Foreign Language
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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 and grammar. (Y, M, O, T)
Interactive Hebrew - By the National Jewish Outreach Program (M,O)
Little Explorers English-French Picture Dictionary - By Enchanted Learning (Y, M, O, T)
Little Explorers English-Dutch Picture Dictionary - By Enchanted Learning (Y, M, O, T)
Little Explorers English-German Picture Dictionary - By Enchanted Learning (Y, M, O, T)
Little Explorers English-Italian Picture Dictionary - By Enchanted Learning (Y, M, O, T)
Little Explorers English-Japanese Picture Dictionary - By Enchanted Learning (Y, M, O, T)
Little Explorers English-Portuguese Picture Dictionary - By Enchanted Learning (Y, M, O, T)
Little Explorers English-Spanish Picture Dictionary - By Enchanted Learning (Y, M, O, T)
Little Explorers English-Swedish Picture Dictionary - 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)