Cartoons Strips - DELA-NOBA

CartoonsStrips
Aims: Establishing links between languages through, among others, linguistic comparisons and
similarities.
Level:Primary1(age6-10)
Duration:Twoschoolhours(onehouris45min.)
Authors:SatuKoistinen,ZaschaKløve,RikkeDahlJensen,MettePoulsen
Cross-curricularlinks:Otherlanguages,art.
Objectives:
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Helpingstudentsdevelopapositiveattitudetowardsotherlanguages;
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Motivatingstudentstodiscovermeaningofwords;
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Helping students activate pre-existing linguistic knowledge and knowledge about the
differentcartoons;
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Helpingstudentsrecognizelinguisticpatterns.
Suggestedprocedure:
1. Match the different cartoon characters to the countries eg. Donald Duck, Aku Ankka in
Finnish,KalleAnkainSwedishandAndersOndinIcelandic.
2. Letthestudentsguessthenamesofthecartooncharaters
3. Preparestripswiththerealnames–letthestudentsmatch
4. Usethisworksheetasanexample.
English
Finnish
Danish
Turkish
Estonian
DonaldDuck
AkuAnkka
AndersAnd
DonaldAmca
PiilupartDonald
MickeyMouse
MikkiHiiri
MickeyMouse
MickeyFare
MikiHiir
Goofy
HessuHopo
Fedtmule
Gufi
Kupi
RoopeAnkka
JoakimvonAnd
Roope-setä
OnkelJoakim
VaryemezAmca
OnuRobert
Hewey, Dewey
Tupu,Hupu,Lupu Rip,Rap,Rup
andLewey
Cin,CanveCem
Hups,Tups,Lups
Popeye
Meremees
Popeye
UncleScrooge
Kippari-Kalle
SkipperSkræk
Findothernameshere:http://www.students.tut.fi/~eal/disney2.html
5. Lookatdifferentcartoonstripsfromnewspapersorcartooncoversfromaroundtheworld,
preferably the same cartoon in different languages, e.g. Tintin, Garfield, Donald Duck,
CalvinandHobbes,theMummis,Peanuts.
6. Comparethesoundwordse.g.PAW!UUUUF!KACHING!
7. Show a cartoon on YouTube or other media – talk about what is happening – let the
studentsuseguessingstrategies.
Extraactivities/Furtherdevelopment:Werecommendintegratingotherlanguagesinthisactivity
that are relevant in your context, including minority and regional languages, e.g. languages
representedinyourclassroom.
Worksheet:CartoonStrips
Matchthecharactersofthecartoonstotherightlanguage
English
Finnish
Danish
DonaldDuck
Turkish
Estonian
MickeyMouse Goofy
UncleScrooge
Hewey,Dewey
andLewey
Popeye