language study activities module

FOREIGN
LANGUAGE
STUDY
ACTIVITIES


 

LISTENING
COMPREHENSION


 
 Read aloud,
listen to yourself,
then copy it and listen a
lot more.


 Team up with someone
(classmate, tutor)
to rehearse listening and
speaking exercises.


 Listen to songs
and tr y to write the
words
(or download lyrics
from Inter n et).
Sing!

Spend time on local
TV's foreign language
channel or go to the
Multi-media Lab.


 Go to subtitled movies
in your foreign language
and tr y to listen for
comprehension first,
reading afterwards.


Spanish: Motorcycle Diaries
The Sea Inside
Pan’s Labyrinth
French: Intimate Strangers
Joyeux Noel
Cache
German: Lives of Others
Mostly Martha
The Counterfeiters


Rent English DVD’s and put on the
foreign language subtitles
underneath the English dialogue
or

rent foreign language DVD’s and
watch a second time with the foreign
subtitles on to see how it was
translated


 Get copies of lab CD’s:
• Listen and read simultaneously
• Listen and write what is said (like
dictation)
• Copy the questions, answers,
dictations, etc. for fur t her
listening
• Listen, stop the CD, and repeat
• Car r y CD’s with you for down-time
listening (waiting, walking, etc)


 

  LEARNING

WORDS

 Vocabular y
 Verbs
 Grammar


 

 Flashcards:

- 3x5 for individual words
- 4x6 for families of words
and verb conjugations


Include sample
sentence to put
word in context and
to use more of the
language


Use color to
differentiate
par t s of speech


Verbs


Use color on verb
cards to highlight the
patter n of changes


andare (future, to go)
andrò

andremo

andrai

andrete

andrà

andranno


Put synonyms and
antonyms on the back to
expand association


Test yourself in both
directions – the
back's answer and
the front's prompt


Keep various sets ru bberbanded together
because:

- they're related materials
-a language builds unit by unit
-you want to use association.

Have a par t ner or
tutor drill you on
your cards


Shuffle the cards
occasionally so you
don't get dependent
on a sequence.


Separate into "I
know" and "Don't
know" piles each
time you test
yourself.


Retire words you've
mastered into a file
box to make room for
new ones


Use language lab
tapes to focus on:
- specific gr ammar
points,
- verb for m s