MFL Skills Development

The Essential List of Websites To Learn French Online for Students

theidealteacher2019-09-05T18:32:42+00:00Tags: french, french gcse, french listening, french listening skills, french reading, french speaking, french writing, how can I improve my listening, i, learn french|

Where To Find Self-Study Websites to Learn French Online? I started teaching French in 2012. [...]

First German Lesson for A Beginner

theidealteacher2019-08-08T11:19:07+00:00Tags: beginner german, german, german beginner lesson, german first lesson ideas, german lesson plan first lesson, lesson plan|

Teach German With An Awesome First German Lesson for BeginnersI am in love with the [...]

Spontaneous Speaking with Video Clips in Language Learning

theidealteacher2025-08-19T09:34:27+00:00Tags: activity for spontaneous speaking, english, french, french speaking, french speaking practice, gcse french speaking, gcse german speaking, german, German A Level speaking exam, german speaking, german speaking practice, spanish, spanish speaking, speak french, speak german, speaking, speaking activities, speaking german activity, spontaneous speaking|

How To Improve Your Speaking with Short Video ClipsShort video clips are fantastic prompts for [...]

Emojis Verb Builder To Learn and Revise Verbs

theidealteacher2025-08-19T10:21:52+00:00Tags: dalf, delf, efl, emoji, emoji mindmap, emojis, english, esl, fle, french, german, spanish, vocabulary builder, vocabulary learning|

Use Emojis To Revise and Learn VocabularyLast year, I wrote a post entitled Emojis Vocabulary [...]

Les réseaux sociaux – French GCSE Listening Lesson

theidealteacher2025-08-19T11:03:26+00:00Tags: audio files, french listening, french listening skills, gcse french, gcse french listening, les reseaux sociaux, social media, social networks|

GCSE French Listening Lesson on Social Media and Social Networks Social media and 'les réseaux sociaux' [...]

Umweltschutz in Deutschland Listening Tasks and Transcript

theidealteacher2025-08-19T16:26:06+00:00Tags: gcse german, GCSE German listening, GCSE German revision, German A Level Revision, German GCSE listening, listening practice for GCSE German, Umwelt, Umweltschutz|

A Lesson for German Learners on "die Umwelt" I've put together another listening activity for [...]

Meine Stadt und Ich – German Listening Activities and Transcript

theidealteacher2025-08-19T16:54:04+00:00Tags: gcse german, GCSE German listening, GCSE German revision, German GCSE listening skills, German listening activities, listening practice for GCSE German|

If you are teaching students learning German the topic of 'meine Stadt', then try out [...]

36 Ingredients for Speaking and Writing To Access Higher Grades GCSE German

theidealteacher2025-08-19T16:59:13+00:00Tags: gcse german, gcse german speaking, gcse german writing, German GCSE, german phrases, grade 5, grade 7, grade 9|

Students often ask me, 'Miss, how can I get a higher grade in my GCSE German speaking and writing?' I tell them there are a number of factors to consider, but generally, I tend to guide them to the MFL Progress Ladder, which I wrote about last year. I suggest that in addition to answering the question (!) they should include as many elements as possible from Grade 1- all the way up to their target grade. I advise them to add 2-3 different examples of each element, as far as possible, in any and all of their GCSE German writing and speaking to have more chance of accessing the higher grades.