Text in German about Spiderman followed by comprehension questions in English

This is an activity I did with an improvers class to get them to think a bit about their approach to writing in a foreign language. It could be easily adapted to any language or topic.

This activity based on an article written by Anne Merritt. I have added rogue words and ideas into the original concepts for students to identify and eliminate from the text. They can also be invited to consider what the text should actually say, before you reveal the original script.

Powerpoint with on-screen help, designed to stimulate and support discussion about (i) what constitutes a uniform (ii) what students think of various school uniforms. This is a more challenging version of something I uploaded previously.

Interactive drag and drop practice of ten common questions. Suitable for PC or IW.

Interactive drag and drop practice of the 16 countries taking part in Uefa 2012. Pupils have to try to match the name of the goalkeeper to the national team. There are 16 countries in the quiz, but it will select a different set of eight each time you open it. Never the same twice.

Interactive multiple choice activity for IW or PC. Basic questions on name, age, where you live, family, pets.

Interactive activity practising key phrases relating to likes and dislikes.

Set of mini-toolkits for saying simple sentences in French about pets. Organised and colour-coded to illustrate the concept of gender in French.

Interactive drag and drop exercise, in which pupils must link the eight parts of speech to examples in German. Will work in the computer suite or on the IW.

Colour coded grammar toolkit to help students formulate sentences such as 'I've got a dog called &'Lumpi&';.' or I used to have cat, called 'Mimi&'.' or 'When I was little, I used to have a cat called &';Mimi'.'

Interactive drag and drop exercise, in which pupils must link the eight parts of speech to examples in French. Will work in the computer suite or on the IW.

GCSE style text with questions in English. This an edited down version of the AS level text I also uploaded.

Reading comprehension. A text in which two teenagers talk about their plans for next year's holiday, followed by a GCSE style comprehension exercise.

A number images of school uniforms from various countries for students to describe and comment on. Also one suggested seventies-style 'teacher uniform' for them to describe and comment on, and which begs the question for further oral work 'Sollten die Lehrer eine Uniform tragen?'

A series of short texts in which characters from the series 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' reveal where they have lived apart from Sunnydale. Texts are followed by a richtig / falsch exercisr, a 'Welche Person ...? ' exercise and finally comprehension questions in German.

A match-up activity with a list of questions on topics often covered in Year 8 or Year 9 and a list of answers. BUT there are two answers for every question and pupils must identify both matching answers for each question. Can be used subsequently as a platform for oral work.

Slides of accidents and injuries. (May not be for the squeamish). Pupils have to come up with a sentence in the past tense to describe what has happened. The are given the first letter of each word they need as a prompt.

Self-marking cloze exercise, in which businesswoman Claudia Langer talks about her career. Will work on PC or IW.

Two reports covering the failed attempts to help a lost whale in the Thames in 2006. The texts are followed by a 'richtig / falsch / nicht im Text' exercise, some questions in German, a 'find the phrase' exercise, and a writing task.