In this lesson you will learn how people communicate without words. You will notice how pictures and gestures carry meaning, hear polite phrases in five languages, and find on a map where English, Irish, French, German and Spanish are spoken. You will also practise saying thank you in different languages and design signs that everyone can understand.
Get a pencil from the person beside you without speaking. Now show thanks without speaking. How did you do it? By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:Notice how pictures and gestures carry meaningHear polite phrases in five languagesFind on a map where those languages are spoken
2 - Polite Words in Five Languages
~10 mins
Watch each card on the board. Listen carefully, then say the English, Irish and French please and thank-you cards back together as a class. When you hear German, Spanish, or any sorry card, show thumbs up if it sounded a bit like English, and thumbs sideways if it sounded new. No need to say those back yet.
3 - Polite-words Bingo
~10 mins
Look at the big bingo card on the board. When you hear a polite phrase from today's languages, tick the matching square on your scrap paper or mini whiteboard. We will try one practice call first so everyone knows how to mark. When the class has filled a line together, we celebrate with our silent thank-you gesture.
4 - Into Your Copy
~5 mins
COPYBOOK MOMENT
Open your copy. Copy two thank-you phrases from the board strip (pick any two language forms you like).Then draw the gesture you would use if you had no words at all.The board strip stays up so you can copy every letter and mark carefully. Choose a short form or a longer one, whatever you can write with care.
5 - Where Are These Languages Spoken?
~8 mins
On the Europe map we will find where English, Irish, French, German and Spanish are spoken. Hands up when you spot Ireland, France, Germany, Spain, or a place that uses more than one of them. A volunteer can come and point on the board.
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