Friday, 24 January 2014

Lego and German word order.

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This is an idea I stole from Alex Bellars , who is incredibly cool and there aren't many teachers I've said that about! Two years ...
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Friday, 17 January 2014

Chain Letters - another game show idea for MFL classes

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Chain letters is another one of those television game shows which I've adapted into a writing or speaking exercise to get more able ...
Saturday, 11 January 2014

Plus belle la vie - Terrible French soap but fantastic resource.

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Plus belle la vie is one of my favourite French TV programmes. #pblv, as all the cool kids are calling it, is a French soap set in Mis...
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Friday, 27 December 2013

Mot de passe - a word association game for students

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This holiday I have discovered a brilliant French TV game show. It's called Mot de passe . Mot de passe is a word association game...
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Tuesday, 26 November 2013

Getting year 8 to speak French using cootie catchers.

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I have a lovely (or should that be "lively"?) year 8 class. They're the kind of class you really wouldn't want to teach ...
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Saturday, 16 November 2013

German word of the week

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Following yesterday's Lexical gaps post I've gone one better and found an even more interesting resource. This one comes from dw....
Friday, 15 November 2013

Lexical gaps - or why I love the German language.

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One of the best things about learning foreign languages is that there are always words and phrases which cannot be translated into English. ...