1.
Using ‘literature’ to support
primary language teaching.
lisibo.com
@lisibo
Language Show 2021 14th November
Lisa
Stevens

2.
DEFINITION
https://www.merriam-
webster.com/dictionary/literature

3.
PRINTED MATTER

4.
SONG
• community
• all involved
• low risk
• catchy
• ‘background’
• easy to use

5.
SONG
https://youtu.be/PYfaNzQgFrk
https://youtu.be/tOj4hEk2CtU
https://youtu.b
e/yW9zLWBkk
qk
from
Lightbulb
Languag
es Unit
10

6.
Hello to all the children of the world.
https://youtu.be/Hsbfw-h4euw
Hands of the World project – How far we’ll
go!
https://youtu.be/FvNXGr6SFL0
Let’s Go Cultural! Hello song
https://youtu.be/JSV1Ggcut6o

7.
CHANTING
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
-ug8xNFPZAc&t=5s
Linking music and languages
https://changing-
phase.blogspot.com/2021/08/music-and-
languages.html

8.
RHYMES
• rhythm
• rhyme
• short
• catchy
• sometimes linked to a
game
• call and response

9.
Phonics
Marie-Odile Guillou
Rachel Hawkes
Sue Cave
Noémie
Neighbou
r
- Italian
Leigh McClelland -
German

10.
Slide from LightBulbLanguages

11.
• rhythm
• rhyme
• figurative language
• structure
• introduce to writers in the
language of study
This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA

12.
NATIONAL POETRY DAY
https://twitter.com/whcps/status/1446082787786756096?s=20
https://twitter.com/whcps/status/1446082787786756096?s=20
https://twitter.com/whcps/status/1446100113462546442?s=20

13.
POETRY
http://lisibo.com/2021/02/un-paisaje-para-que-los-pintes-gloria-
fuertes/
http://lisibo.com/2021/02/en-un-pais-magico-gloria-fuertes/

14.
PROSODY
Doña Pito Piturra
Tiene unos guantes,
Doña Pito Piturra
Muy elegantes
.
Doña Pito Piturra
Tiene un sombrero,
Doña Pito Piturra
Con un plumero.
http://lisibo.com/2011/07/dona-pito-
piturra/
story –based on Yummy Yucky -
https://www.lightbulblanguages.co.uk/resour
ces/PrimarySpanish/yucky-yummy-v2.ppt

15.
STORIES
• familiar
• comforting
• non threatening
• repetitive
• adaptable
• stimulus
This
Photo
by
Unknown
Author
is
licensed
under
CC
BY-SA-NC

16.
This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC

17.
Numbers

18.
ANIMALS
Link to La Selva
EL CARNVAL DE LOS ANIMALES
d
shared by Angela
Smith
Ce n’est pas une giraffe.
Ce n’est pas un poisson
C’est une giraffon!
Is it un or une? How do
we decide?
A favourite with
Y2

19.
STRANGE ANIMALS
Animals disguise themselves as other animals
http://lisibo.com/2019/04/strange-animals/

20.
SHAPES KS1/LKS2
Thanks to CharlotteB-f for
sharing
https://youtu.be/X_b4O6Ko_3g
from

21.
SHAPES UKS2
http://lisibo.com
/2017/05/veo-
veo-a-rubio-y-o-
villan/
http://lisibo.com
/2020/01/using-
a-game-for-
learning-
prepositions-
teachprimary-
issue-14-1/
https://www.slideshare.net/lisibo/year
-3-spanish-story-making
https://www.slideshare.n
et/lisibo/senor-cabeza-
naranja-mod

22.
USING A BOOK
http://lisibo.com/2021/09/hip
opotama-feliz-pato-enojado/
question form
estar + adjective
emotions
masc/fem
muy (bastante)
-ito/a
Two presentations
(books available in other
languages!)
http://lisibo.com/2020/11/tak
e-one-book-phorum-
presentation/
http://lisibo.com/2021/03/tak
e-one-book-v2-lw2021/

23.
VERBS - ESTAR

24.
WRITING IN
RESPONSE
Play with language
Rewrite stories
Apply grammatical knowledge
Models to new versions
Adding ‘bells and whistles’

25.
OTHER
EXAMPLES

26.
VERBS - PODER

27.
VERBS
- ar verbs (and some
others)
3rd person
singular and plural

28.
SER + COLORES

29.
GPS

30.
PSHE

31.
CELEBRATING
THE JOY OF
LANGUAGES

32.
CHAPTER
BOOKS
http://lisibo.com/2016/03/la-maravillosa
medicina-de-jorge-wbd2016/
http://lisibo.com/2018/11/teachprimary-
ks2-mfl-lesson-plan-by-me/

33.
PICTURE BOOKS

34.
LANGUAGE GREATS

35.
http://lisibo.com/2010/04/wallwisher/
Antonio
Machado – La
Primavera

36.
NON FICTION TEXTS
https://animalandia.educa.madrid.org/

37.
MAKE YOUR OWN!

38.
• Outdoor learning
• Recycling previous vocabulary in new
contexts
• Providing a core of vocabulary plus
choices
• An opportunity to be original
http://lisibo.com/2014/06/seasonal-
poems/
LOS COLORES DE LAS
ESTACIONES

39.
HELPFUL REFERENCES
ALL Literature Wiki
Pinterest links to research on Storytelling and stories
in language learning
Pinterest board of online stories
Blogposts on books on ¡Vámonos! - lots of posts!
article on storytelling in Teach Primary
GoogleDocs of my library! covers Spanish, French,
German, other languages, ICU books, reference and
non fiction

40.
Lisa Stevens
Twitter @lisibo
lisibo@me.com
Website: www.lisibo.com
Pinterest - www.pinterest.co.uk/lisibo/