了解世界，从语言开始 | 双语部二年级“环游世界”主题活动

语言搭起了沟通的桥梁，有效的沟通则可以帮助我们表达自己，建立关系，如何进行有效沟通呢？北京王府外国语小学双语部二年级的孩子们以此为中心思想进行了积极的探究学习，并在11月26日举办了以“环游世界”为主题的年级活动。

UOI（单元探究）课程学习中，孩子们已经讨论了有效的交流方式，探究了符号和标志的历史及其演变，了解了盲文和摩斯密码等有关知识。

本次活动展示之前，两个班的学生共分成了10个小组，分别选择了加拿大、泰国、日本等10个国家，以小组表演的形式向其他学生展示所选国家的特色文化。

来自2.2班的梁松泽、李秦清和王子翼，带来了一段关于埃及的表演。表演开始，只见李秦清躺在了事先准备的椅子上，梁松泽给大家讲解了一段关于“灵魂重量”的故事，以此为依据判断为“好人”或“坏人”，接着，梁松泽便开始制作”木乃伊”了。这一组的展示融表演与解说于一体，知识性满格又精彩有趣。

来自2.1班的吴凯歌、周星妤、王宇凡和万米亚则带来了一段关于西班牙的表演。万米亚作为一名汽车司机，正带着她的乘客们游览西班牙美景呢。仔细听，他们问好时说的不是“你好”也不是“hello”，而是“hola”。在他们的精心表演下，其他孩子们也掌握了用西班牙语问候的技能！

每组表演结束后，屏幕上都会出示与表演国家有关的问题，王一辰老师带来了全新即时的评价反馈工具Plickers。孩子们使用手中的二维码卡片进行选择答题，王一辰老师则利用APP一次扫描所有的二维码，大屏幕上即可获得学生的答题情况。Plickers的运用，增加了学生答题的积极性和参与度。

△学生使用plickers答题

小组展示有序进行着，为了增加活动的观赏性，2.1班和2.2班的学生还分别带来了泰国和日本的特色舞蹈。优美的舞姿、欢快的音乐，带着我们在不同的国度畅游。

活动的最后迎来了最激动人心的颁奖时刻，本次共设置了“最佳激动人心奖、最具观赏性奖、最佳创意奖、最具趣味性奖、最佳惊喜奖”以及“最佳勇气奖”等六个奖项，老师们综合孩子们台前幕后的表现，进行了公平公正的评奖。孩子们收获的不仅仅是老师们的肯定，更有来自于小组合作探究后收获的喜悦。

本次二年级组活动选择以“我们如何表达自己”这一单元为展示单元，以“环游世界”表演的形式展示了十个国家不同的沟通方式，是孩子们对“有效的沟通帮助我们表达自己、建立关系”这一中心思想的又一次积极探索。

Learning about languages to better understand the world

PYP Grade 2 event “Travel around the world.”

Languages are the building block foundations of communication. Effectively communicating allows us to better express ourselves as well as build and facilitate relationships. The question is: How do we communicate effectively? To better understand how to effectively communicate with one another, our second grader friends in the PYP program participated in an interactive inquiry lesson based on the central theme of effective communication.

In our UOI class, students had already discussed and learned various, effective ways to communicate with one another, explored the history and evolution behind different modes of communication, and learned about specific communicative codes such as Braille and Morse Code.

Prior to holding this event, two of our classes combined, and we separated students into ten different groups; each group then chose a different country, such as Canada, Thailand, and Japan, to learn about its cultural characteristics. After researching collectively as a group, students were required to showcase what they learned through performances.

Kayden, Mia, and Jeffrey from Class 2.2 prepared an amazing performance about Egypt. Their performance revolved around how Egyptian cultures in the old days determined a man from good and bad. As the performance began, Mia was lying on a chair they had prepared, and Kayden began to talk about a story about the weight of a person’s soul in Egyptian culture. They talked about how in Egyptian culture, the gods will determine whether a man is good or bad based on the soul’s weight. Kayden even demonstrated how to make a mummy. This group’s performance was a mixture of both acting and explaining. Not only was it full of knowledge, it was very interesting as well.

Brian, Sally, Ethan, and Amelia from Class 2.1 prepared a performance about Spain. Amelia role-played a car driver, and she took her “passengers” on a journey to explore the beauty of Spain. As the audience pays close attention to this group’s performance, it’s very important to note how these students are greeting each other. They were not saying “Ni Hao” nor “Hello.” They are actually saying “Hola!” This performance was very creative and meticulous in that it allowed other students to master greeting skills in Spanish!

After each group’s performance, there were follow-up questions that were related to that particular country. Mr. Alex introduced a new technological tool called Plickers. Students scanned QR codes in order to answer questions; after Mr. Alex scanned all QR codes through Plickers, students’ responses were shown on the screen. Using a new APP not only increased students’ level of enthusiasm for this activity, it also drastically raised participation rates as well.

In order to fully maximize students’ cultural knowledge about different countries during the event, students from Class 2.1 and 2.2 also prepared special dance performances from Thailand and Japan. Beautiful dance moves as well as cheerful background music allowed everyone to really “travel” around the world better.

The most exciting moments of awards happened at the end of the event. There were six awards for this event which includes the “most exciting award”, “most entertaining award”, “most creative award”, “most interesting award”, “most surprising award”, and “most courageous award”. The teachers conducted a fair evaluation based on students’ performances. Students not only received affirmation from the teachers, but also receive joy from the exploration and cooperation.

Our second grader friends chose “How We Express Ourselves” as the central unit for the event. Students chose to prepare various performances to showcase how ten different countries utilizes their own languages in order to communicate effectively. At the end of the day, this event was an alternative way to explore our overarching theme of “effective communication allows us to better express ourselves as well as build and facilitate relationships.” This time, our students “traveled” around the world, specifically focusing on various languages.

投稿｜陈利娜、李心钰

编辑｜晓婉

审核｜Amanda