French French | Resources for teacher and student research: | |
| AnswerConnect's French Resources http://www.answerconnect.com/articles/french-resources |
Numerous links to sites dealing with France and its diverse cultures. |
| Frenchculture.org http://www.frenchculture.org/ |
Contains art, news, entertainment, education... information |
| Journal Français http://www.journalfrancais.com/ |
Reviews various French magazines and provides links to film, television, and food |
| French Cuisine http://www.frenchfood.about.com/ |
Tons of yummy authentic French recipes |
| ComFM.com http://www.comfm.com/live/radio/?c=fr |
Lists French radio stations and contains all music genres |
| More teacher resources and games for students: | |
| Dictionaries.travlang.com http://dictionaries.travlang.com/EnglishFrench/ |
English-French online dictionary |
| BabelFish http://www.babelfish.com/ |
Online translation service. Students love this site. Danger it does not always work. |
| French Language http://www.french.about.com/cs/lansetprogramm/ |
Great for teacher resources, projects in French, and lesson plans |
| Teach-nology http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/languages/French |
Contains daily French lesson plans for all levels |
| Abroad Languages http://www.abroadlanguages.com/al/la/French.asp |
Great site for French games, word searches, crosswords, hangman |
Japanese| The Kanji Site http://www.kanjisite.com/ |
Great web site for studying Kanji |
| Japan-guide.com Basic Information http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2046.html |
Explains the origin of a few dozen kanji in beautiful illustrations |
| Japan-guide.com http://www.japan-guide.com/ |
Guide to contemporary and traditional Japan. Includes information on many subjects, a variety of images and links, and a pen pal forum |
| ACE Japan http://www.acejapan.or.jp/ |
Japan Association for Cultural Exchange (ACE Japan) Information on Japanese culture and society |
| Japanese History Resources http://users.snowcrest.net/jmike/japan.html |
Chronology of Japanese History. Currency Museum Bank of Japan. Edo: Tokyo, Japan |
| Japan for Visitors: History http://gojapan.about.com/cs/japanesehistory/ |
Japan history and Japanese historical eras - includes feudal Japan, samurai, the world war. |
| Japanese Animation http://alumni.imsa.edu/~leda/anime/ |
Information on Animation. In Japan, the animation industry is much more towards the forefront than it is in the States. |
| Japanese Songbook http://www.laukart.de/multisite/songbook/ japanese.php |
Traditional and modern Japanese songs to introduce to class |
| Old Japanese Songs http://www.interq.or.jp/ruby/kakizaki/ |
Traditional old songs from Japan. Site is in Japanese |
| Japanese Tea Ceremony http://www.holymtn.com/tea/Japanesetea.htm |
Introduction to the Tea Ceremony and its history |
Italian| BBC Italian http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/languages /italian/issimo/index.shtml |
Beginning Italian. The site has Real Player movies |
| Italia Online http://www3.iol.it/chat/chat.htm |
Italian online chat |
| La Replublica http://www.repubblica.it/ |
Leading Italian newspaper |
| Sounds of World's Animals http://www.georgetown.edu/faculty/ ballc/animals/italian.html |
Sounds Italian animals make. (Text only) |
| Scioglilingua http://www.uebersetzung.at/twister/it.htm |
Italian tongue twisters |
| Eurocosm http://www.eurocosm.com/Eurocosm/ AppEC/Pdcd/Handsignals/HandsigsGB.asp |
Italian gestures. Highly entertaining. Uses Real Player movies |
| Flashcard Exchange http://www.flashcardexchange.com/ directory.php?id=1156 |
Variety of Italian flashcards (colors, directions, verbs, adjectives, etc.) |
| LangMedia http://langmedia.fivecolleges.edu/ collection/lm_italy/it_index.html |
Uses videos (Real Player) with English and Italian transcripts for learning Italian in a variety of realistic situations |
| CyberItalian http://cyberitalian.com/html/alphabet.htm |
Beginners' Italian. The Alphabet. Uses WAV files |
| RAI International Online http://www.italica.rai.it/principali/radio/radio.htm# |
Italian live radio. Choose from two stations |
Spanish| Spanish Grammar Exercises http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/exercises/ |
Interactive site to work on grammar |
| Recetas de España http://www.xmission.com/~dderhak/recipes.html |
Spanish recipes for traditional Spanish foods |
| Real Academia Española http://www.rae.es/ |
The last word in the Spanish language. Excellent "Verb Conjugator" |
| AllMath.com http://www.allmath.com/metric.asp |
Traveling to Spain? 25 Kilometers to the airport? How far is that in miles? |
| AltaVista's Babelfish http://babel.altavista.com/tr |
Translator page. Good for individual words, but not expressions. |
| All About Spain http://www.red2000.com/spain/index-eng.html |
For the traveler |
| El País http://www.elpais.es/ |
A good source for current information on Spain |
| Encyclopedia.com http://www.encyclopedia.com/ |
Whatever you want to know, it's here |
| Spanish Grammar Tutorial http://www.studyspanish.com/tutorial.htm |
For a "quick" lesson in Spanish grammar |
| Spanish Language Exercises http://mld.ursinus.edu/~jarana/Ejercicios/self-check.html |
An easy interactive site for practicing Spanish grammar |