Hero image

TheMFLTeacher

Average Rating3.83
(based on 89 reviews)

The MFL Teacher is the ‘one-stop shop’ for teachers of Modern Foreign Languages. Whether you are looking for advice, a quick idea or quality ready-to-use resources, you will find it with The MFL Teacher. Please visit our website for more information, including our blog and our Bright Ideas!

402Uploads

136k+Views

34k+Downloads

The MFL Teacher is the ‘one-stop shop’ for teachers of Modern Foreign Languages. Whether you are looking for advice, a quick idea or quality ready-to-use resources, you will find it with The MFL Teacher. Please visit our website for more information, including our blog and our Bright Ideas!
German directions
TheMFLTeacherTheMFLTeacher

German directions

5 Resources
Introduce the directions in German and give pupils the handouts for note-taking. There is also a completed handout for weaker pupils, so they can concentrate on the presentation. Then pupils complete the worksheet and finish the lesson with noughts and crosses. There is also a hangman starter for the following lesson!
French - First speaking lesson
TheMFLTeacherTheMFLTeacher

French - First speaking lesson

(0)
Go through each sound-spelling with the pupils. Then, play Kim's game using words containing the sound-spellings. There is then a Connect 4 game using the same words. The PPT then goes through a display about spontaneous speaking and then finishes with a dictionary challenge.
French - Advantages & disadvantages of technology
TheMFLTeacherTheMFLTeacher

French - Advantages & disadvantages of technology

(0)
Use this PPT to introduce the advantages and disadvantages of technology. Start by seeing if students can work out if these are advantages or disadvantages of technology. Students then discuss in pairs how they (could have) worked out the English meaning, using the clues.
French - directions introduction
TheMFLTeacherTheMFLTeacher

French - directions introduction

(0)
Use this PPT to introduce directions to pupils in French. There is a map with an animated arrow to show the directions as well as giving the French. Pupils then match the French to the English in their books.
Directions Os & Xs
TheMFLTeacherTheMFLTeacher

Directions Os & Xs

(0)
This can be used with any language. Pupils play in two teams. When you click on the O or the X, the square will change to either O or X. Instructions are within the PowerPoint.
J'ai mal - starter
TheMFLTeacherTheMFLTeacher

J'ai mal - starter

(0)
On the topic of 'saying where it hurts', pupils select the 6 correct answers – focus is on the grammar (j'ai mal au genou, etc). They reveal either a tick or a cross when they click on their answer.
The time in German
TheMFLTeacherTheMFLTeacher

The time in German

(0)
Introducing the time in German. Starts with a reminder of the time in English, then introduces it in German and ends with mini whiteboard practice.
French - Daily routine & time class dominoes
TheMFLTeacherTheMFLTeacher

French - Daily routine & time class dominoes

(0)
This is a really fun activity to do with a whole class! If they have the phrase that's just been said in one language, they stand up and say it in the opposite language. They then say the second phrase they have on their card. By the end of the activity, everyone in the class should have said a phrase in French about daily routine and time. Full instructions are on the bottom of the document.
German Learning Journey
TheMFLTeacherTheMFLTeacher

German Learning Journey

(0)
This German Learning Journey is based on: German started in term 2 of Year 7 Echt! course followed at KS3 AQA exam board at GCSE Enjoy!
French - Translation of daily routines in Haiti & USA
TheMFLTeacherTheMFLTeacher

French - Translation of daily routines in Haiti & USA

(0)
This is a translation lesson (from French into English) based on the lives of two different children of the same age in Haiti and the United States. The PPT includes a starter activity based on connectives and then looks at where both countries are and then to the two different texts to translate. The worksheet is the two texts. I get my students to write a rough translation on rough paper before copying their final version into their books, along with a copy of the French texts and each flag.
French - Simple future sentence auction & practice
TheMFLTeacherTheMFLTeacher

French - Simple future sentence auction & practice

(0)
This PPT is on the topic of tenses, in particular the simple future. It starts with a translation challenges and then is followed by a sentence auction (instructions below). You must buy sentences at every shop. Each sentence costs 1€. Each sentence is worth a different amount of winnings. Draw your Euros into your winning column. If you run out of Euros in your bank, you can use your winnings to buy sentences. The winners have the most Euros. Full instructions in the notes section of the PPT. Students then use mini boards to translate the simple future phrases.