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About.com:French Language - An excellent comprehensive resource for learning French. Includes pronunciation and listening modules. (Y, M, O, T)
La French Connection - There are many words common to both English and French. The 1000+ words here are spelled (although not pronounced) identically in French and English and are true or semi-true cognates. (Y, M, O, T)
LaFrenchConnection.com - LaFrenchConnection.com is your connection to all things French-related, from Francophone destinations, French culture, French lessons & grammar, to French Trivia. (Y, M, O, T)
LoveToKnow French - The LoveToKnow is an online community to help you develop your French skills and learn all you want to know about the language and culture. The LoveToKnow French community consists not only our expert French writers and editors working hard to bring you the most accurate, reliable information and resources available online, but also our readers! LoveToKnow values its readers, and invites you to leave your comments, questions, or suggestions at the bottom of any article page. Have a studying tip you'd love to share or just finished a great French language course? (Y, M, O, T)
French Speaking Countries Web Quest - Your school's foreign language department has been offered a grant to send you and your classmates to the French speaking country of your choice for a semester. After meeting with the representatives from all French speaking countries of the world you must chose a country. You will be responsible for sharing information about your country when you return. Good Luck! Now that you have returned, your principal wants you to create a presentation to present to parents and county members on your country at "Back-to-School Night" since you are now the expert. You must now create a powerpoint presention about your country. Your presentation should include but is not limited to the following elements: Location, Geography, Government, Money, Natural resources, School, Family, Tourist Attractions, History and Food. Also include your opinion on the country and what you enjoyed the most about your stay. (Y, M)
Christmas Traditions in France and in Canada - (Y, M, O, T)
:on the Line" Virtual Journey of France - Take a journey through France and experience the culture, cuisine and scenery of this beautiful and diverse country. Find out why France is world famous for its cooking, and learn how to make a crêpe. Read about the biggest annual sporting event in the world, and see what the French like to do in their spare time. (Y, M, O, T)
Free Software for Foreign Language Learning - Vistawide provides free information and resources for foreign language learners and enthusiasts of all ages. Whether you're a lifelong speaker of foreign languages, a beginning language learner, or someone who hasn't yet taken the plunge, you're sure to find something here to satisfy your interest and curiosity. The page I've featured is a list of software for learning foreign languages (25 choices including ASL), but the site has many more resources to explore. (Y, M, O, T)
That Quiz - The most accessible math test resource on the web today with over 6 million graded exams to date and over 300,000 participating students. That Quiz is free for educational use. (Y, M, O)
Byki.com - Byki is the name of our entire language-learning system, which includes desktop software, online applications, free content, articles, and games, all of which can be accessed through Byki.com. Byki can be used to learn 74 different languages. (Y, M, O, T)
French Spanish online - A place to learn French and Spanish online and for Free for English speakers. Practical lessons based on day to day life. Vocabulary, games and activities to learn French and Spanish with the correct accent and for FREE. (Y, M, O, T)
WannaLearn.com - World Languages - Education beyond schooling! Resources on the web for learning world languages including: Albanian, Arabic, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, English as a Second Language, Finnish, French, Gaelic, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indo-Chinese, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Sanskrit, Sign Language, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog Filipino, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese. (Y, M, O, T)
Poisson Rouge - Mandarin Chinese - Online Pronunciation and games for practice in Mandarin. (Y, M)
Poisson Rouge - Greek - Online Pronunciation and games for practice in Greek. (Y, M, O, T)
The Internet Picture Dictionary: French - (Y, M, O, T)
WannaLearn.com - Chinese - (Y, M, O, T)
The Internet Picture Dictionary: German - (Y, M, O, T)
The Internet Picture Dictionary: Italian - (Y, M, O, T)
The Internet Picture Dictionary: Spanish - (Y, M, O, T)
WannaLearn.com - Greek - (Y, M, O, T)
WannaLearn.com - Hebrew - (Y, M, O)
WannaLearn.com - Italian - (Y, M, O)
WannaLearn.com - Japanese - (Y, M, O)
WannaLearn.com - Korean - (Y, M, O)
WannaLearn.com - Sign Language - (Y, M, O)
WannaLearn.com - Spanish - (Y, M, O)
Free Online Spanish Lessons - Free Online Spanish Lessons is an attractive site best suited for younger students. In addition to online lessons, the site offers activities and free printables. The games and lessons are Flash-based and kids will enjoy the colorful images. (Y, M)
Abuela - Activities and web resources developed as part of the Schools of California Online Resources for Educators (SCORE) Project, funded by the California Technology Assistance Program (CTAP). This unit is designed for second grade students. Abuela has great appeal to second generation Hispanic children, though all students will enjoy the story. Students will take Rosalba's place and spend their time exploring some of the same places that she went with her grandmother. They write a letter to their grandmother after taking a virtual fieldtrip to The Statue of Liberty . They visit an airport site and make their own paper airplanes, as they discover interesting facts about flight. They will explore their family roots and create a family tree. They research the various types of cloud formations and participate in a whole group art activity making their own clouds. They will be able to expand further on the multicultural language connection made in Abuela. (Y)
Vocabulary.com - A free resource used in over 20,000 schools to enhance vocabulary mastery & written/verbal skills with Latin & Greek roots. (Y, M, O, T)
Kids-R-Crafty - This site offers activity sheets, coloring pages, dot-to-dots, mazes, vocabulary and worksheets in both English and French. All are free for you to use. ENJOY! (Y)
Apples 4 the teacher - A Fun Educational Website for Teachers and Kids. Online Games and Resources for Toddlers, Preschoolers, Kindergarten, and Elementary Students. Kid Safe Teacher Created Primary Website with Homeschooling Activities. (Y, M, O, T)
BBC Language Programs - BBC has long been a source for excellent quality phrasebooks (when I lived in Japan mine was used so much that the pages were falling out). Now, you can find BBC language resources online for beginners for seven major languages (French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Greek, Mandarin Chinese) plus resources for learning Irish, Welsh, and Scottish Gaelic. The languages are designed to be learned little by little: "A bit at a time, in your own time..." (Y, M, O, T)
Try Mango - No, not the fruit. Mango is a new (still in Beta) online language program that allows you to learn 9 foreign languages using a Flash-based website. There are also two English programs, one for Spanish speakers and one for Polish speakers. Since the program is still in Beta, there may be a few bugs, but I didn't find any. The program uses lessons and slides so you can skip around to any slide within the lessons if you wish to repeat something or skip ahead. I tried the Japanese course and found it to be a great refresher for me. (Y, M, O, T)
Tasty Tidbits from Spain - Since traveling has become cheaper and easier, more and more people visit other lands and countries each year. While in those foreign lands they eat foods which are common to those areas. It is beneficial to know and be able to use vocabulary which deals with foods. (M)
PBS Kids Sagwa - Includes links to games, stories, coloring pages, drawing, characters and a Caregivers Area with great topic references. An easy introduction to Chinese culture. (Y)
Kids Web Japan - Kids Web Japan is a site that introduces Japan to schoolchildren aged between 10 and 14 who live in other countries. (M)
Ignite the Fire Foreign Language Resources - List of Free Foreign Language Courses Online (T)
Zoom School's Japan - click on the links in the illustration to visit topical areas including haiku, animals, crafts, a map, and language resources (Y)
Simple Japanese phrases - another resource from about.com, this one contains the archives for learning simple Japanese phrases in 3 levels (Y, M, O, T)
Enchanted Learning Little Explorers - - English-Spanish picture dictionary online (Y)
The German Electronic Textbook - Includes pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary and spelling - Combines visual and audio and has many practice tests to monitor progress. (Y, M, O, T)
Interactive Hebrew - By the National Jewish Outreach Program (M,O)
Little Explorers English-French Picture Dictionary - English-French picture dictionary online By Enchanted Learning (Y, M, O, T)
Little Explorers English-Dutch Picture Dictionary - English-Dutch picture dictionary online By Enchanted Learning (Y, M, O, T)
Little Explorers English-German Picture Dictionary - English-German picture dictionary online By Enchanted Learning (Y, M, O, T)
Little Explorers English-Italian Picture Dictionary - English-Italian picture dictionary online By Enchanted Learning (Y, M, O, T)
Little Explorers English-Japanese Picture Dictionary - English-Japanese picture dictionary online By Enchanted Learning (Y, M, O, T)
Little Explorers English-Portuguese Picture Dictionary - English-Portuguese picture dictionary online By Enchanted Learning (Y, M, O, T)
Little Explorers English-Spanish Picture Dictionary - English-Spanish picture dictionary online By Enchanted Learning (Y, M, O, T)
Little Explorers English-Swedish Picture Dictionary - English-Swedish picture dictionary online By Enchanted Learning (Y, M, O, T)
Introductory Japanese - basic language resources from about.com (Y, M, O, T)
Kanji of the week - learn one Kanji character a week with this archive of lessons (Y, M, O, T)
Hiragana Culture Lessons - Learn the Hiragana and Japanese culture at the same time with this about.com resource . (Y, M, O, T)
Japanese for Beginners - Hiragana, katakana, kanji, phrases, grammar, simple phrases, and more (Y, M, O, T)
Native American language resources - large collection of links about Native American languages (T)
Cinco de Mayo Webquest - for 8th grade Spanish (M)
Poisson Rouge - French - Online Pronunciation and games for practice in French. (Y,M)