Resources below on giving opinions about past events, all practising 30 lexical items.
- matching en to fr - multi-choice matching - write the french next to the english - pairs game to cut out and play - dominoes game to cut out and play - gap-fill based on phrases made from the lexical items - anagram reconstruction based on the same phrases - find the french
I've been thinking about vocabulary test formats and have come up with several, depending on the ability levels of the students. Examples in this post are based on the French vocab for car journeys / breakdowns (apart from the 2nd multi-choice example, clearly...):
1. English to TL: tests production. They have to think of the word for themselves, and know how to spell it, plus possibly gender etc. Most challenging option. Made less challenging if you provide a word shape (e.g. spaces per letter) and even less so if you provide an anagram (e.g. dog = enhic). Here's an example with word shapes provided:
1. Type or paste in a text into the Mix and Gap editor screen
You can type or paste in any text of up to 500 words.
There are various sources of texts: - The internet; news feeds; short articles etc. - Your text book: this allows you to create resources based specifically on the book that your students are using in class. - Past exam papers. - Letters, songs, poems, etc. - Your imagination :o) - Students can type or paste in their own corrected written work, which can then be use to help them to learn their text, or shared with other students for extended text manipulation practice.
