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Welcome to the rambling thoughts of a 50 year old languages teacher with too much time on his hands, most of it spent in the kitchen. If you have any comments or questions about language learning or resources please email or follow me on twitter @dominic_mcg

Wednesday, 27 June 2018

Are the poorest students really missing out on languages?

I've just read an article on the BBC website: Language lesson gap means poorest miss out, says report. It has made me quite sad and ...

Tuesday, 19 June 2018

Live Tweeting Boule de Suif

I'm currently studying Maupassant's Contes de Guerre with my Y12 Advanced Level class. Tomorrow, we are going to imagine that th...

Sunday, 27 May 2018

Teaching grammar.

It's fairly impossible to learn a language without learning grammar. I'm learning Danish. Danish grammar is quite difficult in s...

Sunday, 13 May 2018

Royal Wedding links in French, German, and Spanish.

Just in case you missed it, there's a wedding this week. Here are some links to articles/videos you might like to use in your classr...

Thursday, 10 May 2018

French Literature Top Trumps

Top Trumps is a card game. The cards contain numerical information. Players compare data on their cards and if they trump their opponent...

Friday, 2 March 2018

Cootie Catchers and GCSE speaking questions

I've done this before but the link to Gail Lovely's website doesn't work any more. Fear not, I've found a new site ...

Thursday, 22 February 2018

Usain Bolt and expected progress.

Watch this: It's the world's fastest man breaking the 100m world record in 2009. Nobody has ever run as fast as this over ...

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