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10 MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES
MFL Leaders At The Prep
Ally Norris, L6W
I was fortunate to be part of
a group of Sixth Formers who
recently had the opportunity
to go down to the Prep School
to teach French as part of their
MFL Leadership course. It was
somewhat strange to return to the
Prep and have the role reversal of
us being the teachers instead of the
pupils we once were.
We were given lessons beforehand with Mrs
Whalley, which made us think more about
how to teach well, especially in teaching
languages. We went through different ideas
for activities that would teach the Prep School
pupils how to listen, read, and write in the
taught language. Fromwhat we were told
about the scheme, I expected it to be quite
difficult to teach a whole class and still have
control of them. However, all of the Sixth
Formers found it an enjoyable and rewarding
experience. We prepared lessons and
resources and our aimwas to build on what
the children were currently learning in their
lessons. We were really impressed by the
Prep pupils and how they interacted with
us in the class. It was great to see how keen
they are to learn languages; perhaps one day
they too will return to the Prep as part of the
MFL scheme.
This scheme is an excellent experience, so
thank you to Mrs Whalley for organising it
for us. I think it also proved how hard our
teachers work to prepare for all of our lessons
and to then teach it all to us.
Spanish Play -
¿Cuántos Me Gusta Tienes?
Eden Risby, L4E and Eleanor Channer, L4S
On Tuesday 24 January, all Thirds
pupils and those Removes and
L4th students who take Spanish
attended the Onatti Spanish play
performed in the Great Hall:
¿Cuántos me gusta tienes?
(How
many likes do you have?)
The play was very engaging and entertaining.
The cast, consisting of only two people,
interacted with the audience to help us feel
involved. Several people were invited upon
the stage to blow up balloons, lie in a
“hospital” bed and hold up “get well soon”
signs. From these volunteers you can probably
tell that the play was set in a hospital. The
lead character was Alejandro who had spent
the previous night in hospital, taking selfies
to post online. He was hoping to receive
sympathy from his friends and the attention of
young, beautiful women. However, when he is
neglected he begins to exaggerate his illness in
an amusing manner.
The actors spoke comprehensibly and slowly
enough for all age groups to understand.
Using past, present and future tense in their
dialogue, we had to listen carefully
in order to keep up. Personally, we thought
the play was light- hearted and we hope they
come back next year to perform again!