Senior Phase

National 4 and 5 listening practice

Education Scotland has published ​this resource which includes 10 recordings of French teenagers describing events in their everyday lives. Topics covered are typical of those in the N4/N5 syllabus.

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Higher

The Professional Development Officers at SCILT recommend the following French reading materials for use with the new Higher. The French resources tie in with the context of Society: Family and friends - gang culture.

• Les gangs de rue (developed by SCILT)
• 'Youth gangs' (text taken from Ontario Provincial Police website - http://www.opp.ca)

Advanced Higher

SCILT's Professional Development Officers have developed a pack of resources on Silence de la Mer which are suitable for Advanced Higher French pupils who have limited teaching input.

The pack includes information on the Specialist Study Unit; suggested timescales; character analysis; themes; suggested portfolio titles and a glossary of vocabulary.

• Le Silence de la Mer

French films for schools

Every year, in October and November, the latest French films are shown at film festivals across Scotland, and teachers are invited to bring their pupils to these showings. The films are shown at the Discovery Film Festival in Dundee, during the National Schools Film Week, and at the French Film Festival in Scotland.

Teachers can also borrow DVDs from the library of the Institut Français in Edinburgh or from the Alliance Française in Glasgow.

The resources below are marked as follows; (F) suitable for Gaelic Medium, (L) suitable for Gaelic (Learners) and (F/L) suitable for both Gaelic Medium and Learners.

Higher

The Professional Development Officers at SCILT have developed German reading materials for use with the new Higher. The German resources tie in with the context of Culture: Other countries - Stereotypes.

• Stereotypen 1
• Stereotypen 2
• Das kommt mir alles spanisch vor!
• Wie sieht man die Deutschen?

German texts

We have sourced a selection of texts in French, German, Spanish and Italian which you may find helpful.

These texts can be used for a variety of purposes. You may want to use texts based on a common theme to help deliver the Added Value Unit at National 4. They could also be used in conjunction with Bloom’s Taxonomy to help pupils develop Higher Order Thinking Skills.

• Higher German text - Erlkönig
• National 4 reading text
• National 5 reading texts

Der Elkönig

Looking for a way to incorporate the literature of another country into the new Higher syllabus and develop literacy skills among your learners? Here is an approach taken by one teacher which links Erlkönig with Rammstein and develops learners literacy skills at the same time.

These reading and writing materials materials have been developed by the Modern Languages Department at Greenwood Academy and are suitable for S5/6 pupils. They tie in with the suggested topics for new Higher under the theme of 'Culture: Literature of another country – analysis and evaluation'. They could also be used in conjunction with the English department.

• Der Erlkonig
• Der Erlkonig - Sources
• Figures of speech task 1
• Figures of speech task 2

National 4 and 5

Education Scotland have published resources to support the implementation of National 4 and 5 in Italian. These materials have been prepared by teachers for teachers. They draw from three sources - course materials commissioned by Education Scotland, other support materials produced by teachers seconded to Education Scotland and course materials provided by teachers through their Education Authorities. Further materials will be added as they become available. You will need a Glow userid and password to access the materials.

• Course materials 

Texts

The following support materials and texts are suitable for use with Senior Phase learners of Italian. Developed by SCILT.

• Italian support materials
• Umbria
• Venice
• Filosofia

Higher

The Professional Development Officers at SCILT have developed these Spanish materials for use with the new Higher.

• Gang Culture - Carousel activity
• Media - Youtube por la Abuela Speedy
• Volunteering - Escúchame

Tecla

Tecla is an online publication for teachers and students of Spanish. It is published monthly by the Consejería de Educación in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.

Each publication includes three texts for CEFR Levels A (2nd-4th Level), B (Higher) and C (Advanced Higher) besides reading comprehension tasks and their solutions. It is also accompanied by recordings of the written texts.

To access issues of 'Tecla', please visit the Consejería de Educación website.

Festivals

The following resources relate to festivals and celebrations in Spain:

• Navidad en España
• La comida de Navidad
• Las costumbres de Navidad
• Navidad activities and transcript
• Navidad talking activities

The National Modern Languages Hub on Glow is a virtual learning environment for all practitioners involved in the delivery of languages across all sectors.

It provides:

• An easy to use environment where you can share and work with colleagues from across Scotland as well as those from your school or local authority
• Up to date information on policy and practice from first level to the senior phase
• Career long professional learning opportunities
• Access to support materials for all aspects of language learning including support for national qualifications

Please note: a Glow login is required to access the Hub.

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• BBC resources for National 4 Modern Languages
• BBC resources for National 5 Modern Languages
• BBC resources for National 4 Gaelic (Learners)
• BBC resources for National 5 Gaelic (Learners)