Community Languages Methodology session: useful links

This document gives a list of useful links for language teachers with school-age students. It includes websites which offer resources and also file-sharing and file-creation sites. The information included in it was part of a session run by the Community Cafe project www.llas.ac.uk/communitycaf

Powerpoint Magic: tips for language teachers

This sheet gives some tips for using Powerpoint for language teaching. It is part of the workshop pack created under the JISC-funded Community Cafe project

Flashcards template - sports and music

These flashcards can be used to practice vocabulary for sports and music

The Sports Song

This worksheet can be used with any musical tune or rhythm, to get beginner-level, or young students to practice vocabulary for different sports. It can be adapted to show any sport required, and it can be translated easily into other languages

Squares game : practice vocab for food and drink

This is a game to practice vocabulary for food and drink. It involves teams of students making sentences about food and competing to finish first. This handout can be printed and copied to use in class. The idea is repurposable and the same game could be created for any vocabulary you wish to focus on

Games and Kinaesthetic Activities for Primary Languages

This handout is a compendium of ideas for games and kinaesthetic Activities for Primary Languages teachers. There are lots of excellent ideas here

Games and Quizzes Resource Pack

A collection of worksheets and ideas for classroom activities for young language learners. This collection forms part of the Community Café workshop pack. The resources are mainly in English but can be adapted for any language

Sentence dominoes

This resource is based on the game 'dominoes'. The teacher should cut out the dominoes and get students to make sentences using them

The family song - talking about your family

This is a song to use to practice talking about family members. It is for use with beginner students. It can be repurposed for any language

True/False Diary - practice talking about routine

This worksheet enables students to practice talking about daily routine. Students must read a pictorial diary and then make true/false sentences about the activities in the diary