The idea of this lesson is to allow students to read, speak and familiarise themselves with Spanish vocabulary. In this unit, the children explore objects in the house and how to describe a room; ask questions about a room; and explain and describe the objects. Used this experience to generate a word bank in their books, which they annotated in English, adding pictures to represent the words.
PRACTICAL Spanish VR SESSION
Students work in groups of three in order to collect, share and use new vocabulary. It also means that the person using the headset had someone to help guide them around the classroom. The children are free to explore the world at their own leisure. They can share the new vocabulary they discovered with each other and compile a list of new vocabulary. Encouraged the students to say the Spanish words aloud to their partners. Their partner could then give the English translation (if they’ve been taught it); guess what the English might be (if they have yet to learn the vocabulary) and/or check the pronunciation.
IMPACT ON LEARNING
Learning a foreign language can be off-putting for some children so this immersive, hands-on approach removed those barriers through an exciting stimulus. They all wanted to take part, have a go and share their new vocabulary with their peers. The children are willing to share what they’ve learnt. The vocabulary is understood at a deeper level and the children are able to embed and use these words more effectively in following lessons and pieces of work. To be able to put pictures to the Spanish (both written and spoken) means that students are able to access the lesson and are engaged from the start.
LEARNING AIMS:
- To develop and refine vocabulary and pronunciation in order to describe settings.
- To put vocabulary into context and understand its meaning.