I have updated a Y7 parallel text task about the EU, to reflect the changed status of the UK.

I have updated the Y9 text with exercises about Lionel Messi, following hos recent move to PSG.

I have updated the Methodology reflection in the Teacher's Guide pages. This was quite out of date. Free to read for all, subscriber or not.

I have updated the page on vocabulary learning in the Teacher's Guide section of the site. This is free to view for anyone. I have added a section on why and how you might use sentence builders (substitution tables) to set vocab learning in class or for homework. This would apply to learners from beginner up to low-intermediate level, in my opinion.

Video listening. A very easy geography video about the major rivers of France. Gap-fill with options.

Two 'sentence chaos' reading aloud games using the future tense. Dans vingt ans... Instructions given on the slides.

Another two 'sentence chaos' reading aloud games, these on mon weekend dernier and une visite à Paris. Lots of mixed perfect tense verbs, first person. Instructions given on the PowerPoint slides. Zero prep! Good for Y8-Y10, depending on the class.

Video listening. This is a 4 minute illustrated video about De Gaulle's call to arms on the 18th June 1940. The video has optional captions in French. The task is a vocab building one - to identify words and expressions heard in the video.

A 'sentence chaos' reading aloud game for beginners. All instructions given on the PowerPoint. A zero preparation competitive game.

Three 'Sentence Chaos' games to practise simple, regular perfect tense verbs and the near future (aller + infinitive). Sentence Chaos is reading aloud game devised by Gianfranco Conti and which we described in our book Breaking the Sound Barrier. Instructions are given on the PowerPoint slides. You can adapt the idea for other areas of grammar, vocabulary or lexicogrammar.