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, competitive 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! 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! 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 ‘Meine Familie’ Listening Practice Lesson? This lower-intermediate to intermediate level German listening lesson includes a 340-word transcript, verbatim MP3 audio file. You will also find 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. 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,…
Complete GCSE German and Intermediate Level Revision Practice Activities by Topic
German GCSE and Intermediate German Revision Practice If you want to practice your intermediate German language skills and revise topics covered at German GCSE level or German CEFR A2/B1 level, then try out the activities below. Theses GCSE German revision activities are original and include a range of tasks from the most common topics German courses to help you improve your intermediate German language skills. Improve Your Intermediate Level German by Topic and Skill The tasks have been created by topic and by skill, such as: reading, writing, listening, speaking and translation, as well as vocabulary training activities to help you with your intermediate level German revision. The revision tasks…
7 Must-Use, Last-Minute Revision Tips for Language Exams
Relax, I’ve got ages until my exams…! Sound familiar? Why Do I Need Last-Minute Revision Tips for Language Exams? See meme! My Last Minute Revision Story As a student taking my French and German GCSE and French and German A-Level exams between 2003-2005, I used to put revision off until the very last minute. More often than not, until the week before my exams. This is when I, rightly so, started panicking. Obviously, as a teacher, I don’t advocate leaving revision until the last minute, as it really should be an ongoing process. However, I know many students who end up in the same situation as I did. Therefore, I’d…
Post-School Education & Work in Germany Listening Lesson
GCSE German Intermediate Listening Lesson on Post-School Options in Germany I needed a post-education and work listening lesson for my German language students this week. Unfortunately, I am still struggling to find authentic topic-related listening material from other sources. Despite using the sites in the German Listening Websites for GCSE list I put together a couple of years ago! This month, I am working on the ‘post-education and work’ topic in my German GCSE course. I wanted some supplementary listening material to help my students practise their listening skills. So, I wrote a transcript and had a native male speaker record it. In addition, I added some activities. These focus…
