My year 10 Germanists have their listening mock exam tomorrow, so they wanted to ‘do listening’ today. Poor sods not knowing this is my abso...

Here are some thoughts on Oracy.  It's not about MFL. I may write something in the future on Oracy in MFL. But that would be something muc...

Phonics needs to be taught explicitly. This is particularly true when we have very little teaching time per fortnight, and especially for le...

Phonics needs to be taught explicitly. This is particularly true when we have very little teaching time per fortnight, and especially for le...

Speaking exams - teacher script and mark schemes for the new MFL GCSE (2026) - AQA Teacher scripts What you need to say on the recordings The order of sections Timin

Spanish KS3 (or GCSE) worksheet for cover, revision, homework etc. Recap future plans (and opinions) with EPI-style activities. Match up vocab Gapfill Add the spaces

French worksheet for KS3 or 4 - cover, revision, homework, consolidation Recap, practice, and consolidate how to form the passé composé past tense with regular -er v

Over the last academic year, I was working on developing oracy and speaking skills with my classes. I wanted to implement more opportunities...

Reading aloud in MFL has always been important, but with the changes to the new GCSE it has become even more so. I have been thinking about ...

Reading aloud in MFL has always been important, but with the changes to the new GCSE it has become even more so. I have been thinking about ...

Over the last academic year, I was working on developing oracy and speaking skills with my classes. I wanted to implement more opportunities...

French Christmas Quiz for all years with 3 rounds. Multiple choice questions about traditions Pointless-style vocab translation task (into English) Listen to a Chris

Within a successful lesson, students should have opportunities to learn and/or consolidate vocabulary and structures by practicing some of t...

**Call My Bluff style Quiz to practice false friends in French ** Includes tricky vocab that often comes up in the GCSE papers With images and a multiple choice answ

French Christmas Quiz for all years with 3 rounds. Multiple choice questions about traditions Pointless-style vocab translation task (into English) Listen to a Chris

I do lots of work with my students to practice and build confidence with speaking, and I have tried lots of activities to support them witho...

French GCSE revision sessions to help students develop key skills for the writing and speaking exams 3 PPTs broken down into vocab/building sentences/developing para

I'm sure everyone who has taught a language GCSE has experienced the frustration of students trying to say something they aren't sure about ...

Preparing for exams that involve reading comprehension requires more than simply answering questions at face value. To truly excel, our students need to develop reading skills that allow them to inter...

Practice listening skills and the topic of jobs/work with Stromae’s song ‘Santé’ Add a culture boost to your lessons! complete transcript find the French for find th

Year 10 have been working on the three different types of questions for the new Speaking Exam. In this grid, they give 3 different answers ...

I do lots of work with my students to practice and build confidence with speaking, and I have tried lots of activities to support them witho...

Axel Scheffler says he hopes Wuschel auf der Erde will encourage more children to learn his first language

Over the last academic year, I was working on developing oracy and speaking skills with my classes. I wanted to implement more opportunities...

Dice game to practice speaking and writing skills for GCSE AQA French. Uses past paper bullet points and encourages spontaneity and confidence. Practices opinions, p

As an MFL teacher with a dual degree in linguistics and French, I am passionate about teaching phonics well, and I have the subject knowledg...

Reading aloud in MFL has always been important, but with the changes to the new GCSE it has become even more so. I have been thinking about ...