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Hi
I knicked the powerpoint for this from the MFL resources forum but have no idea who the original contributor was so if it was you, THANKS!
Here is the link to the zip file http://www.4shared.com/file/_aQbbah2/BASTILLE_DAY.html
Contains full backing track of the Marseillaise and also a clip of just the first 2 lines
I did this yesterday with a yr 3…
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Copied from my Souffler blog site
I'm writing this post as a follow up to the previous post about Eric Whitacre's virtual choir. In that, I said that I have borrowed the concept behind all collective singing and am learning to apply it to language learning, that successful blending of many voices into one sound is incredibly powerful and emotionally rich.
This is my first…
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Originally posted on my Souffler blog. What do you think about the songs that come with certain teaching packs? Where are the goodies? (In spite of my rant, there are some really good ones) What are the stinkers!
Right, that's it! I'm today announcing…
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Hi
Just thought I would mention this upcoming event for anyone in this area.
Tuesday 5th April 2011 Robin Hood Primary School, Birmingham 4.30 pm - 6.30 pm
Teachmeets, in case you are unaware, are…
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Hi
I went to speak at the Sunderland Primary Languages conference yesterday and I put up a blog post here about yesterday's event with links to the section of the Sunderland website with the training…
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Hi Everyone.
I don't get back to this wonderful site as often as I should but as I started out here when blogging et al was a very novel thing to do, so kind of feel it's a bit like home!
Anyway, just thought I would share a couple of posts from my own blog that have been drawing a lot of traffic and want to share in particular with primary MFL teachers.
If you know anything about my pet topic on the souffler blog site, I am passionate about using music to help…
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As we approach the time of year where we celebrate conspiracy and plots, thought it would be fun to invent some secret messages of my own using powerpoints motion paths.
This blog post provides you with an example ppt to download and a video explanation of how to create your own messages.
They take a bit of time to set up, but are really good fun to use…
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This is a Powerpoint file to play the game of Word Tennis. You can use it practise any vocab in any language. You can use it to practise questions on any topic in any subject.
Download it from here
Hope its useful, Mark
It contains 15 second timers and tennis rackets hitting balls…
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