World Languages

Casa De Joanna: Language Learning Resources

http://www.casadejoanna.com/
mirror/index.htm

Teacher and consultant Joanna Porvin has developed an extensive site for secondary school French and Spanish teachers. The site includes links to authentic French and Spanish language Web sites, and includes information on effectively integrating technology in language teaching. (Winner of a Blue Web’n Award).

 

Cinco de Mayo

http://www.theholidayzone.com/cinco/

 

Clip Art Collection For Foreign/Second Language Instruction

http://www.sla.purdue.edu/fll/
JapanProj/FLClipart/

A large collection of royalty-free bitmap cartoon images depicting verbs, adjectives, nouns, and pronouns. This is a wonderful resource for creating teaching materials in any language!

 

DAVE’S ESL CAFÉ

http://www.eslcafe.com/

Teachers and students will find countless lesson plans and other activities to support and enrich the learning of English. Includes sections on slang, pronunciation, and idioms.

 

Internet Picture Dictionary, The

http://www.pdictionary.com

This site contains numerous images in categories such as animals, body parts, school, etc. The noteworthy feature of this site is the ability to set up online flashcards, word scrambles and other activities based on specific topics. The languages include: French, English, Spanish, German, and Italian 

 

Internet sites to Establish Computer-Mediated Exchanges:

 

Intercultural E-mail Classroom Connections

http://www.iecc.org

 

ePals

http://www.epals.com

 

Edublogs

http://edublogs.org/

Edublogs hosts hundreds of thousands of blogs for teachers, students, researchers, professors, librarians, administrators and anyone and everyone else involved in education. Edublogs are completely free, without any advertising.

 

Blogs-Exchange

http://www.blogs-exchange.com/web/

Blogs-Exchange is the first community of blogs dedicated to the learning and interchange of languages (Spanish and English so far). Give feedback and write on your own blog as a teacher or student, in tandem, in a group or by yourself.

 

Internet TESL Journal

http://iteslj.org/

An online journal for teachers of English as a Second Language, this site includes articles, strategies and ideas for effective language teaching. The archived issues are excellent sources of lesson plans.

 

Language Games in Italian, Spanish, French, German and English

http://www.abroadlanguages.com/al/
la/general.asp

This website contains free online resources for Italian, Spanish, French, German, and English including educational games, online dictionaries, pen pals, language level tests, and language-specific forums. The site is available in English, Italian, French, German, Spanish, and Portuguese.

 

Learning Languages through Technology

http://www.langwitches.org

This site includes standards, ideas, projects, tutorials, and software reviews. The goal is to encourage foreign language and ESL educators to learn and experiment with technology and at the same time become comfortable enough to expand their teaching methodology to include different kinds of technologies into their classrooms.

 

Lesson Plans

http://www.teachersfirst.com/matrix.htm

 

Little Explorers Picture Dictionary

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/
Dictionary.html

 

National Geographic Traveler

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
media/traveler 

 

Outstanding Second Language Resources Bilingual/ESL Lesson Plans

http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/practice/
lessons/2_bilingual.htm

The National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition provides a full page of links to excellent ESL and bilingual resources, including lesson plans, quizzes, and puzzles.

 

Podcasting Resources for Language Teachers

http://www.utm.edu/staff/globeg/
flpodcasting.html

This is a page on podcasting for foreign language educators. It includes links to general information about podcasting, locating foreign language podcasts, some language-specific podcasting resources, and some projects involving podcasts.

 

Super Language Sites

http://www.uni.edu/becker

 

Teaching withInternet Picture Super Language Sites

http://www.uni.edu/becker

 

Translating Foreign Newspapers With Word

http://www.educationworld.com/
a_tech/techlp/techlp005.shtml

This Education World lesson plan for foreign language classes gives easy-to-follow steps for copying foreign language newspaper articles from the Internet, pasting them into Word, then converting the passage into a table format to help with translation.

 

Yamada Language Center: Language Guides

http://babel.uoregon.edu/yamada/
guides.html

This site is considered by many to be the definitive guide to language teaching resources on the Web. 140 languages are covered, and downloadable foreign fonts are available on the site.

French Websites

Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave

http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/
arcnat/chauvet/en/index.html

 

Cool French

http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/
french/cool

Want to keep up on the latest French slang?  Here is BBC Languages’ essential guide to young French people’s slang, divided into different categories such as Argument, Going Out, Money, Moods, and Politics.

 

Encyclopedia de Diderot et d'Alembert

http://encyclopedie.inalf.fr/ 

 

French Songs and Other Resources

http://www.leplaisirdapprendre.com 

This site has activities and projects,, as well as songs, that French language educators might use in their teaching.

 

Info Junior:  A French Journal for Kids

http://www.infojunior.com/
index.html

This French language online journal by kids for kids contains jokes, games, stories, and topically arranged informational pages.

 

Louvre Museum

http://mistral.culture.fr/louvre

 

Paris

http://www.paris.org 

 

Paris Tours

http://sunsite.unc.edu/wm/paris

 

The World Speaks French

http://www.theworldspeaks
french.org

The site has downloadable print ads, posters, online banner ads, brochures, and postcards; news on French language instruction; and a forum where teachers, parents, and students can share ideas and ask questions. 

German Websites

Berlin Tour

http://www.chemie.fu-berlin.de/
adressen/berlin.html

 

German Ambassador and German Information Center

http://www.germany-info.org/

 

German Games and Quizzes for Beginners

http://german.about.com/library/
quiz/blqz_beginners.htm?nl=1

This web page contains links to the following types of games and quizzes for beginners:

• German Grammar
• Online Word Games – Fun Java games
• Vocabulary – Games and quizzes for German
• Review Tests (German for Beginners)
• History and Culture Quizzes

German Grammar Podcasts

http://www.marioger
hardt.libsyn.com/

These English language podcasts explain different topics in German grammar.  Topics have included: Haben, Liegen or Legen, Indirect Speech and Subjunctive One, Overview of the Subjunctive Mood, Commands and Requests, Uses of Lassen, Possession and the Genitive Case, Participles as Adverbs, and Agent Nouns.

 

German Language Newspapers/Magazines

http://www.goethe.de/uk/mon/
newsp.htm

 

German Website about Everyday Life

http://www.kaleidos.de/alltag/
menue_e.htm

KALEIDOSKOP wants to talk about the things in everyday life that people take for granted.  Topics include: Everyday life in brief, Rituals and festivals, What youngsters like, Places, People, Getting around, Opinions, First impressions, and Web-cams and City-Infos.

 

Goethe Institute

http://www.goethe.de/

Spanish Websites

Anacleta’s Spanish and World Language and Culture

http://www.anacleta.com

This teacher’s personal website has extensive links for early language learning, grouped together for parents and children and FLES and bilingual/immersion teachers.  Links are topically organized; for example, animals, 15 minute projects, or rainforests.

 

CNN News in Spanish

http://www.cnnenespanol.com/

 

List of Spanish – English Cognates

http://www.latinamericalinks.com/
spanish_cognates.htm

This online dictionary will eventually present about 4,000 words. The English word is presented first with the Spanish word second. Simply click on the letter of the alphabet to locate the list of words beginning with the particular letter.

 

Madrid

http://www.madrid.org

 

One Semester of Spanish Love Song

http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=ngRq82c8Baw

This hilarious music video shows a linguistically challenged young man serenading a beautiful woman with his limited Spanish. Check it out to give your students some proof of why they should continue their language studies – or if you just want a good laugh.

 

Online Spanish Resource: El Castellano

http://www.elcastellano.org

Resources on this website include an e-mailed word of the day, articles, dictionaries, online Spanish forums, grammar explanations, a history of the Spanish language, and links to online literature resources.

 

Primary Spanish Online Resources from the BBC

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/
primaryspanish

Hosted by the BBC, Primary Spanish is divided into Start Here (5 units), Learn More (10 units), and there is also a Festivals unit. Top Tips gives general advice on language teaching. The focus is on elementary-age children.

 

Source for News from Latin America

http://www.lanewsupdate.com

This site features news from Latin America, updated at least every 24 hours.  While some of the news stories may work as teaching tools, other may be too disturbing for teachers to use with younger students.  The site does have other resources that may be useful, including a Spanish word of the day, Spanish grammar and cognates dictionary, and Spanish lessons.

 

Spanish word of the Month

http://www.elemadrid.com/
spanish__language.htm