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These "games" involve arranging objects in a room. For one idea of how to use these in the language classroom, see http://www.languagetechnologybootcamp.org/2014/02/07/a-small-game-for-teaching-two-way-prepositions/

Word games in English, including "Grammar Gorillas," spelling games. A few foreign language games.

Reading Russian Short Stories is an open resource by Filip Zachoval that contains stories written in Russian by different authors in the 20th and 21st centuries, each accompanied by questions and assignments. The collection is designed for learners of Russian, including heritage learners. There are numerous texts that are suitable for novice-high or intermediate-low learners. However, the majority of these texts are more suitable for learners who have reached or are about to enter higher levels of language competence, i.e. students at intermediate and advanced levels.

Watch videos with subtitles in target language or upload, transcribe and translate your own video into any language.

Find the location and websites of newspaper around the world. Filter by language and location of the newspaper.

Resources for language teaching. Download and reuse.

Upload PDFs that are converted into slides. Type text that is converted to speech in one of 18 languages. A slideshow with audio notes is produced.

Map of Europe that shows translations for the word you enter in the language of each country.

Resources for teachers of American Sign Language, including dictionaries, videos, and quiz resources.

Create phrase lists in multiple languages, including links back to where you found the phrases on the web. For ideas for using this in the classroom: http://nikpeachey.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/creating-social-phrasebooks-with.html

Reviews and ratings of educational technology websites, games, apps, etc. Not specifically language-focused.

MIT OpenCourseWare class on Italian language, cooking, and culture. Includes notes, audio, and video lectures.

Search for MOOCs in various European languages.

Use your mouse or trackpad to input text in Gmail and Google Docs. Useful for practicing handwriting, especially in languages that do not use the Latin alphabet.

Acceso is intended as a complete, interactive curriculum for intermediate-level learners of Spanish. The materials on this site are provided freely to the public and are intended as a replacement for commercial textbooks, which are generally ill-suited to the learning outcomes now considered crucial to successful language study. These materials are supplemented by an online workbook built on the MySpanishLab platform of Pearson Education, Inc., as well as detailed lesson plans, rubrics for the evaluation of student work, and reliable instruments for measuring student progress and learning outcomes.

Вітає Українська is a resource for intermediate-level Ukrainian that integrates the features of a traditional textbook with the authentic language content and interactivity of the web. Activities include cultural readings with mouse-over glosses, audio recordings, embedded videos, structured activities using Ukrainian websites, and self-graded comprehension checks.  The materials are organized as thematic modules, which can be used in any order or as stand-alone supplements to more traditional classroom instruction.  The self-graded comprehension checks also make the materials ideal for those who wish to improve their Ukrainian through self-study.

Online study groups for many subjects, including languages.

Module on literature circles for ESL and foreign language teachers.

Dictionary for multiple language pairs. Includes examples in context from parallel translations.

This article highlights unique attributes of Arabic that make it such a fun language to study.