French GCSE Speaking and Writing Handout with 39 ‘Ingredients’, Examples and Translations
Useful French GCSE Speaking and Writing Phrases for Grades 4-9 Sometimes I wonder if we give students too many handouts. Especially when I consider how often they look at them. Or on the other side of the scale, how reliant…
- French, French GCSE, French GCSE Listening Skills, French GCSE Reading Skills, French GCSE Writing Skills, Uncategorized, Vocabulary Learning
Les réseaux sociaux – French GCSE Listening Lesson
GCSE French Listening Lesson on Social Media and Social Networks Social media and ‘les réseaux sociaux’ are a staple part of most young peoples’ lives in the 21st century. Therefore, I feel they are excellent themes to include in French GCSE…
- French, French GCSE, French GCSE Speaking Skills, French GCSE Writing Skills, German, German GCSE, German GCSE Speaking Skills, German GCSE Writing Skills, MFL GCSE Speaking Skills, MFL Skills Development, Teaching Tips, Uncategorized, Vocabulary Learning
First Lesson After Christmas Break – Top 5 Activities for the Language Classroom
Get the new year off to a fantastic and productive start with my TOP 5 ACTIVITIES FOR THE LANGUAGE CLASSROOM below, which are absolutely perfect to get students in the right frame of mind for learning from the first lesson…
- French, French GCSE, French GCSE Speaking Skills, French GCSE Writing Skills, German, German GCSE, German GCSE Speaking Skills, German GCSE Writing Skills, MFL GCSE Speaking Skills, MFL Skills Development, Teaching Tips, Uncategorized, Vocabulary Learning
Useful Time Fillers for All Language Classes
Use Time Wisely with These Time Fillers for Every Language Classroom From my experience of teaching French and German GCSE and A Levels, I know there is not a lot of need for time fillers. Mainly, because there is so…
- French, French GCSE, French GCSE Speaking Skills, French GCSE Writing Skills, German, German GCSE, German GCSE Speaking Skills, German GCSE Writing Skills, MFL GCSE Speaking Skills, MFL Skills Development, Teaching Tips, Uncategorized, Vocabulary Learning
Vocabulary Revision Challenge Dominoes – Tip Of The Week 7
No-Prep Dominoes Revision Vocabulary Challenge Could you use a no-prep vocabulary activity to help Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4 or Key Stage 5 students of French, German, Spanish or other modern language to develop vocabulary through synonyms or antonyms?…
- French, French GCSE, French GCSE Speaking Skills, French GCSE Writing Skills, German GCSE, German GCSE Speaking Skills, German GCSE Writing Skills, MFL GCSE Speaking Skills, MFL Skills Development, Teaching Tips, Uncategorized
Spontaneous Speaking Activity – Tip of the Week – Edition 6
Who loves speaking in another languages? Me! However, when it comes to speaking in a different language, finding enough opportunity in the classroom can be quite tricky. This week’s Teaching Tip of The Week is a fun, low-prep and low-cost spontaneous…
- French, French GCSE, French GCSE Speaking Skills, French GCSE Writing Skills, German, German GCSE, German GCSE Speaking Skills, German GCSE Writing Skills, MFL GCSE Speaking Skills, Teaching Tips, Uncategorized, Vocabulary Learning
Teaching Activity Of The Week – Edition 5
TEACHING IDEA OF THE WEEK – EDITION 5 – SYNONYMS AND ANTONYMS CHALLENGE This week, I used a really good starter in my English lessons (adaptable to French, German and Spanish etc). The teaching activity got my students thinking as soon…
- French GCSE, French GCSE Speaking Skills, French GCSE Writing Skills, German GCSE Speaking Skills, German GCSE Writing Skills, MFL GCSE Speaking Skills, Teaching Tips, Uncategorized
Progress in MFL Writing and Speaking GCSEs
Progress is a key factor for language teachers and students in Modern Foreign Language at KS3 and KS4. Looking to spruce up your Modern Languages display with useful resources to improve students’ speaking and writing for GCSE Modern Languages, including…
- French, French GCSE, French GCSE Speaking Skills, French GCSE Writing Skills, German, German GCSE, German GCSE Speaking Skills, German GCSE Writing Skills, MFL GCSE Speaking Skills, MFL Skills Development, Teaching Tips, Uncategorized, Vocabulary Learning
Emojis Vocabulary Builder – Condensed Version
The Emoji Mindmap Trend Last year, I saw Dannielle Warren using the Emoji Mindmap that she had put together from a Google image, which included a massive number of emojis to annotate on to recap and improve vocabulary, the idea…
- French, French GCSE, French GCSE Speaking Skills, French GCSE Writing Skills, German, German GCSE, German GCSE Speaking Skills, German GCSE Writing Skills, MFL GCSE Speaking Skills, Teaching Tips, Uncategorized
KS3 French and GCSE French Writing Marksheet
French Writing GCSE and KS3 Marksheet I started teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) in an adult education college in 2009 and although I did set writing homework, it was voluntary. So, I wasn’t obliged to do lots…
