Top speaking resources for MFL

Useful vocabulary help mats, speaking worksheets, role play and photo card tasks to help students improve in French, German and Spanish

Tes Resources Team

Students using MFL, French, Spanish and German speaking resources and holding up speech bubbles

Revision mats, worksheets and exam-style tasks to foster fluency 

Some language learners tend to be good at receptive skills but often struggle with productive ones such as speaking and writing. To help your students speak confidently in French, German and Spanish, and get prepared for role play and speaking tasks, we have gathered together this hand-picked collection of speaking resources from the Tes community.

Speaking mats and help sheets

A range of speaking mats with useful expressions and vocabulary for speaking activities.

French Speaking Mat
Maryjane Bennett

French Speaking Mat

£2.00
(19)
NEW VERSION ADDED We print these in A3 and have them on every table in every classroom. I have used suggested phrases from lots of sources as well as my own. The pupils use the mats regularly during group talk activities and their spontaneous use of language has increased significantly.
AQA GCSE German photocard help mat
arkleigh

AQA GCSE German photocard help mat

FREE
(38)
Adapted from a resource that was shared at a new spec GCSE course that I attended last year. I have printed the mats in colour, double-sided and laminated. They have been invaluable for helping to prompt weaker students when describing a photo.
NEW AQA French pictorial photo card speaking mat
Sara Goodacre

NEW AQA French pictorial photo card speaking mat

£1.00
(0)
I've created a pictorial photo card speaking mat for students to refer to when describing two photos. It is intended for use with the NEW AQA French GCSE photo description task and encourages students to talk about both photos. It works through common language to describe photos following the PALM m...
French Speaking Mat
Rachel Wellfair

French Speaking Mat

FREE
(27)
A speaking mat for everyday classroom interactions to maximise TL use. Split into sections to encourage understanding of formal/informal register.
GCSE Spanish - Grammar cheat sheet
MFLResources87

GCSE Spanish - Grammar cheat sheet

£1.20
(0)
This is a resource that I have created to help my GCSE students with their grammar, especially conjugating verbs. This resource has two sides (of an A4: 1. The first sides contains 20 regular verbs conjugated in the first person. Also, this side includes a table with different opinion verbs in th...
GCSE Opinion Help Sheet
Estrella Escudero

GCSE Opinion Help Sheet

FREE
(5)
To inspire students to say something else rather than "es divertido" and "es aburrido". More resoures on opinions here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12904841 ***If you find this resource helpful, please leave a review! Your feedback supports future resources and impro...

Role play and photo card resources

Practise role play in French, German and Spanish and help your students tackle this challenging GCSE assessment task.

GCSE Spanish Role-Play Speaking Practice
wrightcv

GCSE Spanish Role-Play Speaking Practice

£2.20
(6)
This powerpoint includes a range of revision activities to help pupils prepare for the dreaded GCSE Spanish Speaking Exam! This powerpoint presentation focuses solely on the role-play section of the exam in which pupils have to prepare their role in a conversation. Topics included in the activities ...
Role Play Speaking Table Mat
meg014840

Role Play Speaking Table Mat

£2.00
(3)
Table mat resource to support pupils to practise the role play element of the speaking exam, and support their independent revision when uploaded to shared areas. Includes key vocabulary needed for the role play element, as well as key verbs in the - yo, t and usted forms.