1. Objective
To share and discuss ideas to develop speaking in MFL classrooms ...
Resources to present and teach key language
Strategies to encourage students to use tenses and extend ideas
Strategies to help students revise for speaking exams

2. Speaking Mats

6. Chatty mat: GCSE Photo cards
To start off:
En la imagen… In the image
En la foto… In the photo
hay… There is/are
En la imagen In the image
veo… I see
Se puede ver… You can see
La foto muestra… The photo shows…
Be specific!
En primer plano… In the foreground
En segundo plano… In the background
A la izquierda… to the left
A la derecha… to the right
Cerca de.. close to
En frente de.. In front of
Al lado de… next to
What’s there?
Un hombre/una mujer a man/woman
Dos personas some people
Muchas personas lots of people
Unos edificios some buildings
Unos arboles some trees
Una escena… a scene of
Opinion phrases
Pienso que…
I think that
Creo que…
Imagino que…
I imagine that…
Supongo que…
I suppose that…
Yo diría que…
I would say that
Me parece que..
It seems to me that..
Me recuerda a…
It reminds me of…
Describing people
El/ella parece… he/she seems…
Ellos/ellas parecen… they seem..
Contento/a (s) happy
Triste(s) sad
Cansado/a(s) tired
enfadado/a(s) angry
What are they doing?
El/ella está He/she is…
Ellos/ ellas están They are…
Hablando (talking), sonriendo(smiling), riendose (laughing), discutiendo (arguing), andando (walking), trabajando (working), jugando (playing), comiendo (eating), bebiendo (drinking), Haciendo (doing), viendo (watching)
Weather
Hace sol it’s sunny
Hace buen tiempo it’s nice weather
Hace mal tiempo It’s bad weather
Llueve it’s raining
Hace viento it’s windy
Do you like it?
Me gusta/me encanta la foto es (it is…) e.g. Bonita (beautiful)
porque no me gusta /odio la foto está llena de… (it is full of)e.g. color (colour)

7. Chatty mat: GCSE Photo cards
To start off:
Dans l’image … In the image
Dans la photo… In the photo
Il y a… There is/ are
Je vois… I see
Je peux voir… You can see
La photo montre… The photo shows…
Be specific!
Au premier plan… In the foreground
Au deuxième plan… In the background
À gauche… to the left
À droite… to the right
Près de.. close to
Devant.. In front of
What’s there?
Un homme/une femme a man/woman
Des personnes some people
Beaucoup de personnes lots of people
Des édifices some buildings
Des arbres some trees
Une scène de… a scene of
Opinion phrases
Je crois que…
I think that
Je pense que…
I think that…
J’imagine que…
I imagine that…
Je suppose que…
I suppose that…
Je dirais que…
I would say that
Il me semble que..
It seems to me that..
Cela me rappelle…
It reminds me of…
Describing people
Il/elle a l’air … he/she seems…
Ils/elles ont l’air… they seem..
Content(e)(s) happy
Triste(s) sad
Fatigué(e)(s) tired
Énervé(e)(s) angry
What are they doing?
Il/elle est en train de He/she is…
Ils/elles sont en train de They are…
parler (talking), sourire (smiling), rire (laughing), se disputer (arguing), marcher (walking), travailler (working), jouer (playing)
Weather
Il y a du soleil it’s sunny
Il fait beau it’s nice weather
Il fait mauvais It’s bad weather
Il pleut it’s raining
Il y a du vent it’s windy
Do you like it?
J’aime/j’adore la photo parce que c’est (it is…) e.g. beau (beautiful)
Je n’aime pas/je déteste la photo car c’est plein de… (it is full of) e.g. couleur (colour)

8. Q & A – Key Structures

9. Picture Card Structures

10. Key principles Use them frequently Laminate Colourful Student copy
Keep same headings
Transfer key language (tenses, connectives, adjectives etc.)
Not too many words!
Remove support slowly
Make sure they are understood

11. Discussion How do you present / teach key language for speaking?

12. Speaking Activities

13. Learning Strips Write in examples Pass them to your partner
Thinking time
Use all of the examples in sentences (you may add extra words/ideas)
Tweak
Change the tenses
Give students the examples
Give students a topic
Get students to choose the topic
Ban certain verbs / words (play, good etc.)
Get students to write down the answers
Swap written answers and mark each others

14. Speaking Frameworks - Easy
Pair work activity
Ping-Pong
Memory Game
1 sentence per person
How many different sentences in 2 minutes?
Change the tense

15. Dice Game 1

16. Speaking Frameworks – More Complex

17. Simple Dice activity – Q & A
What do you like doing on the internet?
What don’t you like doing Online?
What would life be like without technology / the internet / your mobile phone?
Could you live without technology / the internet / your mobile phone?
What would you have without technology?
What would you do without technology?

18. Whole Class Game – QOS 1. With questions 2.With pictures

19. Learning Grids
Any 36 prompts (questions, pictures, English prompts, Target Language prompts)
Model with whole class
Students in pairs / small groups
Time limit (How many can you do in ___ minutes)

20. Learning grids – 3 tenses

21. Learning grids – 3 tenses

22. Noughts and Crosses - Tenses
Whole class and pair game
3 sentences per square (present, past, future)
With or without support
Infinitives in English or target language
Time phrases instead of infinitives
Use it with pictures (GCSE pic cards)
Use it with role-play prompts
Use it with conversation questions

23. Noughts and Crosses - Pictures
At least 3 sentences
You choose the language! 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

24. Noughts and Crosses - Questions
Kommst du gut mit deinen Eltern aus?
Was machst du mit der Familie?
Was hast du letztes Wochenende mit der Familie gemacht? 1 2 3
Beschreibe dein idealer Partner/ deine ideale Partnerin
Was wirst du nächstes Wochenende mit der Familie machen?
Mit wem kommst du nicht gut aus? 4 5 6
Wie ist die Atmosphäre zu Hause?
Möchtest du heiraten?
Möchtest du Kinder haben? 7 8 9

25. Connect 3 with pictures Whole class and pair game
Start at the bottom and work up
3 in a row to win
With or without support
Use it with role-play prompts
Use it with conversation questions

26. Snakes and Ladders First to 100 wins Go up the ladders
Go down the snakes
Say the sentence in the target language
Correct - stay where you are
Wrong - go back to where you were on your last go

27. How do you develop speaking in your classroom?

28. GCSE Speaking Exams
Practise and revision

29. Assessment and revision - Speaking Booklets
1 per topic
2-4 role-play cards
2-4 picture cards
10 conversation questions
Support
Exampro

30. Lists for paired testing (Role-plays)
Prompts on the left
Suggested answers on the right
Fold sheet
Students test each other
Set time limit

31. Photo Cards – Paired resource

32. Revision Cards – Conversation Questions
Flashcards with revision notes
Good for …
1. revising short answers
2. paired testing
3. independent revision
3 different revision methods
Students must find out which method works best for them

33. 1. Key Words

34. 2. Gap Fill

35. 3. Initial Letters

36. Speaking Revision - Discussion
What have you trialled with year 10? What worked? What didn’t!