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This powerpoint covers the GCSE topic “Discussing previous holidays”, in SPANISH, using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework. This unit of work also recycles content from the resource : SPANISH GCSE Resource - Las vacaciones (Part 1 - Past holidays) EPI / MARS EARS as well as content from all other units uploaded so far. Activities include: White board translations Faulty echo This or that Listen and correct the English translation Write the missing letters Match up Sentence puzzle Reading: Find the Spanish for Reading: Answer the questions in English Reading: Faulty translation Listening: Find the Spanish for (audio included) Listening: Answer the questions in English (audio included) Listening: Listen and fill in the gaps in the transcript (audio included) Listening: Faulty transcript (LAM) (audio included) Listening: Highlight the mispronounced words (audio included) Listening: Listen and add the missing words (audio included) Structured production (Narrow Translation) Grammar task Faulty translation Un dado un lápiz Mind reading Delayed dictation Mad dictation Pyramid translation Group compositions Listen to the story and draw pictures - retell the story in pairs (audio included) Todos para Uno, Uno para Todos Please leave a review! =)

This powerpoint covers the GCSE topic “Describe yourself and others”, in FRENCH, using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework. It contains 68 slides (all corrections included) and should last for 6-8 lessons. Activities include: White board translations Faulty echo This or that (Reading and Listening versions) Match up Gapped translation Write the missing letters Finish my sentence Multiple choice quiz Comprehension LAM and RAM Reading: Find the French for Reading: Answer the questions in English Reading: Word Hunt parallel translation - Find 13 mistakes Listening: Find the French (audio included) Listening: Correct the statements (audio included) Listening: Correct the spelling/grammar (audio included) Listening: Listen and Spot the 12 pronunciation mistakes as you listen (LAM) (audio included) Listening: Listen and cross out the intruders and write the missing words (audio included) Structured production: Double paragraph writing Grammar explanation and exercices on adjective agreemnts One pen one di Delayed dictation Oral Ping Pong Pull the switch Mind reader Mad dictation Group compositions One for all and all for one Auction your family out *Please leave a review! =D

White board translations Find the French for in the Sentence Builder Match up Find the error in the sentence This or that Spot my error (phonological error) Find the intruder in each sentence Reading and listening tasks ((Text to Speech audio included =) ) Narrow Reading: Find the French for Reading: Answer the questions in French Reading: Gapped translation Comment dit-on? Listen and highlight the mispronounced words (LAM) Listen and write the missing words - no gaps provided (LAM) Listen and write the missing words and cross out the intruders (LAM) Listen and choose the correct statements (LAM) Structured production: Paragraph translation Structured production: Trapdoor Structured production: Sentence Stealer Expansion: Grammar recap table on Passé composé / near future / future / conditionnel Expansion: Exercises to practice the above four tenses Expansion: Grammar explanation on pronoun “Y” Expansion: Exercises to practice pronoun “Y” Autonomy-Routinisation: Oral Ping Pong Autonomy-Routinisation: Pyramid Translation Autonomy-Routinisation: No Snakes No Ladders Spontaneity: Pull the Switch Spontaneity: Paragraph writing Spontaneity: Flip presentation

Free French Listening Podcast – La technologie; entre avantages et dangers A short, focused listening resource on the topic of “Pros and Cons of Technology” designed to support vocabulary acquisition and exam preparation. Key features: -1–2 minute podcast on the topic of the benefits and dangers of technology -Includes high-frequency vocabulary and key terms from major exam boards -Transcript provided in French -French transcript with English translation on the following page -Quiz to test comprehension (answers included) -Ideal for listening practice, vocabulary revision, cover lessons, homework, or flipped learning Download for free and support your students’ listening and vocabulary skills!

Free French Listening Podcast – La vie scolaire: conversation entre lycéens A short, focused listening resource on the topic of School in different aspects (school subject, uniform, rules, etc) designed to support vocabulary acquisition and exam preparation. Key features: -2 minute podcast on the topic of School -Includes high-frequency vocabulary and key terms from major exam boards -Transcript provided in French -French transcript with English translation on the following page -Self-marking Google Form quiz to check understanding (copy form to generate your own link to share with your students, and replace in main document) -Ideal for listening practice, vocabulary revision, cover lessons, homework, or flipped learning Download for free and support your students’ listening and vocabulary skills!

This powerpoint covers the GCSE topic “Describe a typical day”, in FRENCH, and applies 3 tenses (perfect tense, near future / present indicative) throughout 73 slides. This sequence will cover 7-9 lessons on this topic, using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework. This unit of work also recycles the previous eight units uploaded so far, labelled 1-8. Activities include: White board translations Faulty echo Find the errors in the sentences Match up task Finish my sentence Reading: Find the French for Reading: Answer the questions in English Reading: Find the correct translation Listening: Find the French for (Audio included) Listening; Listen and fill in the gaps (Audio included) Listening: Answer the questions in English (Audio included) LAM Spot the erros (Audio included) LAM (Les mots qui manquent et les mots en trop) (Audio included) LAM Post-it Hunt 7 levels disappearing text Narrow translation Structured paragraph writing 2x Grammar conjugation tables across three tenses Delayed dictation Sentence stealer Un stylo un dé Mind reading Pyramid translation Mad dictation Group compositions Pull the switch / Dialogue Please leave a review! =)

This powerpoint covers the GCSE topic “Where do you live” using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework. Full MARS EARS sequence Activities include: White board translations Faulty echo FInish my sentence Reading and listening tasks (no Audio - teacher to read) LAM Gap fill LAM Gapped translation LAM Faulty transcript Structured production (paragraph translation) Tangled translation sentences Sentence stealer Mind reading Correct the mistakes (focus on grammar) Delayed dictation Pyramid translation Staircase translation Picture descripion Group composition Please leave a review! =)

Update 29th September 2023: Typos corrected and listening files now included! This powerpoint covers the GCSE topic “Talk about your family members”, in FRENCH, using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework. Activities include: White board translations Faulty echo This or that (Reading and Listening versions) Listen and correct the English translation Write the missing letters Match up Gapped parallel translation LAM: You will hear sentences in French. I want you to write P (Positive) or N (Negative) audio included LAM: Find the French for the following terms audio included LAM: Answer the questions in English audio included) LAM: Listen and Spot the 10 mistakes as you listen audio included LAM: Listen and Spot the 10 mispronounced words as you listen audio included LAM: Micro listening - Add the missing reflexive pronouns Reading: Find the French for Reading: Answer the questions in English Reading: Find the 10 mistakes in the English translation Structured production (3 mini pragraphs) Grammar tasks Un stylo un dé Delayed dictation Dictogloss Picture description - Listen to the story and draw pictures - retell the story in pairs All for one and one for all *Please leave a review! =D

Updated January 2025 to add listening files (2 speeds) and AI video to listening text This powerpoint covers the GCSE topic "School Subjects (Likes and dislikes + why” in the present tense and the imperfect, in FRENCH, using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework. Activities include: White board translations Find the French for in the Sentence Builder Faulty Echo Whiteboard sentence translations This or that Sentence match Positif ou négatif ? Quiz Sentence puzzle Complete with an appropriate word/ phrase Reading: Find the French for Reading: Answer the questions in French Reading: Correct the English translation Listening Bingo Listen to the text and Tick / Cross the words you hear / do not hear (LAM) (AI video included) Listen and correct the statements in French (LAM) (audio included) Listen and answer the questions in French - focus on short answers (LAM) (audio included) Structured production: Tangled Translation Structured production: One pen one di Structured production: Delayed dictation Structured production: Sentence stealer Expansion: Same Sentence Builder converted into the Imperfect Expansion: Grammar explanation / recap on Imperfect Expansion: Whiteboard translaiton on Imperfect through new Sentence Builder Expansion: Tangled translation (conjugation of verbs in Imperfect) Expansion: Convert the sentences from present tense to Imperfect Expansion: Choose between present tense and Imperfect Spontaneity: Listen to the story and draw pictures, then retell story Spontaneity: Group composition Spontaneity: Spontaneous translation of paragraphs (no SB allowed) Spontaneity: Tous pour un et un pour tous ! *Please leave a review! =D

This powerpoint is an EPI unit to help lower ability students with their French B SL course. A sub-unit part of the “Human Ingenuity theme, using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework. Activities include: White board translations Find the French for in the Sentence Builder Find the error in the sentence This or that Spot my error (phonological error) Find the intruder in each sentence Comment dit-on? Reading and listening tasks (no Audio included - teacher to read) Narrow Reading: Find the French for Narrow Reading: Answer the questions in French Narrow Reading: Gapped translation Listen and highlight the mispronounced words (LAM) Listen and write the missing words - no gaps provided (LAM) Listen and answer the questions in French Structured production: Narrow Translation (x3 paragraphs) Structured production: Un stylo un dé Expansion: Table of key grammar/chunks in this sub-unit Autonomy-Routinisation: Mad Dictation Autonomy-Routinisation: Pyramid Translation Autonomy-Routinisation: No Snakes No Ladders Spontaneity: Questions and answers in class Spontaneity: Pull the Switch Spontaneity: Production écrite niveau NM (without SB) *Please leave a review! =D

This powerpoint covers the GCSE topic “Technology in every day life” in SPANISH, using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework. It covers both the present tense and preterite. This sequence should be enough for 8-11 lessons, depending on individual schools’ timetable. Activities include: White board translations Faulty echo This or that (Reading and Listening versions) Sentence match (reading and LAM) Find the error in my Spanish sentence Write the missing letters Sentence puzzle Multiple choice quiz Narrow Reading 1: Find the Spanish for (present) Narrow Reading 1: True false (present) Narrow Reading 1: FIll in the missing words/chunk (present) Listening 1: Write the 14 missing words (audio included) Listening 2: Write the 26 missing words (audio included) Listening 3: LAM Spot the error (audio included) Narrow Reading 2: Find the Spanish for (Past) Narrow Reading 2: Gapped translation (Past) Narrow Reading 2: Correct the mistakes in the English translation Narrow Reading 2: Tick/Cross Gapped parallel translation (LAM) Find the missing words (LAM) Faulty transcript (LAM) Structured production (Structured paragraphs to write) Disappearing texts (6 levels) Disappearing texts (routinisation stage) Mind reading Delayed dictation Sentence stealer Mad dictation audio included Pyramid translation Group compositions Listen to the story and draw pictures - retell the story in pairs Ladder writing Please leave a review! =)

Edited 07.11.24 to add AI video, fix typos, and extra activities (No snakes no ladder, Pull the switch, Oral Ping Pong) This powerpoint covers the GCSE topic “Environmental problems”, in FRENCH, using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework. This is part 2 and focuses on recycling environmental problems found in Part 1. This second part focuses on “Environmental solutions”. Activities include: White board translations Faulty echo This or that (Reading and Listening versions) Sentence match Sentence puzzle Reading: Tick/Cross Reading: Answer the questions in English Reading: Faulty translation Multiple Choice quiz starter Listening: Find the French for (AI video included) Listening; Comprehension (Audio included) Listening: Complete the English Script (Audio included) Listen and spot the mispronounced and missing words (LAM) LAM sentence bingo Faulty transcript (LAM) Structured production (Narrow translation and Tangled translation) Staircase translation Un stylo un dé Oral Ping Pong Delayed dictation No Snakes No Ladders Mad dictation Group compositions Listen to the story and draw pictures - retell the story in pairs Pull the switch / Dialogue All for one and one all Please do leave a review! Thank you =)

Updated January 2025 to add recording for listening exercises! This powerpoint covers the KS3 - Year 8 topic “Talking about food you like/dislike and why" in FRENCH using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework. It also recycles the previous 10 Year 7 units uploaded, labelled (01 - 010). Full MARS EARS sequence Activities include: White board translations Faulty echo Spot the missing word Beat the teacher Multiple Choice This or that Break the flow Faulty translation Narrow reading Find the French For Narrow Reading Comprehension questions Narrow Reading Faulty translation Listening Bingo Narrow Listening Find the French for (audio included) Narrow Listening Gapped Translation (audio included) Narrow Listening Faulty Transcript (AI-Powered video uploaded) Structured Paragraph writing (recycling entire year 7 curriculum) Grammar explanation on definite articles + tasks Running dictation Sentence stealer Mind reading Full circle Oral Ping Pong Full circle Photo description Group composition *Please leave a review! =)

About this resource: This is the first of many short stories in French to come. Each short story matches its own EPI units for further consolidation, and enjoyment with reading. What is included in this story: This short story related to the following unit: /teaching-resource/01-french-year-7-unit-1-my-name-and-my-age-epi-mars-ears-12834653 It includes the following: The sentence builder used in the EPI unit and on which this dialog has been based A dialogue/conversation with the English translation included as parallel text. 100% comprehensible input. A variety of exercises to complete to practice meaning and form (with answers included at the end) An AI generated conversation uploaded on my Youtube channel to make it more interactive for kids. Easily editable format (Word and PDF included)

Free French Listening Podcast – La vie saine; bien manger, vien vivre. A short, focused listening resource on the topic of the healthy living and food, designed to support vocabulary acquisition and exam preparation. Key features: -1–2 minute podcast on the topic of the healthy living and food -Includes high-frequency vocabulary and key terms from major exam boards -Transcript provided in French -French transcript with English translation on the following page -Quiz to test comprehension (answers included) -Ideal for listening practice, vocabulary revision, cover lessons, homework, or flipped learning Download for free and support your students’ listening and vocabulary skills!

Free French Listening Podcast – La mode et l’expression de soi A short, focused listening resource on the topic of the fashion, clothing and self expression, designed to support vocabulary acquisition and exam preparation. Key features: -1–2 minute podcast on the topic of the fashion and clothing -Includes high-frequency vocabulary and key terms from major exam boards -Transcript provided in French -French transcript with English translation on the following page -Quiz to test comprehension (answers included) -Ideal for listening practice, vocabulary revision, cover lessons, homework, or flipped learning Download for free and support your students’ listening and vocabulary skills!

Free French Listening Podcast – Le climat et le temps qui change A short, focused listening resource on the topic of the climate and the weather that changes, designed to support vocabulary acquisition and exam preparation. Key features: -1–2 minute podcast on the topic of the Climate and Weather Change -Includes high-frequency vocabulary and key terms from major exam boards -Transcript provided in French -French transcript with English translation on the following page -Quiz for comprehension -Ideal for listening practice, vocabulary revision, cover lessons, homework, or flipped learning Download for free and support your students’ listening and vocabulary skills!

Free French Listening Podcast – L’environnement A short, focused listening resource on the topic of the environment, designed to support vocabulary acquisition and exam preparation. Key features: -1–2 minute podcast on the topic of the environment -Includes high-frequency vocabulary and key terms from major exam boards -Transcript provided in French -French transcript with English translation on the following page -Quiz for comprehension (answers included) -Ideal for listening practice, vocabulary revision, cover lessons, homework, or flipped learning Download for free and support your students’ listening and vocabulary skills!

Free French Listening Podcast – L’alimentation et la santé A short, focused listening resource on the topic of the healthy living and food, designed to support vocabulary acquisition and exam preparation. Key features: -1–2 minute podcast on the topic of the healthy living and food -Includes high-frequency vocabulary and key terms from major exam boards -Transcript provided in French -French transcript with English translation on the following page Quiz to test comprehension (answers included) -Ideal for listening practice, vocabulary revision, cover lessons, homework, or flipped learning Download for free and support your students’ listening and vocabulary skills!

Free French Listening Podcast – La vie quotidienne à la maison A short, focused listening resource on the topic of Daily life/Routine at home, designed to support vocabulary acquisition and exam preparation. Key features: -1–2 minute podcast on the topic of daily life/routine at home -Includes high-frequency vocabulary and key terms from major exam boards -Transcript provided in French -French transcript with English translation on the following page -Quiz to test comprehension (answers included) -Ideal for listening practice, vocabulary revision, cover lessons, homework, or flipped learning Download for free and support your students’ listening and vocabulary skills!