Pupil asks teacher: ,What's the question again?’
Girl asks me how to ask somebody's name. This is the same girl I practised this
with 3/4 times last week
Pupils practise question and answer in pairs
Techer moves on to next question: 'Quel age as-tu?'
Class repeats in chorus
4 hands go up
One girl offers: 'once' another: 'Je onze ans'
Teacher: 'Not 'Je' but 'J'ai'
Class repeats a series of phrases with different ages
Lots of 'Tschai' for J'ai
Written explanation on the board might have helped to clarify the difference
between 'J'ai, and 'Je'
Class starts to lose concentration
Teacher asks: Quel age as-tu?'
Pupil answers: 'Je m'appelle...'
One girl, same as last week, refers to the notes she made and her worksheets
Pupil offers: 'Tschai onze ans',
Teacher ignores pronunciation error: Tres bien'
Teacher moves on to: 'Ou habites-tu?'
I offer: 'J'habite ð Acton'
Class picks up what this means
Same boy as last week sent to comer for disrupting
Class works out that 'J'habite', means 'I live'
Teacher goes on to worksheet
Another boy is asked to stand up in corner for misbehaving
On worksheet there are children registering at a youth hostel
Teacher asks what a youth hostel is
Suggestions from children: a city, a place you go when you get lost, a mental
hospital, a place where you can stay like a B and B
Teacher exIains concept of youth hostel
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