Martin Lapworth

Here's a sample assignment in 🇪🇸 Spanish based on a resource called "Una carta de Elena". It has 8 activities, as listed in the image below. Ss can look at the "resource preview" before they begin
👇👇👇
📋🔗 textactivities.com/assignment-s...

#mfltwitterati #langchat #mflchat #flteach #mflbluesky

TextActivities: the ultimate text activities tool! The multi-skill text-exploitation tool for language teachers

e.g. Here's a link to a single activity "Jumbled Words" assignment in 🇫🇷 French, where Ss rebuild a text about HALLOWEEN, with L1 parallel text + TTS audio for support. It is in "Assessment Mode" + includes a resource preview:
www.textactivities.com/assignment-s... #mfltwitterati #mflchat #langchat

TextActivities: the ultimate text activities tool! The multi-skill text-exploitation tool for language teachers

🤩 I've just added to TextActivities.com a way for me to share links to sample 📋 ASSIGNMENTS, so non-subscribers can get a feel for what they are like.
🤔 Now, how best to make use of that, I wonder...?
#mfltwitterati #langchat #flteach #mflchat #mflbluesky

TextActivities: the ultimate text activities tool! The multi-skill text-exploitation tool for language teachers

e.g. Here's a link to a single activity "Jumbled Words" assignment in 🇫🇷 French, where Ss rebuild a text about HALLOWEEN, with L1 parallel text + TTS audio for support. It is in "Assessment Mode" + includes a resource preview:
www.textactivities.com/assignment-s... #mfltwitterati #mflchat #langchat

How the manufactured narrative of 'failure' is distracting us from resolving the systemic problems holding back the study of Modern Languages - Part One. - HEPI This post was kindly written by Vincent Everett, who is head of languages in a comprehensive school and sixth form in Norfolk. He blogs as The Nice Man Who Teaches Languages. We have to bring an end t...

www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/09/04/h...

TextActivities: the ultimate text activities tool! The multi-skill text-exploitation tool for language teachers

🤩 I've just added to TextActivities.com a way for me to share links to sample 📋 ASSIGNMENTS, so non-subscribers can get a feel for what they are like.
🤔 Now, how best to make use of that, I wonder...?
#mfltwitterati #langchat #flteach #mflchat #mflbluesky

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Translation into the Target Language (with examples in several languages) TextActivities is a great tool for practising translation into the L2 / the target language. You can create your own resources in a matter of minutes and then have access to all sorts of activity...

🔥 On the many ways of practising
📄✍️ TRANSLATION into the Target Language
on TextActivities, with lots of LIVE example activities of translation into
🇫🇷 French
🇩🇪 German
🇮🇹 Italian
🇪🇸 Spanish
TRY FOR YOURSELF by clicking below 👇👇👇
textactivities.posthaven.com/translation-...
#mflbluesky #mfltwitterati

A first attempt at using AI to generate a TextActivities resource I had a go at using the free version of ChatGPT to generate some content to form the basis of a TextActivities resource. I was pleasantly surprised by how quick and easy the whole process was. See...

🤖🪄 Using AI to generate a TextActivities resource
🌍 textactivities.posthaven.com/a-first-atte...
#mfltwitterati #mflchat #mflbluesky
🇪🇸 Spanish text
🇬🇧 English translation
🔀 Matching vocab chunks
Resource with 100+ interactive activities 😍
🎬 Includes video demo👏👏👏

Working with parallel texts in language teaching Parallel texts as a self-learning toolPlenty has been written about the benefits for motivated language learners of using parallel texts to help learn a language. (Do a quick google search and...

🤩 Working with PARALLEL TEXTS in MFL 👇👇👇
🌏 textactivities.posthaven.com/working-with...
📰 Parallel text for scaffolded translation activities
🗣️ +TTS audio for dictation/translation combined
🔥 Get students working on translation & dictation from the get-go!
#mfltwitterati #mflchat #mflbluesky

Dictation activities on TextActivities Many of the activities available on TextActivities.com -- both text rebuild and vocab / matching -- can be seen as scaffolded dictation activities, i.e. which require students to listen to some...

🗣️✍️ DICTATION on 🌍 TextActivities 👇👇👇

🔗 textactivities.posthaven.com/dictation-ac...

🤩 TONS of examples of scaffolded dictation activities all from the same resource, with links to try each activity for yourself

#mfltwitterati #langchat #flteach #mflchat #mflbluesky

Exploiting a Model Text to the Max to Promote Productive Skills in MFL When it comes to exploiting texts for language teaching, the choice of text matters. Different types of texts suit different purposes. Some types of text often seen in language teaching...

🔥 Exploiting a model text to the max in MFL 👇👇👇
Using reading, listening, text reconstruction to promote PRODUCTIVE skills
textactivities.posthaven.com/exploiting-m...
#mfltwitterati #mflchat #langchat #flteach #mflbluesky

Assignments on TextActivities This post examines "Assignments" on TextActivities. (For those familiar with Textivate, "assignments" are similar to Textivate's "sequences", but they work very differently. See section 1 (xiii) in...

ASSIGNMENTS on TextActivities:
🌎🔗 textactivities.posthaven.com/assignments-...
#mfltwitterati #mflbluesky
Info on...
👩‍🎓 Via class
🧩 Via resource
💾 Saved / predefined
⚙️ Parameters
💯 Assessment mode
👁️ Previews
📆 Due / start date & time
🎭 Audience
📊 Data
🧒 Student perspective

🎬 Includes video intro :)

Enhancing Language Acquisition Through Combined Dictation-Translation with Scaffolded Activities For language teachers aiming to elevate students’ proficiency, combining dictation with translation into the target language (L2) offers a dynamic, dual-prompt approach. Students receive a written...

Enhancing Language Acquisition Through Combined Dictation-Translation with Scaffolded Activities
#mfltwitterati #langchat #mflchat #flteach #mflbluesky

textactivities.posthaven.com/enhancing-la...

Student personal data on TextActivities TextActivities does not store any sensitive data at all. Any student data that is stored relates only to resource or competition points scores and the completion of assignments. Student accounts...

📊👫 STUDENT PERSONAL DATA ON TEXTACTIVITIES 🔒
👉 textactivities.posthaven.com/student-pers...
A blog post exploring some alternative ways of identifying students on TextActivities
#mfltwitterati #mflchat #langchat #flteach #mflbluesky

Assignments and Competitions with no due date ASSIGNMENTS &  COMPETITIONS WITH NO DUE DATE  You can now set assignments with no due date and competitions with no end date / time. You can manually end these using the end...

📋 ASSIGNMENTS & 🏆 COMPETITIONS WITH NO DUE DATE
🌎 textactivities.posthaven.com/assignments-...
🔥You can now set assignments / competitions with no end date. You can manually end these via the teacher tools menu next to each assignment / competition
#mfltwitterati #mflchat #langchat #mflbluesky

Record your voice and compare RECORD YOUR VOICE & COMPARE  I've just added something to TextActivities.com that was actually a feature of my [no longer available] authoring software for Windows PC "TaskMagic" years...

🎙️ RECORD YOUR VOICE & COMPARE 🤩
🌎 textactivities.posthaven.com/record-your-...
✨Students can record their voice and play it back so that they can compare their pronunciation with the model provided by the text-to-speech audio
#mfltwitterati #langchat #mflchat #flteach #mflbluesky

Record your voice and compare RECORD YOUR VOICE & COMPARE  I've just added something to TextActivities.com that was actually a feature of my [no longer available] authoring software for Windows PC "TaskMagic" years...

🎙️ RECORD YOUR VOICE & COMPARE 🤩
🌎 textactivities.posthaven.com/record-your-...
✨Students can record their voice and play it back so that they can compare their pronunciation with the model provided by the text-to-speech audio
#mfltwitterati #langchat #mflchat #flteach #mflbluesky

Assignments and Competitions with no due date ASSIGNMENTS &  COMPETITIONS WITH NO DUE DATE  You can now set assignments with no due date and competitions with no end date / time. You can manually end these using the end...

📋 ASSIGNMENTS & 🏆 COMPETITIONS WITH NO DUE DATE
🌎 textactivities.posthaven.com/assignments-...
🔥You can now set assignments / competitions with no end date. You can manually end these via the teacher tools menu next to each assignment / competition
#mfltwitterati #mflchat #langchat #mflbluesky

Student personal data on TextActivities TextActivities does not store any sensitive data at all. Any student data that is stored relates only to resource or competition points scores and the completion of assignments. Student accounts...

📊👫 STUDENT PERSONAL DATA ON TEXTACTIVITIES 🔒
👉 textactivities.posthaven.com/student-pers...
A blog post exploring some alternative ways of identifying students on TextActivities
#mfltwitterati #mflchat #langchat #flteach #mflbluesky

Enhancing Language Acquisition Through Combined Dictation-Translation with Scaffolded Activities For language teachers aiming to elevate students’ proficiency, combining dictation with translation into the target language (L2) offers a dynamic, dual-prompt approach. Students receive a written...

Enhancing Language Acquisition Through Combined Dictation-Translation with Scaffolded Activities
#mfltwitterati #langchat #mflchat #flteach #mflbluesky

textactivities.posthaven.com/enhancing-la...

Assignments on TextActivities This post examines "Assignments" on TextActivities. (For those familiar with Textivate, "assignments" are similar to Textivate's "sequences", but they work very differently. See section 1 (xiii) in...

ASSIGNMENTS on TextActivities:
🌎🔗 textactivities.posthaven.com/assignments-...
#mfltwitterati #mflbluesky
Info on...
👩‍🎓 Via class
🧩 Via resource
💾 Saved / predefined
⚙️ Parameters
💯 Assessment mode
👁️ Previews
📆 Due / start date & time
🎭 Audience
📊 Data
🧒 Student perspective

🎬 Includes video intro :)

Exploiting a Model Text to the Max to Promote Productive Skills in MFL When it comes to exploiting texts for language teaching, the choice of text matters. Different types of texts suit different purposes. Some types of text often seen in language teaching...

🔥 Exploiting a model text to the max in MFL 👇👇👇
Using reading, listening, text reconstruction to promote PRODUCTIVE skills
textactivities.posthaven.com/exploiting-m...
#mfltwitterati #mflchat #langchat #flteach #mflbluesky

Dictation activities on TextActivities Many of the activities available on TextActivities.com -- both text rebuild and vocab / matching -- can be seen as scaffolded dictation activities, i.e. which require students to listen to some...

🗣️✍️ DICTATION on 🌍 TextActivities 👇👇👇

🔗 textactivities.posthaven.com/dictation-ac...

🤩 TONS of examples of scaffolded dictation activities all from the same resource, with links to try each activity for yourself

#mfltwitterati #langchat #flteach #mflchat #mflbluesky

Working with parallel texts in language teaching Parallel texts as a self-learning toolPlenty has been written about the benefits for motivated language learners of using parallel texts to help learn a language. (Do a quick google search and...

🤩 Working with PARALLEL TEXTS in MFL 👇👇👇
🌏 textactivities.posthaven.com/working-with...
📰 Parallel text for scaffolded translation activities
🗣️ +TTS audio for dictation/translation combined
🔥 Get students working on translation & dictation from the get-go!
#mfltwitterati #mflchat #mflbluesky

A first attempt at using AI to generate a TextActivities resource I had a go at using the free version of ChatGPT to generate some content to form the basis of a TextActivities resource. I was pleasantly surprised by how quick and easy the whole process was. See...

🤖🪄 Using AI to generate a TextActivities resource
🌍 textactivities.posthaven.com/a-first-atte...
#mfltwitterati #mflchat #mflbluesky
🇪🇸 Spanish text
🇬🇧 English translation
🔀 Matching vocab chunks
Resource with 100+ interactive activities 😍
🎬 Includes video demo👏👏👏

Translation into the Target Language (with examples in several languages) TextActivities is a great tool for practising translation into the L2 / the target language. You can create your own resources in a matter of minutes and then have access to all sorts of activity...

🔥 On the many ways of practising
📄✍️ TRANSLATION into the Target Language
on TextActivities, with lots of LIVE example activities of translation into
🇫🇷 French
🇩🇪 German
🇮🇹 Italian
🇪🇸 Spanish
TRY FOR YOURSELF by clicking below 👇👇👇
textactivities.posthaven.com/translation-...
#mflbluesky #mfltwitterati

Love this! The Caterpillar game is such a versatile and engaging tool, great for reinforcing vocab and grammar in a fun way. Thanks for sharing the different modes, can’t wait to try them out with my classes! 🐛💬 #mflbluesky #mfltwitterati #langchat

🆕 🐛 CATERPILLAR game on TextActivities.com 🤩

Available as
1⃣ matching (x6 modes)
2⃣ random gapfill
3⃣ user-defined gapfill (see pic)

Try the activity from the pic on this link 👇👇👇
www.textactivities.com/resource-sam...

#mfltwitterati #mflchat #langchat #mflbluesky