1. Multilingual poetry collection (eleven poems, etc.)
This project has already been realized in many schools and institutions. First, students read poetry and write their own simple poems, which are then beautifully decorated and presented, either at an exhibition or as a …
Read more2. Multilingual picture books or adventure books
With lower level classes, picture books are often created according to the following plan: a) The students read or invent a story. b) They divide the story into separate episodes or pictures c) The students (alone or in …
Read more3. Multilingual student papers or wall boards
Different forms of student newspapers have been popular for a long time. This may also include notice boards and, more recently, digital means of communication. These can easily expand to include different languages, just as …
Read more4. Contributions to project weeks or exhibitions, like “our cultures”, “where we come from”, “great vacation destinations”, “our languages” etc.
The idea of arranging/hosting a special project week, or simply a project on a certain topic that involves different classes and utilizes the multilingual and multicultural resources of the students, should be eagerly welcomed in …
Read more5. Multilingual recipe collections
A multilingual collection of traditional recipes from various nations can be created, particularly in conjunction with regular education and home economics classes. This can be easily accomplished in two or more languages, whereby the recipes …
Read moreTable of Contents
- Preface to the series “Materials for heritage language teaching”
- Introduction
- I. Introduction: low-threshold level writing examples and activities to promote motivation
- 1. Preliminary exercise: shared story telling by turns, sequels or chain stories
- 2. Writing collectively: alternating, continued, chain or folded stories
- 3. Texts with a colon: picking words, and who, where, what stories
- 4. Skeleton stories, emotive word stories, scaffolding stories
- 5. Imaginative writing in different social forms
- 6. Short artistic and creative tasks with language (see also # 22)
- 7. Language riddles
- II. Techniques and strategies for the various phases of the writing process
- 8. Finding ideas, pre-structuring the text
- 9. Planning the structure of the text (see also #16, Suggestions for text building)
- 10. Using titles, subtitles and paragraphs to structure and design a text
- 11. Techniques for revision and self-correction
- 12. Writing for the target audience; designing and presenting attractive texts
- 13. Guidelines for the students: worksheets WS 1 + 2
- III. Ideas to further partial aspects of writing
- 14. Suggestions for vocabulary building I: working with word fields and expanded language tools
- 15. Suggestions for vocabulary building II: working with gap-fill exercises and alternative word tests, etc.
- 16. Suggestions for text building and structuring (see also # 9)
- 17. Suggestions for improving writing style I: practice with acting and discovering style
- 18. Suggestions for improving style II: writing and summarizing in a precise, clear and exciting manner
- 19. Hints for improving syntax and morphology
- IV. Ideas for specific writing contexts
- 20. Writing occasions that are particularly suitable for heritage language education
- 21. Suitable projects for cooperation with mainstream education classes
- 1. Multilingual poetry collection (eleven poems, etc.)
- 2. Multilingual picture books or adventure books
- 3. Multilingual student papers or wall boards
- 4. Contributions to project weeks or exhibitions, like “our cultures”, “where we come from”, “great vacation destinations”, “our languages” etc.
- 5. Multilingual recipe collections
- 22. Artistic-creative design projects with language
- Bibliography