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Great Speaking Ideas for First German or Language Lesson Back

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Start As You Mean To Go On with Any Of These 5 Amazing Speaking Activities [...]

The Essential List of Websites To Learn French Online for Students

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

First German Lesson for A Beginner

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

Spontaneous Speaking with Video Clips in Language Learning

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

Emojis Verb Builder To Learn and Revise Verbs

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

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.