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🇪🇸🇫🇷 Excited to announce that I've just launched a new website where I'll be continuing to share interesting, up-to-date target language news stories for teachers and students! Have a look at headlang.com 🇫🇷🇪🇸 #mfltwitterati #mflchat #langchat #langtwt

@MissW_langs Yes there will be more - planning to add a bigger batch this month and will then go back to once a fortnight!

@NewsMfl Will you still be adding articles to the website in future or has this stopped for now?

With so much going on in the world at the moment, it is a great time to celebrate the superpower that is being able to read about current affairs from different perspectives! Check out this fortnight’s articles on headlang.com 🇫🇷🇪🇸 #mfltwitterati #mflnews #langtwt

With so much going on in the world, using the news is a great way to spark discussion on your language lessons. Here are just a few ideas for speaking activities and games that you could use with any article from headlang.com 🗞️ 🇫🇷🇪🇸🗞️ #mfltwitterati #mflchat

Some interesting reads from this fortnight's articles on headlang.com 🇪🇸 🇫🇷 You can share articles directly with your students as well for wider reading, they don't need to have signed up😀 #mfltwitterati #mflchat #langtwt

Wider reading in the TL is so important at A Level to build up knowledge about culture and issues affecting countries where your language is spoken. On headlang.com students can find up to date news stories - perfect reading over the festive period! #mfltwitterati

@lewizrs Some schools spend more than 10% of the course teaching it so it feels like a much bigger deal to students. Most universities don’t expect students to write essays in the TL for cultural modules- film and lit should have a place but not in the writing element of the A Level.

A-level language teachers: are you finding that the literature element is turning students off taking A-level? Even when I say it's only 10%, some keen kids are getting put off by it.

Find out more about how you can manipulate news articles and generate summaries on HeadLang to suit a range of abilities in this week’s blog 🗞️ headlang.com/blog/tailoring… #mfltwitterati #langchat #langtwt

🇫🇷🇪🇸 New articles! 🇪🇸🇫🇷 This fortnight's news articles are now up on headlang.com 📰 Some great topics for discussion, including AI, immigration, politics and more 😀 #mfltwitterati #headlang

We launched a blog 🚀 I’ll be using this as a place to share tips and ideas for using the news into the classroom, as well as to showcase HeadLang’s key features! Take a look at the first couple of articles at headlang.com/blog #mfltwitterati #headlang

Day 21 + 22 - Timeline of Events + What Happens Next? 📰 Find an article about an ongoing issue on headlang.com 📄 Students read the article… 🗓️ …map key events onto a timeline 🔮 …and make a prediction about what will happen next! #mfltwitterati #headlang

Day 19+20: Gap fill + Reverse Gap Fill! Option 1 📰 Find an article on headlang.com 📋 Remove 10 words 🔍 Students fill in the gaps Option 2 🔄 Display the article 📋 Students pick 10 words they would remove 🗣️...and explain why they are a good choice #mfltwitterati

Day 18: Find the Synonym 📰Find an article on headlang.com 📋Pick 10+ words & run them through a synonym generator 🔄Display synonyms—students find the originals in the article! #mfltwitterati #headlang

Day 17: Writing Summary Prompts 📰Find an article on headlang.com 📄Students read the article… ✏️and write 3 sentences as prompts for a summary. Great for A Level students to practise paraphrasing and summary skills! #mfltwitterati #headlang

Day 16: Grammar Treasure Hunt 📰Find an article on headlang.com 📋Choose up to 5 grammar points 🔍Students hunt for examples in the article 🏆Whoever finds the most wins! Great for improving grammar recognition in context! #mfltwitterati #headlang

Day 15: Past, Present, Future 📰 Find an article on headlang.com 📄 Students read the article… ✏️ Summarise with one sentence in the past, one in the present, and one in the future. Great for practising verb tenses in context! #mfltwitterati #headlang

Day 14: Taboo 📰Find an article on headlang.com 📋Pick 10–20 key words 🗣️Students describe a word without using it 🏆First to guess wins! Great for expanding vocabulary while practising communication skills. #mfltwitterati #headlang #langtwt

"À quoi ça sert de voter ?", sur Radio France.#ASlengagementpolitiquedesjeunes radiofrance.fr/franceinter/po…

Day 13: Opinion Wheels 📰Find an article on headlang.com 📄Students read in pairs 🎯Spin the opinion wheel (find an online generator) 🗣️Students give an opinion on the article using the chosen phrase! #mfltwitterati #headlang #langtwt

🇪🇸🇫🇷 Looking for IRP inspiration? This fortnight's articles have just been added to headlang.com including articles about immigration, tennis, politics, AI and more 🇫🇷🇪🇸 #mfltwitterati #headlang #languagelearning

Day 12: Paragraph Jumble 📰Find an article on headlang.com ✂️Change the order of the paragraphs 📄Students read and put them back in order Great for improving comprehension and understanding text structure! #mfltwitterati #headlang #langtwt