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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

Thursday, 13 December 2018

How to Introduce Gendered Nouns in KS3 French

As well as teaching, and cobbling together this nonsense, I often do other things. One thing I do is write funny things for satirical webs...

Saturday, 8 December 2018

Learning and retaining vocabulary...

My Year 7 students have just had exams. The majority have done well and their hard work has paid off. They scored fewer marks in the...

Sunday, 2 December 2018

Curiosity...

Proverbialists and fans of mid-80s pop music would have you believe that Curiosity Killed The Cat. NASA would prefer you to believe th...

Monday, 22 October 2018

Silent corridors

Silent Corridors, no, not the 1974 Italian horror film or the late '80s Manchester Indie band of the same name*, but the latest great/...

Sunday, 9 September 2018

I need the toilet!

Here's a fact for you: Children, like adults, sometimes need to go to the toilet. Unlike teachers, who can avoid using the to...

Thursday, 19 July 2018

J'attendrai le suivant - lesson idea for exploiting a short film

This was the lesson I did this morning with Year 12. I wanted to do something a little out of the ordinary. It's the end of term, af...

Sunday, 8 July 2018

Poetry - teaching yourself the past tense.

A while ago, I was asked to plan and deliver an after school French session for some Year 7AGT (Able, Gifted, and Talented) students. T...

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