Text about typical and atypical eating habits, followed by some comprehension questions, a 'find the phrase' exercise, a manipulation exercise, a writing task and a speaking task

Interview about mobile phone use, featuring relatively accessible language. The dialogue is followed by speaking practice, a 'find the phrase' exercise, a manipulation exercise, another speaking exercise and a writing task.

Text in which Homer Simpson talks about what there is to do in Springfield and compares it to Shelbyville. The text is followed by a True / False exercise, a find-the-phrase exercise, a manipulation exercise and a writing task.

Text based on internet threads about the idea of introducing school uniform in Germany. Text is followed by comprehension questions in English, a 'find the phrases' exercise and a text manipulation exercise. Hopefully, this will provide pupils with some useful language for commenting on school uniform in their own school,

(i) A link to the ad (ii) As faithful a transcript of the TV ad as I can get onto a sheet of A4, with some stage directions, plus a sequence of activities. (iii) a story board activity (iv) a PPT with stills from the film, to which students should supply their own text and (v) an exploded version of the dialogue for the students to reconstruct. I've added in a couple of additonial speech bubbles to pack it out a bit.

Powerpoint story in which Bella from the 'Twighlight' series describes a typical day. The text appears slowly, giving students time to read and work out the meanings. As a follow up you could ask the class for ideas, such as likes and dislikes, to augment the text on each slide and make the story their own.

Short text, adapted from an authentic source, in which young French speakers discuss fast-food. The stimulus text is followed by comprehension and manipulation exercises, a bit of grammar and a writing task.

Powerpoint containing a set of activities which become progressively more challenging (i) a multiple-choice quiz (ii) more demanding reading activities regarding the history of the World Cup (iii) reading activities relating to Brazil (iv) images to provoke discussion. Use the bits that suit your class!

Simon Cowell, Jonny, Depp, Katy Perry and Amy Pond give accounts of holidays. Text followed by comprehension questions in English.

Write-up of the Gordano School Project 'TALK so that pupils listen, and listen so that pupils TALK' which won a European Award for Languages and was awarded the Mary Glasgow Prize.

Questions to stimulate discussion on the topic of the environment

A number of short blogs on the topic of marriage, followed by (i) reading comprehension questions in English (ii) a 'Find the phrase' exercise (iii) manipulation of sentences in the blogs to create (slightly) new language.

Extended multi-choice grammar exercise, practising (i) the selection of haben or sein with verbs in the Perfect and (ii) the selection of singular or plural endings with verbs in other tenses. On completion students will also have model texts for describing holidays.

This is an edited version of Kiffen und Komasaufen, which I uploaded previously. This version has been altered to suit the needs of my AS class. The text is followed by a richtig/falsch/nicht im Text exercise, questions in German, a 'find the phrase' activity, a translation into German of English language data regarding the situation in the UK, and a writing activity in which students must then compare and contrast the data from both countries.

TOOLKIT for generating complex sentences relating to the topic of family and relationships, and for practising word order in sentences featuring a main clause and a subordinate clause.

Slide 1 of the Powerpoint acts as a homepage for the other slides. Ask pupils to select a letter, then click the corresponding image and it will hyperlink to a slide with a phoneme to practice. Click on the 'back' button to go back to the homepage.

Challenging text based partly on an article about a hotel in Holland that claims to be the worst hotel in the world and partly on real complaints about hotels found on TripAdvisor. (The first paragraph contains an unpleasant, but true, reference to dog faeces, so may not suit all tastes and classes!) The text is followed by, some grammar, comprehension questions in English, a 'find the phrase' exercise, a manipulation exercise, a translation into English, a bit more grammar (weil and obwohl), a speaking task and a writing task.

Short texts about pocket money and part-time jobs, followed by comprehension questions and a writing task.

3 model texts about designer clothes plus a little bit of grammar to help students express their own ideas.

The simplified taxonomies can be used to show to students and observers (i) how certain activities demand greater engagement on the part of the learner and (ii) the progression in your lesson in terms of pupils' thinking. Created in collaboration with Rachel Roberts and the MFL team at Gordano.