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@textactivities.bsky.social

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TextActivities.com is THE multi-skill text-exploitation tool for language teachers, from the author of TaskMagic (now no longer available), Textivate.com, TeachVid.com and SentenceBuilders.com (TextActivities is the NEW version of Textivate) #MFLBlueSky

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Martin Lapworth @martinlapworth.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

🎅🎄 Here's a FREE 🇫🇷 French XMAS resource with access to 100+ interactive activity configurations + multiple printables. It's about what you'd like for Christmas. (Also includes a SB on the same theme) 🔗👉 www.textactivities.com/resource-sam... #mfltwitterati #langchat #mflchat #flteach #mflbluesky

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Martin Lapworth @martinlapworth.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

🔥 On the many ways of practising 📄✍️ TRANSLATION into the Target Language on TextActivities, with lots of LIVE example activities of translation into 🇫🇷 French 🇩🇪 German 🇮🇹 Italian 🇪🇸 Spanish TRY FOR YOURSELF by clicking below 👇👇👇 textactivities.posthaven.com/translation-... #mflbluesky #mfltwitterati

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Translation into the Target Language (with examples in several languages)

TextActivities is a great tool for practising translation into the L2 / the target language. You can create your own resources in a matter of minutes and then have access to all sorts of activity...

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Martin Lapworth @martinlapworth.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

🤖🪄 Using AI to generate a TextActivities resource 🌍 textactivities.posthaven.com/a-first-atte... #mfltwitterati #mflchat #mflbluesky 🇪🇸 Spanish text 🇬🇧 English translation 🔀 Matching vocab chunks Resource with 100+ interactive activities 😍 🎬 Includes video demo👏👏👏

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A first attempt at using AI to generate a TextActivities resource

I had a go at using the free version of ChatGPT to generate some content to form the basis of a TextActivities resource. I was pleasantly surprised by how quick and easy the whole process was. See...

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Martin Lapworth @martinlapworth.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

🤩 Working with PARALLEL TEXTS in MFL 👇👇👇 🌏 textactivities.posthaven.com/working-with... 📰 Parallel text for scaffolded translation activities 🗣️ +TTS audio for dictation/translation combined 🔥 Get students working on translation & dictation from the get-go! #mfltwitterati #mflchat #mflbluesky

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Working with parallel texts in language teaching

Parallel texts as a self-learning toolPlenty has been written about the benefits for motivated language learners of using parallel texts to help learn a language. (Do a quick google search and...

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Martin Lapworth @martinlapworth.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

🗣️✍️ DICTATION on 🌍 TextActivities 👇👇👇 🔗 textactivities.posthaven.com/dictation-ac... 🤩 TONS of examples of scaffolded dictation activities all from the same resource, with links to try each activity for yourself #mfltwitterati #langchat #flteach #mflchat #mflbluesky

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Dictation activities on TextActivities

Many of the activities available on TextActivities.com -- both text rebuild and vocab / matching -- can be seen as scaffolded dictation activities, i.e. which require students to listen to some...

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Martin Lapworth @martinlapworth.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

🔥 Exploiting a model text to the max in MFL 👇👇👇 Using reading, listening, text reconstruction to promote PRODUCTIVE skills textactivities.posthaven.com/exploiting-m... #mfltwitterati #mflchat #langchat #flteach #mflbluesky

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Exploiting a Model Text to the Max to Promote Productive Skills in MFL

When it comes to exploiting texts for language teaching, the choice of text matters. Different types of texts suit different purposes. Some types of text often seen in language teaching...

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Martin Lapworth @martinlapworth.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

ASSIGNMENTS on TextActivities: 🌎🔗 textactivities.posthaven.com/assignments-... #mfltwitterati #mflbluesky Info on... 👩‍🎓 Via class 🧩 Via resource 💾 Saved / predefined ⚙️ Parameters 💯 Assessment mode 👁️ Previews 📆 Due / start date & time 🎭 Audience 📊 Data 🧒 Student perspective 🎬 Includes video intro :)

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Assignments on TextActivities

This post examines "Assignments" on TextActivities. (For those familiar with Textivate, "assignments" are similar to Textivate's "sequences", but they work very differently. See section 1 (xiii) in...

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Martin Lapworth @martinlapworth.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Enhancing Language Acquisition Through Combined Dictation-Translation with Scaffolded Activities #mfltwitterati #langchat #mflchat #flteach #mflbluesky textactivities.posthaven.com/enhancing-la...

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Enhancing Language Acquisition Through Combined Dictation-Translation with Scaffolded Activities

For language teachers aiming to elevate students’ proficiency, combining dictation with translation into the target language (L2) offers a dynamic, dual-prompt approach. Students receive a written...

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Martin Lapworth @martinlapworth.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

📊👫 STUDENT PERSONAL DATA ON TEXTACTIVITIES 🔒 👉 textactivities.posthaven.com/student-pers... A blog post exploring some alternative ways of identifying students on TextActivities #mfltwitterati #mflchat #langchat #flteach #mflbluesky

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Student personal data on TextActivities

TextActivities does not store any sensitive data at all. Any student data that is stored relates only to resource or competition points scores and the completion of assignments. Student accounts...

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Martin Lapworth @martinlapworth.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

📋 ASSIGNMENTS & 🏆 COMPETITIONS WITH NO DUE DATE 🌎 textactivities.posthaven.com/assignments-... 🔥You can now set assignments / competitions with no end date. You can manually end these via the teacher tools menu next to each assignment / competition #mfltwitterati #mflchat #langchat #mflbluesky

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Assignments and Competitions with no due date

ASSIGNMENTS & COMPETITIONS WITH NO DUE DATE You can now set assignments with no due date and competitions with no end date / time. You can manually end these using the end...

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Martin Lapworth @martinlapworth.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

🎙️ RECORD YOUR VOICE & COMPARE 🤩 🌎 textactivities.posthaven.com/record-your-... ✨Students can record their voice and play it back so that they can compare their pronunciation with the model provided by the text-to-speech audio #mfltwitterati #langchat #mflchat #flteach #mflbluesky

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Record your voice and compare

RECORD YOUR VOICE & COMPARE I've just added something to TextActivities.com that was actually a feature of my [no longer available] authoring software for Windows PC "TaskMagic" years...

TextActivities @textactivities.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

🔥 On the many ways of practising 📄✍️ TRANSLATION into the Target Language on TextActivities, with lots of LIVE example activities involving translation into: 🇫🇷 French 🇩🇪 German 🇮🇹 Italian 🇪🇸 Spanish TRY FOR YOURSELF by clicking below 👇👇👇 #mflbluesky textactivities.posthaven.com/translation-...

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Translation into the Target Language (with examples in several languages)

TextActivities is a great tool for practising translation into the L2 / the target language. You can create your own resources in a matter of minutes and then have access to all sorts of activity...

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TextActivities @textactivities.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Click through to try out all sorts of SCAFFOLDED TRANSLATION activities in 🇫🇷 French, 🇩🇪 German, 🇮🇹 Italian and 🇪🇸 Spanish 👇👇👇 #mfltwitterati #mflchat #langchat #exploitingtexts #mflbluesky (GCSE translation to L2)

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Martin Lapworth @martinlapworth.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Click through to try out all sorts of SCAFFOLDED TRANSLATION activities in 🇫🇷 French, 🇩🇪 German, 🇮🇹 Italian and 🇪🇸 Spanish 👇👇👇 #mfltwitterati #mflchat #langchat #exploitingtexts (GCSE translation to L2)

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Martin Lapworth @martinlapworth.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

🔊👂✍️ LISTENING practice via DICTATION-like activities from the get-go is likely to produce students with better listening skills 👇👇👇 #mfltwitterati #langchat #mflchat #mflbluesky textactivities.posthaven.com/dictation-ac... 🤩 Post includes 28 direct links to different activities on TextActivities

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Dictation activities on TextActivities

Many of the activities available on TextActivities.com -- both text rebuild and vocab / matching -- can be seen as scaffolded dictation activities, i.e. which require students to listen to some...

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Martin Lapworth @martinlapworth.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

🔥 Working with parallel texts in MFL 👇👇👇 #mfltwitterati #mflchat #langchat #exploitingtexts #mflbluesky textactivities.posthaven.com/working-with...

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Working with parallel texts in language teaching

Parallel texts as a self-learning toolPlenty has been written about the benefits for motivated language learners of using parallel texts to help learn a language. (Do a quick google search and...

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Karin L @klongman974.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Love using @teachvid.bsky.social for adaptive teaching tasks at the moment! As a result, my entire department is using it! What a fabulous website #mflbluesky

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Martin Lapworth @martinlapworth.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

✨ NEW post on the TextActivities blog on the many ways of practising 📄✍️ TRANSLATION into the Target Language 👇👇👇 on TextActivities, with lots of LIVE example activities involving translation into: 🇫🇷 French 🇩🇪 German 🇮🇹 Italian 🇪🇸 Spanish textactivities.posthaven.com/translation-... #mflbluesky

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Translation into the Target Language (with examples in several languages)

TextActivities is a great tool for practising translation into the L2 / the target language. You can create your own resources in a matter of minutes and then have access to all sorts of activity...

TextActivities @textactivities.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

🔥 Working with parallel texts in MFL 👇👇👇 #mfltwitterati #mflchat #langchat #exploitingtexts #mflbluesky textactivities.posthaven.com/working-with...

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Working with parallel texts in language teaching

Parallel texts as a self-learning toolPlenty has been written about the benefits for motivated language learners of using parallel texts to help learn a language. (Do a quick google search and...

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Martin Lapworth @martinlapworth.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

🔥 Working with parallel texts in MFL 👇👇👇 #mfltwitterati #mflchat #langchat #exploitingtexts #mflbluesky textactivities.posthaven.com/working-with...

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Working with parallel texts in language teaching

Parallel texts as a self-learning toolPlenty has been written about the benefits for motivated language learners of using parallel texts to help learn a language. (Do a quick google search and...

TextActivities @textactivities.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

🖨️📄 WORKSHEETS on 🌏 www.textactivities.com now allow for multiple activities (up to 5) and you can combine text-rebuild and vocab activities on the same worksheet 🤩 #mfltwitterati #langchat #mflchat #exploitingtexts #mflbluesky

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Martin Lapworth @martinlapworth.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

MFL TEACHERS: On using model texts to develop language competence... #mfltwitterati #langchat #mflchat #exploitingtexts #mflbluesky It's about way more than just reading / listening comprehension. And TONS of REPETITION is key 👇👇👇 textactivities.posthaven.com/exploiting-m...

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Exploiting a Model Text to the Max to Promote Productive Skills in MFL

When it comes to exploiting texts for language teaching, the choice of text matters. Different types of texts suit different purposes. Some types of text often seen in language teaching...

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Martin Lapworth @martinlapworth.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

✨ Exploiting a Model Text to the Max to Promote Productive Skills in MFL 👇👇👇 When it comes to exploiting texts for language teaching, the choice of text matters... A post about using model texts to improve productive skills textactivities.posthaven.com/exploiting-m... #MFLBlueSky #mfltwitterati

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Exploiting a Model Text to the Max to Promote Productive Skills in MFL

When it comes to exploiting texts for language teaching, the choice of text matters. Different types of texts suit different purposes. Some types of text often seen in language teaching...

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TextActivities @textactivities.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

🇪🇸 New Year's Resolutions ✨ 🌍 Web link below. Click to play 👇👇👇 textactivities.com?sample=spani... 🤩 100+ interactive text rebuild and vocab activities, including all sorts of dictation and translation options, plus multiple printables too! #mflbluesky #mfltwitterati #TextActivities #langchat

TextActivities @textactivities.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

🇪🇸 New Year's Resolutions ✨ 🌍 Web link below. Click to play 👇👇👇 textactivities.com?sample=spani... 🤩 100+ interactive text rebuild and vocab activities, including all sorts of dictation and translation options, plus multiple printables too! #mflbluesky #mfltwitterati #TextActivities #langchat

TextActivities @textactivities.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

🚀 Speedread = Rebuild the text using the multiple choice options. Each section is against the clock. 3 lives in total. How far can you get? 🇫🇷 "Ma routine, passé composé" - Speedread 👇👇👇 www.textactivities.com?sample=frenc... #MFLBlueSky #mfltwitterati

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Martin Lapworth @martinlapworth.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

🇫🇷 Tout ce que je veux pour Noël... 🎄🎁⛄️❄️ Jigsaw rebuild (12) - Click below to try it yourself: 👉 textactivities.com?sample=frenc... (Then click on "Activities" to access the other activities available) #mfltwitterati #mflchat #langchat #TextActivities #mflbluesky

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TextActivities @textactivities.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Comparing the NEW(-ish) TextActivities with the original Textivate 👇👇👇 textactivities.posthaven.com/comparing-te... #MFLBlueSky TextActivities is a MUCH better option for setting assignments and competitions for class/homework

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Comparing TextActivities and Textivate

TextActivities is a new website which includes a lot of the functionality of Textivate. It is essentially Textivate 2.0, but with so many changes from the original that we had no option but to...

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TextActivities @textactivities.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

🇫🇷 French sample resource: "Ma routine, passé composé" www.textactivities.com?sample=frenc... Resource includes: • a short French text • a translation into English • vocab matching items • 100+ different activity configurations #MFLBlueSky

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TextActivities @textactivities.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

✨ New 📊 POINTS DATA tab added to each class, so teachers can see students ranked by interactions & performance over a specific period 👇👇👇 🌍 TextActivities.com #mflbluesky #mflchat #langchat

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TextActivities @textactivities.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

🔊👂✍️ Listening practice via dictation-like activities from the get-go is likely to produce students with better listening skills 👇👇👇 #mfltwitterati #langchat #mflchat #mflbluesky textactivities.posthaven.com/dictation-ac... 🤩 Post includes 28 direct links to different activities on TextActivities

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Dictation activities on TextActivities

Many of the activities available on TextActivities.com -- both text rebuild and vocab / matching -- can be seen as scaffolded dictation activities, i.e. which require students to listen to some...

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TextActivities @textactivities.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

🇫🇷 "Tout ce que je veux pour Noël..." 🎄🎁⛄️❄️ www.textactivities.com?sample=frenc... FREE French Christmas resource featuring a short French text, English translation, matching items, a sentence builder image for reference, and 100+ interactive activities

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Martin Lapworth @martinlapworth.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

FREE French Christmas resource with 100+ interactive activity configurations 👇👇👇 #MFLBlueSky

TextActivities @textactivities.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

🇫🇷 "Tout ce que je veux pour Noël..." 🎄🎁⛄️❄️ www.textactivities.com?sample=frenc... FREE French Christmas resource featuring a short French text, English translation, matching items, a sentence builder image for reference, and 100+ interactive activities

TextActivities @textactivities.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

🔊👂✍️ Listening practice via dictation-like activities from the get-go is likely to produce students with better listening skills 👇👇👇 #mfltwitterati #langchat #mflchat #mflbluesky textactivities.posthaven.com/dictation-ac... 🤩 Post includes 28 direct links to different activities on TextActivities

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Dictation activities on TextActivities

Many of the activities available on TextActivities.com -- both text rebuild and vocab / matching -- can be seen as scaffolded dictation activities, i.e. which require students to listen to some...

TextActivities @textactivities.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

✨ New 📊 POINTS DATA tab added to each class, so teachers can see students ranked by interactions & performance over a specific period 👇👇👇 🌍 TextActivities.com #mflbluesky #mflchat #langchat

TextActivities @textactivities.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

🇫🇷 French sample resource: "Ma routine, passé composé" www.textactivities.com?sample=frenc... Resource includes: • a short French text • a translation into English • vocab matching items • 100+ different activity configurations #MFLBlueSky

TextActivities @textactivities.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Comparing the NEW(-ish) TextActivities with the original Textivate 👇👇👇 textactivities.posthaven.com/comparing-te... #MFLBlueSky TextActivities is a MUCH better option for setting assignments and competitions for class/homework

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Comparing TextActivities and Textivate

TextActivities is a new website which includes a lot of the functionality of Textivate. It is essentially Textivate 2.0, but with so many changes from the original that we had no option but to...

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Martin Lapworth @martinlapworth.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Comparing the NEW(-ish) TextActivities with the original Textivate 👇👇👇 textactivities.posthaven.com/comparing-te... #MFLBlueSky TextActivities is a MUCH better option for setting assignments and competitions class/homework

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Comparing TextActivities and Textivate

TextActivities is a new website which includes a lot of the functionality of Textivate. It is essentially Textivate 2.0, but with so many changes from the original that we had no option but to...

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Martin Lapworth @martinlapworth.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

So that's where you've all gone...

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Martin Lapworth @martinlapworth.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

🔊👂✍️ Listening practice via dictation-like activities from the get-go is likely to produce students with better listening skills... textactivities.posthaven.com/dictation-ac... 🤩 A post about listening / dictation activities on TextActivities, with 28 live links to activities to try for yourself 👇👇👇

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Dictation activities on TextActivities

Many of the activities available on TextActivities.com -- both text rebuild and vocab / matching -- can be seen as scaffolded dictation activities, i.e. which require students to listen to some...