Aim of the activity This activity helps develop listening skills and combine them with actions, i.e. dancing. Preparation for the activity Download YouTube video – the first LINK provides you with words in the above-mentioned languages, the second shows search results in You Tube and LINKS TO THE VIDEO IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. Procedure Watch the video, identify the instructions and moves, then dance and sing along. You could also try to watch the video in a different language and do as suggested above, like: Chi Chi Wah Spanish Tsjoe Tsjoe Wa Nederlands Significant benefit of the activity Listening and singing to a video and dancing is fun, makes the language input more interesting and broadens language awareness. Source of the activity Multilingual Families Project “Chi Chi Wah”, lyrics (in English, Spanish, German, French and Dutch) and video, “Chi Chi Wah Song” in different languages – see search results, This activity was inspired by: A holiday experience. The children danced to a Dutch version they had a lot of fun with this language. |