This sequencing is suggested as a final European collaborative activity for the “Learning Event 2020: Teaching MFL (Modern Foreign Languages) with Apps.” In your country, the lessons and sequencing may require changes according to the period duration, 45 minutes being an average time in Europe. Finally, some teachers may not give homework or think their students are not ready to perform some of the suggested tasks alone, so they might add an extra lesson to this sequencing. Thanks for your attention! rigitte Collomb – France Maria Rita Pepe – Italy Yovka Zhecheva – Bulgaria Maike Vüst - Germany

1. Learning Event
2020: Teaching
MFL (Modern
Foreign
Languages)
with Apps
eTwinning
June 2020
Module 4 - Activity #6
Brigitte Collomb – France
Maria Rita Pepe – Italy
Yovka Zhecheva – Bulgaria
Maike Vüst - Germany

2. Module 4 - Activity #6
Our choice: Option 2:
“You create a sequence of 4 to 5 consecutive lessons using DIFFERENT apps (for
different MFL purposes) in 4 to 5 lessons when teaching MFL (to be decided by the
respective teams)”
Material: tablet / smartphone.
Language: English
Students age / grade: 14 - 15
Objectives: From book reading to book writing.
Grammar: present tenses: simple vs be-ing,
Vocabulary: book & film genres; according to the chosen short story.
Interaction: expressing likes, opinion, comparison.
European competences:
2. Communication in foreign languages
4. Digital competence
5. Learning to learn
6. Social and civic competences
7. Sense of initiative and entrepreneurship
8. Cultural awareness and expression

3. SEQUENCING:
The students have been asked to read a short story on their tablet (which is
also adapted into a movie for the cinema) at home. They will study an extract
from this short story at school. (Narration: present tense)
Lesson 1:
Tasks objectives Apps Time
1 Warm up: the teacher suggests
a global understanding quiz of
the short story.
Check the students’ global
understanding. (auto corrective)
Kahoot
Or
Plickers
10 minutes
2 Listening : after a teacher’s
introduction, the students watch
a trailer of the movie and
answer questions about the plot.
Listening comprehension.
Questioning
Present be-ing.
(auto corrective)
Ed Puzzle. 20 minutes
3 The students give their first
impressions about this
adaptation of the movie: written
discussion. The teacher works
orally with some students.
Social interaction: train to
express ideas, argue, vote for
other students’ ideas, agree,
disagree…
Simple present
Tricider 15 minutes.
Homework: the students train
reading an extract of the book
with an online reader. Mind
mapping of the new vocabulary
OR interactive image creation.
Pronunciation and listening
training.
Various accents.
Memorizing vocabulary.
TTSReader or
NaturalReader /
Coggle or
Mindmeister
Thinglink /
Genially

4. Lesson 2:
Tasks objectives Apps Time
1 Warm up: quiz on the extract
vocabulary. The teacher or a
students can read the questions.
Check the students’ work of
memorization of the vocabulary
and spelling.
Kahoot
Or
Plickers
5 minutes
2 ACTING: some students read
and act the extract of the book.
Students give their impression
about this reading and acting
work, about the story theme
orally.
Practice pronunciation,
intonation, acting.
Eloquence.
Simple present
Express opinion spontaneously.
Some of the
students who are
not involved in a
reading task can
shoot a video or
record for
feedback work.
20 minutes
3 Team work: each group of
students create a little quiz, each
team 3 questions about a
passage of the extract.
Collaborative work.
Present tense: questions +
possible answers.
Interrogative words.
Survey Monkey or
Drag’n Survey 20 minutes.
Homework: the students
answer the short quizzes on the
extract; they play an online
vocabulary game on the theme
of the story.
Present tense
Memorization
Reading comprehension.
Prepare next lesson activity.
Survey Monkey or
Drag’n Survey
LearningApps or
Quizzes

5. Lesson 3:
Tasks objectives Apps Time
1 Warm up: remember how to
compare : comparative,
superlative and lexicon.
Auto corrective grammar
exercises for a successful
speaking activity.
Liveworksheets
British council
grammar
15 minutes
2 Speaking: now the students are
ready to answer questions and
to discuss the book adaptation
as a movie using their previous
acting feedback and other
activities.
Use the studied vocabulary, the
present tenses, the work on the
short story theme, cultural
aspects to speak.
Eloquence.
Flipgrid 25 minutes
Homework branch out
speaking: What movie genre do
you prefer? Why? Discuss your
habits: when, where, how do
you enjoy watching TV? What
are your favourite programs?
Film? Series?
Revising vocabulary: movie
genres, TV programs, series,
characters…
Simple present
Adverbs of frequency
Vocaroo
or
Voki Class
or
Flipgrid

6. Lesson 4:
Tasks objectives Apps Time
1 Warm up: collaborative writing
of the lesson “the present
tenses” according to their uses
in the previous activities.
Co-writing a lesson.
Being able to deduce the
construction and choice of the
tenses.
Framapad
Padlet
Or Interactive
whiteboard
20 minutes
2 Grammar: The students
practice their grammar online
with an escape game on the
theme of the sequence.
(individual or team work; we
can also imagine the students
have to move in the classroom
for QR codes)
Checking vocabulary,
memorizing grammar
understanding and illustrating
the theme of the short story and
trailer in another way to convey
messages. Maybe working on the
cultural aspect.
LearningApps
British council
grammar
Teachers’ websites
(auto corrective)
35 minutes
3 Homework: vocabulary
brainstorming on story writing:
time, places, characters.
Brainstorm the required
vocabulary for the following
lesson.
Mentimeter

7. Lesson 5: (the teacher can create WordArt word clouds with the words from the 3 Mentimeters.)
Tasks objectives Apps Time
1 Warm up: Use Genially
“Wheels of fortune” on the
board to help the students write
a short story in groups.
Each group turns the first wheel
to choose a setting.
Turns the second wheel to
choose a special time.
Turns a last wheel to pick the
characters!
Revise vocabulary.
Help the students with their
imagination.
Fasten decision making.
Write different sorts of
captivating and sometimes weird
short stories in the class.
Challenging and fun!
Genially
(wheels prepared
by the teacher
from the students
Mentimeter or not
= comparison of
vocabulary
possible)
10 minutes
2 Collaborative writing: Each
group of 5 students writes his 30
line short story on Framapad
using the ingredients from the
wheels. They can add small
dialogues to their story.
Find a theme.
Write in the present.
Be able to write a number of
lines in due time. Write complex
and engaging sentences.
Framapad.
Online dictionary
35 minutes
3 Homework: the students watch
the video tutorial of
Storyjumper; the team captain
creates the ebook, types the
story in (3 pages) and invites the
other team members and the
teacher to collaborate on the
ebook: one will illustrate it
using the library; the 3 others
will record one page each.
Listening comprehension.
Learn to use a tutorial.
Read the story again.
Illustrating and dual coding.
Storytelling / voicing.
Storyjumper
TTSReader
NaturalReader to
train reading.
Remove.bg or
Bonanza if the
illustrator needs to
remove
background to
pictures.

8. Lesson 6: The teacher creates a Genially interactive picture with all
the stories to be shared with all the students.
Tasks objectives Apps Time
1 Warm up: Global vocabulary
revision.
Writing the ebook blurb.
Presenting the ebook orally.
Flippity Flashcards
10 minutes
2 Speaking: Each group presents
its story to the other groups
from the board. (5 ebooks)
Eloquence. From the Genially
interactive map.
Possible recording
20 minutes
3 Guessing game: can you guess
which story I am interpreting?
Change the story genre.
Change the present narrative for
the past narrative.
Speech to text
Apps: Speechnotes
Voice notes
15 minutes.
TEST from home: quiz. .Check story understanding and
grammar use.
ProProfs Quiz
Maker / Class
Marker
This sequencing is suggested as a final European collaborative activity for the “Learning
Event 2020: Teaching MFL (Modern Foreign Languages) with Apps.” In your country, the
lessons and sequencing may require changes according to the period duration, 45 minutes
being an average time in Europe. Finally, some teachers may not give homework or think their
students are not ready to perform some of the suggested tasks alone, so they might add an
extra lesson to this sequencing. Thanks for your attention!