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Directions Activity - German
This activity can be used to support small group learning or as a classroom exercise. It presents a map with a number of locations market in German. From the starting position, each learner can use the map to give directions in German. The level of difficulty can be increased by requesting directions to harder to reach locations.
DownloadDirections Activity - English
This activity can be used to support small group learning or as a classroom exercise. It presents a map with a number of locations market in English. From the starting position, each learner can use the map to give directions in English. The level of difficulty can be increased by requesting directions to harder to reach locations.
DownloadCalendar - Spanish
This free Spanish language resource provides basic vocabulary given to days of the week and months.
DownloadChoosing a Language Trainer
The process of choosing a language trainer is essentially the same as choosing any supplier. You will want to be assured that the chosen provider will deliver a professional service to high standards, and that the training delivered meets the needs of your own organisation. This article provides some useful tips on how to make the right choice and suggests questions that you should ask of any potential provider, inlcuding Optima Training, to help make the right decision.
DownloadSpecial Characters on the PC - French
When typing French on a UK Windows based PC, you can access the special characters such as à, é, æ, oe or ç by using alt and the numeric keyboard pad. This free language resource will act as a handy reference sheet.
DownloadVegetables Exercise - French
This exercise on vegetables (les Légumes) accompanies the Vegetables information sheet. It is a free French language resource that will help you to test your knowledge of the basic names given to common types of vegetables.
DownloadFruit Exercise - French
This exercise is a free French language resource that accompanies the Fruit information sheet. It will test your knowledge of basic vocabularly given to fruit (les Fruits). Suitable for beginners.
DownloadFood and Drink - French
This free French language resource provides some basic words and phrases that will be useful when eating out.
DownloadSpecial Characters on the Mac - French
When typing French on a UK Mac keyboard, you can access the special characters such as à, é, æ, oe or ç by using alt and the numeric keyboard pad. This information sheet is a handy reference on how to access special French characters.
DownloadSeasons and Weather Exercise - French
This exerise accompanies the French Seasons and Weather information sheet. It tests basic French language vocabulary that is given to commons weather types and the four seasons.
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