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Has anyone used 'Rigolo'?
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Has anyone used 'Rigolo'?
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- I will/do teach the following languages:
- French, Spanish
- I teach these year groups;
- 5, 6
- About Me:
- I am Director of Languages at Tanglin Trust School, a British curriculum school in Singapore. We have a team of 19 teachers teaching Chinese from Reception to Y13, French from Y3 to Y13 and Spanish, German and Classics in the Seniors up to A level.
Currently we have a dedicated teacher for French in Y3 and 4 and now 2 specialists take all of Y5 and 6.
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I imagine you are on holiday just now but when you turn your thoughts back to school stuff, I wonder if you have any ideas on the dilemma I am facing trying to implement Rigolo 1 and 2. I would expect that Tanglin experiences the same turnover of pupils that we have here in Oman. Ideally I would like to think of the sets of units in terms of Stages - Stage 1 = first year of learning French and so on. That way children have to work through each stage and pass the assessments before moving up to the next stage. But how to deliver that practically in the lessons is my dliemma.
I am introducing Rigolo 1 to Years 3 and 4 and am trying to decide whether to do units 1 to 6 in Y3 and 7 to 12 in Y4 or to try and carve up all 12 units, half for Y3 and half for Y4 to ensure that those who arrive in Y4 new to French aren't lost. I have a second lesson in the week in which I would reinforce the topics I had covered in the Rigolo lesson using my own scheme of work which I wrote last year and which I can adjust to dovetail with the Rigolo order of topics.
The problem compounds in Y5 and 6: I have my classes set for the one period when I'll be doing Rigolo, with more or less parallel sets 1 and 2, just differentiated by ability and speed of learning but doing the same material. But Y5 Set 3 can be composed of weaker students who are nevertheless in their 3rd year of learning French alongside students totally new to the subject. In Y6 it gets worse, with a Set 3 which can be composed of children starting their 4th year of French but with learning difficulties, alongside those who have just joined the school with no previous knowledge of French but possibly quite able and quick. As Rigolo 2 assumes 2 years of French already it might be a tall order to use this with Set 3 children.
I might possibly be able to teach the Y5 and 6 set 3s in a computer suite, thus allowing me to have, say, three groups in each of these classes and they work through the relevant stage in their groups, using the computers independently and I work alternately with each group. That sounds like a potential nightmare of organisation, though...
How do you plan to accommodate the new learners at Tanglin? Any suggestions would be gratefully received! I'd like to make the introduction of the scheme as straightforward, motivating and effective as possible.
I await your response with baited breath! I've reached a bit of an impasse in my mind about this...
By the way, if you know Rob and Sarah Le Grice do pass on my regards - they used to be here in Muscat!
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I am sure you will love our friendly group. You may wish to check the links to French and Spanish resources I have on my blog as I am a French/Spanish teacher too.To find the links, go to My Languages on http://isabellejones.blogspot.com then scroll down to a long list of keywords to the right (delicious tags), just click on the relevant keyword to get an updated list of links to resources e.g. French, Spanish, Primary...
I hope it is of use!
Isabelle
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Welcome to Talkabout Primary MFL. See you're starting to make yourself at home.
Like the look of your recommended website - worth investigating I feel!
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