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General foreign language resources

1. Children's Books Online in a variety of languages - posted by artist and designer, Asbjørn Lønvig in Denmark
2. CyberGuides - lesson plans to accompany several foreign language books [some elementary, most middle/high school]
3. DicionÃrios-Online.com - offers links for dictionaries, glossaries, encyclopedias, atlases, and other workmanships of reference in Portuguese in the InterNet.
4. Foreign Language Education Sites - many sites helpful to learning more about teaching Foreign Languages
5. Foreign Language Lesson Plans from the Educator's Reference Desk
6. Foreign Language Lesson Plans and Resources posted by Marty Levine, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Secondary Education at California State University, Northridge, CA.
7. Foreign Language Resources on the Net - Compiled by the National Foreign Language Resource Center at the University of Hawaii.
8. I Love Languages - Comprehensive catalog of language-related Internet resources.
9. Interactive games for Language Teachers - many to select, in numerous languages.
10. Internet Activities for Foreign Language Classes - You will find Internet-based lesson plans created for foreign language classes. Most of the lessons are for Spanish.
11. Language Web sites - A huge collection of web sites for a variety of languages.
12. Listen to the News - Pick from 43 languages to read and hear World News
13. National K-12 Foreign Language Resource Center
14. Parlo is a language and culture site that wants to sell language courses to you. Wait! Don't go away. They offer some fantastic free resources. In their index along the left side you will find a free Diagnostic Test. At the end they suggest which course you might want to buy, but use this test to evaluate where your students are. In the Teachers portion of Parlo's index, select Teacher's Corner Materials and then select the English archive. There you will find beginner, intermediate and advanced lesson plans. Not enough for you? OK, visit Spanish World, French World, Italian World or German World.
15. Quick translations from AltaVista in eight languages - to or from English
16. Say Hello to the World! - "If you wanted to say hello to everybody in the world, how many people would that be? And how many languages would you have to learn? "
17. Super Language Sites - Language links for a variety of languages including Japanese, Dutch, Italian, Russian and Chinese along with Spanish, French and Latin.
18. Teacher Tools for Language Teachers - many worksheet generators, fill in the blank, picture match and many more for numerous languages! You must be logged in as a user, but registration is free.s.
19. World Wide Web Workshop I: Internet Tools for Language Teachers

French

1. BBC French Resources
2. Jim Becker's French Resources - many useful sites to help you learn French and about French culture
3. Dégustons la nutrition! - Webquest in French on nutrition.
4. French Assistant - online lessons - you must register but registration is free. Audio is provided after you register.
5. The French Connection - collection of Internet links to places and items of interest with a French theme
6. French Links - many links to site with French resources
7. French - English Translation Activities - Basic nouns and verbs vocabulary interactive activities. (Caution: If you use this site with students, warn them about the banner and pop-up ads)
8. French Language Guide - free tests, vocabulary, resources, pronounciation keys and more.
9. French Language Resource Center - many links to select from
10. French Vocabulary - tricks for English speakers
11. French World
12. Great French Grammar Sites - multilink page.
13. Health - Bonjour, toi et moi, on va se promener à l'intérieur du corps humain
14. Interactive Games in French
15. Languages on the Web - French Links
16. La grotte Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc
17. Les Chroniques de Cybérie
18. Little Explorers Picture Dictionary - English-French version
19. Mango - Learn a New Language Online, registration free
20. Mon sport favori - Vous êtes un journaliste qui doit faire la promotion d'un SPORT qui vous emballe dans les pages d'un journal connu.
21. Open School - French Review
22. Paris Pages - a collection of everything regarding the City of Light
23. Profs de français forum - This forum is especially for French teachers and tutors to find information and support from our virtual colleagues
24. Radio France
25. Subway Information - in French
26. Super French Web sites - Many links to select from.
27. Tennessee Bob's Famous French Links
28. Vocabulary Training Exercises - in German, French, or Spanish

German

1. American Association of Teachers of German (teaching resources)
2. BBC German resources
3. Jim Becker's German Resources - lots of sites that you can use to enhance your knowledge of the German language and German culture
4. Colors - Move your mouse over a colour to see its spelling in German. Click on a colour to hear its pronunciation.
5. Days of the Month - Short quiz on using numbers as part of the date.
6. German Language Guide - free tests, vocabulary, resources, pronounciation keys and more.
7. German for Travelers
8. German World
9. Goethe Institute
10. Interactive Games in German .
11. Interactive Vocabulary Game - vocabulary for characteristics
12. Interactive Vocabulary Game - common vocabulary pupils might use in the classroom
13. Interactive Vocabulary Game - common classroom objects
14. Interactive Vocabulary Game - ways to meet and greet people in German
15. Interactive German Conversation Game - Drag and Drop activity to test understanding of beginning conversational German.
16. Mango - Learn a New Language Online, registration free
17. Months of the Year quiz - months of the year in German quiz.
18. Online German Course - registration is free; quizzes; many topics to choose.
19. Resources for German - German Grammar help.
20. Little Explorers Picture Dictionary - English-German version
21. Vocabulary Training Exercises - in German, French, or Spanish

Spanish

1. Basic Vocabulary - Spanish Vocabulary Builder - Click on the picture and hear the word or action in Spanish.
2. Basic Vocabulary - Practice reading and saying common words in Spanish ; Audio pronunciation and text
3. Count to Twenty - click on the dots one at a time to hear the numbers pronounced on 4/6/08
4. Count Backwards from Twenty - click on the dots one at a time to hear the numbers pronounced on 4/6/08
5. Dia de los Muertos - articles, original art, and interactive projects.
6. DicionÃrios-Online.com - offers links for dictionaries, glossaries, encyclopedias, atlases, and other workmanships of reference in Portuguese in the InterNet.
7. El Cuentacuentos - Read stories in Spanish.
8. E-Spanyol - online language resource; interactive word practice tool for several vocabulary topics; online vocabulary and grammar tests and more.
9. Centro Virtual Cervantes - This site is entirely in Spanish
10. Interactive Games in Spanish
11. Larry Ferlazzo - "All these sections are specifically designed to assist adults and children who are learning English as their second language"
12. Learn Spanish - Authentic pronunciation tutorials along with many more such as grammar drills, verb drills and idioms.
13. Learn Spanish - Vocabulary Practice; Help with vocabulary practice. No sound
14. Little Explorers Picture Dictionary - English-Spanish version
15. Mango - Learn a New Language Online, registration free
16. My Spanish Picture Dictionary - a new online resource to learn Spanish (or English) - Each word in the dictionary has an English-Spanish translation and a photograph of the item.
17. Music - Spanish songs - some animated
18. Music - Songs in Spanish
19. Music - Lyrics to songs in Spanish - no audio, just the words to the songs.
20. Music - Lyrics to songs in Spanish
21. Mundo Latino - Tu comunidad en Internet - stories, news, idioms, and more
22. National Food Safety Information in Spanish
23. Paso a Paso - Welcome to the PH@School Web pages for Prentice Hall Middle School and High School Spanish: PASO A PASO. Here you can extend your textbook to sites worldwide as well as do online activities, games, and puzzles, and take self-tests.
24. Spanish - 100 Tests - English to Spanish - online interactive.
25. Spanish - Conjugation Trainer - Perfect, Imperfect, Future Tense, Conditional and more!
26. Spanish Games for Beginners - Four basic games; counting, facial parts, Spanish alphabet, counting backwards.
27. Spanish Language Guide - free tests, vocabulary, resources, pronounciation keys and more.
28. Spanish Lessons - don Quijote - Spanish Language School
29. Spanish to English Translation Activities - Basic nouns and verbs vocabulary interactive activities. (Caution: If you use this site with students, warn them about the banner and pop-up ads)
30. Spanish Vocabulary Practice for Beginners - Vocabulary drills and interactive games to reinforce vocabulary. Sponsored by the Oklahoma State Dept. of Education.
31. Spanish Primer from Prentice Hall - Paso a Paso, learn basic Spanish.
32. Spanish World
33. Step Star Primary - for beginning Spanish Students
34. Super Links To TESL/TEFL/TESOL/ESL/EFL/ESOL Web site - Many sites with interactive activities,resources and testing.
35. Super Spanish Web sites - Many sites to select from
36. Visual Link Spanish - Twenty-two (veintidós) short, free lessons and one longer 15-minute segment that did a good job of teaching this Anglo how to say "I need to go to the bathroom." Each lesson corresponds to a section on their CD that they want to sell to you. However, you can learn over 500 words of the program free online!
37. Vocabulary Training Exercises - in German, French, or Spanish
38. Web Spanish Lessons - Spanish lessons to teach basic knowledge, grammar, and vocabulary for Mexican Spanish

Other Languages

1. Chinese - Free Mandarin Chinese Flash cards - available both online and as printable PDF files on 4/15/08
2. Chinese- English Dictionary - An easy-to-use dictionary with over 34,000 entries. It can be searched by Chinese, pinyin, or English. Audio pronunciation is available.
3. Chinese - English Dictionary - Handwriting Recognition, Vocab Lists - Words you search are automatically saved for you in your page or take them with you by turning them into mp3 files to download, Memorization Tests ; Pinyin with Sound - See and hear the pronunciation for all examples and conversations; Conversations - Study, edit and save real-life phrases. on 4/8/08
4. Chinese Grammar and Lessons
5. Chinese resources - many sites that can be helpful in learning Chinese and about the culture
6. Chinese - Get your own Chinese Name! - tool that creates names based on your English name
7. Chinese - Mandarin Learning Tools - Flashcards, listening practice, dictionary.
8. Chinese - Mandarin Tone Drill - test your knowledge of Mandarin tones
9. Chinese - Numbers - Learn how to pronounce numbers in Chinese! Audio provided
10. Chinese - Pinyin Practice -
11. Chinese - Things you should know about Chinese - information on grammar, dialect, characters, tone and more.
12. Chinese Writing - stages in its evolution
13. Clear Chinese - Chinese language course designed by Dr Xie Tianwei. Free Mandarin Chinese lessons. Each of the 15 units contain easy to understand dialogues, usage notes and a practice page.
14. Chinese Savvy - Dictionary of phrases. (works only in IE)
15. Glossaries (by Language) - a large list of language dictionaries [At this site I learned is Chinese for "teach."]
16. Learn to Speak Chinese - Language Exchange via Email, Text Chat and Voice Chat
17. Latin positive/comparative/superlative forms - "review cards provide one form of an adjective and spaces for you to fill in the other positive/comparative/superlative forms"
18. Latin Tutorials - The tutorial covers the period between 1086 and 1733, when Latin was the official language of documents written in England
19. Online Chinese Tools - tools to assist people in learning and using the beautiful Chinese language
20. Greek Alphabet - Tutorial
21. Hebrew - Interactive game recognizing alphabet letters
22. HebrewForMe - online vocabulary quizzes
23. Hebrew Games - online games
24. Hebrew - Learn Hebrew - click on the word for the pronunciation
25. Hebrew - Learn Hebrew Videos - Hear the Hebrew word pronunciation for shopping, animals, computers, body, and reading and writing. on 3/12/08
26. Hebrew Picture Dictionary
27. Hebrew - Sign Maker
28. Hebrew Speech Synthesizer - a Hebrew Text-to-Speech (HTTS) engine
29. Hebrew Videos on Microsoft Excel - Practice your language skills and computer skills at the same time! No audio; written directions to read on 4/8/08
30. Hindi - English to Hindi words
31. Hindi resources - many sites that can be helpful in learning
32. Italian World
33. Italian Resources.
34. Japanese Lessons - This is a complete list of Namiko Abe's weekly Japanese lessons from the About network. She also has a question of the week archive.
35. Japanese Resources - many sites that can be helpful in learning
36. Latin Resources from VRoma - A virtual community for teaching and learning classics
37. Latin Resources
38. Little Explorers Picture Dictionary: English-Portuguese version
39. Mango - Learn a New Language Online, registration free; Japanese , Italian, Russian, Greek, Mandarin Chinese , Brazilian Portuguese
40. Russian - Practice Russian - learning activities and quizzes
41. Russian Resources - many sites that can be helpful in learning
42. Russian Sign Language - Russian Manual Alphabet used for finger spelling in Russian Sign Language
43. Foreign Languages for Travelers - Choose the language you speak and the language you want to know. There are 70 choices. Once you choose the language you may then select from the following menus: Basic Words, Numbers, Shopping/Dining, Travel, Directions, Places, Time and Dates. You will also find a dictionary for translating specific words. The strength of this site is that you can hear the words pronounced. Your ESL students can hear the English words that correspond to the words in their own language.

Children's Literature in Spanish or Portuguese

1. Cuentos de mi Tia Panchita Carmen Lyra
2. Literature infantil i juvenil
3. Olha o Olho da menina Marisa Prado  

   ESL Resources are now located on a separate page

Other Translation help

Free Translation - FreeTranslation.com is an easy-to-use site for rapid translations where you can get the "gist" of foreign language text and web pages.
PROMT Online - Many languages to choose.
Translation Tool from Google - Type in the URL to get a translation of a web site, or type in text to be translated.