Becta ICT Advice: Focus On … MFL

The latest e-magazine from the Becta ICT Advice site contains an interesting article on creating writing frames in its Focus On MFL section, along with reviews on software for making word games, whiteboard activities and useful websites for the classroom. Content includes:

Using writing frames with drop-down menus for developing creative writing
A writing frame with fill-in fields for providing structure for language learners
Pathfinder Toolkit - free software for making noughts and crosses, hangman, wordsearches and multiple choice quizzes from the same set of your own vocabulary
Alien Language.co.uk – learn parts of the body by collecting creatures from around the galaxy
Easiteach Studio – create teaching material for the interactive whiteboard using draggable text, pictures, sound files and word bank resources
Le petit déjeuner d'Ali – an authentic website featuring an interactive story of a French boy eating his breakfast

To check out previous issues of the e-magazine, just click on the ‘Archive’ link, choose which issue you wish to view and click on ‘Focus On’ and then MFL. You can even sign up for an email alert by clicking on ‘Subscribe’ and entering your email address on the ICT Advice Subscriptions Services page, so you’ll always be up to date.

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Becta ICT Advice: Focus On … MFL