Listening activity based on a short report by ZDF heute - Onlinesucht bei Jugendlichen The listening activity is differentiated - one set of questions is completely multiple choice, the other the students have to fill in their own answers. The headphones image on the first slide of the powerpoint hyperlinks to the video in the ZDF Mediathek. The video does show some of the answers in text so you might not want to have the video showing when the students do the activity. There's also a set of answers to the questions. You can download the video from the following link (right like "save link as" [chrome]/ "save target as" [IE] on one of the "Abspielen" links): http://www.zdf.de/ZDFmediathek/beitrag/video/2615338/Onlinesucht-Risiko-bei-Jugendlichen?flash=off There is also a link on the answer sheet to the listening should the ZDF link not work.

Powerpoint describing the German Christmas traditions from Advent and Nikolaus to Food. Gapfill for O Tannenbaum included. Works well with the German Christmas Booklet: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/german-christmas-booklet-updated-11182472

Cards for the German and English world cup squads. Can be used as a card game or writing stimulus. 48 cards in total.

Listening activity based on a short report by ZDF heuteplus - Warum sind wir so #likegeil The listening activity is differentiated - one set of questions is completely multiple choice, the other the students have to fill in their own answers (except on question 5 where it is multiple choice). The headphones image on the first slide of the powerpoint hyperlinks to the video in the ZDF Mediathek. The video does show some of the answers in text so you might not want to have the video showing when the students do the activity. There is also a transcript of the video and a set of answers to the questions. You can download the video from the following link (right like "save link as" [chrome]/ "save target as" [IE] on one of the "Abspielen" links): http://www.zdf.de/ZDFmediathek/beitrag/video/2607954/Warum-sind-wir-so-%23likegeil%3F?flash=off There is also a link on the answer sheet to the listening should the ZDF link not work.

A reading activity based on past and current members of the German football team.

Revision booklet for sports and hobbies with reading comprehension and writing task at the end.

Footballer profile sheet in Spanish with an example and one for students to complete themselves. There maybe some translation mistakes in the language, I am not a Spanish specialist.

German, Tourism: Rund um Karlsplatz - Listening Activity A listening activity about some of the sights in Vienna around Karlsplatz (Karlskirche etc). Students match the descriptions to the photos. Work sheet corresponding to the listening activity is attached. Complements the Reading Comprehension task on Vienna: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/german-tourism-vienna-reading-comprehension-11160962 IMPORTANT: To play the file from the powerpoint - click on the picture of the headphones. The answers are under the red boxes, these disappear when you click on them in the presentation.

A worksheet for students to create a profile of a player of their choosing. There is also an example to go alongside this as a model to help with any difficulties with the language

There are 3 messages which students can listen to. It can be used as either a listening activity where students have to pick out key information or as a stimulus for students to draft their own responses to the messages, write them up, and record them as if they were calling the person back and leaving them a message. It should also familiarise students with the standard answerphone vocabulary should they make calls to German phones in the future. Recordings made by a friend of mine who is a native speaker. Sound breaks up sometimes and is quite quiet in places so will need turning up.

Students create a little booklet on Easter in France. The key dates of the Christmas seasons are labelled and students draw and colour in their own images for each date. The word document only works in Microsoft Word 2007 onwards, in earlier versions all formatting is lost. For Word 2003 or earlier please use the .pdf file.

Questions to fit the 2016 specifications. Can be used as questions for the general conversation part of the speaking exams or as revision for role plays and photo cards.

A wordsearch of German numbers 1 -14 and a text match exercise for numbers 1-14

Christmas word search relating to French customs and traditions at Christmas time. Solution and translations of words included on page 2

A revision booklet for the topic of sports and hobbies.

Template for a snakes and ladders game. Add your own pictures to create a vocabulary speaking game.

Each file contains a reading activity for students to complete. The texts are differentiated. The first file is the lower level text, second the mid-level and the third the higher level. On the pages after the four profiles there are a series of questions for students to complete, culminating in a writing task. The higher text also draws on prior knowledge from the self and family unit.

Multi-linugal snakes and ladders board. Insert your own images or text to creat a speaking game.

Please see updated version: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/german-christmas-booklet-updated-11182472 Students create a little booklet on Christmas in Germany. The key dates of the Christmas seasons are labelled and students draw and colour in their own images for each date. The word document only works in Microsoft Word 2007 onwards, in earlier versions all formatting is lost. If you have Word 2003 or earlier please download the .pdf version instead.

Reading comprehension text about a weekend in Vienna, mainly in the perfect tense. The file contains the text to read and corresponding questions. Works well with the listening activity on places in Vienna.