Piggy pedagogy

Piggy pedagogy

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Media today 7: Snake shows

Like me and not unlike his mommy, J loves snakes. 


J und das listigste der Tiere


Most good snake shows are in English, but several can be found dubbed into German. J has seen so many in both German and English that he has developed quite a wide specialized vocabulary. Tonight we watched Austin Stevens' "Sieben Schlangen, sieben Bisse" (50 min.), one we haven't seen before, and which featured some new snakes. I play uninformed, ask J leading questions, and just let him rattle on. 


Stefan Broghammer of Reptil.TV

In my view, the best original German snake show is Reptil.TV (which is about other reptiles, too). Besides being excellently produced and very detailed and informative about the animals in a non-sensationalistic way, it has the additional L2 benefit of featuring a narrator (Stefan Broghammer) with a Swabian accent and many guests with other different regional accents.  

Age 4.12.12 

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