Two activities to help beginners structure an account of a day: (i) a gap-fill on Dracula's day(ii) a scaffolded writing task for students to describe their own day.

Three speaking activities based on an image of a vaguely futuristic Berlin: (i) A Where's Wally? style observational activity (ii) a memory and writing activity and (iii) questions for discussion.

Powerpoint containing multiple choice trivia questions followed by images desiged to provoke discussion. (The quiz questions are different to the ones in the German ppt)

This interactive activity contains 20 World Cup participants past and present to match to different factoids. However, each time you open it, it will randomly select 10 countries from the list of 20, and will shuffle the sequence. It will almost never never be the same quiz twice. If you use it in a computer suite, each student in effect gets a different quiz. Will work on PC or IW.

This multiple-choice quiz contains 30 questions. However, each time you open it, it will randomly select 10 questions from the list of 30, and will shuffle the multiple-choice answers. It will almost never never be the same quiz twice. If you use it in a computer suite, each student in effect gets a different quiz. Will work on PC or IW. (PS Typos now fixed!)

Powerpoint containing a set of activities which become progressively more challenging (i) a multiple-choice quiz (ii) more demanding reading activities regarding the history of the World Cup (iii) reading activities relating to Brazil (iv) images to provoke discussion. Use the bits that suit your class!

Interactive drag and drop activity in which students must link players to World Cup teams. All 32 qualifying countries are featured but the game will randomly select a set of ten teams each time it is opened and will randomise the order in which they are displayed. Almost never the same game twice. WIll work on PC or IW.

Interactive drag and drop activity in which students must link players to World Cup teams. All 32 qualifying countries are featured but the game will randomly select a set of ten teams each time it is opened and will randomise the order in which they are displayed. Almost never the same game twice. WIll work on PC or IW.

List of discussion questions relating to predictions about the World Cup 2014 plus a Future Tense toolkit to support the generation of answers.

I've had a go at editing the various DLdA resources I've uploaded, into a single Filmheft. I've added a vocab list and a load of essay titles for good measure.

Dialogue in which David and Victoria Beckham are interviewed about their attitudes to shopping. Students read the dialogue and then decide which responses best fit which character. They can then practice the dialogue in pairs (ie with just one of the Beckhams) or in threes. Includes Past, Present and Future.

4 short texts in English on the topic of healthy living, for translation into German.

A sequence of activities to help students describe their phone: (i) an adjective sorting activity (ii) selct adjectives for an advertising campaign (iii) a bit of grammar (iv) some useful phrases.

A series of sentence pattern generators to help students stay in the TL when working independently.

Powerpoint game for practising basic animal vocab.

Each of the attached files covers the same content but one is slightly more challenging than the other.The texts are followed by comprehension questions, a find-the-phrase activity, a manipulate-the-phrase activity, pair work and a written task. The more challenging version also features a gap-fill activity and has less scaffolding of the writing.

A sequence of speaking activities relating to the film 'Der Tunnel' including character identification, conflicts between key characters and character description.

Powerpoint in which the pattern of adjectival endings after 'Wir haben ein / eine / ein ... ' are built up slide by slide. This followed by an activity in which images of celebrities and fim characters are used as a stimulus for students to say what kind of garden / kitchen / bedroom they have.

Reading comprehension activity relating to the film 'Der Tunnel'. Students must read the jumbled set of events and put them into the correct chronological order to reconstruct the plot. Solution provided.

Relatively simple activity, in which students must match the names of key characters in the film 'Dr Tunnel' to short descriptipns of the characters.