Colours of the Alphabet
In the elementary classroom
Provided by the Africa National Resource Centers of Indiana University, Boston University and University of Minnesota
INSTRUCTIONS fOR TEACHERS
Use this powerpoint to engage students in an interactive presentation - in one setting or month by month - with the goal to:
where is zambia?
how many border countries does zambia have?
can you find the capital of zambia?
what hemisphere is zambia in
When is Zambia’s winter?
When is Zambia’s summer?
there are over 60 languages in zambia
The main ones are Bemba, Chewa, Lozi, Lunda, Tonga
click here for an interactive map of languages of zambia
Map!
in the town of lwimba, children in grade 1 learn english. their mother tongue is soli.
definition
Mother tongue: the language heard and learned in the home environment
if you talk to a man in a language he understands, it goes to his head. if you talk to a man in his language, it goes to his heart.
How do you make sense of this statement?
Meet Annie,
the Grade 1 Teacher.
she mostly speaks Nyanga, and a little bit of soli.
Meet the children.
they speak soli and are learning english.
Do you think this would be hard? Why? Why not?
this is mbarak and his mother and sibling.
mom says:
“M'Barak is a good child
He really loves farming
Even during the rainy season. he sows the fields with us Anything I do, he always helps me with the work”
Are you like Mbarak? Do you help at home?
this is mbarak and his father.
dad says:
“In school, from January up to now
he's been trying, and now he's doing better in Maths but he's still having a lot of difficulty
in English”
Why do you think Mbarak might be having trouble in English?
this is 50 kwacha
mbarak is learning math in nyanga and english
Do you think it’d be easier for Mbarak to learn math in Soli?
50 Kw + 50 Kw = ?
In May, the crops are high. the children write
my name is ______
What do you think of the children’s progress throughout the year?
Zambia
became independent
on october 24, 1964
Kenneth Kaunda, Zambia’s first president, and a former school teacher
Stand and sing of Zambia, proud and free,
Land of work and joy in unity,
Victors in the struggle for the right,
We've won freedom's fight.
All one, strong and free.
Zambia’s national anthem
it’s july
the kids are reading their colors in english.
Why do you think Soli is not taught at school? Do you think it should be? Why/Why not?
debate
should soli be taught by teachers at school?
Pro | Cons |
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