FRENCH
RESOURCES
American Association of Teachers of French
Chez Renee
eTools for Language Teachers- site caters to beginner French
French Newspapers and Magazines- from ipl2
Le Figaro- online news, sports, French culture
Le Monde- newspaper
Nice Matin- daily news of the French Riveria, Cote D'Azur, Var and Corse
Radio France
TV5Monde- grammar and vocabulary
LESSON PLANS / GAMES / PUZZLES
Digital Dialects: French Language- interactive games include these subject areas: colors, clothing, food, verbs, numbers, animals and much more
French Bingo Games- Hello,World lets you choose from many different categories, including clothing, animals, food, birds, school, home
French Lesson Plans- from TeAchnology; nice listing
French Lesson Plans- from ShareMyLesson
French Lesson Plans and Resources
French Lesson Plans for Secondary Grades 6-12- from BigHub Education
French Teacher Resources- from Lesson Planet
French Word Searches
Fun Learning French Games
Interactive French Lessons- from the BBC; students learn primary French
Les Chevaliers du Château des Champions- French teacher shares students' work; shares lessons and resource link
Step-by-Step French Lessons - for younger learners
ITALIAN
RESOURCES
American Association of Teachers of Italian
Inspiring Italy- Mr. Donn's site covers games, activities, resources and a large section for kids on Ancient Rome
World Studies Class (Italian)- Pinterest board by teacher Rebecca Shane
LESSON PLANS
il Tavolo italiano- beginner's Italian free worksheets
iLuss- free Italian language learning resources; all different levels
iMendi- students can practice online
Italian Artists- Livebinder covers artists and painters
Italian Lesson Plans and Quizzes- includes worksheets
Italian Lesson Plans for Secondary Grades 9-12
Teacher Planet- lesson plans, worksheets, quizzes, videos
Online English-Italian Vocabulary Quizzes- students work online
Various Downloads-some as editable; includes word mat, matching cards, Italy's flag
MEDIA
Barilla- recipes
Donna Moderna- fashion
Images of Italy
Internazionale- international news
Kataweb TvZap- Italian TV listings
La Repubblica- covers news and politics
La Stampa- news and politics
l'Espresso
Panorama
RaiRadio1- radio station
Starbene-health
JAPANESE
RESOURCES
About Japan-from the Japan Society; from Haiku to Japanese architecture
American Association of Teachers of Japanese
Basics of Japanese Culture
The Japan Foundation- featured Websites and resources
Northeast Council of Teachers of Japanese- covers the east coast of the United States
LESSON PLANS / ACTIVITIES / VIDEOS
Basic Phrases in Japanese- mp3 files for students to listen
Complete Guide to Japanese
Japanese Foreign Language Worksheets and Printables for Kids- from Education.com; beginners
Japanese Grammar/Expressions Lessons- many resources from About.com
Japanese Grammar Guide
Japanese Lesson Plans- from TeAchnology- worksheets, puzzles all about Japan
JapanesePod101- large video collection on their youtube channel
Learn Japanese- flash cards, activities, videos
Lesson Plans on Japan- covers art, culture, education, geography, history, literature, politics, religion
SPANISH
RESOURCES
Casa Notes- teachers can create typical notes which are given to students or sent home to parents; templates allow for customization
EspañOlé!- "THE On-line Resource for Students and Teachers of Spanish!"
Internet Activities for Foreign Language Classes
Royalty-Free Clip Art Collection for Foreign Language Instruction
Spanish Artists- from Artcyclopedia
Spanish Flash Cards
Yahoo! Espana
Yahoo! Mexico
GAMES
17 Fun Games to Play in Spanish Class
Free Printables and Games for the Spanish Classroom- for grades 2-6
Free Spanish Language Games- from Don Quixote
Games and Activities for Spanish Class- Pinterest board
Games to Learn Spanish- hangman, word search, memory
Spanish Class Games- nice Pinterest board
Word Play- Spanish vocabulary game
Yamada Language Guides- this site covers 140 languages and 112 fonts for 40 languages; this is one of the very best guides to language teaching resources on the Web!
ACTIVITIES
NOTE: This list can be modified (except item #4) to work with any language. I created this list because we have a large Hispanic population in my school.
1. Create a comic strip in Spanish- list of choices HERE
2. Create a Menu for a Restaurant- it doesn't matter what type of restaurant, the menu is all in Spanish; MS Word templates can be found HERE or HERE for Google Docs.
3. Create a Newspaper- students can make it a local newspaper or one from their native country; MS Word templates can be found HERE or HERE for Google Docs.
4. C.S.I.: The Experience-Web Adventures- students solve forensic cases in Spanish
5. Fakebook- recently redesigned, this looks just like Facebook; students create accounts about famous Hispanic people
Fakebook: 90 second tutorial from History Teacher on Vimeo.
6. Glogster- create a poster in Spanish about their native country
7. Pinterest- create a board of links to information about their native country
LESSON PLANS
Grades 6-12- from Bright Hub Education
Hello-World- lessons, activities, games
iMendi- language flash cards
The Internet Picture Dictionary
More Spanish- lesson plans and technology for the Spanish classroom
Spanish4Teachers-includes worksheets and fifteen categories, including alphabet, vocabulary, grammar
Spanish Irregular Verbs Quiz
Spanish is Your Amigo- beginner video lessons
Spanish Lesson Plans- Pinterest board filled with resources
Spanish Regular Verbs Quiz
The Spanish Teachers- covers Spanish I,II,III,IV
Spanish Templates- games, quizzes
Spanish Verb Drills
Spanish Vocabulary Quizzes
TeAchnology- many lessons and activities here
Verbs Online- Spanish verb conjugation trainer
RESOURCES
American Association of Teachers of French
Chez Renee
eTools for Language Teachers- site caters to beginner French
French Newspapers and Magazines- from ipl2
Le Figaro- online news, sports, French culture
Le Monde- newspaper
Nice Matin- daily news of the French Riveria, Cote D'Azur, Var and Corse
Radio France
TV5Monde- grammar and vocabulary
LESSON PLANS / GAMES / PUZZLES
Digital Dialects: French Language- interactive games include these subject areas: colors, clothing, food, verbs, numbers, animals and much more
French Bingo Games- Hello,World lets you choose from many different categories, including clothing, animals, food, birds, school, home
French Lesson Plans- from TeAchnology; nice listing
French Lesson Plans- from ShareMyLesson
French Lesson Plans and Resources
French Lesson Plans for Secondary Grades 6-12- from BigHub Education
French Teacher Resources- from Lesson Planet
French Word Searches
Fun Learning French Games
Interactive French Lessons- from the BBC; students learn primary French
Les Chevaliers du Château des Champions- French teacher shares students' work; shares lessons and resource link
Step-by-Step French Lessons - for younger learners
ITALIAN
RESOURCES
American Association of Teachers of Italian
Inspiring Italy- Mr. Donn's site covers games, activities, resources and a large section for kids on Ancient Rome
World Studies Class (Italian)- Pinterest board by teacher Rebecca Shane
LESSON PLANS
il Tavolo italiano- beginner's Italian free worksheets
iLuss- free Italian language learning resources; all different levels
iMendi- students can practice online
Italian Artists- Livebinder covers artists and painters
Italian Lesson Plans and Quizzes- includes worksheets
Italian Lesson Plans for Secondary Grades 9-12
Teacher Planet- lesson plans, worksheets, quizzes, videos
Online English-Italian Vocabulary Quizzes- students work online
Various Downloads-some as editable; includes word mat, matching cards, Italy's flag
MEDIA
Barilla- recipes
Donna Moderna- fashion
Images of Italy
Internazionale- international news
Kataweb TvZap- Italian TV listings
La Repubblica- covers news and politics
La Stampa- news and politics
l'Espresso
Panorama
RaiRadio1- radio station
Starbene-health
JAPANESE
RESOURCES
About Japan-from the Japan Society; from Haiku to Japanese architecture
American Association of Teachers of Japanese
Basics of Japanese Culture
The Japan Foundation- featured Websites and resources
Northeast Council of Teachers of Japanese- covers the east coast of the United States
LESSON PLANS / ACTIVITIES / VIDEOS
Basic Phrases in Japanese- mp3 files for students to listen
Complete Guide to Japanese
Japanese Foreign Language Worksheets and Printables for Kids- from Education.com; beginners
Japanese Grammar/Expressions Lessons- many resources from About.com
Japanese Grammar Guide
Japanese Lesson Plans- from TeAchnology- worksheets, puzzles all about Japan
JapanesePod101- large video collection on their youtube channel
Learn Japanese- flash cards, activities, videos
Lesson Plans on Japan- covers art, culture, education, geography, history, literature, politics, religion
SPANISH
RESOURCES
Casa Notes- teachers can create typical notes which are given to students or sent home to parents; templates allow for customization
EspañOlé!- "THE On-line Resource for Students and Teachers of Spanish!"
Internet Activities for Foreign Language Classes
Royalty-Free Clip Art Collection for Foreign Language Instruction
Spanish Artists- from Artcyclopedia
Spanish Flash Cards
Yahoo! Espana
Yahoo! Mexico
GAMES
17 Fun Games to Play in Spanish Class
Free Printables and Games for the Spanish Classroom- for grades 2-6
Free Spanish Language Games- from Don Quixote
Games and Activities for Spanish Class- Pinterest board
Games to Learn Spanish- hangman, word search, memory
Spanish Class Games- nice Pinterest board
Word Play- Spanish vocabulary game
Yamada Language Guides- this site covers 140 languages and 112 fonts for 40 languages; this is one of the very best guides to language teaching resources on the Web!
ACTIVITIES
NOTE: This list can be modified (except item #4) to work with any language. I created this list because we have a large Hispanic population in my school.
1. Create a comic strip in Spanish- list of choices HERE
2. Create a Menu for a Restaurant- it doesn't matter what type of restaurant, the menu is all in Spanish; MS Word templates can be found HERE or HERE for Google Docs.
3. Create a Newspaper- students can make it a local newspaper or one from their native country; MS Word templates can be found HERE or HERE for Google Docs.
4. C.S.I.: The Experience-Web Adventures- students solve forensic cases in Spanish
5. Fakebook- recently redesigned, this looks just like Facebook; students create accounts about famous Hispanic people
Fakebook: 90 second tutorial from History Teacher on Vimeo.
6. Glogster- create a poster in Spanish about their native country
7. Pinterest- create a board of links to information about their native country
LESSON PLANS
Grades 6-12- from Bright Hub Education
Hello-World- lessons, activities, games
iMendi- language flash cards
The Internet Picture Dictionary
More Spanish- lesson plans and technology for the Spanish classroom
Spanish4Teachers-includes worksheets and fifteen categories, including alphabet, vocabulary, grammar
Spanish Irregular Verbs Quiz
Spanish is Your Amigo- beginner video lessons
Spanish Lesson Plans- Pinterest board filled with resources
Spanish Regular Verbs Quiz
The Spanish Teachers- covers Spanish I,II,III,IV
Spanish Templates- games, quizzes
Spanish Verb Drills
Spanish Vocabulary Quizzes
TeAchnology- many lessons and activities here
Verbs Online- Spanish verb conjugation trainer
