2 interactive drag and drop exercises practising the names of countries via the FIFA rankings for men's and women's football. In each case the rankings are for the top ten countries as of April 2012. Will work on IW or PC.
Another 35 authentic items culled from the internet, with questions in English. Designed for a revisophobic year 11 class, but works well as a starter for the more engaged. Various topics covered.
A dialogue written for my Year 7 beginners. Lady Gaga tries to throw off the attentions of someone who has recognied her by claiming to be someone else. Lots of practise of the singular form of sein.
Open-ended activity in which students must (i) improvise a dialogue featuring all of the sentences on the sheet and (ii) write the dialogue up. Works well if you improvise a dialogue for the class to watch before asking them to do it.
Adapted slightly from a text I originally included in Brennpunkt Neue Ausgabe. A German describes some of the difficulties relating to German national identity. Followed by two comprehension activities.
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.
PPT of the Simpsons family tree with two sets of questions about relationships in The Simpsons. The first set of questions are closed (multiple choice). The second set are open questions relating to the family tree.
PPT practising the use of 'mit' with a personal pronoun. The first slide on the PPT acts a homepage for the other slides. Students must select a letter on the homepage and are then hyperlinked to a multiple choice question.
Interactive drag and drop activity for practising common questions for relative beginners. The file has 25 questions embedded in it but will select a different set of ten every time it is opened. It will a different activity every time (probably).
A set of questions for relative beginners to ask the FLA or perhaps a teacher who is a native speaker. Pupils should note the answers and then use the enclosed writing-frame to write a portrait of the person they have interviewed.