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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!

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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!
Asking questions in French
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Asking questions in French

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This resource teaches pupils how to formulate questions in French, using 3 different methods: 'est-ce que', inversion and going up at the end of a sentence. Pupils then get to practise these methods with a couple of image prompts and a 'What's the Question?' game at the end.
Higher numbers (100s) Wipeout
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Higher numbers (100s) Wipeout

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In two teams, pupils choose a number and say it in the target language. If it’s correct, click on that number to reveal the random score that team gets. There are 2 ‘X’, meaning the team’s score is wiped out!
French - Timetable gap-fill pairwork
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French - Timetable gap-fill pairwork

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Pupils work in pairs to fill in the gaps in the timetable. Each pupil has different gaps and must work out what goes in the gaps by asking what subject the other pupil has period 1 on a Tuesday, for example.
Listening & reading bingo grid
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Listening & reading bingo grid

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Use this grid for listening work, reading work or anything you can think of. The idea is that pupils, for example, listen once to a text and fill in the words they know in the middle section. They then pass it to their partner who fills in any extra words that are not in the middle section after the second time of listening. They then pass it on to someone else in the class who then fills in the darkest section on the outside of the grid with any extra words not filled in after the third time of listening. Best to use this with a challenging listening/reading.
Jeopardy template
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Jeopardy template

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Pupils work in teams. One person from Team A chooses a topic and a value. Click on the corresponding shape and this reveals a clue to the word or phrase that is the answer. If they get it correct, they get those points. If they get it wrong, it passes to the opposite team. Give them a time limit in which to answer. Clues could be, “this noun is masculine”, “this phrase is in the perfect tense”, etc.
Mock the Week-style 'What's the Question?' grid
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Mock the Week-style 'What's the Question?' grid

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Use this to practise asking questions. In presentation mode, your answers will show in each square. Challenge pupils to work out what the question could be. I award one point for any relevant question they come up with and 2 points if they correctly guess the question I came up with. Simply clicking on the square with your answer reveals your question.
Mastermind template
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Mastermind template

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For pairwork activities. Full instructions are on the document, but the basic idea is that pupils try to guess each element of a phrase or short paragraph in a limited amount of attempts.
French - Hands up template
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French - Hands up template

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I’ve used this for A level French, as a starter, discussing the different viewpoints of de Gaulle and Pétain during the occupation of France in WW2. It’s the ideal way to get pupils moving and to wake them up! In the above example, I had a picture of de Gaulle for the left hand and Pétain for the right. Students had to then read the clue and decide who it referred to.
French - Transcription pairwork template
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French - Transcription pairwork template

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Use this template to practise transcription work in pairs. There is a sheet for person A and one for person B. Type the 2 different texts into the relevant boxes (they must be 2 different texts). Pupils then take it in turns to read their text to their partner, who must then write what they hear in the empty box. After they have both finished, they then compare their written text to the original on their partner's sheet and tally any errors made.
French - Time
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French - Time

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This bundle teaches and practises telling the time in French. It includes a PPT to introduce and practise the language, an information sheet for students' reference, a post-introduction starter and 2 worksheets.
German - Weather plenary worksheet
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German - Weather plenary worksheet

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Pupils get a copy of page 1. The second page has both the teacher's notes and the weather symbols to cut out and give to pupils for the activity. Read out the weather for certain areas of Germany and pupils put the weather symbols onto the correct place on the map.
French - time sheet
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French - time sheet

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Pupils fill in the clock faces and times whilst being taught the time in French. Essential vocab is at the bottom of the sheet as well, for their reference.
Bronze, Silver & Gold translation template
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Bronze, Silver & Gold translation template

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Give pupils a bronze, silver or gold phrase to translate. They write their translation on a sticky note and then stick it on the back of the relevant card. When everyone has done this, put the class into 3 groups and give each group one of the cards with the sticky notes on the back. They must then check the translations and feed back to the rest of the group.
French - Telling the time
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French - Telling the time

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Use this PPT to teach pupils how to tell the time in French. There is an accompanying worksheet they can complete while doing this. The first few slides recaps on telling the time in English, as some pupils struggle with using an analogue clock to tell the time. After introducing the time in French, practise what they have learned by asking pupils to either shout out the time in French or write the time in words on mini whiteboards.
Bronze, Silver, Gold Translation template (whole class)
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Bronze, Silver, Gold Translation template (whole class)

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Use this resource for working with translation of phrases. Before seeing a text, take phrases from it to be translated. Pupils work on their own and before each slide is shown, decide whether they will do gold, silver or bronze. Marks are awarded for each. You will obviously need to make the phrases progressively more difficult to translate, to be able to award points. When pupils have translated their chosen phrase, they swap with a partner to have it marked. You show the answers after a given amount of time. Use the green pens to peer mark. Who has the highest score?