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.
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.
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.
Dialogue / playscript for beginners, in which a persistent fan badgers Katy Perry for personal information. How are you? / What's your name? / Where do you live? / Where do you come from? / How old are you? / Are you angry?
Open-ended writing task in which students must create new characters for a soap opera. Originally I linked this to the theme of Meine Stadt, getting pupils to say where they lived and worked and including practice of prepositions eg Er arbeitet im Kiosk vor dem Bahnof. Er ist verliebt in die Freundin von seinem besten Freund etc etc, but you could practise a whole range of structures.