Some of the top blogs and websites offering advice, ideas and resources for modern languages teachers

1. Resources for Languages teachers
1. MFL Resources - Yahoo groups
A truly fantastic group where you
can request and share resources
by language, key stage etc
You first need to sign up to a
Yahoo account:
http://yhoo.it/4PlIYD
mflresources@yahoogroups.com

2. Resources for Languages teachers
2. The Great Joe Dale
Integrating ICT into the MFL
classroom
http://joedale.typepad.com/
A brilliant blog full of ideas and
explanations as to how to use and
exploit ICT in teaching MFL

3. Resources for Languages teachers
3. José Picardo’s Fantastic
Box of Tricks
http://www.boxoftricks.net/inter
net-resouces-for-education/
An exhaustive list of ICT resources
for the MFL teacher from the
great José

4. Resources for Languages teachers
4. Sean Terry’s Lingualicious
http://www.lingualicious.co.uk/
Brilliant examples of embedding
PowerPoint presentations within
PowerPoint and Drag and Drop as
well as lots more

5. Resources for Languages teachers
5. Rachel Hawkes
http://www.rachelhawkes.com/
Amazing ideas and resources from
Primary to A level

6. Resources for Languages teachers
6. Steve Smith’s Frenchteachernet
http://frenchteachernet.blogspot.
com/
Lots of practical ideas for the MFL
Classroom

7. Resources for Languages teachers
7. The Langwitch Chronicles
courtesy of Helena Butterfield
http://www.helenabutterfield.net/

8. Resources for Languages teachers
8. Chris Fuller’s
Facing the currently unknown
http://chrisfuller.typepad.com/faci
ng_the_currently_unkn/
Lots of ideas as to how to use ICT
in MFL creatively

9. Resources for Languages teachers
9. Amanda Salt
http://amandasalt.blogspot.com/
Lots of practical ideas for the
classroom

10. Resources for Languages teachers
10. Lisibo’s ¡Vámonos!
http://lisibo.com/
Lots of great ideas for the
classroom from Lisa Stevens

11. Resources for Languages teachers
11. Languages at Northgate
http://languagesatnorthgate.word
press.com/
Really practical examples for the
classroom

12. Resources for Languages teachers
12. Isabelle Jones
http://isabellejones.blogspot.com/
Lots of great links and ideas

13. Resources for Languages teachers
13. The Brilliant Russell Stannard
http://www.teachertrainingvideos
.com/
Fantastic training videos – how to
use ICT in MFL teaching and
learning

14. Resources for Languages teachers
14. The MFL Times Daily
http://bit.ly/y1l3fg
Daily links to MFL news
stories, resources including
videos, photos, PPTs, Docs, etc

15. Resources for Languages teachers
15. #MFLTwitterati
Use Twitter for instant replies to
questions or just to follow what’s
hot in MFL.

16. Resources for Languages teachers
16. TES resources
www.tes.co.uk
You need to register to access the
resources. You can search by Key
Stage and language.

17. Resources for Languages teachers
17. Pinterest – an online pinboard
https://pinterest.com/lanakate/cl
ase-de-espanol/
Very new but looks to have lots of potential.
Can look at others or create your own.

18. Resources for Languages teachers
18. Northumberland Grid For
Learning
http://ngfl.northumberland.gov.u
k/languages/
Fairy tales in a variety of languages for
both Primary and Secondary

19. Resources for Languages teachers
19. Sunderland MFL
http://www.sunderlandschools.or
g/mfl-sunderland/
Great range of resources for both
Primary and Secondary languages

20. Resources for Languages teachers
20. Triptico
http://www.triptico.co.uk/
A collection of resources for the
Interactive whiteboard

21. Resources for Languages teachers
21. Lyrics training
http://www.lyricstraining.com/
Listen to songs and fill in the gaps
as you listen. Available in a
number of languages

22. Resources for Languages teachers
22. MYLO
http://www.hellomylo.com/
Games and Challenges in
French, German, Spanish and
Mandarin
suitable for KS2 and 3

23. Resources for Languages teachers
23. Crickweb
KS2 French http://bit.ly/bGyCHI
KS2 Spanish http://bit.ly/aueDAF
Resources for the Interactive
Whiteboard

24. Resources for Languages teachers
24. Talk About Primary Languages
http://primarymfl.ning.com/

25. Resources for Languages teachers
25. Stewart Davies’
Games
Sandfields Comprehensive School
http://www.sandfields.co.uk/games
/