MFL Links
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http://www.optimnem.co.uk/learning.php
Optimnem is a site teaching French, German and Spanish using spatial learning strategies and native-speaking tutors. The strategies use context, patterns, word relationships and imagery to teach the target language in a way that is jargon-free (no long lists or verb-ending tables!), imaginative and fun. The site also hosts lots of language learning resources, such as bilingual stories and rhymes, study tips, articles, worksheets.
Years 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
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http://www.ashcombe.surrey.sch.uk/Curriculum/modlang/index.htm
This is the site of Ashcombe language college in Surrey. It is a well of information and resources for language teachers. The great thing about this site is its sets of videos of native speakers (French, German and Spanish)accompanied by exercises which cover 16 topics, mainly for GCSE students.
It also provides an excellent list of links categorized by topics. Very impressive!
Years 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
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http://www.loreto.ac.uk
(Click on courses, then on Modern languages)
This site contains a list of very useful and extremely well documented sites, in French, German, Spanish and Italian. It also offers very clear explanations on the AS and A'level exams.
This link will also take you to an excellent dossier on pollution written in French by Ken Knight from Loreto College. (Look for the button marked Interactive Dossier in the light blue menu on the left when you get to the Modern Languages Home Page)
It's very detailed, yet the French remain at the right level for pupils. You'll be wondering how you ever taught the "pollution" topic without it!
Years 12 13
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http://phonetique.free.fr
This is a superb site to practise French pronunciation! You can hear all the sounds of the French language and there are very good exercises to practise. The presentation is fun and it's very easy to navigate. A must for French learners!
Years 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
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http://www.polarfle.com
If you have pupils who like murder mysteries and speaking French, then this site is a dream come true! Read about the murder, find out about the suspects and solve the crime. Pupils won't even realise that they are actually doing reading and listening comprehensions and grammar exercises.
A lot of fun for pupils of all ages as this site offers 4 different levels of difficulty.
Years 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
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http://www.bonjourdefrance.com
This is an impressive site all in French, which offers reading and listening comprehensions, grammar exercises, vocab lists and a lot more. It's fun, authentic and very educational! (This site is probably best for year 10 and above)
Years 10 11 12 13
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http://www.talkingdice.co.uk
"Talkingdice" is a brilliant site for all MFL teachers. For £5.85 (including p&p) you can buy a set of 6 printed dice on a lot of different topics all linked to the National Curriculum. This site also gives you loads of ideas on how to use the dice in the classroom. It's a great and cheap way to encourage students to speak in any language!
Years 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
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http://www.linguacentral.co.uk
Although this site may look a little busy at first, it is extremely useful for both teachers and learners (from Year 7 all the way to Year 13);
It offers online exercises and games in French, Spanish and German and also contains a list of relevant language links. Well worth a visit!
Years 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
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http://www.educationalresources.co.uk
This site is intended for both students and teachers. For the former, it provides a lot of practical information such as applying to universities, finding accomodation ... as well as learning sites.
For teachers, it offers access to Unions sites, discussion forums, vacancies, performance tables and inspection sites and so on. Bookmark it!
Years 12
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http://www.parlez-vous.org
Not only does this site offer links to French sites, it also provides a multitude of links to the canadian culture, language and gastronomy! A great site to remind us that French is not just spoken in France!
Years 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
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http://academicinfo.net/langfrench.html
Portal for French related sites, including online teaching resources.
Years 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
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http://Atschool.eduweb.co.uk/haberg
This site is divided into areas of experience and subdivided into each topic. For each topic there are four or five exercises available and most of them involve reading and writing, with a few audio ones.
This is an extremely detailed and complete site which pupils will find very useful either when revising for the GCSE exam or throughout years 10 and 11 to practise the topics studied in class.
Years 10 11
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http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/stpmlang/AS%20topics/topics.htm
This site offers exercises in some of the topics covered for AS: Gapfilling exercises, reading comprehensions, vocabulary tests.
It also suggests different French sites for each topic for extra information and further reading.
Years 12 13
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http://eleaston.com/french.html
This site is a portal which specialises in online exercises on different areas of the French language and culture. It also offers a list of sites that teachers can use to create their own quizzes.
Years 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
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http://humanities.uchicago.edu/forms_unrest/inflect.query.html
This site is a French verb conjugator, which students may want to use instead of their verb table. It is very comprehensive, but not very user-friendly.
Years 10 11 12 13
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http://www.BBC.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/french
This is a very famous revision site for GCSE. As well as providing exam skills, it offers reading and writing activities both at foundation and higher level.
It is a very user-friendly site which offers advice in English with hints to help pupils with exam techniques.
This site is also available in German.
Years 10 11
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http://www.frenchrevision.co.uk
"French Revision" is a great site which offers a lot of practise for KS3, KS4 and KS5 in all four skills, as well as grammar exercises.
For GCSE students, it also offers access to past papers which can be marked on the spot.
Well worth a visit!
Years 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
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http://www.homestead.com/Anne_Fox/LearningFrench.html
Anne Fox has created a very useful site which offers services not found anywhere else. It offers the possibility to type in words or sentences in French and hear them spoken.If you need to practise some vocab, send it to Anne and she will make up some exercises for you.
This site also gives a list of useful sites for GCSE.
Excellent site!
Years 10 11
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http://www.learn.co.uk
This site, created by the Guardian newspaper, offers reading, writing, listening and speaking exercises. It also provides a list of vocabulary for each topic that pupils can listen to as well as read.
The list of topics covered for year 7 is very extensive. The reading and listening exercises come with a "check" option, however the listening and speaking ones do not.
One drawback of this site is that some of the exercises cannot be done online and have to be done on paper with the correction available on screen.
Years 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
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http://www.quia.com
This is a fun, interactive site with a lot of games, some of which can be played by two or more pupils
Exercises are added on a regular basis, so it is well worth checking this site regularly. Most of the topics follow the same pattern of exercises, such as matching French and English, wordsearches, flashcards.
Although this site is not aimed directly at GCSE pupils, it covers a lot of the topics studied and is an excellent tool to revise vocabulary and grammar at foundation level.
Years 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
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http://www.teachernet.gov.uk
As well as providing a lot of general information for teachers, such as professional development and education overview, Teachernet is also a portal for sites to do with all aspects of teaching. The sites are ordered alphabetically.
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http://www.wildfrench.co.uk
This site offers access to online exercises to go alongside textbooks such as : Métro, Avantage, Fusée, Equipe and Formule X.
For KS4, it offers access to past papers and more online exercises.
Very useful site!
Years 7 8 9 10 11
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http://www.yourdictionary.com
Pupils can use this online dictionary to check vocabulary from French or German to English and vice-versa.
Years 7 8 9 10 11 12 13