Situational dialogue with glossed vocabulary. At the tourist office. With adult learners in mind.

Another beginner PowerPoint presentation. What does Spotty like doing? This one shows how two verbs work together, the second one being in the infinitive.

Beginner PowerPoint. "Que fait Spotty?" Spotty the dog returns. This time the slides show him doing various everyday things, conveniently using -er verbs in the present tense. The slides build up to make a long chunk of a lesson, or even a whole lesson, of listening, reading and speaking - including whole sentences from memory.

Video listening. This is a short film trailer for the movie Bonobos. Very endearing! Phrases to spot and sentences to correct. Pupils should like this. Could be used with a good Y9, but I've put it in Y10-11. I discovered this clip thanks to Martine Pillette at the Teachlang conference last Saturday.

A booklet of 5 WJEC-style gap-fill tasks (Question 4). Answers given. This is in response to a request in my current feedback survey. These are useful reading/grammar tasks for all A-level students.

Don't forget to do the survey. It takes on average one minute.

Parallel gapped translation on the topic of divorce. Women explain why they divorced or thought of it. In this exercise students must complete both the French and English versions of the same text.

Text and questions in English about the eruption of Mont Pelée in Martinique in 1902. I knew nothing about this disaster which killed 28000 French people, until we visited Martinique recently and saw the mountain from the sea.

Two new crosswords in the Y10-11 section (environment and travel). These use easy short sentences or phrases to be translated into French. Useful for translation revision. No answers given for these, I'm afraid. The crossword designer programme I use (armoredpenguin.com) makes it difficult. They would mainly suit Foundation Tier GCSE.

Text and exercises about discrimination in the workplace. Vocab to find, written and oral summary, questions and translation into French.

Video listening. A report about a system which detects falls in a residence for the elderly. Questions in French and optional summary. Answers given as usual.