A text about heart-throb Justin Bieber followed by questions in German. Amongst other things, the text reveals why Justion Bieber has a German surname.

Practice of (i) e - è - é (ii) different pronunciations of the letter c (iii) some common words with accents that distinguish meaning rather than sound

Powerpoint for practising phonics. The first slide acts as a homepage for the activity. Students pick a number and re then hyperlinked to a word (or a phrase if you use the other PPT) to pronounce. Change the content to suit your focus.

Two short texts about fashion and designer clothes, followed by a 'Which person said what?' activity.

Four higher level texts relating to themes of homelessness, human rights, disability and drug abuse. Each text is followed by questions in English.

This table is set out to help pupils begin to understand patterns of conjugation. Could be printed as a hand-out or blown-up as a poster for display.

Potted history of Germany in ten dates. In this interactive exercise students must match the events to the dates. Will work on PC or IW.

Playscript in which a stressed teacher foolishly complains about the length and structure of the school day to the Head Teacher, who happens to be Darth Vader. Students could practise the dialogue as is, and then change the words in bold type. PS This is not a reference to any particular Head Teacher!

Short texts in which school pupils express the likelihood of their going into the sixth form versus looking for training or employment, followed by comprehension questions in English, a 'Find the phrase' exercise and a text manipulation exercise. (The original four texts are from Lernpunkt Deutsch 3, but the two texts featuring authentic German handwriting have proved to be too hard to read for many of my students so I've typed them up!)

Revision of the future tense, followed by predictions about the European Championships for pupils to agree or disagree with, using the future tense. (This is an updated version, in which I've substituted players who I thought would be playing for ones who actually are!)

Text about future plans followed by questions in English

Interactive activity for practising adjectives for describing family members and friends

Interactive, multiple choice exercise practising a range of regular and irregular past participles. There are 65 verbs embedded in the file and the file will create a new quiz of 20 verbs selected at random each time the exercise is opened.

Short text, adapted from an authentic source, in which young French speakers discuss what food they like. The stimulus text is followed by comprehension and manipulation exercises, a bit of grammar and a writing task.

More authentic materials for revision-shy GCSE candidates. Questions in English.

Exemplification and practice of subordinate clauses in German, with a vague Simpsons theme.

A questionnaire on health and fitness followed by (i) a reminder about the position of the main verb in a German sentence (ii) an activity in which students must begin sentences about health and fitness with adverbs from a supplied list and subsequently invert the verb (iii) a writing task with a small toolkit to help students include some subordinate clauses.

TOOLKIT to enable students to generate a variety of sentences about their career plans. Also reinforces word order after WEIL.

Interactive drag and drop activity for practising (or learning) verbs relating to mobile phone use. Will work on IW or PC.

Updated version of an item I've previously uploaded. The worksheet has (i) an example of word order in a simple sentence compare to a normal sentence (ii) a match-up activity (iii) an activity in which students must create both a statement and a question from a given set of words.