THE USE OF ORIGAMI IN
PRIMARY EFL TEACHING©
By Claudia Valentini
 
 

TOPIC BASED APPROACH

Paper folded figures encourage children to listen and speak; to do drama and roleplay and exploit their own products. Origami, furthermore, provides focus on the linguistic items linked to the several topics related:

EXPLOITABLE USING
A TOPIC-BASED
APPROACH
Wild animals and their environment
Birds and birdwatching
Frogs
Farm animals
Zoo animals
Aeroplanes
Flowers
Zodiac
Christmas
Easter

Here is the table containing the planning of four projects using origami as an activity in a topic based perspective; this could be one of the several possibilities opened by origami in the primary cross-curricular teaching of English as a Foreign Language.

WILD ANIMALS AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT BIRDS AND BIRDWATCHING ZODIAC FEELINGS
ORIGAMI North Pole/ Antarctica:penguin, seal, polar bear;
Forest: tiger, cobra, hippo monkey, koala, giant panda;
Savannah: zebra, lion, rhinoceros, giraffe;
Desert: elephant, ostrich, gazelle, kangaroo;
Water: shark, tropical fishes, dolphin.
swan, eagle,duck, penguin, pigeon, raven, parrot, dove,seagull, crane,... Aries, Taurus, Gemini Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Sagittarius, Scorpio, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces. Modular origami.Abstract origami.
LINGUISTIC ITEMS Vocabulary:
origami products related
(wild animals)
names of the continents
and adjectives,
environments,
parts of the animal's body.
Structures:
There is.../are...
It lives/ has got/ eats
Vocabulary:
origami products related (birds)
numbers, colours,
parts of the bird's body,
positions.
Structures:
I can see.../hear...
There is.../are...
Vocabulary:
origami products related
(zodiac),
names of the months
Structures:
dates
I was born...
to be
Vocabulary:
related to feelings
(positive/negative);
Structures:
S V O
ACTIVITIES Safari organizing and performing
Plastic models arranging
Labeling
Onomathopeic sounds exploring
Plastic models arranging
Creating enlarged parts of the bird's bodies to put into a binocular shape
Exploring and exploiting Horoscopes Creating modular and astract origami
as means of description
and expression of feelings
SKILLS Describing
Grouping
Identifying
Observing
Sequencing
Describing
Grouping
Identifying
Observing
Sequencing
Comparing
Deducting
Describing
Observing
Sequencing
Express oneself feelings.
Remembering
COMMUNICATIVE SKILLS Integrated four skills Integrated four skills Integrated four skills Integrated four skills
PRODUCTS Plastic model of the different environments
Tridimensional board games
focusing on environmental/pollution problems
Tridimensional storybooks
Videos describing the animals and their environments
Pictures/photographs
Wallcharts
Mobiles
Plastic models
Class survey
Zodiac mobile
Wall charts
Own sign story book
Art products
Poems
Songs
Photographs
CURRICULAR LINKS Science,art, geography,
social studies, phisical education,
music
Science, art, geography,
social studies, phisical education
History, science,
social studies,art
Social studies, art,
music, phisical education,
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.:: ORIGAMI INDEX ::.
.:: ORIGAMI IS AN ART
:: HOW ORIGAMI WORKS ::.
.:: ORIGAMI TEACHING :: LEARNING TO LEARN ::.

:: ORIGAMI IN THE FL CLASSROOM ::.
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