Greet in different languages

To become familiar with foreign languages, develop the culture of modern languages ​​and openness to the world, we can offer students a discovery of the different ways of greeting each other around the world.

First, students will watch the entire video and express themselves freely on the content. On the second viewing, they will be asked to concentrate on the interactions between the characters and their exchanges. To discover different languages ​​and alphabets, view the screenshot at 1’27 showing the “hello” bubbles in different languages.

Ask students about their knowledge of other languages. Ask them if they recognize any words? Letters? What could be the meaning of the words presented? Explain to them that each bubble is made up of the same message: have them find out what this message is. -> “hello” Ask: “Have you ever heard the word “hello” in other languages? If yes, in what situations? »

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Extension and transversal resources

• Create a lottery or memory game with the words discovered in the different languages ​​to associate the language with writing or its pronunciation.
• Practice recognizing and pronouncing it using the videos on the Dijon academy website.
• In musical education: learning to sing “Hello world”.
• In visual arts: create a supporting background on which we will paste different writings recovered from various packaging (newspapers, instructions for use, books, comics, advertisements, food packaging, etc.).