In one of my classes we've just finished up weather, so my teacher thought it would be fun to show the kids the title song from Singin' in the Rain. After we watched that a few times, I took the opprotunity to show them the Singin' in the Rain/Umbrella mashup from Glee. They all know Rihanna anyway, so this went over pretty well.
I've successfully used a Glee song in class now. My work here is done.
Then later, I printed up some flashcards of desserts for my CM2 students and I was going through them with a teacher saying all the words in English to make sure we were on the same page. He stopped me when I got to "jello" and asked what it is, so I googled it and explained "et ça bouge, aussi" (and it moves, too) while making wiggly hand motions. The teacher looked absolutely horrified and kept repeating "quelle horreur" over and over and shuddering. I tried to tell him it was good but he insisted that you can't eat such a thing. "Mais, on peut pas manger ça..."
There's always room for Jell-O!
I just found it hilarious that someone from a country that eats frogs and brains and snails and has entire dead animals for sale in the market place to cook for dinner could be grossed out by Jell-O.
I'm an Assistante de langue in Angoulême, France, teaching primary school for 7 months - basically, trying to teach little ones that "how are you" and "how old are you" are 2 different things. I'm also a cultural ambassador, which means I try to teach "that's what she said" to as many people as possible. When appropriate. Other goals include eating a lot of goat cheese, trying to pronounce "myrtille" correctly, and looking for a French pop singer to marry. Stay tuned!
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