Interactive Websites for the World Language Teacher

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Interactive Websites for the World Language
Teacher

• Karen Brooks
• http//del.icio.us/dembe01/Languages
• Sampling from Del.icio.us resources

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http//uk.youtube.com/watch?vfijBUeqiW0gDo You
Speak English
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• Will be focusing mostly on Spanish and French.
  However, I also have German and Chinese resources
  as well and will be sharing a few general
  resources first.

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• http//www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/phrases/spanish
  /data/phrase_finder.html Spanish Phrase Finder
• http//www.cortland.edu/flteach/flteach-res.html
  Cortland University Internet Resources for
  Foreign Language Teachers
• http//www.internetactu.net/2005/09/29/quest-ce-qu
  e-le-web-20/ Internet Website in French, can be
  translated into German or English. Has many
  articles on technology and is from Europe.

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• http//www.storyplace.org/sp/storyplace.asp
  Spanish Childrens stories (Also in English)
  offers different levels, Infant, preschool and
  also a book hive.
• http//jeudeloie.free.fr/plateau.htm Learn French
  online - Has games and fun activities for
  different levels.
• http//fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/PortailFranC3A7ai
  s Wiki in French under construction and being
  developed.

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• http//www.terrace.qld.edu.au/academic/lote/french
  /index.htm -Preofessor from St. Josephs College
  in Australia their webpage to help students
  learn French.
• http//babbel.com/ Online Language Learning
  Community Free Social Networking to Learn
  Languages
• http//comiqs.com/index.html Comic Strip Creator
  - Can use to make comics in the language they are
  studying.

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• http//www.planetejuniors.fr/ Planet Juniors
  French childrens television station.
• http//www.igoretmoi.com/ Igore and Me French
  site for kids also in English.
• http//www.pdictionary.com/french/ Online picture
  dictionary in French. Also in Spanish and
  German. Offers interactive activities.
• http//www.geoportail.fr/ Geoportal - French

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• http//www.takatrouver.net/ Childrens site for
  French
• http//www.monpif.ca/ Tween/Teen French Canadian
  Magazine
• http//fslactivities.sd61.bc.ca/songs.html French
  Songs and Poems iPod downloadable. ?
• http//www.utm.edu/staff/globeg/speakfrench.html
  Say it Right in French Great Resources

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• http//www.education.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/ge
  rman/german.htm Language Resource Page from
  Australia in German
• http//www.classzone.com/cz/find_book.htm?tmpState
  INTERdisciplineSchoolwl_msstateINTERx22y2
  3 World Languages Textbook resources Middle
  School Target
• http//www.cafepedagogique.net/lesdossiers/Pages/l
  esdossiers.aspx French Webpage

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• http//admi.net/graticiels/francais French
  Teacher Resource for language, math, history,
  etc.
• http//www.schoolsnetwork.org.uk/Article.aspa?Node
  Id350PageId237594 Language Resources from the
  UK for European Languages and http//web.mac.com/s
  anferminuk/The_Lead_Practitioner_Blog/Welcome_Bien
  venidos_Bienvenue_Willkommen_Velkomin_Benvinguts.h
  tml
• http//www.howtopronouncefrench.com/ How to
  Pronounce French
• http//www.cortland.edu/flteach/civ/voyage/voyage.
  htm Virtual France

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• http//www.asterix.tm.fr/ Comes in French,
  Spanish, German and English. After a popular
  cartoon. Offers games, wallpapers, etc. kids
  like to use.
• http//www.curiosphere.tv/ Education and Images
  from French 5 TV.
• http//www.linternaute.com/histoire/magazine/magaz
  ine/dossier/france-laicite/ History French
• http//mmeperkins.typepad.com/my_weblog Blog -
  focus is French

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• http//www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryfrench/ BBC
  Primary French
• http//www.eduplace.com/bil/links/index.html
  Elementary Bilingual Links
• http//europa.eu/europago/explore/index.htm
  Explore Europe - You choose one of its many
  languages.
• http//www.radiolinguamedia.com/cbf/www/index.html
  Coffee Break French

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• http//www.talkandlistenkit.com/ Talk and Listen
  Kit
• http//bogglesworldesl.com/french/french_halloween
  _flashcards.htm French Halloween Flash Cards
• http//www.coindespetits.com/histoires/histcendril
  lon/cendrillon.html Cinderella in French
• http//www.quia.com/jg/530072.html Halloween
  Matching Game

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• http//www.quia.com/mc/66096.html Matching
  French Numbers
• http//www.education.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/fr
  ench/sect26/no_02/no_02.htm Languages online -
  French
• http//www.prescot-school.knowsley.sch.uk/prescot-
  language/mfl-site/primarySchool/birthday.html
  Interactive Birthday site
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_French_phrase
  s_used_by_English_speakers List of French Words
  used by English Speakers ?

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• http//frenchrc.rutgers.edu/en/htm/pedagogie/resso
  urces_pedagogiques/tice_doc.htm French Resource
  Center
• http//www.info-france-usa.org/kids/lf/base.asp?ra
  isons Embassy of France - Just for Kids Page
• http//www.languageguide.org/francais/ Language
  Guide French
• http//www.languageguide.org/francais/grammar/conj
  u/outOfThisWorld.html French Pronunciation

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• http//www.prescot-school.knowsley.sch.uk/prescot-
  language/mfl-site/primarySchool/FrenchPrimaryMainP
  age.htm Primary French from England Prescot
  School
• http//www.mflgames.co.uk/ Games in French and
  Spanish
• http//www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/christmas/in
  dex.shtml Christmas in France
• http//ngfl.northumberland.gov.uk/languages/Goldil
  ocks/french.htm Goldilocks in French
• http//www.teachingideas.co.uk/foreignlanguages/co
  ntents.htm Foreign Languages Podcast

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• http//french.about.com/library/begin/fun/bl-words
  eek-family.htm French Search a World
• http//www.klbschool.org.uk/interactive/french/ani
  maux.htm Animals in French
• http//www.wildfrench.co.uk/Hotpots/animaux.htm
  Animals in French
• http//www.frenchteacher.net/Y7/Y7timeOHT1.htm
  Clock faces in French
• http//home.freeuk.com/mflgames/frconctime.htm
  Matching Time French

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• http//www.colorincolorado.org/ A bilingual site
  for Educators and Parents
• http//www.aulablog.com/planeta/ Education Blog
  in Spanish
• http//www.spanishspanish.com/alfabeto_ipower.html
  Spanish Alphabet
• http//www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/learn_y4/main.asp
  ?lesson_pathyear_4/la_paga/lesson_filelesson.sw
  flanguageeng National Grid for Learning -
  Spanish

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• http//www.avatarlanguages.com/home.php?langen
  Learn Foreign Languages in SL
• http//highschoolace.com/ace/language.cfm High
  School Ace
• http//www.epals.com/askepals/index.tpl E-Pals
• http//www.rcaguilar.com/spanish/vocabulary/00-lis
  ts/sp-edificios.htm Spanish Vocabulary Lists
• http//www.mamalisa.com/world/ Childrens Songs
  and Nursery Rhymes from Around the world.

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• http//www.tv5.org/TV5Site/enseigner-apprendre-fra
  ncais/collection-26-Voyages___Cites_du_Monde.htm
  TV 5 Spanish
• http//suttonhighmfl.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/
  spanish.htm Spanich Club resource study quizes
• http//www.rif.org/assets/Documents/Spanish/Activi
  tySheets//Spanish_activities.pdf Spanich Activity
  Book

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• http//www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/lj/
  Beginner Spanish Course from BBC
• http//campus.northpark.edu/spanish/faculty.htm
  Spanish Department Resources
• http//www.learner.org/resources/series185.html
  Foreign Language Library of Practical Resources
• http//stepstar.esd101.net/k12/ps/default.htm
  Primary Spanish
• http//www.gennio.com/ Spanish Flicker/YouTube
  Site

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• http//www.azcentral.com/ent/dead/ Day of the
  Dead Resources
• http//freewordsearch.teacherly.com/ Word Search
  Generator
• http//www.windows.ucar.edu/ Windows to the
  Universe . More and more have alternate language
  views
• http//diannekrause.wikispaces.com/languages
  Foreign Language Wiki for teaching resources
  21st Century Learning Perspective

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• http//www.medievia.com/whsfl/ Language Sites for
  High School French, German, Spanish and
  Japanese.
• http//www.elpais.com.uy/ Uruguay Newspaper
• http//www.mexonline.com/ Resource Center
  dedicated to Mexico
• http//www1.lanic.utexas.edu/ Latin America
  Resource Information Center
• http//honoloko.eea.europa.eu/Honoloko.html
  Honoloko Interactive

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• http//www.kidsweb.de/ German Kids Website for
  Education K-2
• http//www.ukgermanconnection.org/kids_new/
  Discover Germany in English or German.
• http//www.ifi.unizh.ch/groups/mml/projects/ArtGal
  lery/ Interactive Art Gallery in English or
  German
• http//pacomova.eresmas.net/ Spanish Stories and
  Poems
• http//www.mundolatino.org/rinconcito/ South
  American Childrens Website
• http//www.spanishtown.ca/spanishforkids/grade1/gr
  ade1.htm Spanish Town for Kids Grade 1
• http//www.sgfl.org.uk/pmfl/spanish/iwbspanish
  PPT stories in Spanish for the IWB

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• http//www.elbalero.gob.mx/index_esp.html Mexico
  for Kids
• http//www.spanishunlimited.com/ Spanish
  Unlimited
• http//dictionary.reference.com/languages/
  Multilingual Word Search
• http//216.247.61.121/ Salon Hogar
• http//www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/espanol/
  Especially Spanish Knowledge Resource Center
• http//www.bowdoin.edu/eyepes/newgr/ Spanish
  Resources

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• http//www.exploratorium.edu/exhibits/f_exhibits.h
  tml In Spanish French and Italian as well.
• http//core.ecu.edu/forl/christianc/ Spanish
  Tutorials and Flashcards
• http//oye.languageskills.co.uk/index.html
  Interactive activities for Spanish by grade
  level.
• http//www.vokabel.com/ Vocabulary Quiz in
  Spanish, French and German

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• http//www.lingolex.com/spanish.htm Learn
  Spanish, Fun resources.
• http//www.studyspanish.com/tutorial.htm Spanish
  Grammar Tutorial
• http//www.apples4theteacher.com/esl-games/spanish
  /index.html Spanish Games
• http//pwidergren.net/PPT/cuentos/cuentos.htm
  Spanish PPTs
• http//www.yellowbridge.com/chinese/flashcards.php
  Chinese Flashcards

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• http//blog.voki.com/ Viki for Foreign Language
  Instruction
• http//wikitravel.org/es/Portada Wiki TRavel
• http//www.literativa.com/ Collaborative Writing
  in Spanish
• http//teach.fcps.net/trt10/PowerPoint.htmtemp
  Game PPT Templates
• http//www.concisefreeware.com/foxlingo.php
  Translates any webpage (Software)

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• http//www.spanish4all.com/ Complete Guide to
  Spanish Language Websites
• http//www.oculture.com/2006/10/foreign_languag.ht
  ml Foreign Language Podcasts
• http//www.kyero.com/ Spanish Properties for
  sale.
• http//members.aol.com/alvareze/spanish/frame.html
  Basic Spanish Words
• http//www.flickr.com/photos/exnovo/sets/721575941
  91592919/ Spanish Publications from the 50-60-
  and 70s

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• http//www.tienda.com/ The Best of Spain in
  America
• http//www.uiowa.edu/acadtech/phonetics/ German
  English or Spanish Phonics created in Flash
• http//orpheus.ucsd.edu/speccoll/visfront/vizindex
  .html Posters of the Spainish Civil War
• http//www.multilingualbooks.com/online-radio-span
  ish.html Spanish Internet Radio - iPod
  downloadable

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• http//www.readwriteweb.com/archives/top_spanish_w
  eb_apps.php Top Web 2.0 Spanish applications.
  Also list French and German in this Web 2.0 Blog
• http//www.readwriteweb.com/archives/top_spanish_w
  eb_apps.php Blog in Spanish about Technology
• http//www.notesinspanish.com/ Podcasts for
  Learning
• http//www.mylanguageexchange.com/ - Practice for
  Learning a Foreign Language
• http//www.kinepolis.com/ Movies in French and
  Spanish
• http//www.interglot.com/ European Language
  Dictionary

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• http//www.ajaxtrans.com/ Translator
• http//babelfish.altavista.com/ Translator
• http//www.wordreference.com/ Translator
• http//dict.leo.org/ German Translator
• http//dict.tu-chemnitz.de/ German To Spanish
  German to Portuguese Translator
• http//www.spanishdict.com/ Spanish English
  Dictionary

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• http//www.google.com/language_tools Translator
• http//iate.europa.eu/iatediff/SearchByQueryLoad.d
  o?methodload
• http//spanishpod.com/ Learn Spanish on your iPod
• http//www.justfreebooks.info/ Free books in
  Spanish and French

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Karen Brooks kbrooks_at_mhric.org