Quiz Quiz Trade – Fun Vocabulary Building Activity for Language Lessons
Background into Vocabulary Building British Linguist, David Crystal states: Vocabulary is a matter of word-building, as well as word use. I totally agree with him. You have to learn vocabulary, but physically use it too. That’s why Quiz Quiz Trade is an effective vocabulary building activity for language lessons. Not only does it combine vocabulary building, it promotes understanding, as well as meaningful interaction between people. That’s what language learning is about right, communication and interaction between people? Many language teaching professionals advise not to teach vocabulary in isolation. Whilst, I agree with this theory to some extent, according to the National Reading Panel (2000), one principle of effective vocabulary…
Fun KS3 French & German Summer School Sessions in July & August
This July and August, get your children feeling language confident by enrolling them in our fun & interactive French or German Summer School sessions for KS3 students.ย โ Our language classes are tailored to students traditionally in year 7, year 8 and year 9.โ Your children are taught in small groups and meet at least 3 times a week to maximise learning.โ Children will be taught by our friendly, highly qualified and experienced language tutor.โ The sessions will cover the topics and themes in the National Secondary Level French and/or German Curriculum.ย Which language will your children learn this summer? French or German?! Read on to find out more details…
50 Great Websites and Teaching Apps for Language Lessons
Easy To Use Teaching Websites and Apps for Language Teachers to Use In Their Lessons Since mid-March, we’ve had to adapt our teaching methods. Teachers have had to embrace technology to a degree, or feel like they are drowning in the myriad of emails from students they have received. At least that’s how I felt! I know for some the change has been quite welcome. For others, not so much. If you’re still in the phase of sticking to Zoom or Teams, or don’t feel confident with technology, branch out a little. My list of 50 Great Websites and Teaching Apps for Language Teachers includes the websites I have been…
Low-Prep Speaking and Vocabulary Practice Activity for Language Lessons – Taboo
Easy To Play Vocabulary and Speaking Practice Game for the Language Classroom As usual, I am always on the hunt for useful speaking and vocabulary activities for vocabulary and speaking practice! Especially low-prep speaking tasks to help my language learners to develop confidence in speaking. Luckily, I remembered this one recently and have used it with some of my KS3 German students for general speaking practice, as well as for food & drink practice. Taboo is a very low-prep, easy to play vocabulary practice speaking game. The activity is an oldie, but definitely a goodie! This speaking game with a vocabulary focus definitely works better face to face, especially with…
Fun Vocabulary Game for All Language Lessons with No Prep – 10 Words
Fast-Paced, Fun and Competitive Vocabulary Activity for All Language Classrooms If you are like me and get flustered easily when things aren’t working well at the beginning of your language lesson or you have a few minutes to spare during an English, French, German or Spanish lesson, try this fast-paced, competitiveย fun vocabulary game for language lessons out with your groups. This topic based vocabulary game for language lessons: is a relay-race has a competitive element to get all students in your class involved and stay on task is absolutely no-prep can be used for ANY topic is suitable for most levels (probably any level higher than CEFR A1.2) takes around…
Authentic School & Holiday French Interview with Belgian Pupils for Listening Practice
Authentic French Interview Clip for French Listening Practice on Schools and Holidays The more authentic French listening practice clips I can find, the happier I feel! In fact, when an ex-colleague of mine from Belgium gave me this video clip with him interviewing two students, it made me start thinking of all the ways I could use it! If you need some authentic French listening practice for GCSE French students, or students learning French who are studying the topic of holidays or school, this will hopefully be very useful to you!ย The 5 minute 35 seconds French video clip is in the format of a French interview between the teacher…
GCSE German Social Networks & Daily Technology Listening Lesson
GCSE German Social Media Listening Lesson Revision and Practice I needed a social networks and technology listening lesson for my GCSE German students whilst on lock-down. However, I couldn’t find any suitable resources. Ideally, I was looking for listening practice materials covering the themes of different social networks. For example, Facebook, Whats App, Instagram and YouTube. Since I couldn’t find any suitable social media audio clips for German intermediate level students, I created my own!ย This GCSE German Social Media and Technology in Every Day Life listening lesson is perfect for independent work! So, complete this GCSE social networks and technology listening lesson practice as homework, revision, distance learning work…
Family and Relationships GCSE German Listening Lesson Practice
My Family & Relationships German Listening Lesson for Practice and Revision If you are a GCSE German student, an intermediate German level learner or German teacher looking for some authentic German listening practice on the topic of ‘meine Familie’, then you are in the right place. My authentic family & relationships German listening practice lesson comes with a native-speaker read audio clip, as well as activities for students. What is included in this โMeine Familieโ Listening Practice Lesson? This lower-intermediate to intermediate level German listening lesson includes a 340-word transcript, verbatim MP3 audio file. You will also findย 5 student-focused activities included. These five tasks assess the students’ listening comprehension,…
Mein Haus GCSE German, Intermediate & DaF Listening Lesson with Audio, Transcript & Activities
Mein Zuhause – My Home – Mein Haus Intermediate German Listening Practice and Revision Lesson If you are an intermediate German student looking for some listening practice or a German teacher looking for original German listening practice material, then my listening lesson will certainly help. Supplement your intermediate German lessons on the topic of ,mein Haus’ or ,mein Zuhause’ with this lesson suitable for A2/B1 level German students, GCSE German students, German Highers students, High School learners or DaF students.ย ย What is included in this ‘Mein Haus’ listening lesson? The intermediate level listening lesson on ,Mein Haus’ includes a 300-word transcript, verbatim MP3 audio file and 5 activities testing listening…
Complete GCSE French and Intermediate Level Revision Practice by Topic & Skill
200+ Intermediate and GCSE French Level Revision Activities by Topic please check back here tomorrow, I am currently working on adding my materials to this page. Revision can be quite boring and tedious, you can certainly use an interactive website with gap fills at sentence level, but why not do your French revision by topic with vocabulary rich activities, testing your intermediate French language skills in a more interesting way? If you wish to practice your intermediate French language skills and revise topics covered at French GCSE level or French CEFR A2/B1 level, then try out the activities below. There are over 20 common topics found in GCSE French courses,…
