Nottinghamshire hands on support - secondary - MFL
General
| Link | Description |
|---|---|
| Alien language | The staff and pupils of King Edward VI High School in Stafford have created this site designed to support modern languages work (covering English, French, Spanish and German) with children aged 11-14. |
| Association for language learning | One of the major subject associations for teachers of foreign languages, they're committed to the professional development of language teachers. The Publications section includes some valuable classroom resources suitable for all levels. |
| BBC languages | Beginners online courses in French, German and Spanish. |
| Bonjour de France | Contains lots of useful material including text and audio clips with multiple choice comprehension tests, vocabulary practice, grammar lessons, illustrated idioms and teaching tips. |
| Bonjour.org.uk | Teach yourself French with the help of this lively site with a clear pedagogical focus. There are also two sister sites covering German and Spanish. |
| CILT - The Centre for Information on Language Teaching and Research | CILT is the national centre of expertise in language teaching, aiming to promote a greater national capability in languages. Its website provides information on a wide range of courses, conferences and other events for teachers and students. |
| eTandem Europa | This European Commission project aims to introduce as many European citizens to the opportunity of learning a foreign language as possible. Students work together with partner from another country and learn by telephone or email. You'll find full details on the website. |
| Gut! | Gut! is a free site that includes a comprehensive set of interactive activities for German teachers and learners. The site has more than 200 exercises, over 50 of them have audio samples of native German speakers. |
| La Classe De Giulia | Recommended by Alyson Allan, the primary MFL Consultant, as a useful site recording the interaction of a French primary school with one of their pupils who has gone traveling with reviews, stories and interactive pages made by the children themselves. |
| L'escale | An action-packed website from Quebec which encourages young explorers to investigate an island, discover buried treasure and learn some French in the process. |
| Lowdham Primary School website | A local primary school’s resources for the teaching of MFL. |
| MFL National Curriculum | View the non-statutory guidelines for key stage 2 and the programme of study for key stage 3. View the non-statutory guidelines for key stage 4 and the modern foreign languages entitlement statement. From these pages, you can also see the attainment target , notes and links to online teaching resources. |
| Momes.net | A treasure trove of resources for early language skills. |
| Nacell | Early Language Learning website giving guidance on teaching and learning strategies as well as resources. |
| Quia | Allows you to create 14 types of activity to help with language learning. These activities include quizzes, flash cards, math's games, word searches and hangman. An annual subscription costs $49, but there's a free 30-day trial. |
| Zut! | French teacher Catherine Murphy has put together hundreds of activities including jumbled sentences, word searches, listening exercises and dialogues. Easy to navigate, the site is organised by year group subdivided into topics. |
Revision:
| Link | Description |
|---|---|
| Babelfish translations | AltaVista Babel Fish Translation enables you to translate short passages of text or entire Web sites among 19 pairs of languages |
| BBC Bitesize: GCSE: French | The easy to use online revision service for GCSE French |
| BBC Bitesize: GCSE: German | The easy to use online revision service for GCSE German |
| BBC Bitesize: GCSE: Spanish | The easy to use online revision service for GCSE Spanish |
| German exercises | Learn basic German and all about the German culture |
| iLoveLanguages | iLoveLanguages is a comprehensive catalog of language-related Internet resources. The more than 2400 links at iLoveLanguages have been hand-reviewed to bring you the best language links the Web has to offer. |
| Language adventure | Learn basic languages by matching the picture to the word |
| Online language dictionary | YourDictionary provides resources to help you find the best dictionary and translation sites for French, Spanish, Italian, German and hundreds of other languages. |
| Russian Alphabet | Click on the Russian letter to hear the correct pronunciation |
| Russian Folk Tales | This page is entirely dedicated to the folk tales of Russia and Ukraine. Tales are the part of culture, traditions, customs and history of people. |
| Say hello in Russian | A useful website that teaches you how to say hello in Russian with numerous links to other helpful websites |
A Level:
| Link | Description |
|---|---|
| About German | A handy page with lots of links to other German related sites |
| About Spanish | A handy page with lots of links to other Spanish related sites |
| Aprende Espanol | |
| El Castellano | |
| El Pais Digital | |
| Español para Viajeros | Select a category of words and phrases |
| French crosswords | French crosswords |
| French - English dictionary | Look up words in a simple French English Dictionary containing about 75,000 terms. |
| German crosswords | German crosswords |
| German resources | |
| Germany - Lonely Planet Guide | LonelyPlanet.com is a network of connections between travellers containing a vast database of useful facts and links |
| L'Environnement | |
| Radio France |