MFL starters incorporating retrieval practice
This week I asked the #MFLtwitterati for their suggestions of starter activities that use retrieval practice, and as usual they did not disappoint. I had lots and lots of responses and the pictures that follow are all inspired by those replies.
Some of these templates specify what the require, for others you could ask for translations, conjugations, anagrams, unscrambling sentences, true/false responses, multiple choice questions. The choice is yours, as long as you are practising previous learning.
Enjoy, I hope they’re useful. The ppt version is available here.
Credit to: @ThorneyMFL, @kprofdefrancais,@anacastillo333 @SJBarnes81, @mmebata
#rEDRugby – My takeaways from the MFL strand | Learning Linguist
25th June 2019 at 8:10 pm[…] area that we all agreed upon. I gave a number of retrieval activities that could easily be integrated into lessons and talked about the importance of real thinking and […]
Georgina
24th June 2020 at 9:53 amThese are great – thank you for sharing them 🙂
Revisiting retrieval practice | Learning Linguist
16th July 2020 at 2:19 pm[…] there has been a huge spike in views of this post from 2018 where I shared a selection of retrieval practice starter activities which could be used in MFL […]
Applying Rosenshine to the MFL classroom – The Early Career Hub
15th December 2020 at 10:20 am[…] The above activities are just a few examples of the ways that you can review previous knowledge at the start of a lesson. The key is getting students to think about the knowledge that you need them to remember. Templates above, and more can be downloaded from: http://learninglinguist.co.uk/mfl-starters-incorporating-retrieval-practice/ […]
Jennifer McGann
11th June 2021 at 11:53 amHi,
These ideas are brilliant, thank you for sharing them and putting them all in one easy place! The link to the templates isn’t working for me, would you mind guiding me on this? These resources look so engaging!
Kind regards
Jennifer McGann
MFL Teacher
North East England
learninglinguist
21st June 2021 at 5:58 pmHi Jennifer,
Thanks for letting me know, this should now be fixed. Please let me know if it’s ok or not.
Bex
learninglinguist
14th November 2021 at 8:58 pmHi, I’ve not got around to fixing this yet as I’ve not been onto a computer at the right time as opposed to my phone/iPad. I won’t promise it will get done soon as I’m currently quite busy. Sorry!
Sam
3rd November 2021 at 3:36 pmHello,
I would love a copy of the PPT too but the link isn’t working for me either?
Thank you,
Sam
learninglinguist
14th November 2021 at 8:58 pmHi, I’ve not got around to fixing this yet as I’ve not been onto a computer at the right time as opposed to my phone/iPad. I won’t promise it will get done soon as I’m currently quite busy. Sorry!
Orla Kelly
14th November 2021 at 6:39 pmHello Bex,
The link is also not working for me. Thank you also for more details on how to access the templates,
Orla
learninglinguist
14th November 2021 at 8:58 pmHi, I’ve not got around to fixing this yet as I’ve not been onto a computer at the right time as opposed to my phone/iPad. I won’t promise it will get done soon as I’m currently quite busy. Sorry!
Maria
7th January 2022 at 9:04 pmHello,
The link is still not working. It will be super helpful to use it with my groups.
Thanks
learninglinguist
7th January 2022 at 9:30 pmHi, I’m sorry about that. I’ve removed my resource pages and haven’t sorted a fix for this yet.