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Here is a round-up of the resources I have added over the last month. My big focus at the moment is on listening for GCSE and A-level. These are instant, no preparation listening activities which you can read aloud or record. I now have a handful of tasks designed for Foundation Tier of your pupils are of that standard.

The A-level examples could also be used to practise the paraphrase task in the exam. Indeed, the latest resource, about prisons in France, has a model paraphrase in the answers section.

Here is the list of the new resources, with the most recent first:

Instant 30 minute listening. A-level -  "prisons in France". Source text for teachers to read or record, V/F/PM, single word gap-fill (no options) and an optional paraphrase task. All answers including model paraphrase supplied.
Instant 30 minute listening. A-level. Young people's interest in politics. You could use these for paraphrase work too.
Another in the series of 30 minute instant, no prep teacher-read listening tasks. This one is about describing a holiday. Short text, true/fasle/not mentioned and gap-fill. level: Foundation Tier GCSE (easy intermediate).
Another instant 30 minute GCSE listening task: topic school. Level: Foundation. With true/false/not mentioned and gap-fill.
Another in the series of instant 30 minute listening tasks. GCSE Foundation Tier (easy intermediate). Topic: My House.
Instant 30 minute listening task. Topic: describing a family. This one is aimed at Foundation Tier and has true/false and gap-fill. The teacher reads aloud or records the script. Go at the pace which suits the class, repeat as much as you want.
Instant 30 minute listening lesson - describing the film Lion. This is for Foundation Tier GCSE (easy intermediate). Teacher script, true/false and gap-film with a choice of words including two distractors.
Video listening. A thirty minute activity about the Front National based on a 1jour1question video from Milan Presse. Questions in French to answer and a few transcription/translation sentences based on the listening. This would make a good starter for a "rise of the right" sub-theme and politics in general.

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