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TextActivities
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TextActivities.com is THE multi-skill text-exploitation tool for language teachers, from the author of TaskMagic (now no longer available), Textivate.com, TeachVid.com and SentenceBuilders.com
(TextActivities is the NEW version of Textivate) #MFLBlueSky
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🔥 On the many ways of practising
📄✍️ TRANSLATION into the Target Language
on TextActivities, with lots of LIVE example activities of translation into
🇫🇷 French
🇩🇪 German
🇮🇹 Italian
🇪🇸 Spanish
TRY FOR YOURSELF by clicking below 👇👇👇
textactivities.posthaven.com/translation-...
#mflbluesky #mfltwitterati
Translation into the Target Language (with examples in several languages)
TextActivities is a great tool for practising translation into the L2 / the target language. You can create your own resources in a matter of minutes and then have access to all sorts of activity...
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September 18, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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🤖🪄 Using AI to generate a TextActivities resource
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🇪🇸 Spanish text
🇬🇧 English translation
🔀 Matching vocab chunks
Resource with 100+ interactive activities 😍
🎬 Includes video demo👏👏👏
A first attempt at using AI to generate a TextActivities resource
I had a go at using the free version of ChatGPT to generate some content to form the basis of a TextActivities resource. I was pleasantly surprised by how quick and easy the whole process was. See...
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September 18, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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🤩 Working with PARALLEL TEXTS in MFL 👇👇👇
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📰 Parallel text for scaffolded translation activities
🗣️ +TTS audio for dictation/translation combined
🔥 Get students working on translation & dictation from the get-go!
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Working with parallel texts in language teaching
Parallel texts as a self-learning toolPlenty has been written about the benefits for motivated language learners of using parallel texts to help learn a language. (Do a quick google search and...
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September 18, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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🗣️✍️ DICTATION on 🌍 TextActivities 👇👇👇

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🤩 TONS of examples of scaffolded dictation activities all from the same resource, with links to try each activity for yourself

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Dictation activities on TextActivities
Many of the activities available on TextActivities.com -- both text rebuild and vocab / matching -- can be seen as scaffolded dictation activities, i.e. which require students to listen to some...
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September 18, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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🔥 Exploiting a model text to the max in MFL 👇👇👇
Using reading, listening, text reconstruction to promote PRODUCTIVE skills
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Exploiting a Model Text to the Max to Promote Productive Skills in MFL
When it comes to exploiting texts for language teaching, the choice of text matters. Different types of texts suit different purposes. Some types of text often seen in language teaching...
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September 18, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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ASSIGNMENTS on TextActivities:
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Info on...
👩‍🎓 Via class
🧩 Via resource
💾 Saved / predefined
⚙️ Parameters
💯 Assessment mode
👁️ Previews
📆 Due / start date & time
🎭 Audience
📊 Data
🧒 Student perspective

🎬 Includes video intro :)
Assignments on TextActivities
This post examines "Assignments" on TextActivities. (For those familiar with Textivate, "assignments" are similar to Textivate's "sequences", but they work very differently. See section 1 (xiii) in...
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September 18, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Enhancing Language Acquisition Through Combined Dictation-Translation with Scaffolded Activities
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Enhancing Language Acquisition Through Combined Dictation-Translation with Scaffolded Activities
For language teachers aiming to elevate students’ proficiency, combining dictation with translation into the target language (L2) offers a dynamic, dual-prompt approach. Students receive a written...
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September 18, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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📊👫 STUDENT PERSONAL DATA ON TEXTACTIVITIES 🔒
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A blog post exploring some alternative ways of identifying students on TextActivities
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Student personal data on TextActivities
TextActivities does not store any sensitive data at all. Any student data that is stored relates only to resource or competition points scores and the completion of assignments. Student accounts...
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September 18, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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📋 ASSIGNMENTS & 🏆 COMPETITIONS WITH NO DUE DATE
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🔥You can now set assignments / competitions with no end date. You can manually end these via the teacher tools menu next to each assignment / competition
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Assignments and Competitions with no due date
ASSIGNMENTS &  COMPETITIONS WITH NO DUE DATE  You can now set assignments with no due date and competitions with no end date / time. You can manually end these using the end...
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September 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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🎙️ RECORD YOUR VOICE & COMPARE 🤩
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✨Students can record their voice and play it back so that they can compare their pronunciation with the model provided by the text-to-speech audio
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Record your voice and compare
RECORD YOUR VOICE & COMPARE  I've just added something to TextActivities.com that was actually a feature of my [no longer available] authoring software for Windows PC "TaskMagic" years...
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September 18, 2025 at 6:49 PM
textactivities.bsky.social
🔥 On the many ways of practising
📄✍️ TRANSLATION into the Target Language
on TextActivities, with lots of LIVE example activities involving translation into:
🇫🇷 French
🇩🇪 German
🇮🇹 Italian
🇪🇸 Spanish
TRY FOR YOURSELF by clicking below 👇👇👇
#mflbluesky
textactivities.posthaven.com/translation-...
Translation into the Target Language (with examples in several languages)
TextActivities is a great tool for practising translation into the L2 / the target language. You can create your own resources in a matter of minutes and then have access to all sorts of activity...
textactivities.posthaven.com
May 19, 2025 at 7:05 PM
textactivities.bsky.social
Click through to try out all sorts of SCAFFOLDED TRANSLATION activities in 🇫🇷 French, 🇩🇪 German, 🇮🇹 Italian and 🇪🇸 Spanish 👇👇👇
#mfltwitterati #mflchat #langchat #exploitingtexts #mflbluesky
(GCSE translation to L2)
martinlapworth.bsky.social Martin Lapworth @martinlapworth.bsky.social · Mar 19
✨ NEW post on the TextActivities blog on the many ways of practising
📄✍️ TRANSLATION into the Target Language 👇👇👇
on TextActivities, with lots of LIVE example activities involving translation into:
🇫🇷 French
🇩🇪 German
🇮🇹 Italian
🇪🇸 Spanish
textactivities.posthaven.com/translation-...
#mflbluesky
Translation into the Target Language (with examples in several languages)
TextActivities is a great tool for practising translation into the L2 / the target language. You can create your own resources in a matter of minutes and then have access to all sorts of activity...
textactivities.posthaven.com
March 23, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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martinlapworth.bsky.social
Click through to try out all sorts of SCAFFOLDED TRANSLATION activities in 🇫🇷 French, 🇩🇪 German, 🇮🇹 Italian and 🇪🇸 Spanish 👇👇👇
#mfltwitterati #mflchat #langchat #exploitingtexts
(GCSE translation to L2)
martinlapworth.bsky.social Martin Lapworth @martinlapworth.bsky.social · Mar 19
✨ NEW post on the TextActivities blog on the many ways of practising
📄✍️ TRANSLATION into the Target Language 👇👇👇
on TextActivities, with lots of LIVE example activities involving translation into:
🇫🇷 French
🇩🇪 German
🇮🇹 Italian
🇪🇸 Spanish
textactivities.posthaven.com/translation-...
#mflbluesky
Translation into the Target Language (with examples in several languages)
TextActivities is a great tool for practising translation into the L2 / the target language. You can create your own resources in a matter of minutes and then have access to all sorts of activity...
textactivities.posthaven.com
March 23, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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🔊👂✍️ LISTENING practice via DICTATION-like activities from the get-go is likely to produce students with better listening skills
👇👇👇 #mfltwitterati #langchat #mflchat #mflbluesky
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🤩 Post includes 28 direct links to different activities on TextActivities
Dictation activities on TextActivities
Many of the activities available on TextActivities.com -- both text rebuild and vocab / matching -- can be seen as scaffolded dictation activities, i.e. which require students to listen to some...
textactivities.posthaven.com
February 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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martinlapworth.bsky.social
🔥 Working with parallel texts in MFL 👇👇👇
#mfltwitterati #mflchat #langchat #exploitingtexts #mflbluesky
textactivities.posthaven.com/working-with...
Working with parallel texts in language teaching
Parallel texts as a self-learning toolPlenty has been written about the benefits for motivated language learners of using parallel texts to help learn a language. (Do a quick google search and...
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February 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Love using @teachvid.bsky.social for adaptive teaching tasks at the moment! As a result, my entire department is using it! What a fabulous website #mflbluesky
March 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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martinlapworth.bsky.social
✨ NEW post on the TextActivities blog on the many ways of practising
📄✍️ TRANSLATION into the Target Language 👇👇👇
on TextActivities, with lots of LIVE example activities involving translation into:
🇫🇷 French
🇩🇪 German
🇮🇹 Italian
🇪🇸 Spanish
textactivities.posthaven.com/translation-...
#mflbluesky
Translation into the Target Language (with examples in several languages)
TextActivities is a great tool for practising translation into the L2 / the target language. You can create your own resources in a matter of minutes and then have access to all sorts of activity...
textactivities.posthaven.com
March 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
textactivities.bsky.social
🔥 Working with parallel texts in MFL 👇👇👇
#mfltwitterati #mflchat #langchat #exploitingtexts #mflbluesky
textactivities.posthaven.com/working-with...
Working with parallel texts in language teaching
Parallel texts as a self-learning toolPlenty has been written about the benefits for motivated language learners of using parallel texts to help learn a language. (Do a quick google search and...
textactivities.posthaven.com
February 5, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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martinlapworth.bsky.social
🔥 Working with parallel texts in MFL 👇👇👇
#mfltwitterati #mflchat #langchat #exploitingtexts #mflbluesky
textactivities.posthaven.com/working-with...
Working with parallel texts in language teaching
Parallel texts as a self-learning toolPlenty has been written about the benefits for motivated language learners of using parallel texts to help learn a language. (Do a quick google search and...
textactivities.posthaven.com
February 5, 2025 at 7:34 PM
textactivities.bsky.social
🖨️📄 WORKSHEETS on 🌏 www.textactivities.com now allow for multiple activities (up to 5) and you can combine text-rebuild and vocab activities on the same worksheet 🤩 #mfltwitterati #langchat #mflchat #exploitingtexts #mflbluesky
February 4, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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MFL TEACHERS: On using model texts to develop language competence...
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It's about way more than just reading / listening comprehension.
And TONS of REPETITION is key 👇👇👇
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Exploiting a Model Text to the Max to Promote Productive Skills in MFL
When it comes to exploiting texts for language teaching, the choice of text matters. Different types of texts suit different purposes. Some types of text often seen in language teaching...
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January 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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✨ Exploiting a Model Text to the Max to Promote Productive Skills in MFL 👇👇👇

When it comes to exploiting texts for language teaching, the choice of text matters...

A post about using model texts to improve productive skills
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Exploiting a Model Text to the Max to Promote Productive Skills in MFL
When it comes to exploiting texts for language teaching, the choice of text matters. Different types of texts suit different purposes. Some types of text often seen in language teaching...
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January 16, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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🇪🇸 New Year's Resolutions ✨
🌍 Web link below. Click to play 👇👇👇
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🤩 100+ interactive text rebuild and vocab activities, including all sorts of dictation and translation options, plus multiple printables too!
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January 4, 2025 at 12:56 PM
textactivities.bsky.social
🇪🇸 New Year's Resolutions ✨
🌍 Web link below. Click to play 👇👇👇
textactivities.com?sample=spani...
🤩 100+ interactive text rebuild and vocab activities, including all sorts of dictation and translation options, plus multiple printables too!
#mflbluesky #mfltwitterati #TextActivities #langchat
January 4, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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🚀 Speedread = Rebuild the text using the multiple choice options. Each section is against the clock. 3 lives in total. How far can you get?

🇫🇷 "Ma routine, passé composé" - Speedread
👇👇👇
www.textactivities.com?sample=frenc...

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December 27, 2024 at 6:23 PM