14. As-tu des frères et des soeurs?
8. where do you live? 8. where do you live? Где ты живешь?
Activities
WARM UP ❑ Before watching film 8 A1, make a list of any Russian cities the class know already. What do they know about the cities? Some children may have heard of Russian Premier League Football teams such as Spartak Moscow, Dynamo Moscow or Zenit Saint-Petersburg; others may remember that the 2014 Winter Olympics were held in Sochi on the Black Sea. ❑ Watch film 8 A1: “Where do you live?” London: we see images of London and hear how Russian speakers pronounce the name of the city. Katya and Oscar say that they live in London. Deal: We then visit Deal, a small town on the Kent coast. Sergei tells us that he lives in Deal. Kiev: Katya is speaking to her grandma via Skype. She tells us that Grandma lives in Kiev. We see images of Kiev and Grandma says that Film 8 A1: Oscar lives in London: “Я живу в Лондоне” she lives in Kiev. We then see images of different Russian cities. We hear the names pronounced and then children saying that they live in the cities: Moscow, Saint-Petersburg, Sochi, Novosibirsk, Vladivostk, Murmansk. Question and answer: Russian children living in the UK answer the question “Where do you live?”
Cities in the UK and Ireland GET USED TO THE SOUNDS - online flashcards with sound and optional text ❑ Before showing the flashcards, explain to the children that when you say “I live in”, you add an “e” to the name of the place. The flashcards show this clearly: first you see an image of a city and hear the name of the city pronounced. The next flashcard presents the phrase “I live in + city” so that pupils can clearly hear the additional “e”. There are, of course, some exceptions (See HOW RUSSIAN WORKS 1). To keep things simple, you could just say that a few cities don’t follow this rule. n You could ask them to listen carefully to the flashcards and see if they can spot which of the cities does not have the final “e”. (Я живу в Глазго - I live in Glasgow)
SHOW 08 FLASHCARDS: UK and Ireland cities ❑ Echoing: Show each flashcard with sound and text ON. Pupils echo the phrases. From watching film A1 and listening to the flashcards, pupils will recognise that most British or international towns and cities have the same name in Russian – just add some Russian accent to it! ❑ Echoing: Now it is time for the children to say where THEY live: The class puppet asks you where you live - “Где ты живешь?” You tell the puppet which town you live in, e.g. “Я живу в + your town with ‘e” at the end and a “Russian accent”! Pupils echo the phrase. Note: Some towns may be better pronounced without the extra “e” - especially any ending in a vowel or “...ow” e.g. Glasgow, Harlow.
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EARLY START RUSSIAN online Teacher Preparation
A1: NEW WORDS AND PHRASES
Some Russian cities
Где ты живешь?
Москва - Moscow Санкт-Петербург - Saint Petersburg
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Новосибирск - Novosibirsk
Where do you live? Я живу в Москве I live in Moscow
Я живу в Санкт-Петербурге I live in Saint Petersburg Я живу в Лондоне I live in London Я живу в Кардифе I live in Cardiff Я живу в Глазго 2 I live in Glasgow Я живу в Сочи I live in Sochi
Мурманск - Murmansk Сочи - Sochi
Capital city of Ukraine
Киев - Kiev Cities in Britain & Ireland Лондон - London Кардиф - Cardiff Белфаст - Belfast
Click the online Teacher Preparation section which presents the pronunciation of all the new words and phrases - together with simple language awareness points.
Дублин - Dublin
Глазго - Glasgow
RESPOND WITH UNDERSTANDING ❑ You (or the class puppet) say that you live in several different places. When the children hear the statement that is true for them, they jump up. e.g. “Я живу в Лондоне”, (I live in London); “Я живу в Кардифе”, (I live in Cardiff); “Я живу в your town + “e”. You can repeat this lots of times to make it into a game and to practise listening skills. ❑ You can extend this game by saying other familiar phrases, e.g. “Мне 10 лет” (I’m 10 years old). Pupils stand up when they hear anything that is true for them.
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HOW RUSSIAN WORKS 1:
Saying which town or city you live in
If you are sayin that you live IN a town or city, you add “-e” to the name of the town, e.g. “Я живу в Москве” (I live in Moscow). This can be heard when the phrase is pronounced as well as being shown in text.
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Inevitably there are a few exceptions: you don’t need the additional “-e” if the name of the town ends in a vowel which isn’t “-a” or “-я”, e.g. “Я живу в Сочи” (I live in Sochi) and “Я живу в Глазго” (I live in Glasgow)
❑ Let the class puppet move around the room asking different children where they live. The puppet asks, “Где ты живешь?”; pupils reply, “Я живу в your town + “e”. ❑ Play "town chain" in groups Pupils 1 says, ““Я живу в ... naming their town or village (+"e"), and asks the next child where s/ he lives, “Где ты живешь?” Pupil 2 answers, then asks pupil 3 and so on round the group.
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14. As-tu des frères et des soeurs?
8. where do you live?
n Play “town chain” as a race. To win, a group must finish first and use the correct Russian phrases!
Some Russian cities ❑ Before watching film 8 A1 again, look back at the list you made of Russian cities the children had heard of. What do they remember about these cities? ❑ Watch film 8 A1: “Where do you live?” again to set the scene for finding out more about some key Russian cities. GET USED TO THE SOUNDS - online flashcards with sound and optional text
SHOW 08 FLASHCARDS: Russian cities ❑ Echoing: Show each flashcard with sound and text ON. Pupils echo the phrases. ❑ Cultural awareness: Show the presentation “Russian cities” which gives pupils interesting information about why these cities are important. ❑ Play “Where do you live in Russia? 1” Everyone stands in a circle with you in the middle. You say, for example, “Я живу в Москве” (I live in Moscow). You then ask one of the children where they live, “Где ты живешь?” As you ask the question, throw a soft ball to the child 1 who catches the ball and says where s/he lives e.g. “Я живу в Новосибирск” (I live in Novosibirsk) as s/he throws the ball back to you. Repeat this until everyone has had a turn. Encourage the children to say they live in a different city from the one you mention. However, less confident pupils may begin by choosing to echo the same city as you. ❑ Play “Where do you live in Russia? 2” Give each child a map of Russia with ONE town ringed; that is their home town. They walk round, asking each other where they live, “Где ты живешь?” until they find a partner from the same town. Swap maps to play again.
CROSS CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
❑ Geography and ICT: research Pupils can choose a Russian city to research. It could be one of the cities introduced in this chapter, or another interesting city e.g. Vladivostok - Владивосток, Samara - Самара, Arkhangelsk - Архáнгельск, Perm - Пермь, Yaroslavl - Ярославль. They could present the information they discover in a variety of ways: n Create a PowerPoint n Drawings / bullet points n Create a poster on the computer ❑ Geography and ICT: climate Pupils can research the climate in a variety of Russian cities. What are the lowest temperatures recorded in Winter? What are the highest temperatures in Summer? Pupils can record their findings as a graph. 35 35
EARLY START RUSSIAN â?‘ Art and design: Children can design a freize or display illustrating interesting facts about key Russian cities. â?‘ Literacy - creative writing: Pupils could write (in their own mother tongue) a story or diary entry about experiences on a journey they would like to make to Russia. How will they travel? What is the purpose of the journey? What will they do when they get there?
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