fellow MFL teachers - can you help me out?

[olivo]

i am going back to work after Easter after maternity leave and found out a couple of weeks ago that i will be teaching a few lessons of Spanish - I've never taught it before and havent done any Spanish for about 11 years!! HELP!! can anyone recommend any websites where i could find some good resources - its for year 9 but its their first year of studying it.

thanks ( hopefully!)

[kiskidee]

cool website with lots of really good worksheets. all free

also exceptional but yearly subscription which is worth its weight in gold.
www.linguascope.co.uk

our school has the school subscription which our kids can use at home. parents can buy a yearly subscription as well.

does not have a subscription but really good online stuff. www.languageskills.co.uk

its exercises follow the Mary Glasgow books. the names escape me at the moment.

kids love this site: www.espanol-extra.co.uk can't keep boys off the penalty shootout

[olivo]

thanks so much kiskidee. we have a school membership to linguascope - the kids LOVE it and it was my lifeline when pregnant and not feeling great!!
i'll try the others you suggest - and i like the sound of penalty shootout!

[kiskidee]

oops, languageskills does have a membership. but it only applies to the french portion of the site. the spanish stuff is still for free. if you want more ideas let me know. those are the ones i know from off the top of my head and use most often.

espanol-extra also have cool games like wheel of fortune and who wants to be a millionaire.

[olivo]

thanks kiskidee. have just been into school and there are bugger all resources there so will have a good look online tonight; but will be in touch if i need your help!! my last resort was putting my french and german ones into spanish but i'd be there forever as my spanish is pants!!

[kiskidee]

what is the text book taht your school uses? mine uses listos. i find it a v. good book.

[olivo]

yes, that's the one i've been given - and told to start with the chapter on donde vives? have had a flick through but dont recognise much of the vocab ; i did some spanish at uni, but it wasnt this kind of classroom spanish, IYSWIM! have been teachiong french and german for the last 10 years so this has come as a bit of a shock!

[kiskidee]

i had this when i started teaching french under similar circumstances. i started off by listening to the recordings that goes with the book. it got me up with the essential vocab and will help with pronunciation.

are the kids setted and if so, which sets and yrs are you teaching?

i do spanish as my main language. if you cat me i would be happy to share my resources.

[chocolateshoes]

try www.languageresources.co.uk there is French & Spanish I think and also www.atantot.com I think its .com anyway is also good. You could also try vle.sunderlandschools.org/mfl which has lots of powerpts.

Good luck!

[olivo]

thank you both. will look at those when i get a chance, choc.
kiski, i have two year 9 groups,middle ability but both pretty hard work behaviour wise. it is their first year of spanish, and i have one of the groups for french as well (the more difficult one ). have acquired the listos tapes now so will have listen (my pronunciation is awful) but may well CAT you. and if i can ever be of any help with french resources......

[kiskidee]

ok olivo. btw, i contributed some of the worksheets on the sunderland mfl site listed below. most of the wksheets i have made in the last few yrs was to either simplify or extend on Listos.

i know how hard middle groups of yr 9 are. i actually prefer bottom set yr 9 to middle set.