Teaching resources
These are simple links to other websites and small summaries of activities or materials that people have developed themselves or have found useful to pass on to others. Please help us build the collection. If you have anything that you would like to share that might be useful for foreign language teaching or research in primary schools, do please get in touch.
ELAPSE – Embedding Languages across Primary and Secondary Education
ELAPSE (Embedding Languages across Primary and Secondary Education) has now published its Resources online, free of charge to schools and teachers.
The project provides a wealth of information and classroom materials for teacher interested in integrating broader curriculum content with language learning at primary and secondary levels, and for transition.
The Premier Academy Spanish
Jesualdo Martinez is the Spanish and Computing Coordinator at The Premier Academy, a primary school in Bletchley, Milton Keynes. Technology is used as an integral part of Spanish language lessons. He created his own website filled with Spanish resources to support his students and with useful ideas and tips for teachers.
Cave Languages
Check out the ‘Sharing Good Practice’ area of Sue Cave’s Cave Languages website – useful for teachers: resources to download on assessment, policies and teaching and learning. In addition, Sue posts on this page links to interesting information, resources and sites and a monthly update about what is happening in the world of primary languages.
Light Bulb Languages
Light Bulb Languages has over 6000 free resources for teachers of languages in all key stages. For teachers of languages in primary schools there is a comprehensive scheme of work for French, which includes detailed lesson plans and all resources, and there is also a series of upskilling podcasts to support non-specialist teachers. There are also hundreds of resources for primary Spanish, as well as some resources for German, Italian and Latin.
Nattalingo
At nattalingo.co.uk, you can access free book recommendations from Nathalie who specialises in the use of picture books in language teaching. Every week, Nathalie chooses a story and adds to her book blog : she tells you about the story and how you may exploit it with your pupils. She also records a short monthly podcast aimed at supporting primary languages practitioners on a variety of topics. Do tune in!
The Language Magician
The Language Magician is a computer game for assessing language learning in the primary school. It has been developed as part of a European partnership, funded by Erasmus+, led by the Goethe Institute and involving partners from four European countries. The game is available at two levels of difficulty: Level 1, suitable for use after 50 to 70 hours of instruction; Level 2, after 70 to 100 hours of instruction. It is available in English, German, Italian, Spanish and French.