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	CULTURAL ASPECTS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING: THE PRIMARY EXPERIENCE NILE Italian Primary Group 1997

INTRODUCTION

This INSET plan is divided into four sessions.
The first session is on "Storytelling and Songs" and it is done by Febronia Volatile.
The second session is on "Arts and Crafts" and it is done by Claudia Valentini.
The third session is on "Food" and it is done by Annamaria Caltabiano.
The last is on "Games" and it is done by Gabriella Vita.

These four sessions are intended to be a section of a course for trainee teachers in the Italian Primary School who have just started their career as teachers of EFL. The group is composed of twelve teachers, with mixed knowledge/ability/experience.
They are the first part of a 150-hour course and focus on the "Cultural Aspects", using "Festivals" as a starting point.

Working on "Festivals" gives the teachers the chance to use enjoyable activities that help motivate children and therefore develop a positive attitude towards the target language. Besides, "Festivals" are a means of linking fantasy and imagination with the real world and creating connections between their own culture and a different one, as the Italian Ministerial Programs recommend.
They also provide hints for cross-curricular themes, taking into account the different learning strategies and styles.
Through the training sessions teachers are guided to participate actively, to develop the attitude to share ideas and experiences, to raise awareness and creative powers within the language development.
The course begins with a warm-up activity jointly led by the four tutors.
The final feedback is to organise a party.

Warm-up: "Find someone who" activity
INSET

organisation Ts sit in a semicircle.

materials Photocopies for every teacher.

process	The TTs use the activity called "Find someone who", a brief pair conversation, in order to know each other better and to introduce the topic. When Tts give the instructions, they stand up and walk around the classroom and find one person "who knows" what is asked.
time	15 mns.
before and after	This is an activity to warm the group atmosphere.
aims	To introduce the topic. Fun. To Diagnose Ts knowledge about the topic.

THE SPIRAL STAIRCASE

This activity is given to teachers at the end of the sessions, before joining the party.
The aim is to elicit the most important stages and outcomes.
Teachers are asked to fill in individually one step each one.
The original picture is drawn from BUTTON, J. (1989), The Primary School in a Changing World. A Handbook for Teachers, Centre for World Development Education.

Find someone who: INSET WARM-UP ACTIVITY

- knows who Meg is, and the title of the story
- can sing the refrain from "Jingle Bells"
- still believes in Father Christmas
- knows at least four ingredients of Christmas pudding
- knows the name of the Pilgrim Fathers' ship
- knows what happens on 5th November in Great Britain
- can sing three lines from "God save the Queen"
- can draw an artistic Easter rabbit
- can speak more than one foreign language fluently
- knows what "Jack o' lantern" is
- has been to England twice in the last five years
- knows the new "Stepping stones to English" edition
- enjoys playing the game "What's the time Mr.Wolf ?"
- likes wearing something blue
- knows the name of Diana Spencer's first son
- is not ashamed of wearing Batman's mask


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