FOREIGN LANGUAGE Instructional Activities and Resources

 

French

German

Latin

Spanish


 

Links to General Information

Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL)
http://www.cal.org

European Union
http://www.eurunion.org

Multi-Lingual Dictionary
http://www.logos.it/

Agora Language Marketplace
http://agoralang.com/ - resources for foreign language teachers

Electronic Embassy
http://www.embassy.org/ - links to embassies

Ethnologue: Languages of the World
http://www.sil.org/ethnologue/ - catalog of more than 6700 languages spoken in 228 countries

Teacher Resources
http://www.ohiou.edu/esl/teacher/index.html - for ESOL and FL teachers

Exchange Rates
http://www.x-rates.com/

Helpful Sites for Foreign Language Teachers - Fairfax County
http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/DIS/OHSICS/forlang/resource/helpful.htm

Foreign Language and Culture
http://www.speakeasy.org/~dbrick/Hot/foreign.html - index of web links

World Languages - Related Links
http://www.pde.state.pa.us/languages/cwp/view.asp?a=204&Q=58285&languagesNav=|4688|&languagesNav=| - Pennsylvania Department of Education

BBC Language Lessons & Courses
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/languages/

Lesson Plans on the Web
http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/classroom/lessons.htm - Bilingual/ESL Lesson Plans & Projects

Interner Public Library
http://www.ipl.org/div/news/  - Newspapers Online - listed by country

Teach-nology Lesson Plans (World Languages)
http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/subject_matter/languages/ - links to specific language lessons

Blank Outline Maps
http://geography.about.com/library/blank/blxindex.htm

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Links to French Resources

Virtual Journey of France
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/ontheline/explore/journey/france/frindex.htm

FACSEA
http://www.facsea.org/ - French American Cultural Services Educational Aid 

600 Mini-lesson Plans for Foreign Languages
http://mdavies.for.ilstu.edu/class/see-projects.htm

French Resources - Fairfax County
http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/DIS/OHSICS/forlang/french/index.htm

LE QUARTIER FRANÇAIS du village planétaire
http://www.urich.edu/~jpaulsen/gvfrench.html - University of Richmond

ClicNet - French Culture & Litterature
http://clicnet.swarthmore.edu - Swarthmore College 

OU CALL...French
http://www-as.phy.ohiou.edu/Departments/Mod_Lang/french/index.html - Ohio University 

AATF
http://www.frenchteachers.org/ 

Maison de la France
http://us.franceguide.com/

Calendrier scolaire 2003-2004
http://www.education.gouv.fr/prat/cal.htm

Francophone Holidays and Traditions
http://globegate.utm.edu/french/globegate_mirror/fetes.html

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Links to German Resources

AATG
http://grow.aatg.org

Digital Deutschland
http://www.zeitbild.de/germany

Geothe Institute Inter Nationes
http://www.goethe.de

Deutsche Welle
http://www.dwelle.de

Distance Learning Course Finder
http://www.dlcoursefinder.com

Kultur und Sprache from Austria
http://www.kulturundsprache.at

German Federal Government
http://www.bundesregierung.de

German Resources - Fairfax County
http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/DIS/OHSICS/forlang/german/index.htm

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

News and Information-Switzerland
http://www.swissinfo.org

Cultural Introduction to Switzerland
http://www.swissworld.org/

Alpha Sprachinstitut Austria - Learn German in Vienna
http://www.alpha.at/

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Links to Latin Resources

American Classical League
http://www.umich.edu/~acleague/

Ancient World Web
http://www.julen.net/aw/

FLTEACH Latin
http://www.cortland.edu/www/flteach/flteach-res.html#latin 

Library of Congress Greek and Latin Classics Internet Resources
http://lcweb.loc.gov/global/classics/claslink.html

Latin Language Sites - Fairfax County
http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/DIS/OHSICS/forlang/latin.htm

Latin Teach: A Site for Teachers of the Latin Language
http://www.latinteach.com/

Map of the Roman Empire
http://www.dalton.org/groups/rome/RMap.html

Map: The Roman Empire at its Greatest Extent
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~vandersp/Courses/maps/basicmap.html - clickable map

Trading Products in the Roman Empire
http://www.getty.edu/artsednet/images/Trajan/Maps/trading.jpeg - map

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Links to Spanish Resources

Virtual Journey of Spain
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/ontheline/explore/journey/spain/spindex.htm

Let's Explore Spain
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/ontheline/spanish/activity2/index1.htm

Taller Español
http://www.cortland.edu/flteach/usafa/taller.html - exercises meant to supplement textbooks 

Teach Spanish
http://www.teachspanish.com/middleschoolplans.htm - middle school lesson plan archive

Teach Spanish
http://www.teachspanish.com/highschoolplans.htm - high school lesson plan archive

Más Arriba Spanish Language Exercises
http://www.trentu.ca/spanish/masarriba/welcome.htm - online workbook

Spanish Tutorial And Review Site - Fairfax County
http://www.fcps.edu/DIS/OHSICS/forlang/stars/

Spanish Resouces - Fairfax County
http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/DIS/OHSICS/forlang/spanish/index.htm

AATSP
http://www.aatsp.org/

EnchantedLearning.com
http://www.LittleExplorers.com/themes/spanish.shtml - worksheets to label, bilingual picture dictionary

Learn Spanish
http://www.studyspanish.com/ - online tutorial of lessons, practice exercises, "quizzes", "tests", and more

Spanish Language and Hispanic Cultures
http://globegate.utm.edu/spanish/span.html

Music in the Spanish-Speaking World 
http://globegate.utm.edu/spanish/spmusic.html

Historia de los países hispanohablantes
http://globegate.utm.edu/spanish/spanhist.html

Art and Cultural Exhibitions in the Spanish-Speaking World
http://globegate.utm.edu/spanish/spanart.html

Dr. William Giuliano's "Spanish Grammar for Reading"
http://www.uky.edu/ArtsSciences/SPI/ISP/G1/Leccion1.html

B. K. Nelson's Spanish Grammar Exercises
http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/exercises/index.html

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