I am a languages teacher who has, over the years, created many resources for teaching French and Spanish. I also produce resources in other languages: German, Italian, and more recently, Greek. Here I am sharing a few of these, in the hope it makes a hard-working teacher's life a little easier at a time when they need something quickly. Often adding more resources, so watch this space!
I am a languages teacher who has, over the years, created many resources for teaching French and Spanish. I also produce resources in other languages: German, Italian, and more recently, Greek. Here I am sharing a few of these, in the hope it makes a hard-working teacher's life a little easier at a time when they need something quickly. Often adding more resources, so watch this space!
This Christmas bundle contains five different resources, all based around 16 key Christmas vocabulary items, which can be used as a basis to teach students about the traditions of Christmas in France. Highly adaptable for students of different abilities - pick and choose activities for more able/less able students.
You can also choose the order in which you do the activities, depending on your students. e.g., you can either do the quiz before, or after, teaching the key vocabulary in the second Powerpoint listed below, depending on how much Christmas vocabulary students have already learnt.
The resources in the bundle are:
A Powerpoint with a set of 10 quiz questions + 2. A Word document for students/teams of students to write their answers to the quiz questions
A Powerpoint with a set of 16 Christmas vocabulary items, followed by a memory game board to play with individual students or teams of students
A word search which includes the 16 Christmas vocabulary items
A word document containing simple descriptions of traditions in France and featuring the key vocabulary, with several activities to do based on the descriptions.
I’ve provided the Word docs as PDFs in case this is easier for you. Equally, the Word docs can be amended/tweaked, alongside the Powerpoints, if you prefer to focus on other vocab or traditions. All customisable depending on your students.
This is a table of letters which form the Greek alphabet. On page one, each has a picture and piece of vocabulary which includes the letter; on the second page the same table is included but blank, in order for students to draw their own pictures of things which include the letter in Greek. The resource could be used as a basis for a game of bingo or as display material. Or anything else!
This is an 18-slide Powerpoint presentation about the formation of the most essential, irregular Portuguese verbs. There is a brief introduction, followed by a set of slides with each verb conjugated in the present, preterit (simple past) and imperfect tense, as well as the gerund form of the verb, and the past participle. The presentation is accompanied by a PDF of translation exercises, both English to Portuguese and Portuguese to English, which focus on use of the irregular verbs in the presentation, to consolidate knowledge and practise translation using the irregular forms in different tenses.
A 3-page writing mat which includes a checklist of components to score top grades forthe 90-word writing tasks in the Portuguese GCSE writing paper.
Includes lists of present, past and future tense expressions and verb examples, as well as comparatives and superlatives, opinion phrases, connectives, adverbs and intensifiers.
I also have a similar mat available in German, Spanish, Italian and French, as well as 150-word writing mats in all five subjects to support Higher students in particular.
A 2-page writing mat which includes a checklist of components to score top grades forthe 150-word writing tasks in the Portuguese GCSE Higher writing paper.
Includes lists of opinions, adverbs, comparative and superlative examples, direct and indirect object pronouns examples, and idioms.
I also have a similar mat available in German, Spanish, French and Italian, as well as 90-word writing mats in all five subjects to support both Foundation and Higher students.
A PowerPoint presentation of the formation and use of the Italian subjunctive ‘mood’. 21 slides with explanation and examples, for a comprehensive overview of how to form it, including regular and irregular forms, as well as when and when not to use it. Perfect for presenting key points to a class or for self-study. The PowerPoint can be amended after use with no copyright. Please take a look at the other resources I have for Italian language learning in my shop.
This a 57-slide PowerPoint which outlines the rules of accentuation in Spanish, followed by a basic, interactive quiz to help students remember the rules. Rules of accentuation in Spanish revolve around two main syllable types (tónicas and átonas), and four main word types (agudas, llanas, esdrújulas and sobresdrújulas). The PowerPoint explains how the different word types have stress on different syllables, which are counted backwards from the end of the word; when the different types of words carry a ‘tilde’ (accent) and why, and some exceptions to these rules.
This PowerPoint focuses on a set of fruit and vegetables vocabulary in Spanish, each with its own vocab slide. These can be used to help practise the vocabulary, which can then be revised further by playing the pairs game. You will want to play around with it in order to use it in a way which best suits your needs, but it’s highly customisable if you want to replace certain food items with others which you are teaching, change the colour of the board squares (e.g. into different colours for masculine/feminine items), etc.
This PowerPoint is also available in an equivalent version in French, Italian and German in my shop.
This PowerPoint focuses on a set of fruit and vegetables vocabulary in Italian, each with its own vocab slide. These can be used to help practise the vocabulary, which can then be revised further by playing the pairs game. You will want to play around with it in order to use it in a way which best suits your needs, but it’s highly customisable if you want to replace certain food items with others which you are teaching, change the colour of the board squares (e.g. into different colours for masculine/feminine items), etc.
This PowerPoint is also available in an equivalent version in French, Spanish and German in my shop.
This PowerPoint focuses on a set of fruit and vegetables vocabulary in German, each with its own vocab slide. These can be used to help practise the vocabulary, which can then be revised further by playing the pairs game. You will want to play around with it in order to use it in a way which best suits your needs, but it’s highly customisable if you want to replace certain food items with others which you are teaching, change the colour of the board squares (e.g. into different colours for masculine/feminine items), etc.
This PowerPoint is also available in an equivalent version in French, Spanish and Italian in my shop.
This PowerPoint focuses on a set of fruit and vegetables vocabulary in French, each with its own vocab slide. These can be used to help practise the vocabulary, which can then be revised further by playing the pairs game. You will want to play around with it in order to use it in a way which best suits your needs, but it’s highly customisable if you want to replace certain food items with others which you are teaching, change the colour of the board squares (e.g. into different colours for masculine/feminine items), etc.
This PowerPoint is also available in an equivalent version in German, Spanish and Italian in my shop.
This is a table of letters which form the German alphabet. On page one, each has a picture and piece of vocabulary which includes the letter; on the second page the same table is included but blank, in order for students to draw their own pictures of things which include the letter in German. The resource could be used as a basis for a game of bingo or as display material. Or anything else!
These Powerpoints (a bundle of 11 - for less cost than all 11 bought separately) include 4 recorded questions on each, spoken by a native French speaker, as well as areas where students can record their answers using the audio recording tools in Powerpoint, and then submit to their teacher or tutor. Questions are provided both orally and in written format. These are useful for enabling students to independently practise comprehension and speaking, and can be used to develop student skills in answering GCSE questions fully and with a variety of structures.
You could, of course, add more questions to each PPT or amend to suit more/less able students. These cover all 3 themes of AQA French GCSE.
A Powerpoint to help students learn Italian vocabulary related to professions. Useful as a starter for the classroom or any language lesson.
3 slides have vocabulary and a picture for each profession. These are then followed by a group of slides for each group of professions where each has a profession missing which the student needs to name. Highly versatile in terms of how it’s used and could be made more difficult for more able learners, e.g. by asking for the word in a sentence, in a sentence in a different tense, checking the gender, etc. Also available in my shop in Spanish, German and French.
A Powerpoint to help students learn Spanish vocabulary related to professions. Useful as a starter for the classroom or any language lesson.
3 slides have vocabulary and a picture for each profession. These are then followed by a group of slides for each group of professions where each has a profession missing which the student needs to name. Highly versatile in terms of how it’s used and could be made more difficult for more able learners, e.g. by asking for the word in a sentence, in a sentence in a different tense, checking the gender, etc. Also available in my shop in German, Italian and French.
A Powerpoint to help students learn French vocabulary related to professions. Useful as a starter for the classroom or any language lesson.
3 slides have vocabulary and a picture for each profession. These are then followed by a group of slides for each group of professions where each has a profession missing which the student needs to name. Highly versatile in terms of how it’s used and could be made more difficult for more able learners, e.g. by asking for the word in a sentence, in a sentence in a different tense, checking the gender, etc. Also available in my shop in Spanish, Italian and German.
A Powerpoint to help students learn German vocabulary related to professions. Useful as a starter for the classroom or any language lesson.
3 slides have vocabulary and a picture for each profession. These are then followed by a group of slides for each group of professions where each has a profession missing which the student needs to name. Highly versatile in terms of how it’s used and could be made more difficult for more able learners, e.g. by asking for the word in a sentence, in a sentence in a different tense, checking the gender, etc. Also available in my shop in Spanish, Italian and French.
A Powerpoint to help students learn Spanish vocabulary related to animals and pets. Useful as a starter for the classroom or any language lesson. Includes vocabulary for all animals included and each slide has an animal missing which the student needs to name. Highly versatile in terms of how it’s used and could be made more difficult for more able learners, e.g. by asking for the word in a sentence, in a sentence in a different tense, checking the gender, etc. Also available in my shop in German, Italian and French.
A Powerpoint to help students learn Italian vocabulary related to animals and pets. Useful as a starter for the classroom or any language lesson. Includes vocabulary for all animals included and each slide has an animal missing which the student needs to name. Highly versatile in terms of how it’s used and could be made more difficult for more able learners, e.g. by asking for the word in a sentence, in a sentence in a different tense, checking the gender, etc. Also available in my shop in German, Spanish and French.
A Powerpoint to help students learn French vocabulary related to animals and pets. Useful as a starter for the classroom or any language lesson. Includes vocabulary for all animals included and each slide has an animal missing which the student needs to name. Highly versatile in terms of how it’s used and could be made more difficult for more able learners, e.g. by asking for the word in a sentence, in a sentence in a different tense, checking the gender, etc. Also available in my shop in German, Spanish and Italian.