Aim of the activity The main aim is to widen linguistic awareness and make children aware that the sounds animals make in various languages are different. Preparation for the activity Open the YouTube video “BOW WOW MEOW” BY SEEDEEEP. You might also want to prepare cards as used in the video (for: dog, cat, pig, cockerel, cow). Procedure Step 1. Children watch the video and
Step 2. Discover, with your children, which sounds animals make in your family languages. Significant benefit of the activity Children are made aware of the different ways that languages represent animal languages and that there is no language such as “dog”, “cat” or “bird” but that humans use different onomatopoeic means to imitate these sounds. They become aware that there is no one-to-one relation between a concept in reality and its representation in language. Source of the activity “Bow wow meow” by seedeeep, This activity was inspired by: Prap L., 2006, Das tierische Wörterbuch, Gossau [u.a.]: Nord-Süd-Verlag. |