Three character descriptions of the the three central characters in the film Die Fetten Jahre Sind Vorbei. Pupils have to read the descriptions and work out which character is being described in each case.

Interactive drag and drop exercise in which students must match the brief character descriptions with the name of the character in the Film. Will work on PC or IW.

Four short texts about the contents of your schoolbag, followed by a grid for capturing various German plural forms. This is intended as an introduction to the variety of plural forms in German.

Text about an exchange visit to Earth, followed by questions in German.

And some more authentic signs and notices with relatively simple questions in English. Aimed at a revision-shy Year 11 class.

Handout from a workshop I ran on Boys and MFL. The research and the suggestions are, however, pretty generic.

Structured multi-choice writing task to help students writea text about their town.

Dialogue in which Mr Bean is guided around the town by his driving instructor, not entirely successfully. Lots of practice of directions. Mr Bean says 'Gracias' a few times but the pupils usually pick up on this. Add your own sound effects.

A Powerpoint which (i) step by step builds up a grammatical table to demonstrate the adjectival endings needed when desribing places in a town and (ii) presents pairs of real and fictitious characters which form the basis for paired speaking activities.

Two short texts in which teenagers talk about why they sometimes get into trouble at home, followed by a 'Which person said what?' exercise.

Authentic screenshots and mini-texts on the topic of EDUCATION and WORK, with questions in English. Created for a lower ability group but works well as a starter for more able classes.

A short text about on-line Christmas shopping in Germany, followed by GCSE style questions in English.

Three texts of increasing sophistication, ghost-written by characters from a reality show. Students have to evaluate the texts and give a NC level to each one. They then have to re-write one of the texts to improve the NC level. There are then two more written tasks to complete

Three interactive gap-fill exercises, each one corresponding to one of the three repeating phases of the film. The three completed exercises will constitute a summary of the action. Will work on PC or IW.

Questions to stimulate discussion of new media

Interactive drag and drop practice of French personal pronouns. Will work on IW or PC.

Two linked, interactive gap-fill exercises about Cristiano Ronaldo. The first exercise requires students to supply nouns. The second exercise features exactly the same stimulus text but requires students to supply adjectives or adjectival past participles. Will work on PC or IW.

Dr Who and a Cyberman each describe what they do in their free time in relatively simple terms. The two texts are followed by a GCSE-style question.

Four short Foundation Level texts in which young Germans talk about their plans or lack of plans for work experience. Texts are followed by comprehension exercises in German, a 'Find the phrase' activity, a manipulation exercise, and a writing task supported by a toolkit

Toolkit which will enable pupils to use shopping related verbs in three tenses.