In order to effectively teach the body part vocabulary I have learned this semester, I would organize a very active vocabulary learning session. Some of the words I could teach would include:
कंधे (kandhe, shoulders)
दिल (dil, heart)
मुंह (mooh, mouth)
सिर (seer, head)
घुटने (ghutne, knees)
उंगलियों (ungleeyan, toes)
आंखें (ankhay, eyes)
कान (kan, ears)
नाक (nak, nose)
दांत (dant, teeth)
I would write the words for the students, and then have the students practice pronouncing each word, while pointing to that part of their body. Once the students were somewhat comfortable with the vocabulary, we could play a game of Simon Says. "Aapka mooh chuheeay, appka kan chooheeay, etc." In addition, we could adapt the song, "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes" to learn vocabulary. The English words would be replaced by their Hindi equivalents while keeping the familiar tune the same.
Head, shoulders knees and toes (x2)
सिर, कंधे, घुटने, और उंगलियों
सिर, कंधे, घुटने, और उंगलियों
And eyes, and ears and mouth and nose
और आंखें और कान और मुंह और नाक
Head, shoulders knees and toes
सिर, कंधे, घुटने, और उंगलियों
When trying this activity out, I found that it was relatively successful. I think the effectiveness of the activity would be improved in a classroom setting where each student learning the vocabulary would be surrounded by others learning the same vocabulary. This way, if the student could not remember a particular word, he could look around the room and see other students pointing to their head, or their eyes, or whichever word we were on. This would create an association between the vocabulary and the visual stimulation for each word.
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