Links to the Australian Curriculum
Each of the learning experiences in The Polyglots Go Camping is aligned to the Australian Curriculum: Languages, for Foundation to Year 2.
At the Pet Park
App 10 overview
At the Pet Park
The Polyglots at the Pet Park is set at a pet day-care centre that looks and feels like a happy pet park. Children learn nouns and adjectives for various pets and responses to ‘What is it?’
Language learning features
- Repetition: Words are repeated in meaningful contexts, providing many opportunities to hear the language.
- Visual cues: Visual cues and gestures are aligned with spoken language to reinforce and emphasise meaning. The app uses the interactive functionality of the tablet.
- Production: children have opportunities to produce the language. The learning experiences encourage children to mimic and play with sounds, words and short phrases.
Cultural references
Language learning experts emphasise the importance of linking language to culture. To inspire children’s curiosity about Spanish-speaking cultures, the learning experiences feature cultural items and characters from Spanish-speaking countries. Some of the cultural items can be found in other apps.
Unique learning experiences
Each school community is unique. Teachers will find a variety of ways to apply the learning experiences in The Polyglots at the Pet Park to a particular child, group of children, school or community.
Resources
Resources to extend ELLA into your playspaces
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App guide
A guide to App 10
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App 10 song
Download App 10 song
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App 10 ALA: Animal scrambler
Encourage your students to use the target language when identifying different types of pets.
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App 10 ALA: Bird trainer
Extend your student’s knowledge of pet names, by learning how to respond to the question, ‘What is it?’ in the target language.
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App 10 ALA: Pet check-in
Encourage your students to use the target language when measuring the length and weight of items.
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App 10 ALA: Photo booth
Incorporate the use of the target language when describing emotions.
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App 10 ALA: Puppy trainer
Encourage your students to use the target language by learning to give and follow instructions for training pets.
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Character artwork
Images of the Polyglots characters from App 10
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