Many KS4 MFL students suffer from a lack of confidence when it comes to speaking, and struggle to respond to questions or comments in the target language and to use it spontaneously themselves.
Taking them through a series of activities leading up to a presentation to ‘sell’ a Chindōgu invention (the Japanese art of inventing everyday gadgets that ostensibly offer a solution to a problem, but in fact create more issues than they solve!) is one way of helping them to develop greater confidence in speaking and to think creatively.