Links for World Language Teachers

Day of the Dead powerpoint  created by Kristy Placido
Powerpoint: La Quinceañera created by Beth Leitch

4 Powerpoints available (thank you to JaneEllen Shepherd for creating these wonderful resources and thank you to Blaine Ray for writing the novels upon which they are based!):

Tepic and Huichol (Pobre Ana)
Guatemala (Patricia Va a California)
Ventura, California (Patricia Va a California)
Viaje de Su Vida Itinerary (Viaje de su Vida)

Michigan World Language Links:

Michigan Foreign Language Association Become a member, get involved, attend the conference in October!! 

 

Links for World Language Teachers:

TPR Storytelling Links Investigate this wonderful method that will revitalize your language program and make your students more proficient than you ever imagined!

FLTeach WWWAn e-mail list-serv for language teachers.  Informative, entertaining, often controversial and never a dull moment.  Check out FL Teachers' Web Pages!

National Standards

ACTFL

Conjuguemos.com (Verb conjugation drills which may be e-mailed to teacher--requires some set-up)

TFLTA Professional Resource Center links to almost every professional organization for language teachers in existence!!

Center for Applied Linguistics

ERIC Clearinghouse for Languages and Linguistics

Language Teacher Links

Foreign Language Lesson Plans and resources More great links and lots of ideas!

Clases Gemelas Pen Pal Exchanges

Worksheet Generator Pretty self-explanatory!

Language Trade Free Internet voice chats in many languages!

Writing Resources  Includes info on how to document sources using MLA and APA styles, taking exams, avoiding plagiarism, writing outlines, and much more! 

Online Translators  See this link to put them to the test!

Download the symbol for Euros here (it is not a $!)

Metric Converter

http://www.ieslanguages.org/  Great resource for music in several languages as well as other materials.  There are many elementary items!

Web Quests

All kinds of cool reading material http://dmoz.org/Kids_and_Teens/International/

 

Links for Spanish Teachers:

  Spanish Language and Hispanic Cultures @ Globe Gate

  Spanish Language Children's Textbooks Online

  Spanish Verb Conjugation Guide and Practice

  Student Guide to writing pen pal letters in Spanish

  Palabra del dia

  Santoral

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