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ure 3: Four texts (English, Irish, French, Mandarin) written in the person of Marceline
by a Chinese pupil in Sixth Class (11½+ years old)
2.3.4 Autonomous language learning initiatives
From an early age, pupils undertake ambitious language-related projects
of their own devising and in addition to the work required by the teach-
er. For example, to celebrate the European Day of Languages, one Second
Class teacher taught her class the song “It’s a Small World”. The pupils then
decided to ask their parents to help them translate the chorus into their re-
spective home languages. For a week they spent breaks in the school yard
teaching one another the various versions until the whole class was able
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by a Chinese pupil in Sixth Class (11½+ years old)
2.3.4 Autonomous language learning initiatives
From an early age, pupils undertake ambitious language-related projects
of their own devising and in addition to the work required by the teach-
er. For example, to celebrate the European Day of Languages, one Second
Class teacher taught her class the song “It’s a Small World”. The pupils then
decided to ask their parents to help them translate the chorus into their re-
spective home languages. For a week they spent breaks in the school yard
teaching one another the various versions until the whole class was able
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