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ACTFL Global Engagement Initiative http://www.actfl.org/advocacy/actfl-global-engagement-initiative
The ACTFL Global Engagement Initiative recognizes outstanding community-engaged learning experiences within the world languages curriculum at all levels of instruction. ACTFL members who have actively engaged their students in using the language beyond the classroom to become globally engaged may seek recognition for their outstanding work by submitting an application online.
ACTFL Guidelines 2012 http://actflproficiencyguidelines2012.org/
Here is the most current version of the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines for Speaking, Writing, Listening, and Reading. At this site users can explore by skill or by level, listen to and read samples in English that represent abilities at each of the major proficiency levels. The ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines are a description of what individuals can do with language in terms of speaking, writing, listening, and reading in real-world situations in a spontaneous and non-rehearsed context. They neither describe how an individual learns a language nor prescribe how an individual should learn a language, and they should not be used for such purposes. They are a tool for only evaluating of functional language ability.
ACTFL Online Community http://community.actfl.org/home
ACTFL´s Online Community invites all language educators and administrators to connect with colleagues, join in discussions, find answers and contribute ideas.
ACTFL SmartBrief http://www.smartbrief.com/actfl
Sign up for ACTFL SmartBrief and receive a weekly collection of key articles on language education from hundreds of publications. These articles cover current news, technology and trends. A brief summary of each article is provided with links back to the original sources.
ACTFL World Languages 21st Century Skills Meet Technology Infographic http://actfl.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/60807998/21stCenturyInfographic.pdf
Go to this website to download an infographic from ACTFL matching the 21st Century skills with emerging technologies. These emerging technologies represent some of the tools that can support World Language students as they master 21st century skills.
ACTFL World-Readiness Standards for Language Learning http://www.actfl.org/publications/all/world-readiness-standards-learning-languages
The World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages create a roadmap to guide learners to develop the ability to communicate effectively and interact in a culturally appropriate manner with multilingual communities at home and around the world.The five goal areas of the Standards establish the link between communication and culture, which is applied in making connections and comparisons and in using this ability to be part of local and global communities.
ClassDoJo https://www.classdojo.com/
With this app teachers can give their students encouragement during class as well as choose and customize behaviors that matter the most. Teachers can also engage parents with ClassDoJo progress reports and instant messaging as well as broadcast reminders to all parents at once. ClassDoJo is available in the iTunes App store and Google Play.
ClassTools.net: Create interactive flash tools / games for education http://www.classtools.net/
Russel Tarr, Head of History at the International School of Toulouse, France, is the creator of this website where users can create without charge educational games, quizzes, activities and diagrams. There are templates available including Fakebook page, Venn Diagram, Animated Book, Timeline, Jigsaw Diagram and many more. Each template can be saved as a stand-alone HTML file or as a Widget that can be embedded into a blog or wiki - as long as it is non-commercial. However, downloaded HTML files still need to communicate with the ClassTools server and therefore require a computer to have an internet connection.
Connect with Languages http://www.connectwithlanguages.com
Connect with Languages promotes language learning as well as high quality instructional strategies to create engaged learners. There are many rich resources at this website including activities that engage students and help integrating technology into world language classrooms. Jennifer Cornell who works for a school system in Maryland as a Resource Teacher for The Office of World Languages.
Create info graphics & online charts https://infogr.am
Infogr.am is an application that can be used for creating interactive infographics and charts. Once created, infographics can be saved and shared as pdfs. Although there is no charge to use infogr.am, users must register to set up an account.
Create puzzles and other diversions http://armoredpenguin.com/
At this website you can create and print wordsearches, crossword puzzles and word scrambles. The puzzles created will remain on amoredpenguin.com´s server for only about two months so make sure that you save a copy. This puzzle editor will accept international characters.
Digital Wish - Foreign Language Lesson Plans http://www.digitalwish.com/dw/digitalwish/view_lesson_plans?subject=foreign_language&page=1
The Digital Wish website offers a variety of lesson plans for PreK-12 foreign language classrooms. These lessons incorporate technology such as digital photography, podcasting, creating audio and video clips and more.
Duolingo http://www.duolingo.com/
Duolingo offers free online language courses. There are 13 languages, including Spanish and Portuguese, that English speakers may choose to study. Extensive written lessons and dictation as well as speaking practice for more advanced users are offered. Learners progress through skill tree and there is a vocabulary section where learned words can be practiced. It is available on the Web, iOS, Android and Windows Phone 8.1 platforms.
Easel.ly http://www.easel.ly Easel.ly is a free website that offers users tools to make infographics. To generate an infographic, select a theme, add objects and shapes and text.
Easy Languages http://www.easy-languages.org/
Easy Languages is a non-profit video project whose goal is to help people learn languages through authentic street interviews. The videos also showcase the street culture of the participating partner countries, through its portrayal of typical, everyday situations. Episodes focus on different topics, and are produced at various locations around the globe. Every Easy Languages video is subtitled in its local language and in English.
Embedded Reading http://embeddedreading.com
Embedded Reading is a technique created by world language teachers Laurie Clarcq and Michele Whaley. The technique involves scaffolding a reading by creating three or more different versions of the same text. Each version contains more information than the previous one. It also has all previous versions embedded in it. Embedded readings help students to acquire language and provides a framework for improving reading abilities. These readings can be created with fiction or non-fiction, poetry or prose.
Enchanted Learning www.enchantedlearning.com/themes/
This web site is designed for teachers of students in grades K-3. There are simple crafts, nursery rhymes, coloring book printouts, information and quizzes in Portuguese and Spanish. Some of the topics covered are animals, the body, dictionaries, food and eating, geography, weather, outdoor activities, the house, numbers, people, flags, plants, time, calendar, and tools. A $20 for one year subscription is required in order to have full access to the website with print-friendly pages.
Essay Map http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/essaymap/
The Essay Map is an interactive graphic organizer that enables students to organize and outline their ideas for an informational, definitional, or descriptive essay. ReadWriteThink.org is a website developed by the International Reading Association, the National Council of Teachers of English with support from the Verizon Foundation.
eTools for Language Teachers http://mmeduckworth.blogspot.com/2012/12/how-to-use-social-media-in-foreign.html
Canadian French teacher Sylvia Duckworth offers an excellent primer on how to use social media resources in the foreign language classroom. She first defines what each resource is and then explains how to use it to engage and motivate your students.
Flash cards, vocabulary memorization and studying games | Quizlet http://quizlet.com/
At this free site you can create flashcard sets, set up study groups, see what other materials have been posted in a variety of subjects. The flashcards are presented in five different learning modes: familiarize, learn, test and two games—scatter and space race.
Flashcardlet https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/flashcards*/id403199818?mt=8
Flashcardlet is a free, easy-to-use flashcard application. Create your own flashcards or download decks from Quizlet.
Free, Printable Bingo Cards by Bingo Baker http://bingobaker.com/
Bingo Baker is a free, online program which generates bingo cards. The cards can be printed as pdfs or played online or on the iPad. Bingo Baker was created by Matt Johnson, an undergrad at Washington State University, Vancouver.
Free Technology for Teachers http://www.freetech4teachers.com
The purpose of this blog is to share information about free resources that teachers can use in their classrooms as well as lesson plans for teaching with technology. Each resource is described in detail along with advice for using the resource in the classroom. Richard Byrne is the author of this blog and a Google Certified Teacher with experience in teaching global studies and English/Language Arts.
Graphic Organizers http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/
Here you will find a collection of 38 free graphic organizers which may be downloaded. There is a good variety of organizers including Venn diagrams, time lines, KWL charts. Permission is given to print and copy these pages for classroom use.
How Do You Play http://www.howdoyouplay.net/
Visitors to this website will find game descriptions and instructions for classroom games, icebreakers, team-building games and more.
ICDL - International Children’s Digital Library http://en.childrenslibrary.org/index.shtml
The goal of the International Children’s Digital Library is to build a collection of books that represents historical and contemporary books from throughout the world. At the ICDL website visitors can find e-books in a variety of languages as well as expansion activities. The ICDL Foundation is a non-profit corporation.
iFakeText http://ifaketext.com
Using iFakeText, students can create fake text message conversations without actually using phones or text messages. Fake messages can be shared by saving them to a computer, sharing the URL of the fake message, sharing it on social media platforms, or even embedding it in a website or blog.
iPhone Text Generator http://www.ios7text.com
Use iPhone Text Generator to create screenshots of fake iPhone or iMessage text message conversations. Fill in the conversation and choose the type of message (sent or received). iPhone Text Generator is available for download without charge to the Mac OS.
iRubric: Home of free rubric tools http://www.rcampus.com/indexrubric.cfm
iRubric is a free comprehensive rubric development, assessment, and sharing tool.
K-12 Education & Learning Innovations with Proven Strategies that Work | Edutopia http://www.edutopia.org
Edutopia encourages innovation in K-12 schools by focusing on six core learning strategies --project-based learning, integrated studies, comprehensive assessment, social and emotional learning, technology integration and teacher development. At this website are the resources, research, experts and fellow members who can guide you in implementing these strategies and transforming the learning experience.
Kahoot https://getkahoot.com
Kahoot! is a web-based student response system for creating and administering game-like quizzes. Questions, along with answer choices, are projected onto a classroom screen while students submit responses using a personal device. Kids' devices display color and symbol choices only; the actual answer must be viewed on the classroom screen. The game-like atmosphere comes from the use of bright colors, along with suspenseful music. Liveliness in the game or quiz escalates as updated ranks appear on the class scoreboard after each question -- personal points data is sent to each device.
#Langchat http://languageteacherscollaborate.pbworks.com/
Every Thursday an independent group of educators get together on Twitter to discuss topics of interest to world-language teachers. Use the #langchat and join the conversation. A live stream of the chat as well as chat archives and additional resources are available on the #langchat resources page of this wiki.
Language Coaching http://www.amylenord.net
Amy Lenord uses this blog to share her ideas about coaching students towards becoming true speakers of other languages through authentic, integrated learning experiences, focusing on meaningful language and practicing for proficiency.
Language Jobs: Bilingual Jobs http://www.jobswithlanguage.com
This website describes available bilingual jobs, translator jobs, multilingual vacancies and recruitment which offers students a view of how developing their language skills can help them find jobs in the future.
Language Learning & Technology http://llt.msu.edu/
Language Learning & Technology is a refereed journal for second and foreign language scholars and educators. It is sponsored by the National Foreign Language Resource Center (NFLRC) at the University of Hawaii and the Center for Language Education and Research (CLEAR) at Michigan State University and is published exclusively on the World Wide Web in February, June and October each year. Articles published in this journal report on original research that links second language acquisition theory, previous research to language learning, teaching and testing practices that utilize technology.
Language Magazine – online version http://languagemagazine.com
Language Magazine covers current developments in the fields of language, literacy education and communication. It has published works of Stephen Krashen and Eugene E. García as well as other experts in the fields of linguistics and language instruction. Daniel Ward is the publisher/editor of Language Magazine.
The Language Resource Newsletter http://nclrc.org/newsletter.html
The Language Resource Newsletter is published monthly by the National Capital Language Resource Center and offers teaching strategies and insights from research as well as announcements of professional development opportunities for all world language teachers.
Language Sensei http://leesensei.edublogs.org/
This blog shares thoughts about teaching language and integrating technology. New areas of language teaching and new techniques to use in the classroom are also explored. Language Sensei is written by Colleen Lee-Hayes, a secondary school Japanese language teacher in a suburb of Vancouver, Canada.
Legends and Folk Tales http://legends.dliflc.edu
The Department of Defense´s Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center offers this collection of illustrated folk tales and legends from Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Portugal and Venezuela. Some are available only in English, while others are narrated in English and Spanish or Portuguese.
Lescant Photo Database http://coerll.utexas.edu/coerll/project/lescant-photo-database
The Lescant photo database offers students experience in identifying and analyzing cultural differences that they may encounter when interacting with people from other cultures. Photos are organized by category (language, environment, social organization, context, authority, non-verbal, time), country or city. All of the photos contain a discussion blog where users and visitors are invited to contribute their comments about the pictures and the cultural descriptions.
Lingt Classroom | Speak More https://www.lingt.com
By creating a free account at this website, teachers can create almost any spoken or written exercise--spoken dialogues, dictations, pronunciation practice, oral exams, diagnostics, reading practice, image or video commentary. Students can listen to their teachers’ and their own recordings as many times as they’d like. Foreign music videos, commercials, TV shows can be embedded to stimulate learning with authentic cultural media.
LinguaFolio http://ncssfl.org/LinguaFolio/index.php?linguafolio_index
LinguaFolio® is a portfolio assessment tool designed to help individuals in setting and achieving their goals for learning languages. Students can use LinguaFolio to collect samples of their communicative abilities as well as record intercultural experiences and reflections. There is no charge to use LinguaFolio although registration is requested.
LTC, Language Teachers Collaborate Wiki http://languageteacherscollaborate.pbworks.com/w/page/32526867/FrontPage
LTC, Language Teachers Collaborate is a non-profit wiki created to facilitate collaboration among foreign language teachers everywhere. If you would like to share any idea, resource and/or advice for world language teachers around the planet please request access to this wiki. This wiki is maintained by Diego Ojeda of Evansville High School in Evansville, Wisconsin.
Lyricsgaps http://www.lyricsgaps.com
This website offers a unique way to improve listening skills. The Lyrics Gaps has YouTube videos of songs in six different languages, accompanied with cloze activities for the lyrics. Users can choose from three levels of difficulty and languages available are English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, and Portuguese.
Make Beliefs Comix! Online Educational Comic Generator http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/Comix/
At this website users can create and print comics English, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Latin or Portuguese. There is a Make Beliefs Comix app that can be download for free on the iTunes App Store.
Mango Languages https://www.mangolanguages.com
Mango Languages offers a paid online language learning platform with lessons and courses for learning more than 63 languages. The lessons are organized, useful (from a language-acquisition perspective), colorful, feature-rich and are comprised of large amounts of learning materials including text and audio. Mango also offers apps for mobile devices including iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and Android. Like the web platform, these apps provide great features. The apps are free to download and sync with your paid Mango account to keep all your learning materials available in one place. Online access to all languages through participating public libraries in the United States and Canada, is absolutely free. Otherwise, unlimited access to all language courses is available for $20 per month.
Nearpod http://www.nearpod.com
This app allows teachers to use their tablets to manage content on students' tablets or smart phones. Presentation, collaboration, and real-time assessment tools are combined into one integrated solution. It is free to use and highly rated by users. Nearpod may be downloaded from the Apple App Store, Google Play or the Windows Store.
NCSSFL - ACTFL Can-Do Statements
http://www.actfl.org/publications/guidelines-and-manuals/ncssfl-actfl-can-do-statements
Can-Do Statements help language learners identify what they need to do to function at a specific level of proficiency. The statements also help educators plan curriculum, units of instruction, and daily lessons to help learners improve their performance and reach a targeted level of proficiency. These statements can be downloaded at this website.
The Newspaper Clipping Generator https://www.fodey.com/generators/newspaper/snippet.asp
At this free site users can generate newspaper clippings, a movie clapper board and other stylized text. Text is limited in length, but it is easy to customize the name of the paper, date, headline, story and add images.
Newspapers @ The Paperboy.com http://www.thepaperboy.com/index.cfm
ThePaperboy.com provides links to thousands of online newspapers from around the world. There is a RSS feed.
Readlang http://readlang.com
Readlang is an online reader which allows users to import text from any website. Once a text is imported, the reader may click on any word for a translation. Any words that needed to be translated are added to a spaced repetition flashcard system which helps the reader learn the new words. Readlang operates with a wide variety of languages including Spanish and Portuguese.
ReadWriteThink: Comic Creator http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/comic/
At this site students can create and print an original cartoon in any language. Templates for cartoon formats, backgrounds, people, objects, speech bubbles are provided. ReadWriteThink.org is a website developed by the International Reading Association, the National Council of Teachers of English with support from the Verizon Foundation.
Rhyming Dictionary: Spanish, French, Portuguese, etc http://www.alcor.com.au/rhyming_dictionary.asp
A rhyming dictionary is designed to help you find the rhyme for a word. The online Portuguese and Spanish Rhyming Dictionaries are free to use online. Students who are working on creative projects such as songs and poems will find these dictionaries very helpful.
Skype in the classroom http://education.skype.com
Skype in the classroom is a free community to help teachers everywhere use Skype to help their students learn. It’s a place for teachers to connect with each other, find partner classes and collaborate on projects. The resource section of Skype in the classroom is a huge, shareable library of teaching ideas with videos, links and tips.
SLA-VanPatten | CeLTA Language Learner Training http://learninglanguages.celta.msu.edu/sla-vanpatten/
Dr. Bill VanPatten presented two back-to back 50-minute sessions titled What Everyone Should Know about Second Language Acquisition at the 2013 Michigan World Language Association Conference. These sessions provided a hands-on and up-to-date refresher course on second language acquisition and its relationship to second language teaching. Michigan State University’s Center for Language Teaching Advancement has divided the two sessions into a series of 6 short videos. Each video is accompanied by a short pre/post viewing quiz and discussion questions as well as a reading list of recommended resources. Among the topics addressed are the nature of language (representation and skill), how representation develops, how skill develops, what learners bring to the task of acquisition, why the explicit teaching and learning of language has limited effect on development, as well as other topics. Dr VanPatten is a professor of Spanish and Second Language Studies and an affiliate faculty member of the Cognitive Science Program at Michigan State University as well as the author of many books and articles about second language acquisition.
Socrative | Student Response System http://www.socrative.com
Socrative is a student response system that allows teachers to engage their students with a series of educational exercises and games. Student can respond to multiple choice, true/false items and short answer questions. Answers can be captured in real-time and Socrative canl also aggregate and grade pre-made activities. Socrative is available at the iTunes App Store, Google Play and the Windows Store devices.
Spanish and Portuguese Review https://aatsp.site-ym.com/?page=spr
Spanish and Portuguese Review is a new graduate student journal offered by the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese. Starting in October 2015 submissions of original, unpublished manuscripts on culture, film, linguistics, literature, pedagogy, second language acquisition, translation and other areas related to the study or teaching of Spanish and Portuguese languages and cultures will be accepted. Please check the website for author guidelines and information on how to submit.
Storybird http://storybird.com/teachers/
Storybird provides artwork from illustrators and animators to inspire writers to turn those images into stories.
Students Abroad https://travel.state.gov/content/studentsabroad/en.html
The U.S. State Department has launched a new website and mobile friendly resource that provides a range of vital information related to study abroad. By using clear and useful search options, students, study abroad professionals and parents can locate pertinent information, including webpages dedicated to searching for study abroad country destinations, country-specific visa information, scholarship opportunities, featured study abroad news articles, travel alerts and warnings, as well as links for students who are already abroad.
Super Teacher Tools http://www.superteachertools.com/
SuperTeacherTools.com provides technology tools that are quick and easy to download, learn, and start using in the classroom. There are a variety of review games, classroom management software, and other miscellaneous tools. Review games include Classroom Jeopardy, Speed Match quiz maker, Who Wants to be a Millionaire and Board Game. A seating chart generator, group maker, random name generator and countdown timer are offered as classroom management tools. Everything on the website is free.
Tagxedo - Word Cloud with Style http://www.tagxedo.com
Tagxedo is an online computer app that turns words into word clouds. Words vary in size according to how frequently they appear in the body of the text that has been converted to a word cloud.
TeachersPayTeachers.com - An Open Marketplace for Original Lesson Plans and Other Teaching Resources http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/
TeachersPayTeachers.com is an online marketplace where teachers buy and sell original downloadable educational materials, hard goods and used educational resources. There are lesson plans, activities, exams and quizzes, worksheets, white board activities, PowerPoints and more.
Ten Ways to Turn Lessons into Games http://iteslj.org/Techniques/Jones-LessonsIntoGames.html
At this site Tamara Jones describes ten generic games that can be adapted to suit almost any review lesson and any language. In addition to describing how to prepare any materials needed for the games and how to play the games, Ms. Jones also offers suggested uses for each game.
Vocabulary activities http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/try/activities/vocabulary-activities
More than 20 activities to help students learn vocabulary are described at this website. Although this site was created for English teachers, many of these activities could be adapted for the language student. This web site is produced by the British Council with content and editorial support from the British Broadcasting Corporation.
Vocaroo | Online voice recorder http://vocaroo.com/
Vocaroo is a free, online audio recording app. It does require the use of a computer microphone, Messages can be shared with others via email, QR codes or embedded in a webpage. Vocaroo does not allow for the creations of login accounts. Therefore, no work can be saved or edited.
VoiceThread http://voicethread.com
The VoiceThread application allows users to create and share dynamic conversations using documents, snapshots, diagrams and videos. Participants in the conversation can talk, type, and draw right on the screen. This app is available for Mac and PC. Users can purchase a K-12 subscription at $79 per year for 50 students. There is a VoiceThread Mobile App that allows iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch users to create, comment, edit, and share VoiceThreads. This app is free and is available in the iTunes App store.
Voki for education http://www.voki.com
This is a new website for teachers who wish to use vokis in their instruction. A voki is a computer generated avatar that can speak. The Voki for education site offers help in creating a voki and suggestions for using vokis in the classroom. There is also a discussion forum and a lesson plan database.
WeSpeke | Free online network to learn and practice languages http://en-us.wespeke.com
WeSpeke is a global online platform designed for language and cultural exchange. By using WeSpeke, learners can build language skills conversing with native speakers by way of text chat, audio chat and video. WeSpeke brings individual users together based on complementary language interests and common life interests. (e.g. travel, books, music, food, sports, etc.). WeSpeke was founded in 2010 by Mike Elchik and Dr. Jaime Carbonell, Director the Language Technologies Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. There is no charge to use WeSpeke.
Word Reference www.wordreference.com/
What makes this online dictionary outstanding are the language forums linked to the dictionary entries. Native speakers from around the world participate in these forums and are excellent sources of information.
WordItOut - Generate word clouds http://worditout.com
WordItOut is a tool that can be used to generate word clouds. There are many custom settings that you can use to make your word clouds unique. WordItOut is free to use. No sign up is required.
Wordle - Beautiful Word Clouds http://www.wordle.net
Wordle is a tool that can be used to create word clouds from text that you provide. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes and you can print your images. There is no charge to use Wordle.
World Digital Library https://www.wdl.org/en/
The World Digital Library (WDL) is a project of the U.S. Library of Congress, with support of the United Nations Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (UNESCO), and in cooperation with libraries, archives, museums, educational institutions, and international organizations from around the world. The WDL makes available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from all countries and cultures.
World Maps – Geography online games http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Geography.htm
This website has a wealth of map activities about countries, regions, cities, rivers and bays. There are several levels of difficulty for these activities: Tutorial, Beginner, Intermediate and Expert. Once a player masters the Expert level, he or she may continue on to the Explorer, Geographer or Cartographer levels. Games are played by clicking on correct locations, matching capital with country names or dragging countries on to a map.
Zamzar http://www.zamzar.com/
Zamzar offers free online file conversion. Songs, videos, images and documents can be converted into dozens of different file formats. One of the most valuable services is that Zamzar can convert YouTube videos into a format that will allow downloading and saving to a desktop.
Spanish
A Green Mouse https://agreenmouse.com/
This website was created in 2012 and shares French and Spanish video resources and language practice for children. The resources include French and Spanish stories, grammar, topics and activities aimed at children at beginner and intermediate levels. There is no charge to the website and it also has its own youtube channel athttp://www.youtube.com/user/AGREENMOUSE1
Acceso http://acceso.ku.edu
The University of Kansas Collaborative Digital Spanish Project Acceso is an interactive curriculum for intermediate-level learners of Spanish. The materials on this site are provided freely to the public and are supplemented by an online workbook as well as detailed lesson plans, rubrics for the evaluation of student work, and reliable instruments for measuring student progress and learning outcomes.
Advanced Spanish Worksheets & Resources for Teachers and Students | Free Spanish Learning Resources
http://spanish-resources.com/level/advanced/channel/ap_spanish_practice_exams-2514
This website offers a comprehensive collection of practice activities appropriate for AP and advanced students arranged by skill and topic. Open Exam and Schoolshape are the publishers of this website.
Anthology of Spanish Poetry http://users.ipfw.edu/jehle/poetry.htm
More than 25 poets from the 13th through the 19th centuries are represented in this collection of Spanish poetry. The poems are listed chronologically by author and alphabetically by the first line. After each poem there is information on the rhyme and number of syllables per line to help the reader appreciate some of the technical aspects of Spanish poetry. Also there are guidelines describing assonance and how to count the number of syllables in a line of poetry as well as with practice activities.
Aprendemos juntos http://aprendemosjuntos.weebly.com/index.html
This website has a variety of resources for students and teachers: listening and reading exercises, cultural readings, links to vocabulary activities, grammar lessons, videos, games, links to other resources and more.
Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape http://www.loc.gov/collections/archive-of-hispanic-literature-on-tape/about-this-collection/
The Library of Congress has launched an online selection of recordings from its "Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape," a series of over 700 audio recordings from renowned poets and prose writers in their native languages. Thirty-two different countries are represented in the 50 new digitized recordings that were previously only available on site at the library.
Ayudas gráficas http://www.eduplace.com./graphicorganizer/spanish/
Here you will find a collection of 37 free graphic organizers with student directions and graphic organizer text in Spanish. There is a good variety of organizers including Venn diagrams, time lines, KWL charts. Permission is given to download, print and copy these pages for classroom use.
BBC – Languages – El Mensual http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/news/
El Mensual is a free intermediate audio magazine which incorporates reports from BBC Mundo plus other materials. All reports can be browsed by topic or language focus (vocabulary, functions, parts of speech). Many of the articles are accompanied by vocabulary, quizzes and/or audio clips.
BBC – Languages – Spanish http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/
At this site there are links to Spanish Quick Fix (essential phrases in Spanish), Talk Spanish (an introduction to the language in ten short parts with slide shows and video clips and useful phrases with sound and quizzes), the opportunity to subscribe to the monthly BBC Languages newsletter which features current highlights from the Languages site and more.
BBC Mundo http://www.bbc.co.uk/mundo/
This is the Spanish language site for the BBC World News service with focus upon Spain and Latin America. RSS feed is available.
BBC Primary Languages http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primarylanguages/spanish
This website has short lessons with audio as well as games where children ages 5-11 can learn some basic language in Spanish.
BrainPOP Español http://esp.brainpop.com/
BrainPOP offers a collection of short animated films in Spanish about natural sciences, math, social studies, English, Spanish, tecnology, health art and music. These films can be used with individuals or groups to introduce new themes, explain difficult concepts or review material previously presented. Each film includes activities such as worksheets, lesson plans, experiments, mental maps. BrainPOP is a paid subscription service, but you can register for a 5 day free trial to explore it. Subscripition rates range from $150 per year for a single user to $825 per year for school-wide use. There is also a BrainPOP Español app available at the iTunes App Store and Google Play.
Caramba Kids http://carambakids.com
Sing and learn in English and Spanish! Caramba Kids is a new and innovative education program based on the music of José Luis Orozco, renowned bilingual educator. Award-winning experts in animation, music, technology and early childhood development who are committed to the development of exciting educational content for children 8 and under are the developers of Caramba Kids. This website offers in English and Spanish activities (Buenos días, Diez deditos, El abecdario, Mónica, Baile de los colores, ¡Sí se puede!) with printed lyrics, information for parents and information for teachers that can be downloaded. In addition, there are links to Orozco´s materials for sale on Amazon, iTunes, CD Baby. The songs for sale range in price from .99 for individual songs downloadable from iTunes up to $11.99 for albums from Amazon or CD Baby.
Casa de Su Majestad el Rey de España http://www.casareal.es/
This is the official site of the Spanish royal family offering detailed information about the members of the royal family and their activities.
Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/310/
This site offers a detailed history and description of the Cuevas de Altamira.
Centro Virtual Cervantes http://cvc.cervantes.es/ensenanza/default.htm
Centro Virtual Cervantes is a website created and maintained by the Instituto Cervantes in Spain. This site has materials and activities for teachers and students of Spanish. Click on Pasatiempos de Rayuela(cvc.cervantes.es/aula/pasatiempos/default.htm) to find more than a thousand interactive games and activities organized by level of difficulty. Centro Virtual Cervantes has a RSS feed.
Children´s Books Forever http://www.childrensbooksforever.com/
At this website there are free children’s books in various languages. The books can be used on an interactive whiteboard, power point, overhead projector, on iPads and other devices or on classroom computers as well as downloaded in pdf format. and are wonderful for expanding your classroom library. New books are being added regularly so be sure to check the website often.
Clases de conversación de español http://propuestasparahablar.blogspot.com.es/
Clases de conversación de español offers articles about developing and using oral activities in the classroom as well as activities using videos and role play. This site was created and is maintained by Loli Barbazán, an educator from the Universidad de Barcelona.
Coloquialmente: Online Spanish Slang Dictionary http://coloquialmente.com
At this site visitors will find a glossary of colloquial Spanish as spoken in modern Spain. A short explanation and examples needed to understand its usage and full meaning as well as a description of the social or cultural context is provided for each word or phrase. This site may include material that is inappropriate for some students as some of the entries contain explicit sexual language. This site was created and is maintained by Gustavo Sánchez Muñoz.
The Comprehensible Classroom http://martinabex.com
Martina Bex has posted numerous activities, story scripts, assessments, lesson plans and more for the TPRS/CI classroom.
Conjugation Nation Spanish https://itunes.apple.com/app/conjugation-nation-spanish/id320530591?mt=8
Conjugation Nation Spanish is an iPad/iPod/iPhone app. Students review by conjugating verbs with an interactive quiz. The verb, tense, and pronoun are provided and the student must give the correctly conjugated verb. Quizzes are available in sets of 10, 25, and 50 questions. Teachers can customize quizzes by selecting from a list of 501 verbs, 13 tenses, and 6 pronouns. This app costs $2.99 and is available in the iTunes App Store.
The Creative Language Class http://www.creativelanguageclass.com
This blog has a wealth of resources for Spanish teachers: tech ideas, hands-on activities, class routines, class decor, reading, writing, listening and speaking activities, videos, games. This blog is maintained by two Spanish teachers--Megan Johnston and Kara Parker. You can subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by e-mail.
De cine http://cineele.com/
De cine is a blog dedicated to using audiovisual resources to teach Spanish. It offers a collection of short videoswith activities. De cine was created and is maintained by Laura Vázquez Tavares, an Spanish educator fromBarcelona.
Destino: España http://www.rtve.es/television/destino-espana/
Destino: España is a series on RTVE, the Spanish television network. Each episode of the series features aregion and people who have emigrated from various parts of the world to reside in that region. The episodes areavailable online along with a short description of the people featured in each episode. Also at the program´swebsite are links to the recipes featured in each episode, a Destino: España blog and an archive of previousepisodes.
Diccionario visual http://www.ikonet.com/es/
This free online visual dictionary offers 800 themes, 6,000 realistic illustrations and 20, 000 defined vocabularyitems with pronunciation. This dictionary is available in English, Spanish and French. There is also a Diccionariovisual iPod/iPad app offered in the iTunes App store for $4.99.
El Día de los Niños / El Día de los Libros https://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ld/projects/ninos/contents.html
This website offers a collection of Spanish language children´s rhymes with English translations, explanations ofthe context of each song and some audio recordings.
El mundo con eñe http://issuu.com/delearteemcampos
El mundo con eñe is a free monthly magazine available online. Its target audience is anyone who speaks,studies, teaches or simply enjoys Spanish. Each month the magazine will explore in detail a Spanish speaking country covering topics such as history, literature, music, movies, interviews, things to do, recipes and more. Areading level--beginner to advanced--is indicated for each article in the magazine. Throughout the articles wordsare highlighted and defined in the glossary section near the end of the magazine. There are also comprehensionexercises as well as podcasts and a YouTube channel linked to articles in the magazine. Beginning with thesecond magazine, there will be an audio archive of all issues of El mundo con eñe.
El Space Place http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/sp/kids/
El Space Place, created by NASA has games, animations, projects, and fun facts about Earth, space and technology in Spanish. This is a rich site. For example, in the teacher´s corner you will find the NASA Space Place newsletter (news and notes for formal and informal educators), printable images of Earth and space, space-related classroom activity articles, math related classroom activity articles and Space Place web links, poster and lithograph downloads and Space Place musings podcasts. Although NASA states that its target audience for this site is elementary school age kids, many of the readings and podcasts would be appropriate in content and difficulty for intermediate to advanced students of Spanish.
Fluentu http://www.fluentu.com
Fluentu uses short YouTube videos with authentic content to provide an immersion based online language learning platform. The video clips are classified by proficiency level of the learner and by genre. There are bilingual subtitles for all clips and a hover-over dictionary as well as a learning center where students can study all the vocabulary from each video with a built-in flashcard system.
Introduction to Oral Proficiency Levels http://oralproficiency.coerll.utexas.edu
Introduction to Oral Proficiency Levels is a free open educational resource that offers a foundationalunderstanding of how to evaluate Spanish speakers. This resource includes: video- based practice modules designed to strengthen an understanding of the ACTFL Speaking Proficiency Guidelines, editable versions ofthe practice modules on Google Drive and instructions on conducting interviews to assess Spanish learners’proficiency levels.
La Aventura Literaria http://ntic.educacion.es/w3//eos/MaterialesEducativos/mem/aventlitera/index.html
Visitors to La aventura literaria will learn about famous literary figures, read selections and summaries of great works as well as find information about different literary movements, the historical and social context of different eras of literature, terms used for describing literature and more. Spain’s Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte maintains this website.
La Biblioteca Musical http://musicaenespanol.weebly.com
La Biblioteca Musical is dedicated to the diversity of music in the Spanish-speaking world. The extensive collection of music videos are organized by country.
The Language Gym http://www.language-gym.com/
The Language Gym is an athletic-training-themed website with some verb drills and other online
games in Spanish, French, and Italian.
Learn Spanish | Conjuguemos https://conjuguemos.com
Conjuguemos.com is an online workbook which stores practice activities such as verb conjugation,
vocabulary and grammar graded activities, flashcards, crosswords, worksheets and other printable
resources. Teachers can create their own activities and quizzes.
Learn Spanish http://www.lingolex.com/new_spanish.htm
Sarah and John of Lingolex, translators, web page makers and English teachers who live in
Andalucia Spain, created this page which features an interactive online tutorial, java-based
vocabulary games, lots of cultural notes, an extensive directory of language schools and much
more.
Learn Spanish http://www.studyspanish.com/
This website offers free Spanish tutorials covering pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, verbs,
cultural notes, and more. A free teacher membership will allow monitoring student progress and
the ability to create an online syllabus. A premium teacher membership will allow a teacher to give
all or her or his students premium access. Premium access costs $9.95 for one month or $39.95
for six months and includes additional practice activities and podcasts.
Learn Spanish Free Online | Lessons and Tools http://www.123teachme.com
123TeachMe has a wealth of information for students learning Spanish. Many of the pages include
full audio as well as images or videos. There are other useful tools as well like the verb conjugator
tool, as well as daily RSS feeds of the word,verb and phrase of the day and a directory of
independent Spanish language schools.
Léelo fácil http://www.leelofacil.org/es/home
Léelo fácil is a website offering six classic books in Spanish that have been re-configured to be
accessible to people with limited reading or Spanish skills. The books are simplified, animated, and full
of links to more reading aids. They are designed to be read online.
LoMásTv - Spanish Immersion TV - The Authentic Way to Learn Spanish http://lomastv.com/
LoMásTv is a video subscription service which provides a wide variety of programming, including
music, drama, interviews and travel. The $9.95 single user monthly fee gives unlimited access to a
library of 600+ videos. New programs are added monthly. The Spanish used in the videos is
authentic Spanish. Each video is supported by slow audio play, a dictionary, a listening game,
English translations, control playback to navigate the video phrase by phrase, and the ability to
create a personalized vocabulary list.
Lotería https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/loteria/id392031348?mt=8
This digital version of the Mexican Lotería game can be played by 1 to 4 players. It is completely in
Spanish and can be downloaded free of charge from iTunes. This app is rated for ages 12+.
Memes en Español http://mememartes.tumblr.com/
Memes en Español offers a collection of Spanish pop culture in the form of memes, posters,
tweets and videos. Each entry is followed by expansion questions and tagged with relevant
vocabulary and grammar terms. These tags are searchable at
http://mememartes.tublir.com/tagged/your search term. CCFLT Teacher of the Year Noah Geisel
created and maintains Meme en Español.
Milcuentos http://www.milcuentos.com/
At this website there are 17 children´s stories with simple illustrations which are narrated by
young children.
Miraflores Editorial http://www.miraflores.org/
The publishing house Miraflores offers hundreds of free books and audio books. Click on Sharing /
Compartiendo and then Free Resources to find works that are in the public domain and that can
be downloaded. The materials--photographs, videos, books and a learning activity about the
Aztecs--are organized by country, by author and by title.
MisCositas.com http://www.miscositas.com/
MisCositas.com is a free web resource that offers teachers a variety of materials for teaching
Spanish. Available are videos, karaoke, cultural clips, thematic curriculum units, lesson plans,
student worksheets and more. This rich website was created by Lori Langer de Ramirez,
chairperson of the ESL and World Language Department for Herricks Public Schools. Materials on
MisCositas.com are protected by a Creative Commons license.
Museo Nacional del Prado http://www.museodelprado.es/
This is the official website of the Prado Museum. Visitors to this site can view an online gallery of approximately 3000 works from the museum´s collection, learn about the history of the museum, purchase tickets online and shop in the online gift store.
Muy Interesante – Innovación, Tecno, Ciencia, Historia, Naturaleza, Salud http://www.muyinteresante.es/
This is the online version of Muy Interesante, a monthly magazine that offers a lot of short articles
on a variety of topics including current events and fun facts
National Geographic - Inspiración para cuidar el planeta http://www.ngenespanol.com
This National Geographic website in Spanish offers videos, photos, articles and advice for travelers.
News in Slow Spanish http://www.newsinslowspanish.com
In this weekly podcast the news, Spanish grammar, and Spanish expressions are discussed in
simplified Spanish at a slow pace so that students can understand almost every word and
sentence A subscription is required with prices ranging from $9.90 to $15.90 a month. Interactive
transcripts are available as well as an app which is available in the iTunes App Store and Google
Play.
Noah Comprende | PBS KIDS GO http://pbskids.org/noah/index.html
Noah Comprende is a engaging program designed to teach children ages six to eight Spanish
through animated videos with embedded games that help build vocabulary. Each video lasts three
minutes and illustrates a comic misadventure triggered by a misunderstanding. Kids can roll their
cursor over objects on the screen to hear the name of the object in Spanish. Three different
arcade-style vocabulary games reinforce learning. How Do You Say...?--another game on the
website--helps kids learn common expressions in Spanish. At http://www.pbs.org/teachers/noah/
teachers will find helpful program resources, including lesson plans for each episode.
Notes in Spanish http://www.notesinspanish.com/
Notes in Spanish offers beginners, intermediate, and advanced audio and podcasts which provide
authentic listening practice via completely natural conversations and interviews, covering
interesting news, Spanish culture, current affairs, and travel. The podcasts are free; however, the
accompanying transcript, vocabulary list and exercises must be purchased. Listen to these
podcasts online at the website or subscribe via iTunes or RSS feed.
Noticias última hora, programas y series de Radio Televisión Española http://www.rtve.es/
RTVE offers many videos of the latest new stories as well as live streaming of television and radio
program
ACTFL Global Engagement Initiative http://www.actfl.org/advocacy/actfl-global-engagement-initiative
The ACTFL Global Engagement Initiative recognizes outstanding community-engaged learning experiences within the world languages curriculum at all levels of instruction. ACTFL members who have actively engaged their students in using the language beyond the classroom to become globally engaged may seek recognition for their outstanding work by submitting an application online.
ACTFL Guidelines 2012 http://actflproficiencyguidelines2012.org/
Here is the most current version of the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines for Speaking, Writing, Listening, and Reading. At this site users can explore by skill or by level, listen to and read samples in English that represent abilities at each of the major proficiency levels. The ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines are a description of what individuals can do with language in terms of speaking, writing, listening, and reading in real-world situations in a spontaneous and non-rehearsed context. They neither describe how an individual learns a language nor prescribe how an individual should learn a language, and they should not be used for such purposes. They are a tool for only evaluating of functional language ability.
ACTFL Online Community http://community.actfl.org/home
ACTFL´s Online Community invites all language educators and administrators to connect with colleagues, join in discussions, find answers and contribute ideas.
ACTFL SmartBrief http://www.smartbrief.com/actfl
Sign up for ACTFL SmartBrief and receive a weekly collection of key articles on language education from hundreds of publications. These articles cover current news, technology and trends. A brief summary of each article is provided with links back to the original sources.
ACTFL World Languages 21st Century Skills Meet Technology Infographic http://actfl.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/60807998/21stCenturyInfographic.pdf
Go to this website to download an infographic from ACTFL matching the 21st Century skills with emerging technologies. These emerging technologies represent some of the tools that can support World Language students as they master 21st century skills.
ACTFL World-Readiness Standards for Language Learning http://www.actfl.org/publications/all/world-readiness-standards-learning-languages
The World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages create a roadmap to guide learners to develop the ability to communicate effectively and interact in a culturally appropriate manner with multilingual communities at home and around the world.The five goal areas of the Standards establish the link between communication and culture, which is applied in making connections and comparisons and in using this ability to be part of local and global communities.
ClassDoJo https://www.classdojo.com/
With this app teachers can give their students encouragement during class as well as choose and customize behaviors that matter the most. Teachers can also engage parents with ClassDoJo progress reports and instant messaging as well as broadcast reminders to all parents at once. ClassDoJo is available in the iTunes App store and Google Play.
ClassTools.net: Create interactive flash tools / games for education http://www.classtools.net/
Russel Tarr, Head of History at the International School of Toulouse, France, is the creator of this website where users can create without charge educational games, quizzes, activities and diagrams. There are templates available including Fakebook page, Venn Diagram, Animated Book, Timeline, Jigsaw Diagram and many more. Each template can be saved as a stand-alone HTML file or as a Widget that can be embedded into a blog or wiki - as long as it is non-commercial. However, downloaded HTML files still need to communicate with the ClassTools server and therefore require a computer to have an internet connection.
Connect with Languages http://www.connectwithlanguages.com
Connect with Languages promotes language learning as well as high quality instructional strategies to create engaged learners. There are many rich resources at this website including activities that engage students and help integrating technology into world language classrooms. Jennifer Cornell who works for a school system in Maryland as a Resource Teacher for The Office of World Languages.
Create info graphics & online charts https://infogr.am
Infogr.am is an application that can be used for creating interactive infographics and charts. Once created, infographics can be saved and shared as pdfs. Although there is no charge to use infogr.am, users must register to set up an account.
Create puzzles and other diversions http://armoredpenguin.com/
At this website you can create and print wordsearches, crossword puzzles and word scrambles. The puzzles created will remain on amoredpenguin.com´s server for only about two months so make sure that you save a copy. This puzzle editor will accept international characters.
Digital Wish - Foreign Language Lesson Plans http://www.digitalwish.com/dw/digitalwish/view_lesson_plans?subject=foreign_language&page=1
The Digital Wish website offers a variety of lesson plans for PreK-12 foreign language classrooms. These lessons incorporate technology such as digital photography, podcasting, creating audio and video clips and more.
Duolingo http://www.duolingo.com/
Duolingo offers free online language courses. There are 13 languages, including Spanish and Portuguese, that English speakers may choose to study. Extensive written lessons and dictation as well as speaking practice for more advanced users are offered. Learners progress through skill tree and there is a vocabulary section where learned words can be practiced. It is available on the Web, iOS, Android and Windows Phone 8.1 platforms.
Easel.ly http://www.easel.ly Easel.ly is a free website that offers users tools to make infographics. To generate an infographic, select a theme, add objects and shapes and text.
Easy Languages http://www.easy-languages.org/
Easy Languages is a non-profit video project whose goal is to help people learn languages through authentic street interviews. The videos also showcase the street culture of the participating partner countries, through its portrayal of typical, everyday situations. Episodes focus on different topics, and are produced at various locations around the globe. Every Easy Languages video is subtitled in its local language and in English.
Embedded Reading http://embeddedreading.com
Embedded Reading is a technique created by world language teachers Laurie Clarcq and Michele Whaley. The technique involves scaffolding a reading by creating three or more different versions of the same text. Each version contains more information than the previous one. It also has all previous versions embedded in it. Embedded readings help students to acquire language and provides a framework for improving reading abilities. These readings can be created with fiction or non-fiction, poetry or prose.
Enchanted Learning www.enchantedlearning.com/themes/
This web site is designed for teachers of students in grades K-3. There are simple crafts, nursery rhymes, coloring book printouts, information and quizzes in Portuguese and Spanish. Some of the topics covered are animals, the body, dictionaries, food and eating, geography, weather, outdoor activities, the house, numbers, people, flags, plants, time, calendar, and tools. A $20 for one year subscription is required in order to have full access to the website with print-friendly pages.
Essay Map http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/essaymap/
The Essay Map is an interactive graphic organizer that enables students to organize and outline their ideas for an informational, definitional, or descriptive essay. ReadWriteThink.org is a website developed by the International Reading Association, the National Council of Teachers of English with support from the Verizon Foundation.
eTools for Language Teachers http://mmeduckworth.blogspot.com/2012/12/how-to-use-social-media-in-foreign.html
Canadian French teacher Sylvia Duckworth offers an excellent primer on how to use social media resources in the foreign language classroom. She first defines what each resource is and then explains how to use it to engage and motivate your students.
Flash cards, vocabulary memorization and studying games | Quizlet http://quizlet.com/
At this free site you can create flashcard sets, set up study groups, see what other materials have been posted in a variety of subjects. The flashcards are presented in five different learning modes: familiarize, learn, test and two games—scatter and space race.
Flashcardlet https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/flashcards*/id403199818?mt=8
Flashcardlet is a free, easy-to-use flashcard application. Create your own flashcards or download decks from Quizlet.
Free, Printable Bingo Cards by Bingo Baker http://bingobaker.com/
Bingo Baker is a free, online program which generates bingo cards. The cards can be printed as pdfs or played online or on the iPad. Bingo Baker was created by Matt Johnson, an undergrad at Washington State University, Vancouver.
Free Technology for Teachers http://www.freetech4teachers.com
The purpose of this blog is to share information about free resources that teachers can use in their classrooms as well as lesson plans for teaching with technology. Each resource is described in detail along with advice for using the resource in the classroom. Richard Byrne is the author of this blog and a Google Certified Teacher with experience in teaching global studies and English/Language Arts.
Graphic Organizers http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/
Here you will find a collection of 38 free graphic organizers which may be downloaded. There is a good variety of organizers including Venn diagrams, time lines, KWL charts. Permission is given to print and copy these pages for classroom use.
How Do You Play http://www.howdoyouplay.net/
Visitors to this website will find game descriptions and instructions for classroom games, icebreakers, team-building games and more.
ICDL - International Children’s Digital Library http://en.childrenslibrary.org/index.shtml
The goal of the International Children’s Digital Library is to build a collection of books that represents historical and contemporary books from throughout the world. At the ICDL website visitors can find e-books in a variety of languages as well as expansion activities. The ICDL Foundation is a non-profit corporation.
iFakeText http://ifaketext.com
Using iFakeText, students can create fake text message conversations without actually using phones or text messages. Fake messages can be shared by saving them to a computer, sharing the URL of the fake message, sharing it on social media platforms, or even embedding it in a website or blog.
iPhone Text Generator http://www.ios7text.com
Use iPhone Text Generator to create screenshots of fake iPhone or iMessage text message conversations. Fill in the conversation and choose the type of message (sent or received). iPhone Text Generator is available for download without charge to the Mac OS.
iRubric: Home of free rubric tools http://www.rcampus.com/indexrubric.cfm
iRubric is a free comprehensive rubric development, assessment, and sharing tool.
K-12 Education & Learning Innovations with Proven Strategies that Work | Edutopia http://www.edutopia.org
Edutopia encourages innovation in K-12 schools by focusing on six core learning strategies --project-based learning, integrated studies, comprehensive assessment, social and emotional learning, technology integration and teacher development. At this website are the resources, research, experts and fellow members who can guide you in implementing these strategies and transforming the learning experience.
Kahoot https://getkahoot.com
Kahoot! is a web-based student response system for creating and administering game-like quizzes. Questions, along with answer choices, are projected onto a classroom screen while students submit responses using a personal device. Kids' devices display color and symbol choices only; the actual answer must be viewed on the classroom screen. The game-like atmosphere comes from the use of bright colors, along with suspenseful music. Liveliness in the game or quiz escalates as updated ranks appear on the class scoreboard after each question -- personal points data is sent to each device.
#Langchat http://languageteacherscollaborate.pbworks.com/
Every Thursday an independent group of educators get together on Twitter to discuss topics of interest to world-language teachers. Use the #langchat and join the conversation. A live stream of the chat as well as chat archives and additional resources are available on the #langchat resources page of this wiki.
Language Coaching http://www.amylenord.net
Amy Lenord uses this blog to share her ideas about coaching students towards becoming true speakers of other languages through authentic, integrated learning experiences, focusing on meaningful language and practicing for proficiency.
Language Jobs: Bilingual Jobs http://www.jobswithlanguage.com
This website describes available bilingual jobs, translator jobs, multilingual vacancies and recruitment which offers students a view of how developing their language skills can help them find jobs in the future.
Language Learning & Technology http://llt.msu.edu/
Language Learning & Technology is a refereed journal for second and foreign language scholars and educators. It is sponsored by the National Foreign Language Resource Center (NFLRC) at the University of Hawaii and the Center for Language Education and Research (CLEAR) at Michigan State University and is published exclusively on the World Wide Web in February, June and October each year. Articles published in this journal report on original research that links second language acquisition theory, previous research to language learning, teaching and testing practices that utilize technology.
Language Magazine – online version http://languagemagazine.com
Language Magazine covers current developments in the fields of language, literacy education and communication. It has published works of Stephen Krashen and Eugene E. García as well as other experts in the fields of linguistics and language instruction. Daniel Ward is the publisher/editor of Language Magazine.
The Language Resource Newsletter http://nclrc.org/newsletter.html
The Language Resource Newsletter is published monthly by the National Capital Language Resource Center and offers teaching strategies and insights from research as well as announcements of professional development opportunities for all world language teachers.
Language Sensei http://leesensei.edublogs.org/
This blog shares thoughts about teaching language and integrating technology. New areas of language teaching and new techniques to use in the classroom are also explored. Language Sensei is written by Colleen Lee-Hayes, a secondary school Japanese language teacher in a suburb of Vancouver, Canada.
Legends and Folk Tales http://legends.dliflc.edu
The Department of Defense´s Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center offers this collection of illustrated folk tales and legends from Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Portugal and Venezuela. Some are available only in English, while others are narrated in English and Spanish or Portuguese.
Lescant Photo Database http://coerll.utexas.edu/coerll/project/lescant-photo-database
The Lescant photo database offers students experience in identifying and analyzing cultural differences that they may encounter when interacting with people from other cultures. Photos are organized by category (language, environment, social organization, context, authority, non-verbal, time), country or city. All of the photos contain a discussion blog where users and visitors are invited to contribute their comments about the pictures and the cultural descriptions.
Lingt Classroom | Speak More https://www.lingt.com
By creating a free account at this website, teachers can create almost any spoken or written exercise--spoken dialogues, dictations, pronunciation practice, oral exams, diagnostics, reading practice, image or video commentary. Students can listen to their teachers’ and their own recordings as many times as they’d like. Foreign music videos, commercials, TV shows can be embedded to stimulate learning with authentic cultural media.
LinguaFolio http://ncssfl.org/LinguaFolio/index.php?linguafolio_index
LinguaFolio® is a portfolio assessment tool designed to help individuals in setting and achieving their goals for learning languages. Students can use LinguaFolio to collect samples of their communicative abilities as well as record intercultural experiences and reflections. There is no charge to use LinguaFolio although registration is requested.
LTC, Language Teachers Collaborate Wiki http://languageteacherscollaborate.pbworks.com/w/page/32526867/FrontPage
LTC, Language Teachers Collaborate is a non-profit wiki created to facilitate collaboration among foreign language teachers everywhere. If you would like to share any idea, resource and/or advice for world language teachers around the planet please request access to this wiki. This wiki is maintained by Diego Ojeda of Evansville High School in Evansville, Wisconsin.
Lyricsgaps http://www.lyricsgaps.com
This website offers a unique way to improve listening skills. The Lyrics Gaps has YouTube videos of songs in six different languages, accompanied with cloze activities for the lyrics. Users can choose from three levels of difficulty and languages available are English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, and Portuguese.
Make Beliefs Comix! Online Educational Comic Generator http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/Comix/
At this website users can create and print comics English, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Latin or Portuguese. There is a Make Beliefs Comix app that can be download for free on the iTunes App Store.
Mango Languages https://www.mangolanguages.com
Mango Languages offers a paid online language learning platform with lessons and courses for learning more than 63 languages. The lessons are organized, useful (from a language-acquisition perspective), colorful, feature-rich and are comprised of large amounts of learning materials including text and audio. Mango also offers apps for mobile devices including iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and Android. Like the web platform, these apps provide great features. The apps are free to download and sync with your paid Mango account to keep all your learning materials available in one place. Online access to all languages through participating public libraries in the United States and Canada, is absolutely free. Otherwise, unlimited access to all language courses is available for $20 per month.
Nearpod http://www.nearpod.com
This app allows teachers to use their tablets to manage content on students' tablets or smart phones. Presentation, collaboration, and real-time assessment tools are combined into one integrated solution. It is free to use and highly rated by users. Nearpod may be downloaded from the Apple App Store, Google Play or the Windows Store.
NCSSFL - ACTFL Can-Do Statements
http://www.actfl.org/publications/guidelines-and-manuals/ncssfl-actfl-can-do-statements
Can-Do Statements help language learners identify what they need to do to function at a specific level of proficiency. The statements also help educators plan curriculum, units of instruction, and daily lessons to help learners improve their performance and reach a targeted level of proficiency. These statements can be downloaded at this website.
The Newspaper Clipping Generator https://www.fodey.com/generators/newspaper/snippet.asp
At this free site users can generate newspaper clippings, a movie clapper board and other stylized text. Text is limited in length, but it is easy to customize the name of the paper, date, headline, story and add images.
Newspapers @ The Paperboy.com http://www.thepaperboy.com/index.cfm
ThePaperboy.com provides links to thousands of online newspapers from around the world. There is a RSS feed.
Readlang http://readlang.com
Readlang is an online reader which allows users to import text from any website. Once a text is imported, the reader may click on any word for a translation. Any words that needed to be translated are added to a spaced repetition flashcard system which helps the reader learn the new words. Readlang operates with a wide variety of languages including Spanish and Portuguese.
ReadWriteThink: Comic Creator http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/comic/
At this site students can create and print an original cartoon in any language. Templates for cartoon formats, backgrounds, people, objects, speech bubbles are provided. ReadWriteThink.org is a website developed by the International Reading Association, the National Council of Teachers of English with support from the Verizon Foundation.
Rhyming Dictionary: Spanish, French, Portuguese, etc http://www.alcor.com.au/rhyming_dictionary.asp
A rhyming dictionary is designed to help you find the rhyme for a word. The online Portuguese and Spanish Rhyming Dictionaries are free to use online. Students who are working on creative projects such as songs and poems will find these dictionaries very helpful.
Skype in the classroom http://education.skype.com
Skype in the classroom is a free community to help teachers everywhere use Skype to help their students learn. It’s a place for teachers to connect with each other, find partner classes and collaborate on projects. The resource section of Skype in the classroom is a huge, shareable library of teaching ideas with videos, links and tips.
SLA-VanPatten | CeLTA Language Learner Training http://learninglanguages.celta.msu.edu/sla-vanpatten/
Dr. Bill VanPatten presented two back-to back 50-minute sessions titled What Everyone Should Know about Second Language Acquisition at the 2013 Michigan World Language Association Conference. These sessions provided a hands-on and up-to-date refresher course on second language acquisition and its relationship to second language teaching. Michigan State University’s Center for Language Teaching Advancement has divided the two sessions into a series of 6 short videos. Each video is accompanied by a short pre/post viewing quiz and discussion questions as well as a reading list of recommended resources. Among the topics addressed are the nature of language (representation and skill), how representation develops, how skill develops, what learners bring to the task of acquisition, why the explicit teaching and learning of language has limited effect on development, as well as other topics. Dr VanPatten is a professor of Spanish and Second Language Studies and an affiliate faculty member of the Cognitive Science Program at Michigan State University as well as the author of many books and articles about second language acquisition.
Socrative | Student Response System http://www.socrative.com
Socrative is a student response system that allows teachers to engage their students with a series of educational exercises and games. Student can respond to multiple choice, true/false items and short answer questions. Answers can be captured in real-time and Socrative canl also aggregate and grade pre-made activities. Socrative is available at the iTunes App Store, Google Play and the Windows Store devices.
Spanish and Portuguese Review https://aatsp.site-ym.com/?page=spr
Spanish and Portuguese Review is a new graduate student journal offered by the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese. Starting in October 2015 submissions of original, unpublished manuscripts on culture, film, linguistics, literature, pedagogy, second language acquisition, translation and other areas related to the study or teaching of Spanish and Portuguese languages and cultures will be accepted. Please check the website for author guidelines and information on how to submit.
Storybird http://storybird.com/teachers/
Storybird provides artwork from illustrators and animators to inspire writers to turn those images into stories.
Students Abroad https://travel.state.gov/content/studentsabroad/en.html
The U.S. State Department has launched a new website and mobile friendly resource that provides a range of vital information related to study abroad. By using clear and useful search options, students, study abroad professionals and parents can locate pertinent information, including webpages dedicated to searching for study abroad country destinations, country-specific visa information, scholarship opportunities, featured study abroad news articles, travel alerts and warnings, as well as links for students who are already abroad.
Super Teacher Tools http://www.superteachertools.com/
SuperTeacherTools.com provides technology tools that are quick and easy to download, learn, and start using in the classroom. There are a variety of review games, classroom management software, and other miscellaneous tools. Review games include Classroom Jeopardy, Speed Match quiz maker, Who Wants to be a Millionaire and Board Game. A seating chart generator, group maker, random name generator and countdown timer are offered as classroom management tools. Everything on the website is free.
Tagxedo - Word Cloud with Style http://www.tagxedo.com
Tagxedo is an online computer app that turns words into word clouds. Words vary in size according to how frequently they appear in the body of the text that has been converted to a word cloud.
TeachersPayTeachers.com - An Open Marketplace for Original Lesson Plans and Other Teaching Resources http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/
TeachersPayTeachers.com is an online marketplace where teachers buy and sell original downloadable educational materials, hard goods and used educational resources. There are lesson plans, activities, exams and quizzes, worksheets, white board activities, PowerPoints and more.
Ten Ways to Turn Lessons into Games http://iteslj.org/Techniques/Jones-LessonsIntoGames.html
At this site Tamara Jones describes ten generic games that can be adapted to suit almost any review lesson and any language. In addition to describing how to prepare any materials needed for the games and how to play the games, Ms. Jones also offers suggested uses for each game.
Vocabulary activities http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/try/activities/vocabulary-activities
More than 20 activities to help students learn vocabulary are described at this website. Although this site was created for English teachers, many of these activities could be adapted for the language student. This web site is produced by the British Council with content and editorial support from the British Broadcasting Corporation.
Vocaroo | Online voice recorder http://vocaroo.com/
Vocaroo is a free, online audio recording app. It does require the use of a computer microphone, Messages can be shared with others via email, QR codes or embedded in a webpage. Vocaroo does not allow for the creations of login accounts. Therefore, no work can be saved or edited.
VoiceThread http://voicethread.com
The VoiceThread application allows users to create and share dynamic conversations using documents, snapshots, diagrams and videos. Participants in the conversation can talk, type, and draw right on the screen. This app is available for Mac and PC. Users can purchase a K-12 subscription at $79 per year for 50 students. There is a VoiceThread Mobile App that allows iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch users to create, comment, edit, and share VoiceThreads. This app is free and is available in the iTunes App store.
Voki for education http://www.voki.com
This is a new website for teachers who wish to use vokis in their instruction. A voki is a computer generated avatar that can speak. The Voki for education site offers help in creating a voki and suggestions for using vokis in the classroom. There is also a discussion forum and a lesson plan database.
WeSpeke | Free online network to learn and practice languages http://en-us.wespeke.com
WeSpeke is a global online platform designed for language and cultural exchange. By using WeSpeke, learners can build language skills conversing with native speakers by way of text chat, audio chat and video. WeSpeke brings individual users together based on complementary language interests and common life interests. (e.g. travel, books, music, food, sports, etc.). WeSpeke was founded in 2010 by Mike Elchik and Dr. Jaime Carbonell, Director the Language Technologies Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. There is no charge to use WeSpeke.
Word Reference www.wordreference.com/
What makes this online dictionary outstanding are the language forums linked to the dictionary entries. Native speakers from around the world participate in these forums and are excellent sources of information.
WordItOut - Generate word clouds http://worditout.com
WordItOut is a tool that can be used to generate word clouds. There are many custom settings that you can use to make your word clouds unique. WordItOut is free to use. No sign up is required.
Wordle - Beautiful Word Clouds http://www.wordle.net
Wordle is a tool that can be used to create word clouds from text that you provide. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes and you can print your images. There is no charge to use Wordle.
World Digital Library https://www.wdl.org/en/
The World Digital Library (WDL) is a project of the U.S. Library of Congress, with support of the United Nations Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (UNESCO), and in cooperation with libraries, archives, museums, educational institutions, and international organizations from around the world. The WDL makes available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from all countries and cultures.
World Maps – Geography online games http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Geography.htm
This website has a wealth of map activities about countries, regions, cities, rivers and bays. There are several levels of difficulty for these activities: Tutorial, Beginner, Intermediate and Expert. Once a player masters the Expert level, he or she may continue on to the Explorer, Geographer or Cartographer levels. Games are played by clicking on correct locations, matching capital with country names or dragging countries on to a map.
Zamzar http://www.zamzar.com/
Zamzar offers free online file conversion. Songs, videos, images and documents can be converted into dozens of different file formats. One of the most valuable services is that Zamzar can convert YouTube videos into a format that will allow downloading and saving to a desktop.
Spanish
A Green Mouse https://agreenmouse.com/
This website was created in 2012 and shares French and Spanish video resources and language practice for children. The resources include French and Spanish stories, grammar, topics and activities aimed at children at beginner and intermediate levels. There is no charge to the website and it also has its own youtube channel athttp://www.youtube.com/user/AGREENMOUSE1
Acceso http://acceso.ku.edu
The University of Kansas Collaborative Digital Spanish Project Acceso is an interactive curriculum for intermediate-level learners of Spanish. The materials on this site are provided freely to the public and are supplemented by an online workbook as well as detailed lesson plans, rubrics for the evaluation of student work, and reliable instruments for measuring student progress and learning outcomes.
Advanced Spanish Worksheets & Resources for Teachers and Students | Free Spanish Learning Resources
http://spanish-resources.com/level/advanced/channel/ap_spanish_practice_exams-2514
This website offers a comprehensive collection of practice activities appropriate for AP and advanced students arranged by skill and topic. Open Exam and Schoolshape are the publishers of this website.
Anthology of Spanish Poetry http://users.ipfw.edu/jehle/poetry.htm
More than 25 poets from the 13th through the 19th centuries are represented in this collection of Spanish poetry. The poems are listed chronologically by author and alphabetically by the first line. After each poem there is information on the rhyme and number of syllables per line to help the reader appreciate some of the technical aspects of Spanish poetry. Also there are guidelines describing assonance and how to count the number of syllables in a line of poetry as well as with practice activities.
Aprendemos juntos http://aprendemosjuntos.weebly.com/index.html
This website has a variety of resources for students and teachers: listening and reading exercises, cultural readings, links to vocabulary activities, grammar lessons, videos, games, links to other resources and more.
Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape http://www.loc.gov/collections/archive-of-hispanic-literature-on-tape/about-this-collection/
The Library of Congress has launched an online selection of recordings from its "Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape," a series of over 700 audio recordings from renowned poets and prose writers in their native languages. Thirty-two different countries are represented in the 50 new digitized recordings that were previously only available on site at the library.
Ayudas gráficas http://www.eduplace.com./graphicorganizer/spanish/
Here you will find a collection of 37 free graphic organizers with student directions and graphic organizer text in Spanish. There is a good variety of organizers including Venn diagrams, time lines, KWL charts. Permission is given to download, print and copy these pages for classroom use.
BBC – Languages – El Mensual http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/news/
El Mensual is a free intermediate audio magazine which incorporates reports from BBC Mundo plus other materials. All reports can be browsed by topic or language focus (vocabulary, functions, parts of speech). Many of the articles are accompanied by vocabulary, quizzes and/or audio clips.
BBC – Languages – Spanish http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/
At this site there are links to Spanish Quick Fix (essential phrases in Spanish), Talk Spanish (an introduction to the language in ten short parts with slide shows and video clips and useful phrases with sound and quizzes), the opportunity to subscribe to the monthly BBC Languages newsletter which features current highlights from the Languages site and more.
BBC Mundo http://www.bbc.co.uk/mundo/
This is the Spanish language site for the BBC World News service with focus upon Spain and Latin America. RSS feed is available.
BBC Primary Languages http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primarylanguages/spanish
This website has short lessons with audio as well as games where children ages 5-11 can learn some basic language in Spanish.
BrainPOP Español http://esp.brainpop.com/
BrainPOP offers a collection of short animated films in Spanish about natural sciences, math, social studies, English, Spanish, tecnology, health art and music. These films can be used with individuals or groups to introduce new themes, explain difficult concepts or review material previously presented. Each film includes activities such as worksheets, lesson plans, experiments, mental maps. BrainPOP is a paid subscription service, but you can register for a 5 day free trial to explore it. Subscripition rates range from $150 per year for a single user to $825 per year for school-wide use. There is also a BrainPOP Español app available at the iTunes App Store and Google Play.
Caramba Kids http://carambakids.com
Sing and learn in English and Spanish! Caramba Kids is a new and innovative education program based on the music of José Luis Orozco, renowned bilingual educator. Award-winning experts in animation, music, technology and early childhood development who are committed to the development of exciting educational content for children 8 and under are the developers of Caramba Kids. This website offers in English and Spanish activities (Buenos días, Diez deditos, El abecdario, Mónica, Baile de los colores, ¡Sí se puede!) with printed lyrics, information for parents and information for teachers that can be downloaded. In addition, there are links to Orozco´s materials for sale on Amazon, iTunes, CD Baby. The songs for sale range in price from .99 for individual songs downloadable from iTunes up to $11.99 for albums from Amazon or CD Baby.
Casa de Su Majestad el Rey de España http://www.casareal.es/
This is the official site of the Spanish royal family offering detailed information about the members of the royal family and their activities.
Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/310/
This site offers a detailed history and description of the Cuevas de Altamira.
Centro Virtual Cervantes http://cvc.cervantes.es/ensenanza/default.htm
Centro Virtual Cervantes is a website created and maintained by the Instituto Cervantes in Spain. This site has materials and activities for teachers and students of Spanish. Click on Pasatiempos de Rayuela(cvc.cervantes.es/aula/pasatiempos/default.htm) to find more than a thousand interactive games and activities organized by level of difficulty. Centro Virtual Cervantes has a RSS feed.
Children´s Books Forever http://www.childrensbooksforever.com/
At this website there are free children’s books in various languages. The books can be used on an interactive whiteboard, power point, overhead projector, on iPads and other devices or on classroom computers as well as downloaded in pdf format. and are wonderful for expanding your classroom library. New books are being added regularly so be sure to check the website often.
Clases de conversación de español http://propuestasparahablar.blogspot.com.es/
Clases de conversación de español offers articles about developing and using oral activities in the classroom as well as activities using videos and role play. This site was created and is maintained by Loli Barbazán, an educator from the Universidad de Barcelona.
Coloquialmente: Online Spanish Slang Dictionary http://coloquialmente.com
At this site visitors will find a glossary of colloquial Spanish as spoken in modern Spain. A short explanation and examples needed to understand its usage and full meaning as well as a description of the social or cultural context is provided for each word or phrase. This site may include material that is inappropriate for some students as some of the entries contain explicit sexual language. This site was created and is maintained by Gustavo Sánchez Muñoz.
The Comprehensible Classroom http://martinabex.com
Martina Bex has posted numerous activities, story scripts, assessments, lesson plans and more for the TPRS/CI classroom.
Conjugation Nation Spanish https://itunes.apple.com/app/conjugation-nation-spanish/id320530591?mt=8
Conjugation Nation Spanish is an iPad/iPod/iPhone app. Students review by conjugating verbs with an interactive quiz. The verb, tense, and pronoun are provided and the student must give the correctly conjugated verb. Quizzes are available in sets of 10, 25, and 50 questions. Teachers can customize quizzes by selecting from a list of 501 verbs, 13 tenses, and 6 pronouns. This app costs $2.99 and is available in the iTunes App Store.
The Creative Language Class http://www.creativelanguageclass.com
This blog has a wealth of resources for Spanish teachers: tech ideas, hands-on activities, class routines, class decor, reading, writing, listening and speaking activities, videos, games. This blog is maintained by two Spanish teachers--Megan Johnston and Kara Parker. You can subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by e-mail.
De cine http://cineele.com/
De cine is a blog dedicated to using audiovisual resources to teach Spanish. It offers a collection of short videoswith activities. De cine was created and is maintained by Laura Vázquez Tavares, an Spanish educator fromBarcelona.
Destino: España http://www.rtve.es/television/destino-espana/
Destino: España is a series on RTVE, the Spanish television network. Each episode of the series features aregion and people who have emigrated from various parts of the world to reside in that region. The episodes areavailable online along with a short description of the people featured in each episode. Also at the program´swebsite are links to the recipes featured in each episode, a Destino: España blog and an archive of previousepisodes.
Diccionario visual http://www.ikonet.com/es/
This free online visual dictionary offers 800 themes, 6,000 realistic illustrations and 20, 000 defined vocabularyitems with pronunciation. This dictionary is available in English, Spanish and French. There is also a Diccionariovisual iPod/iPad app offered in the iTunes App store for $4.99.
El Día de los Niños / El Día de los Libros https://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ld/projects/ninos/contents.html
This website offers a collection of Spanish language children´s rhymes with English translations, explanations ofthe context of each song and some audio recordings.
El mundo con eñe http://issuu.com/delearteemcampos
El mundo con eñe is a free monthly magazine available online. Its target audience is anyone who speaks,studies, teaches or simply enjoys Spanish. Each month the magazine will explore in detail a Spanish speaking country covering topics such as history, literature, music, movies, interviews, things to do, recipes and more. Areading level--beginner to advanced--is indicated for each article in the magazine. Throughout the articles wordsare highlighted and defined in the glossary section near the end of the magazine. There are also comprehensionexercises as well as podcasts and a YouTube channel linked to articles in the magazine. Beginning with thesecond magazine, there will be an audio archive of all issues of El mundo con eñe.
El Space Place http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/sp/kids/
El Space Place, created by NASA has games, animations, projects, and fun facts about Earth, space and technology in Spanish. This is a rich site. For example, in the teacher´s corner you will find the NASA Space Place newsletter (news and notes for formal and informal educators), printable images of Earth and space, space-related classroom activity articles, math related classroom activity articles and Space Place web links, poster and lithograph downloads and Space Place musings podcasts. Although NASA states that its target audience for this site is elementary school age kids, many of the readings and podcasts would be appropriate in content and difficulty for intermediate to advanced students of Spanish.
Fluentu http://www.fluentu.com
Fluentu uses short YouTube videos with authentic content to provide an immersion based online language learning platform. The video clips are classified by proficiency level of the learner and by genre. There are bilingual subtitles for all clips and a hover-over dictionary as well as a learning center where students can study all the vocabulary from each video with a built-in flashcard system.
Introduction to Oral Proficiency Levels http://oralproficiency.coerll.utexas.edu
Introduction to Oral Proficiency Levels is a free open educational resource that offers a foundationalunderstanding of how to evaluate Spanish speakers. This resource includes: video- based practice modules designed to strengthen an understanding of the ACTFL Speaking Proficiency Guidelines, editable versions ofthe practice modules on Google Drive and instructions on conducting interviews to assess Spanish learners’proficiency levels.
La Aventura Literaria http://ntic.educacion.es/w3//eos/MaterialesEducativos/mem/aventlitera/index.html
Visitors to La aventura literaria will learn about famous literary figures, read selections and summaries of great works as well as find information about different literary movements, the historical and social context of different eras of literature, terms used for describing literature and more. Spain’s Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte maintains this website.
La Biblioteca Musical http://musicaenespanol.weebly.com
La Biblioteca Musical is dedicated to the diversity of music in the Spanish-speaking world. The extensive collection of music videos are organized by country.
The Language Gym http://www.language-gym.com/
The Language Gym is an athletic-training-themed website with some verb drills and other online
games in Spanish, French, and Italian.
Learn Spanish | Conjuguemos https://conjuguemos.com
Conjuguemos.com is an online workbook which stores practice activities such as verb conjugation,
vocabulary and grammar graded activities, flashcards, crosswords, worksheets and other printable
resources. Teachers can create their own activities and quizzes.
Learn Spanish http://www.lingolex.com/new_spanish.htm
Sarah and John of Lingolex, translators, web page makers and English teachers who live in
Andalucia Spain, created this page which features an interactive online tutorial, java-based
vocabulary games, lots of cultural notes, an extensive directory of language schools and much
more.
Learn Spanish http://www.studyspanish.com/
This website offers free Spanish tutorials covering pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, verbs,
cultural notes, and more. A free teacher membership will allow monitoring student progress and
the ability to create an online syllabus. A premium teacher membership will allow a teacher to give
all or her or his students premium access. Premium access costs $9.95 for one month or $39.95
for six months and includes additional practice activities and podcasts.
Learn Spanish Free Online | Lessons and Tools http://www.123teachme.com
123TeachMe has a wealth of information for students learning Spanish. Many of the pages include
full audio as well as images or videos. There are other useful tools as well like the verb conjugator
tool, as well as daily RSS feeds of the word,verb and phrase of the day and a directory of
independent Spanish language schools.
Léelo fácil http://www.leelofacil.org/es/home
Léelo fácil is a website offering six classic books in Spanish that have been re-configured to be
accessible to people with limited reading or Spanish skills. The books are simplified, animated, and full
of links to more reading aids. They are designed to be read online.
LoMásTv - Spanish Immersion TV - The Authentic Way to Learn Spanish http://lomastv.com/
LoMásTv is a video subscription service which provides a wide variety of programming, including
music, drama, interviews and travel. The $9.95 single user monthly fee gives unlimited access to a
library of 600+ videos. New programs are added monthly. The Spanish used in the videos is
authentic Spanish. Each video is supported by slow audio play, a dictionary, a listening game,
English translations, control playback to navigate the video phrase by phrase, and the ability to
create a personalized vocabulary list.
Lotería https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/loteria/id392031348?mt=8
This digital version of the Mexican Lotería game can be played by 1 to 4 players. It is completely in
Spanish and can be downloaded free of charge from iTunes. This app is rated for ages 12+.
Memes en Español http://mememartes.tumblr.com/
Memes en Español offers a collection of Spanish pop culture in the form of memes, posters,
tweets and videos. Each entry is followed by expansion questions and tagged with relevant
vocabulary and grammar terms. These tags are searchable at
http://mememartes.tublir.com/tagged/your search term. CCFLT Teacher of the Year Noah Geisel
created and maintains Meme en Español.
Milcuentos http://www.milcuentos.com/
At this website there are 17 children´s stories with simple illustrations which are narrated by
young children.
Miraflores Editorial http://www.miraflores.org/
The publishing house Miraflores offers hundreds of free books and audio books. Click on Sharing /
Compartiendo and then Free Resources to find works that are in the public domain and that can
be downloaded. The materials--photographs, videos, books and a learning activity about the
Aztecs--are organized by country, by author and by title.
MisCositas.com http://www.miscositas.com/
MisCositas.com is a free web resource that offers teachers a variety of materials for teaching
Spanish. Available are videos, karaoke, cultural clips, thematic curriculum units, lesson plans,
student worksheets and more. This rich website was created by Lori Langer de Ramirez,
chairperson of the ESL and World Language Department for Herricks Public Schools. Materials on
MisCositas.com are protected by a Creative Commons license.
Museo Nacional del Prado http://www.museodelprado.es/
This is the official website of the Prado Museum. Visitors to this site can view an online gallery of approximately 3000 works from the museum´s collection, learn about the history of the museum, purchase tickets online and shop in the online gift store.
Muy Interesante – Innovación, Tecno, Ciencia, Historia, Naturaleza, Salud http://www.muyinteresante.es/
This is the online version of Muy Interesante, a monthly magazine that offers a lot of short articles
on a variety of topics including current events and fun facts
National Geographic - Inspiración para cuidar el planeta http://www.ngenespanol.com
This National Geographic website in Spanish offers videos, photos, articles and advice for travelers.
News in Slow Spanish http://www.newsinslowspanish.com
In this weekly podcast the news, Spanish grammar, and Spanish expressions are discussed in
simplified Spanish at a slow pace so that students can understand almost every word and
sentence A subscription is required with prices ranging from $9.90 to $15.90 a month. Interactive
transcripts are available as well as an app which is available in the iTunes App Store and Google
Play.
Noah Comprende | PBS KIDS GO http://pbskids.org/noah/index.html
Noah Comprende is a engaging program designed to teach children ages six to eight Spanish
through animated videos with embedded games that help build vocabulary. Each video lasts three
minutes and illustrates a comic misadventure triggered by a misunderstanding. Kids can roll their
cursor over objects on the screen to hear the name of the object in Spanish. Three different
arcade-style vocabulary games reinforce learning. How Do You Say...?--another game on the
website--helps kids learn common expressions in Spanish. At http://www.pbs.org/teachers/noah/
teachers will find helpful program resources, including lesson plans for each episode.
Notes in Spanish http://www.notesinspanish.com/
Notes in Spanish offers beginners, intermediate, and advanced audio and podcasts which provide
authentic listening practice via completely natural conversations and interviews, covering
interesting news, Spanish culture, current affairs, and travel. The podcasts are free; however, the
accompanying transcript, vocabulary list and exercises must be purchased. Listen to these
podcasts online at the website or subscribe via iTunes or RSS feed.
Noticias última hora, programas y series de Radio Televisión Española http://www.rtve.es/
RTVE offers many videos of the latest new stories as well as live streaming of television and radio
program