The resources in this post were created based on texts taken from old GCSE Spanish papers, and which featured in a booklet uploaded to the Secondary MFL Matters Facebook group by Kate Jones. Here they are presented in the same order that they appear in Kate's booklet.
The images below are clickable and will open the menu for each resource in a separate browser tab.
Vocab resources with a receptive (or input) focus ask the question "what does ... mean?" rather than "how do you say ...?".
The focus is on students' receptive skills (listening, reading) rather than on productive skills (speaking, writing), so they are less challenging for students. We want to know what they can understand rather than what they can produce themselves.
The screen image above shows a textivate Match resource which has the following characteristics:
If you are a textivate subscriber, you will be able to access the resources on the textivate plus section of textivate. (If you are not a subscriber, you will be able to see what's there, but you won't be able to open the activities.)
One part of textivate plus is the "Short texts" section for KS4 French. These texts are similar in length (and content?) to the L1>L2 translation texts on the new GCSE specifications. (Higher tier, admittedly, but these are still useful practice resources for Foundation candidates.)
Here is the link to the short texts for GCSE French: http://www.textivate.com/plus/French/KS4_Short%20texts_
Check it out.
Each resource contains over 50 activities (described below, or you could just click the link above and select one of the resources):
We've created a new section on textivate with ready-made resources. So far it only has resources for French, but we'll be adding to it over the coming months.
We've tried to include plenty of activities with a focus on L1>L2 translation.
Check it out: http://www.textivate.com/plus.php
