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Free Exam Practice Samples!

Authentik — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:48:32 +0000

Here you can download samples from our Exam Practice books.
There are materials from all of the available languages to try.

AS/A2 Digital Reading Practice Tests 2009

Why don’t you try out the sample materials below, on your own or with your class?

ASA2_ReadingPractice_2009_French.pdf (125.29 KB)
ASA2_ReadingPractice_2009_German.pdf (124.91 KB)
ASA2_ReadingPractice_2009_Italian.pdf (151.08 KB)
ASA2_ReadingPractice_2009_Spanish.pdf (206.08 KB)

AS/A2 Digital Listening Practice Tests 2009

Why don’t you try out the sample materials below, on your own or with your class? These are from the 2007 version.

ASA2_ListeningPractice_2009_French.pdf (194.3 KB)
ASA2_ListeningPractice_2009_French_Test_01_1.mp3 (1.63 MB)
ASA2_ListeningPractice_2009_French_Test_01_2.mp3 (923.44 KB)
ASA2_ListeningPractice_2009_German.pdf (99.67 KB)
ASA2_ListeningPractice_2009_German_Test_01_1.mp3 (942.62 KB)
ASA2_ListeningPractice_2009_German_Test_01_2.mp3 (399.35 KB)
ASA2_ListeningPractice_2009_German_Test_01_3.mp3 (608.74 KB)
ASA2_ListeningPractice_2009_Italian.pdf (97.81 KB)
ASA2_ListeningPractice_2009_Italian_Test_01_1.mp3 (667.52 KB)
ASA2_ListeningPractice_2009_Italian_Test_01_2.mp3 (481.39 KB)
ASA2_ListeningPractice_2009_Italian_Test_01_3.mp3 (544.25 KB)
ASA2_ListeningPractice_2009_Spanish.pdf (99.64 KB)
ASA2_ListeningPractice_2009_Spanish_Test_01_1.mp3 (781.39 KB)
ASA2_ListeningPractice_2009_Spanish_Test_01_2.mp3 (1001.39 KB)

GCSE Digital Listening Practice Tests 2009

Why don’t you try out the sample materials below, on your own or with your class?

GCSE_ListeningPractice2009_French.pdf (313.37 KB)
GCSE_ListeningPractice2009_French.zip (2.81 MB)
GCSE_ListeningPractice2009_German.pdf (201.5 KB)
GCSE_ListeningPractice2009_German.zip (3.25 MB)
GCSE_ListeningPractice2009_Spanish.pdf (674.7 KB)
GCSE_ListeningPractice2009_Spanish.zip (3.71 MB)

AS/A2 Grammar Practice Book 2006

Why don’t you try out the sample materials below, on your own or with your class? These are from the 2007 version.

ASA2_GrammarPractice_French.pdf (104.29 KB)
ASA2_GrammarPractice_German.pdf (186.89 KB)
ASA2_GrammarPractice_Spanish.pdf (399.14 KB)

GCSE Reading Practice Tests 2007

Why don’t you try out the sample materials below, on your own or with your class?

GCSE_ReadingPractice2007_French.pdf (474.16 KB)
GCSE_ReadingPractice2007_German.pdf (907.7 KB)
GCSE_ReadingPractice2007_Spanish.pdf (938.29 KB)

GCSE Writing Practice Tests 2004

Why don’t you try out the sample materials below, on your own or with your class?

GCSE_WritingPractice2004_French.pdf (458.17 KB)
GCSE_WritingPractice2004_German.pdf (279.29 KB)
GCSE_WritingPractice2004_Spanish.pdf (323.4 KB)

GCSE Grammar Practice Tests 2005

Why don’t you try out the sample materials below, on your own or with your class?

ASA2_GrammarPractice_French.pdf (104.29 KB)
ASA2_GrammarPractice_German.pdf (186.89 KB)
ASA2_GrammarPractice_Spanish.pdf (399.14 KB)

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Authentik — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:02:27 +0000

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About our Exam Practice Books

Authentik — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:06:18 +0000

Looking for exam practice materials that use fresh “organic” language food?

Authentik provides you with just that:

Articles from the recent press, recent radio broadcasts, studio recordings
Tests that match the requirements of advanced and intermediate level language exams.

Advanced Exam Practice Books
Intermediate Exam Practice Books

About our Magazines

Authentik — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:14:06 +0000

The magazines and CDs have been the core of Authentik since 1978.

They come at two levels: Advanced and Intermediate

Advanced Package

The advanced package, which is absolutely unique in the world, is made up of :

the magazine (32 pages), which contains some 90 articles taken without alteration from the recent press of the countries where the language is spoken, selected with a wide variety of tastes in mind – sport, fashion, music, current affairs, cinema …
the CD (65 minutes), which contains
- a selection of original radio broadcasts from the same countries, matching the topics in the magazines, some of them followed by slower readings by native speakers;
- studio recorded discussions and debates by native speakers on the same topics.
the “Magazine Workbook”, which is downloaded from our website, contains:
- the workbook proper, in Word format allowing users to write directly in it (e.g. to send homework by email),
- a monolingual and bilingual glossary in Excel format, for every article in the magazine; this can become the user’s personal virtual vocabulary notebook,
- a full transcript of everything on the CD.

And all of this 4 times a year, to match the four seasons!

French magazines
German magazines
Spanish magazines

Intermediate Package

Etincelle, La Cometa and Katapult provide:

a 32-page magazine in 8 units of 2 to 3 pages each, containing just one or two articles per unit but lots of support in the form of exercises, games, etc,
a CD of 30 minutes of studio-produced material, related directly to the articles (with the option of an MP3 licence for schools),
a full transcript of all audio material,
extra reading material of a lighter nature.

All of this 3 times a year!

French magazines
German magazines
Spanish magazines

… à la française

Authentik — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:52:10 +0000

Authentik’s new French Primary Publication

This publication has been awarded the prestigious European Language Label 2008 for Innovation!

“… à la française” provides an exciting new approach to beginner level French. The approach is based on the principles of Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL).

This photocopiable resource book with accompanying CD is designed for primary school pupils but is also suitable for 1st and 2nd year secondary pupils.

Pupils learn meaningful content in Maths, Geography, History, Science, Arts and Physical Education through stimulating activities conducted through French.

Each unit provides support for the non-specialist teacher, in the form of lesson plans, suggestions for further activities, beautiful Powerpoint presentations and much more.

For example, the Art units contain a presentation of a set of paintings by Matisse, which are used to help pupils learn colours, shapes and composition, in a Maths unit, the children play dominoes, in a History unit they take part in a Viking market, and all of this through French!

For the pupil, learning with “… à la française” is both instructive and fun!

Features

Photocopiable Resource
Activity based
Detailed lesson plans for each subject
Focus on class participation
Developed to make French fun for all
Particularly useful for non-specialist teacher

Topics included

Mathématiques
Géographie
Histoire
Musique
Sciences
Arts Plastiques
Education Physique

Sample Units

History

History_Powerpoint_Slide1.jpg (70.77 KB)
History_Sample_Audio.mp3 (2.54 MB)
History_Sample_Unit_Page1.pdf (92.71 KB)
History_Sample_Unit_Page2.pdf (132.97 KB)

Maths

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Teacher Comments

“… à la française” photocopiable resource pack can help bring a vision to reality by providing scenarios that have been well thought through and lovingly assembled. I cannot recommend it highly enough to you.
Duncan Byrne,
Haberdashers’ Aske’s Boys’ School
in ISMLA Newsletter, Spring 2008 – Reviews

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Authentik — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:20:40 +0000

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Free Sample Magazine Units

Authentik — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:33:23 +0000

Here you can download a full unit from the Autumn 2008 editions of our advanced and intermediate language learning magazines.
Each sample unit includes:

source texts taken from original publications
all exercises with solutions
related audio files drawn from radio and studio recordings
transcripts of audio files
monolingual and bilingual glossaries (advanced magazines only)

Why don’t you try out the sample materials, on your own or in class, and tell us how you got on?