You Put Your Right Foot In...

You put your right foot out, you put your right foot in and.... (sing it with me now) you shake it all about! I got the privilege of teaching an English camp to 10-13 yr olds who were native Russian speakers but who had had some introduction to English. Basically, this meant that they were supposed to have some concept of the language- some idea about words, sentences, basic stuff. They kind of did.
I'm letting you into a big secret, but my default when I teach is always to sing. Poeple love to sing silly songs, and I love to act a fool, so it is a perfect match. We had talked about prepositions and also about body parts, so I thought this would be the perfect way to practice. SO I stood them up and began the song that had usually been reserved for skating rink brithday parties. But it was a hit! Some things just translate. I mean, how could you really translate "HOKEY POKEY" into Russian anyway!