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Beth @bethlingual.bsky.social · Sep 9

We are there for our students day-in, day-out, and that is what counts - not whether you always say or do the perfect thing in every moment!

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Beth @bethlingual.bsky.social · Sep 9

In January I started a new post as a head of year so I see all the time how important it is to be consistent with our behaviour expectations, and also how we communicate those consistently, regularly, clearly.

Beth @bethlingual.bsky.social · Sep 9

You need to do something consistently to make progress - but not necessarily perfectly! This is your reminder to give yourself the same grace you give to your students, every day/lesson is a fresh start.

Beth @bethlingual.bsky.social · Sep 9

Good habits, strong teaching routines, and positive relationships take time

If you've had a bad lesson/day (or even if it just wasn't perfect)... don't worry! Reflect and learn what you can from it, then move on. What you do consistently matters more anyway.

Getting dictatorial about dictation

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Dr Kedi Simpson @kedisimpson.bsky.social · Jul 2

I wrote about dictation again, based on my year 10 Germanists in the classroom today. I hope it is useful to some - and it's not just relevant to those teaching or learning German! learninglisteninglanguages.blogspot.com/2025/07/gett...

My year 10 Germanists have their listening mock exam tomorrow, so they wanted to ‘do listening’ today. Poor sods not knowing this is my abso...

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Mr E @theniceman.bsky.social · Jun 28

New Post

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Oracy across the curriculum

Here are some thoughts on Oracy. It's not about MFL. I may write something in the future on Oracy in MFL. But that would be something muc...

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Elena Díaz @teacherydiaz.bsky.social · Jan 13

🌟 Here’s today’s #NewTeacherNuggets! 🌟 A bite-sized boost for MFL trainee and new teachers to help you thrive in the classroom. Follow along for more daily tips!

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#MFLTwitterati
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Clare Seccombe @clareseccombe.bsky.social · Jan 23

My favourite activity at the moment: children can see the 10 words we are working on. I say 9 of them randomly, then they have to tell me which one I didn't say. Always goes well and they get to hear the vocab lots of times. Helps to prepare in advance 👍. #mflbluesky

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Beth @bethlingual.bsky.social · Jun 19

'Phonics needs to be scaffolded and deliberately practiced, not only by actually saying the target sounds, but by listening too.'

Read more on the blog! bethlingual.blogspot.com/2025/06/how-...

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How I embed phonics in my teaching

Phonics needs to be taught explicitly. This is particularly true when we have very little teaching time per fortnight, and especially for le...

How I embed phonics in my teaching

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Beth @bethlingual.bsky.social · Jun 18

New blog post! 💡

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Phonics needs to be taught explicitly. This is particularly true when we have very little teaching time per fortnight, and especially for le...

Speaking exam teacher script & mark schemes - new MFL GCSE | Teaching Resources

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Beth @bethlingual.bsky.social · Jun 9

Looking for clear teacher scripts for the new GCSE speaking exams? With all the timings and what to say? Here you go... www.tes.com/teaching-res...

Link has mark schemes too - F&H tier, in French, Spanish, & German, AQA

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Speaking exams - teacher script and mark schemes for the new MFL GCSE (2026) - AQA Teacher scripts What you need to say on the recordings The order of sections Timin

Spanish Future Plans revision worksheet | Teaching Resources

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Beth @bethlingual.bsky.social · Apr 28

Looks great, I was hoping to get stuck in for next year but my school have decided numbers aren't high enough for A level to run 😢 hopefully in the future

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Beth @bethlingual.bsky.social · Apr 28

Just added on my TES shop: www.tes.com/teaching-res... revision worksheet on the topic of future plans 🇪🇸 #MFLBluesky

Spanish KS3 (or GCSE) worksheet for cover, revision, homework etc. Recap future plans (and opinions) with EPI-style activities. Match up vocab Gapfill Add the spaces

Past tense/passé composé (regular verbs) revision & cover worksheet | Teaching Resources

Beth @bethlingual.bsky.social · Apr 26

A great option for cover work while you're doing speaking exams, or just for general consolidation and practice: www.tes.com/teaching-res... #MFLBluesky

French worksheet for KS3 or 4 - cover, revision, homework, consolidation Recap, practice, and consolidate how to form the passé composé past tense with regular -er v

2-minute Speaking Questions Challenge - a quick idea to develop oracy and speaking confidence in MFL

Beth @bethlingual.bsky.social · Apr 26

The 2 mins speaking questions challenge continues to work really well with engaging our students to speak spontaneously: bethlingual.blogspot.com/2024/09/2-mi... #MFLBluesky

Over the last academic year, I was working on developing oracy and speaking skills with my classes. I wanted to implement more opportunities...

Reflections on reading aloud

Beth @bethlingual.bsky.social · Apr 26

Getting students to read aloud: bethlingual.blogspot.com/2024/11/refl... #MFLBluesky

Reading aloud in MFL has always been important, but with the changes to the new GCSE it has become even more so. I have been thinking about ...

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Beth @bethlingual.bsky.social · Apr 22

Free dice game to practice speaking and writing (responding to unseen questions/bullet points) on my TES shop: www.tes.com/teaching-res... my most popular resource so far 🇫🇷 #mflbluesky

Lingthusiasm - 101 places to get enthusiastic about linguistics

Beth @bethlingual.bsky.social · Feb 1

Lingthusiasm have also recently released a list of lots of places to learn more: lingthusiasm.com/post/7741520... 😊

lingthusiasm: 101 places to get enthusiastic about linguistics In honour of Lingthusiasm’s 100th episodiversary, we’ve compiled this list of 101 public-facing places where linguists and linguisti...

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Beth @bethlingual.bsky.social · Jan 21

Practicing reading aloud? Some things to think about: bethlingual.blogspot.com/2024/11/refl... #MFLBluesky

Reflections on reading aloud

Reading aloud in MFL has always been important, but with the changes to the new GCSE it has become even more so. I have been thinking about ...

2-minute Speaking Questions Challenge - a quick idea to develop oracy and speaking confidence in MFL

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Beth @bethlingual.bsky.social · Jan 8

Been so impressed this week with how much students can remember after Christmas! Some great answers in the 2 minute speaking questions challenge 💙 #MFLBluesky

bethlingual.blogspot.com/2024/09/2-mi...

Over the last academic year, I was working on developing oracy and speaking skills with my classes. I wanted to implement more opportunities...

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Beth @bethlingual.bsky.social · Dec 18

The end of another term means another chance to reward the class who can answer the most questions in TL in 2 mins!

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if you're looking for a quick speaking task to build confidence and automaticity in the new year, this works 💪 #MFLBluesky

French Christmas Quiz - traditions, vocab, listening | Teaching Resources

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Beth @bethlingual.bsky.social · Dec 16

Need a French Christmas quiz?

Why not try this: www.tes.com/teaching-res... (lots of culture questions, plus festive themed listening and reading)

Or this: www.tes.com/teaching-res... (quiz about 'false friends' tricky vocab)

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French Christmas Quiz for all years with 3 rounds. Multiple choice questions about traditions Pointless-style vocab translation task (into English) Listen to a Chris