother holding on to the grandfather, the grandfather holding on to the turnip and they are both pooling hard, but cann't pool the turnip out. A GRANDMOTHER: You know, grandpa, we wouldn’t be able to take the turnip out by ourselves. It’s too deep in the ground. Lets call our granddaughter to help us. A GRANDFATHER: It’s a very bright idea. Call our granddaughter to help us. A GRANDMOTHER: Granddaughter, granddaughter come to help us to pool the turnip out. A GRANDDAUGHTER: I am coming, why didn’t you call me earlier? I bet you are tired already. AN AUTHOR: The granddaughter holding on to the grandmother, the grandmother holding on to the grandfather, the grandfather holding on to the turnip and they all are pooling hard, but can’t pool the turnip out. A GRANDDAUGHTER: I think we need more help. This turnip doesn’t want to get out easily. Let’s call Zhuchka to help us. Zhuchka, Zhuchka come to help us to pool the turnip out. ZHUCHKA: Woof, woof I am in a hurry to come. Where is that stubborn turnip? We will quickly pool it out all together. AN AUTHOR: Zhuchka holding on to the granddaughter, the granddaughter holding on to the grandmother, the grandmother holding on to the grandfather, the grandfather holding on to the turnip and they all are pooling hard, but can’t pool the turnip out. ZHUCHKA: It’s not so easy as I thought it would be. Let’s call the cat to help us. Kitty, kitty come down to help us to pool the turnip out. A CAT: I am coming. Prrrrr, prrrrr we will pool the turnip out easily. AN AUTHOR: The cat holding on to Zhuchka, Zhuchka holding on to the granddaughter, the granddaughter holding on to the grandmother, the grandmother holding on to the grandfather, the grandfather holding on to the turnip and they all are pooling hard, but can’t pool the turnip out. A CAT: I believe we need help. Let’s call the mouse. Mouse, mouse, little paws, come and help us to pool the turnip out. A MOUSE: I am happy to help, especially when all the family is working together. AN AUTHOR: The mouse holding on to the cat, the cat holding on to Zhuchka, Zhuchka holding on to the granddaughter, the granddaughter holding on to the grandmother, the grandmother holding on to the grandfather, the grandfather holding on to the turnip and they all are pooling hard and singing together. All are singing: We are working very hard, Pooling the turnip out of the mud, All together we are so strong We are singing a happy song. AN AUTHOR: And they pooled the turnip out! All of them were glad that the turnip was finally out. The grandma cooked the turnip and gave everybody a piece of a sweet and tasty turnip. When the mouse ate her piece of turnip she said. A MOUSE: It was so lovely. AN AUTHOR: The mouse licked her nose. A MOUSE: If you need my help next time, please don’t hesitate and call me again. I like the turnip so much. | |
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