A sequence of activities linked to the transcript of the Listening Comprehension "Zusammen oder allein?" in Brennpunkt Neue Ausgabe (by Aberdeen, Morris, Sandry and Somerville). The work sheet includes (i) the transcript (ii) comprehension questions in German (iii) preparation for a discussion (iv) a discussion and (v) an AS-style writing task.

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?

A set of Taboo cards for practising key terminology from Das Leben der Anderen.

Zog describes his trip to Earth and his impressions of life in Portishead. Text is followed by questions in German.

"Powerpoint" in which the different forms of you ("du" / "ihr" / "Sie" / "man") are revealed one step at a time. Students can be asked to speculate before each reveal.

A more advanced text, originally written for able FL2 beginners, about pets. The text features a variety of tenses and detailed descriptions.. It is followed by (i) comprehension questions (ii) a find the phrase activity (iii) an introduction to the articles in the Accusative and (iv) a manipulation exercise.

Activity practising articles in the Accusative in the context of saying what you got for your birthday. Each slide reveals a cropped picture of a putative birthday present, which the pupils have to identify. Then the full picture is revealed. On the next click a sentence such "Ich habe ein Trkot bekommen." reveals itself slowly and students have to race against the powerpoint. They may not start their sentence before the PPT but have to finish the sentence before the PPT. Worked well with a middle ability Year 9 class.

A text in which a teenager recounts her entry into drug abuse, followed by (i) an exercise in which students must extract the verbs in the imperfect from the text, link them to infinitives and compare them with the equivalent perfect tense (ii) an explanation in English of the Imperfect in German and (iii) an exercise in which students must translate sentences into German using vocab supplied in the stimulus text.

More authentic materials for revision-shy GCSE candidates. Questions in English.

Three resources relating to the eclipse on 20th March 2015: (i) An original text for translation into English (ii) An adapted text with helpful diagram and multi-choice questions in English (iii) An adapted text with no helpful diagram and open questions in English

A sequence of activities relating to the film. (i) a relatively straightforward character match-up exercise (ii) translation of a key scene from the Drehbuch (iii) comparison of the scene as it stands in the Drehbuch with the scene as it actually is in the film (iv) structured discussion of what might account for the differences (v) an exercise putting events in the first half of the film into the correct order and (vi) a more demanding match-up exercise using extended quotes from the Drehbuch. I made this for an able Year 11 FL2 group but could easily be adapted for AS or A2.

Powerpoint presentation which introduces es gibt + adjectival endings in the Accusative and then invites students to use their new found grammatical knowledge to describe the bedrooms of various celebrities.

Two PPTs which act as stimuli to help students say which type of TV programmes they like and dislike. The first slide acts as homepage. Students select a number or a letter and are then hyperlinked to an image to comment on. The first PPT has nine images of reasonably recognisable programme types. The second has a selection of images from German TV and may involve a degree of discussion as to the type of programme it is, before students make their comments.

9 photos from National Geographic for exploitation as stimuli for spontaneous TALK. The first slide acts as a homepage for the other 9 slides. Students pick a number on the homepage and are hyperlinked to an image. They could be invited to (i) describe what they see / don't see (ii) speculate about the lives of the people / animals in the image (iii) suggest what will happen next / what has just happened etc etc.

Powerpoint in which students must supply the correct preposition to complete the description of the picture.

A dialogue featuring some of the central characters from the film "Was tun, wenn's brennt?" The dialogue is not an actual scene from the film but is a fantasy love triangle featuring three of the characters. The text focuses on physical description, with a little bit of jealousy thrown in. It is followed by activities in which students must (i) identify key language, (ii) adapt the dialogue, focusing on the words in bold type, and (iii) enhance the dialogue by adding in adverbial phrases from a given list. Students will need to have seen the end of the film to get the joke at the end of the dialogue.

Two Powerpoints featuring street signs and questions in English, which I have use to practise dictionary skills. The images in the first ppt have been used in resources I have uploaded before, but the images in the second ppt are all new.

This an upgraded version of a worksheet I originally uploaded for Year 11 pupils. The text contains unpleasant but true information about the self-styled 'Worst hotel in the world' plus comments about dreadful hotels from contributors to TripAdvisor. This is followed by a grammar tip about adjectives, comparatives and superlatives, questions in German, a manipulation exercise, a translation into English, a writing task, more grammar, a speaking task and finally another writing task.

Powerpoint which builds up, slide by slide to create a table illustrating adjectival endings in the Accusative after 'Es gibt ... '. The examples are all in the context of desribing a room. The table is followed by images of celebrities, and students then have to speculate as to what there is in their room.

A gap-fill exerise about fitness featuring a Futurama character with one eye and purple hair.