This tried and tested approach to reading provides a visual strategy which can be applied to a wide variety of texts in a second language or in English, improving not only language skills, but also general literacy. Particularly useful when exploiting authentic materials, it can equally be applied to more traditional texts and, once embedded, enables students of all ages to work successfully with more complex source materials than would otherwise have been the case. This resource models the strategy with a simple German text, however it can be applied to texts of a wide range of difficulty. It includes a ten slide teaching presentation to introduce the strategy, comprehensive teaching notes accompanied by thumbnails of all the materials, plus student sheets and the strategy arrow, which can be laminated for repeated use. The resource is also available modelled with a French text and with a Spanish text.

This tried and tested approach to reading provides a visual strategy which can be applied to a wide variety of texts in a second language or in English, improving not only language skills, but also general literacy. Particularly useful when exploiting authentic materials, it can equally be applied to more traditional texts and, once embedded, enables students of all ages to work successfully with more complex source materials than would otherwise have been the case. This resource models the strategy with a simple Spanish text, however it can be applied to texts of a wide range of difficulty. It includes a ten slide teaching presentation to introduce the strategy, comprehensive teaching notes accompanied by thumbnails of all the materials, plus student sheets and the strategy arrow, which can be laminated for repeated use. The resource is also available modelled with a French text and a German text.

This tried and tested approach to reading provides a visual strategy which can be applied to a wide variety of texts in a second language or in English, improving not only language skills, but also general literacy. Particularly useful when exploiting authentic materials, it can equally be applied to more traditional texts and, once embedded, enables students of all ages to work successfully with more complex source materials than would otherwise have been the case. This resource models the strategy with a simple French text, however it can be applied to texts of a wide range of difficulty. It includes a ten slide teaching presentation to introduce the strategy, comprehensive teaching notes accompanied by thumbnails of all the materials, plus student sheets and the strategy arrow, which can be laminated for repeated use. The resource is also available modelled with a German text and with a Spanish text.

This resource can be used either as a stand-alone activity or as part of a unit of work, to develop both reading and research skills. It includes a teaching presentation and a 12 page resource which provides comprehensive teaching notes, accompanied by thumbnails of all the materials, plus the photocopiable pupil sheets. The activity is carefully staged to support pupils in developing independent reading, literacy and research skills. The reading and research aspects of the activity are presented separately, with the research building on the work completed in the reading. There is, in addition, scope for developing grammatical understanding of gender and prepositions, and presentation skills. The resource, therefore, could be used over a number of lessons and is suitable for use with a range of age groups.

These easy-to-use, staged grammar criteria have been written for teachers of French as a foreign language, and are suitable for use with all ages of learner, from beginner to intermediate standard. Breaking French grammar into key elements and demonstrating detailed progression in each, the criteria enable teachers to develop new curriculum planning confident that they are including essential grammatical progression, or to review existing provision. They also offer support with measuring progress. UK KS2-KS3, Scotland Primary-3, US elementary/primary/middle, adult learners.