After English and Irish, what do you think is the most spoken language in Ireland at home? Take a quiet guess first. We will check the answer later.
Watch three family words on the board across languages you may hear in Ireland and in school (English, Irish, French, German, Spanish). Listen together, say each word back as a class, and listen for words that sound almost the same.
We will explore the Europe map on the board together. Watch the countries that get tapped and the language names that appear. Notice how a language can travel far from the place it started.
After a few stops we will pin a short list everyone can see, for example:
Open your copy and write three languages spoken in Ireland that are not English or Irish, and one place each is spoken. Use the short list on the board if you like.
Look at the same three family words in a table across five languages on the board. Your only job: find one pair that still sound like cousins. Be ready to point and tell the class which two you chose.
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