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Languages Abroad
This link leads to a "Learn Spanish in Spain" site (not the one
detailed below) and has links to similar sites for French, German,
Italian, Russian and English (as an additional language). There are
some free language teaching resources and games, too.
Alien Language
Learn the names of the parts of the body in English, French, German
or Italian. This is a great game that you can play on line or
download to play off line.
Anacleta's
Spanish and World Language Links
A nicely presented website focusing on Spanish. It's mainly a links
collection but has other useful stuff, too.
Aztecas
Interesting - This site about Spanish verb forms, aimed at secondary
and above, is entirely in Spanish. It is highly interactive, using
Macromedia Shockwave, and consists of a range of activities about
the history of pre-Hispanic Mexico. Looks good (I think - but then I
don't speak Spanish...)
BBC
Languages
Very useful! Pages about French, German, Italian and Spanish and an
extra section for other languages.
Becta's Community Languages Website
A collection of resources which will be of particular interest to
EAL. Their blurb says, "Here you will find Community Languages
information from practitioners in a range of educational settings,
advice sheets, sites for software, fonts and translation engines as
well as an on-line content section which contains information in
English and the relevant Community Languages."
Don Quijote
This website, devoted to the Spanish language and all things Spanish
is a commercial concern but has a very useful free section. Markus
Renstrom, their marketing man, says, "
On
our website we offer free online Spanish language resources, like
the Spanish word of the day, Spanish level test, interactive games,
dictionary, info on the Spanish culture and much more."
E L Easton
A site dedicated to language learning. It has lots of useful
materials and links. Lots that would be useful for EAL and for those
studying or teaching a range of other languages, as well as a whole
page of links devoted to answering the question, "Why study
languages".
Internet
activities for Foreign Language Classes
These pages from the California Language Teachers' Association
contain advice and ideas for using the internet in MFL teaching and
has a page of links recommended by teachers.
Internet Sites to Support Languages
This page from Becta's Community Languages Website will also be of
use to MFL teachers. It is a list of sites collated by Stephanie
Johnson and students at Drumchapel High School, a New Community
Secondary School in the north of Glasgow.
Languages On Line
Lots of interactive exercises in a variety of modern languages
(French, German, Italian, Spanish, Catalan) at a variety of levels -
some for beginners, some more advanced. Well worth a look.
Learn Spanish in Spain
Tommy Tokstad is an enthusiast for the idea of learning a language
in the country in which it is
spoken. His site contains information about the Spanish language,
its use in business and elsewhere, dialects, how quickly you can
learn it, Spanish culture, which courses you can find at a typical
language school in Spain, visa requirements -- and particular
emphasis on how to find a good school. This is an excellent resource
for anyone thinking of studying a language abroad.
Lingu@net Virtual Language Centre
CILT's presence on the internet. There are links (including to their
own pages on variety of languages), materials, advice about
using ICT in language teaching, a forum and more.
Hangman in Many Languages
Just what it says on the packet :-)
I
Love Languages
Why am I authoring this page? I Love Languages is the languages
catalogue of the WWW Virtual Library. It has links lists for 198
world languages (including the usual European languages that
children in UK study in school). There are links to online
dictionaries for 19 different languages and more....
NACELL
The website of The National Advisory Centre on Early Language Learning, which is
an ofshoot of CILT. This is a must-visit site if you are involved in teaching modern
foreign languages at KS1 or KS2. There is advice, downloadable resources, information
sheets, publishers' details, examples of good practice, a page dedicated to networking
(for both teachers and pupils) and information about professional development.
Quia Online
Activities
Links to a collection of on-line language activities. Quia
activities are submitted by subscribers and they do not guarantee
their quality. Worth a look, though.
Say IT
Information Sheets
From Becta this is a collection of common IT terms in a wide variety
of community languages (29 at the time of writing). There is also a
collection of basic Science safety terms in 8 languages.
Wannalearn
Another links collection with links to sites for lots of languages.
Zut! Online activities in French
Zut! provides a comprehensive set
of interactive activities for French teachers and learners,
featuring more than 400 exercises, over 100 of which have audio
samples of native French speakers. It is an easily navigated
resource, organised for each year of study and includes exercises
for the interactive whiteboard.
It's free to use in the evenings and weekends, but for use during
the school day you will have to register (and pay! - you can use
ELCs and it's pretty inexpensive).
There are also links to Gut! (German), Sut! (Welsh) and ¡Oye!
(Spanish).
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