American
Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
This national
organization has resources realted to foreign language standards.
Ethnologue:
Languages: Languages of the World
The online
version presents the information used to prepare the print
version. A country page contains descriptions of all the languages
spoken in that country.
Foreign
Language Lessons and Resources
A comprehensive
list of annotated links to lessons on a variety of foreign
languages.
Foreign
Languages for Travelers
Elementary
and middle school students will love looking up common words
and phrases in different languages. About 60% of the words
have audio files with pronunciations.
Internet
Activities for Foreign Language Classes
Internet-based
lesson plans were created for foreign language classes by participants
in the Technology Workshops of the California Foreign Language
Project and the California Language Teachers Association. These
sites were designed to be used as worksheets for the students
to complete while accessing the corresponding reference web
sites online. Teachers may print out the sheets, copy them,
and distribute them to the students.
Internet
Picture Dictionay
The Internet
Picture Dictionary is a completely free, online multilingual
picture dictionary designed especially for ESL students and
beginning English, French, German, Spanish and Italian language
learners of all ages.
Jim
Becker's Home Page
Here you
will find many resources for foreign languagessuch as French,
Spanish, German, Russian, Japanese and Chinese plus other assorted
neat sites.
National
K-12 Foreign Language Resource Center
The National
K-12 Foreign Language Resource Center at Iowa State University,
Ames, Iowa, one of Seven Centers funded by the U.S. Department
of Education, is committed to improving foreign language education
in our nation's primary and secondary schools. Links to Websites,
professional development opportunities, and current news are
provided at this Website.
Online
Dictionaries and Translators
An extensive
list of links to all kinds of language dictionaries and translators
will help students find the meaning of many obscure words.
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