PYRAMID TRANSLATION One of my favourite creations and activities for structured oral production. An extract from our teaching sequences chapter in our forthcoming book. The aim is to practise extending chunks and manipulating patterns. Note: the referee has the answer sheet.

In Coventry on 9th July

Rebuilding a Struggling MFL Department: What to Know, What to Do, and Where to Begin gianfrancoconti.com/2025/06/26/reb…

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The 12 staples of effective language teaching

Coming end of Juli! German TRILOGY - Part 2! Book is complete and the team is moving into the proofreading/editing phase! Superb work by legendary Author team Mike & Danny, and excellent Editor team Elodie, Alison & Martin! 💪❤️🐧👏 Go go go!! #mfltwitterati Dr Gianfranco Conti

New French Grammar Workout on the 'formation of questions' now available on TLG. Each grammar point from the New GCSE specification will be covered with a wide range of activities in this section Dr Gianfranco Conti DylanViñales🙋‍♂️🐧 The Language Gym

The latest British Council's English Trends 2025 report is out! On page 21: one third of the respondent schools use EPI - the highest scoring approach mentioned ! Once again we surpassed the university of York's NCELP/LDP. britishcouncil.org/sites/default/… Ronan Jezequel DylanViñales🙋‍♂️🐧

In Coventry next week

Going LIVE this weekend on LANGUAGE-GYM.com NEW Verb Trainer - test mode. As requested by MANY users! Enjoy! :) 🙏❤️🐧 #mfltwitterati Dr Gianfranco Conti

The Status of MFL in England: A Summary of the recently published 2025 Language Trends Report gianfrancoconti.com/2025/07/05/the…

Grammar matters — but without fluency, it’s like knowing how bricks fit together without ever building the house.

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New GCSE games based on the AQA specification available on TLG Dr Gianfranco Conti DylanViñales🙋‍♂️🐧 The Language Gym SentenceBuilders

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Games on 'time expressions' added to the French New GCSE section of TLG, the rest of the key vocabulary will be available very soon Dr Gianfranco Conti DylanViñales🙋‍♂️🐧 The Language Gym SentenceBuilders

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This FB private message from a Yorkshire-based HoD has made my day! Especially happy because the most striking results occurred in German, a language that lends itself beautifully well to teaching through EPI. PLEASE NOTE: the sender of this message has given me the permission to

Excited to announce that our forthcoming “New French GCSE grammar revision drills” book will be out in September. Lots of recycling and interleaving of the target grammar and vocabulary and…no sentence builders in it. Ronan Jezequel DylanViñales🙋‍♂️🐧 Martin Lapworth Ryan Cockrell