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This French website created for native French speakers is full of dictées - dictations. This site is divided into grade levels based on the French school system. (For a brief run-down of the grade levels in France visit the blog from Transparent Language entitled À l'École!: French and American Grade Levels Compared at http://blogs.transparent.com/french/a-lecole/) Since the ladictee.fr website is targeted toward elementary aged children, the language level works well for beginner and intermediate French L2 learners. Even though a dictée isn't what people would call a "communicative" activity, it does serve the purpose of helping students make connections between spoken language and written language, especially since French spelling is not phonemic. The site includes various dictées for each level, along with a PDF of the written text so student's can check their work. Doing dictées can help students improve their spelling, recognize spelling patterns, and learn to listen for cues in spoken speech that indicate whether the person is speaking in the plural or singular (often tricky in the French language). Note: When doing a dictée, students are focused on writing down what is said word for word, and NOT on comprehension. It would NOT be effective to give a student a dictée and then immediately ask them specific comprehension questions about what they just heard.

The teacher creates or selects the first chapter of a story, then students write the next chapter. They vote for the chapter they like best.

Teachers can use this tool to build a class website that includes links and quizzes.

Spelling & Vocabulary Website This works for English only. The user enters a list of words. The computer speaks and spells the words. It also uses the words in sentences. Various games and quizzes are available.

This resource for learning elementary Hindi and Urdu includes dictation exercises, weekly syllabi for guided study, grammar videos, audio samples, and relevant cultural information.

NEWS WEB EASYは、小学生・中学生の皆さんや、日本に住んでいる外国人のみなさんに、わかりやすいことば　でニュースを伝えるウェブサイトです。 Simplified Japanese news for Japanese elementary/middle students or intermediate level Japanese speakers.

We provide a large collection of worksheets and free downloadable resources on a wide range of topics. The majority of their worksheets are intended for elementary school students but some are for older students. Using our platform allows teachers and tutors to save time by making their students better at specific topics and skills.