World+Languages+Misc.+Resources

__**World Languages**__


 * [|Center for Language Education and Research] multiple tools and resources for language teachers
 * [|College Admissions]- World Language requirements for various colleges
 * MI College Admissions
 * [|Duolingo] has users translate the web/text at their learning pace. Sentences are given to users at their own learning pace and if they don't know a word DL helps by supplying correct words w/ images. [|Technology Tidbits: Thoughts of a Cyber Hero]
 * [|FSI]- free online language learning tutorials for many world languages
 * Get Them Talking Wiki- Resources for using language in the classroom mostly centered around using avatars as a means of communicating, #8 looks especially interesting
 * [|Google Docs] has had a translation option for quite a while, but until now you had to copy and paste your text in order to create a new translated document. Google Docs you can now create a new translated document with just one click. To create a new translated copy of your document just select "tools" then "translate document." Google Docs will then prompt you to select a language. Once you've specified a language a new translated document will appear in your list of Google Docs. Google Docs now supports translation for 53 languages
 * iMendi is a site for learning the basic vocabulary of English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, German and French and Czech. To use iMendi just select the language you speak and select the language you want to learn. iMendi then gives you the choice of choosing a lesson (level 1, level 2, etc) or trying a randomly chosen lesson. The "lessons" are really just simple vocabulary matching exercises with a score and the correct answers revealed at the end.
 * Learn a Language is a free online learning resource. This site was created by the U.S. Institute of Languages. You can choose from eight popular languages, which include Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, German, Chinese, Russian and English.
 * [|Learn Mandarin Chinese for Free] from these ebooks with videos at NC's website
 * [|Life in a Day] - which is organized by Kevin MacDonald and Ridley Scott. The basis of the project is to find out from people all around the world what different things they do on an everyday basis. Participants from all over the world recorded and uploaded a part of their life on July 24, 2010.Both teachers and students can use this tool to incorporate into class projects, lessons and other activities involving global studies. It can be a way to give insight on students and kids who are just like you but live on the other side of the world. It can also lead the way for other projects and learning activities, like pen pals or projects with other countries.
 * [|Livemocha] blends engaging online lessons and the world's largest language learning community to create the most natural way to learn a language.
 * Memrise is a new service designed to help you learn a language. Like a lot of services in the language learning market Memrise offers flashcards for studying words. What makes Memrise more than a flashcard service is that they also offer audio pronunciations of the words and in many cases videos that feature people using the words and or acting the words.
 * - in French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish. It's only a section ofthe exam, but it has good realia components.
 * Nulu is a site for Foreign Language teachers wanting to teach a new language. This site has an educational portal which allows for students/classes to sign up and learn a language through choosing a current event news topic to read that are then translated into a language, annotate words/phrases, and even help w/ pronunciation. [|Technology Tidbits: Thoughts of a Cyber Hero]
 * Type It is a free online program for typing accent marks and other special characters that are often required for languages other than English. Type It supports twenty-one languages and currency symbols. You can insert accents and characters by selecting them from the menu provided by Type It or by using their suggested keyboard shortcuts.
 * [] - This website requires the student to register but it will allow them to learn to speak Chinese Mandarin. Supported by the MSU Confucius institute.
 * [|Using PBL to teach World Languages]- Is written by a French teacher and contains three project examples.
 * Verbling is a new site designed to match people who are willing to help each other learn a new language. For now the site only supports English and Spanish, but it appears that they have plans to expand their offerings in the future. [|Free Technology for Teachers]
 * [|WikiBooks] - like an online textbook in the language you choose. Just enter wikibooks (language) in the search field - example is in German.

__**ESL/ ELL Resources:**__
 * Chuala- On this free site, which you can use without registering, you hear the pronunciation of English words//and// you can record your own pronunciation of the same word to compare the two (assuming you have a microphone). []
 * English Central - David Deubelbeiss has posted a very thorough post about the site titled English Central – Bringing “voice” and output to learning English . A quick description is that it’s a free video site for English Language Learners, lets users listen to parts of the video, then lets them repeat what the characters says and compares it to the original. You get graded on how well you do. The other great thing about it is that the videos are all appropriate for the classroom. []
 * English Raven 1300 printable/downloadable flashcards- the front has a picture, the back is the theme the card belongs to. []
 * English Story Time - A classroom wiki for Multi-levels of ELL students. A lot of great ideas to borrow, as well as links to websites organized by theme. []
 * ESL Flashcards - There are thousands of printable color flashcards in PDF format for learning English (or any other language) here at ESL Flashcards. The cards come in a variety of sizes, but they all have an image on one side, and are blank on the flip side. []
 * ESLgold.net provides you with thousands of ideas and materials for your classes and students. Whether you're looking for lesson plans, handouts or new ideas, ESLgold offers tons of resources for both the ESL and EFL environment. It is a virtual library of English teaching materials that you can adapt to fit your individual classrooms and students. []
 * ESL TED Talks is a blog created by Douglas Evans that has lessons he’s created for English Language Learners using TED Talks. []
 * ESOL Courses - Free online courses for all levels of English language learners. []
 * Everyday Life, an extraordinary interactive site for ELL’s sponsored by a North Carolina-based organization called GCF Learn Free. []
 * Idioms 4 You provides explanations of numerous English idioms. It provides them in various scenarios — all with audio support. []
 * Learning Chocolate offers six learning activities in dozens of word categories. Pick a word category such as animals or clothing then listen to the pronunciations of the words in that category. After reviewing the pronunciations students can choose from five different activities. Each word category offers three matching games, a fill in the blank game, and dictation activity in which students spell the words as they're read to them. []
 * MES English has some nice teaching videos for Beginning English Language Learners. []
 * Minneapolis ABE Games- A collection of web resources organized by ELL level and topic. It has a lot of resources and is organized nicely. I think some of the resources might be young at the early ELL level if the student is not elementary level. Other than that, it's a nice list. []
 * Mr. Thorne Does Phonics is a website and YouTube channel dedicated to teaching kids phonics through videos. The site has a great tag line, “Where learning to read becomes reading to learn.” The videos are divided up by categories []
 * Repeat After Us is an online library of copyright-free English texts and audio recordings. Its purpose is to provide ESL students with a place to read and hear proper pronunciations of English words. The texts are arranged into eight genre categories including children's stories, prose fiction, and prose non-fiction. Recordings can be listened to online and or downloaded. All of the recordings match the texts. Texts range in length from one paragraph to multiple pages. []
 * Teaching Science to ELL Students - article in edweek []
 * Dave's ESL Cafe -ideas for teachers and students []

__**All**__
 * 2Lingual is a bilingual search engine. You type in your search term and then choose two languages. Search results will show-up side-by-side in both languages. [|Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…] [|…For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL]
 * Broadcastr is a new site that lets you record audio for up to three minutes and then “attach” it to a map location. It also gives you the url address of your recording.
 * [|Develop Language Skills with Cell Phones] - True Stories - blog article from Lisa Wielsen
 * Dictionary and Copyright Resources- page full of resource materials on the proper use of copyright as well as many visual dictionaries, thesauruses, and language resources
 * [|Dot Sub]- add subtitles to a video in a few easy steps. Even if you put subtitles in the target language and not the home language, it's one more support for the students.
 * [|Elovivo]-translations, definitions and pronunciations in multiple languages
 * GeoTrio lets you create a virtual tour of just about anyplace on a map. You type in addresses or locations and easily create multiple “stops” that show the Google Street View snapshots of the area. You can also upload your own images. What really makes GeoTrio stand out is the ability to easily make an audio recording for each stop on the map.
 * [|iPadio]- do phone based voicecasting with this free application/website. Despite the i = apple (this site does work well with Mac products), this site can be accessed with any phone. It's like free Gcast reincarnated.
 * [|Jaycut] - Free video editor to use. You have to create a registration and such but then you can edit your movie works. JayCut will be introducing a drawing tool that will enable users to to draw on the images they upload to the editor. JayCut will also be introducing support for ten languages in addition to English.
 * [|Lingt]- This looks like an amazing online tool! It allows you to give students speaking and response activities on their own time and to grade them on your own time. You simply set up your account and have the students go to the lingt site with your login in name after it (example: lingtlearning/jsmith), choose the correct assignment that you created for that class, then do the work. You are able to give them written or spoken feedback after they complete the assignment, enter their name and email address and hit submit when they finish.
 * Microsoft Translator Bookmarklet is a simple little tool for translating the content on any webpage. To use the Microsoft Translator Bookmarklet just specify the language that you want content to be translated into then install the bookmarklet. Then whenever you're viewing a webpage you can click on the browser bookmarklet to translate the page. [|Free Technology for Teachers]
 * [|Mundo] BBC news in Spanish
 * Nabber is a new service for learning a new language with the help of others online. Think of Nabber as part vocabulary studying tool, part social network.
 * [|Painless and Free: Web tools for vocabulary] slideshare with vocabulary exercises and sites to accomplish exercises.
 * [|Save the Children]- the lottery of life is an interesting, thought provoking interactive display of a person's odds of being born in a certain area of the world and the mistreatment they might face if they were born into those circumstances. It is geared to older students. Might be good for empathy.
 * Study Stream is for learning to read and speak Spanish, Italian, Japanese, and Portuguese. The centerpiece of the Study Stream system is a collection of videos and articles in the language that you're trying to learn. The videos and articles are accompanied by side-by-side translations to help you follow along. From each video or article you can select words and phrases that you want to study through the study exercises provided. [|Free Technology for Teachers]
 * [|Ubertusidad] educational videos on many different subjects in Spanish and it's companion site [|Utubersity] with videos in English
 * Universal Subtitles is an experimental online application to add subtitles to any video.
 * [|Use Skype to Practice]- This list is mainly people who speak English or who are looking to speak English, but some other languages are listed. I would suggest that you pre-interview prospective skypers, and only do it with supervision, but it's a neat idea.
 * [|VYou] is a site for conversational video. Basically, this is done by one person posting a video and then others responding via video post of their own. Once a video/conversation is created it can then be embedded into a blog or site to share w/ others.