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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.

This website has activities for French learners at the beginning (FREN 110 and FREN 120) and intermediate (FREN 230) levels that are intended to be used in conjunction with any curriculum. The interactive nature of many of the activities also make the site suitable for independent study or practice. We hope you enjoy reviewing and learning French à la mode through the use of these up-to-date cultural materials.

Create and use educational quizzes, games, and other activities. Some games/activities are for one person, and some require multiple. Provide instant feedback.

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Supplementary materials for beginning Spanish that focus on issues of cultural identity of Spanish speakers in the United States. They are intended as a bridge between paper-based textbooks and Acceso, the online curriculum for second year Spanish developed at the University of Kansas. The modules are designed to be covered in two class periods each and include glossed readings, extensive multimedia content, flash-based comprehension questions and activities that leverage Web 2.0 tools.

Supplemental activities on German grammar based upon usage in contemporary music. Suitable for learners at the beginning level or for independent study or practice.

A free online course with featuring six units with full audio dialogues and accompanying activities. Users gain exposure to reading and speaking Arabic. This resources also introduces users to Arab culture. This is good practice for anyone who needs some extra help speaking the language.

Online Teaching Free account limited to 30 student profiles and 15 activities

Enter a text (up to 500 words) in the box. Textivate automatically generates activities related to the text, such as scrambled paragraphs and typing the missing letters.

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.

Portuguese language lessons that highlight aspects of Brazilian culture. These lessons are designed for intermediate to advanced students, but are accessible to everyone. Each includes videos of Brazilians from all walks of life speaking naturally about their lives and their country, and numerous activities and exercises available in PDF files. 

Enhancing French skills is a website for intermediate learners of French. It includes authentic language videos from French websites, as well as interviews of French speakers on cultural topics. Videos and activities are organized into five broad themes and tagged by communicative language function with links into Tex's French Grammar for specific grammar explanations and interactive exercises. Each theme includes a pdf of suggested classroom activities and homework.

an iCALL system designed to provide supplementary language learning activities using authentic English texts elected by the learner. Limitation: for ESL students only

This free tool allows you to create hypermedia glosses including text, pictures, videos, audio. It is available in many languages. A.k.a. FLAn: foreign language annotator. Created by Dr. Thom Thibault, who is very active in CALICO

Tool for analyzing and visualizing characters in stories.

Ready made online activities for multiple foreign languages

Site offering a variety of apps that teachers can use to create activities and that students can use on their own. Intended for EFL, but would also be useful for other languages in some cases. Limitations: As of 6/9/2016, no new registrations are allowed, although the site can be used without registering.

Use books and articles in English or import your own in any language. You can add annotations and questions to the articles, plus create quizzes. Students can also comment on the articles. Limitations: Free accounts can only import 3 articles per month. Presumably, you can use as many of the existing articles and books as you want, but they are only in English.

Make picture books using charming images and entering your own text. Limitations: Only up to 6 pages.

An online resource designed to help students remember, recognize, and produce the signs used in the classroom. The site supplements classroom instruction, lab activities, homework, and other assignments that are part of ASL 506, first semester American Sign Language at the University of Texas. The site contains an archive of videos demonstrating basic vocabulary and sentence structure of American Sign Language (ASL). These videos are organized into 12 units, reflecting the structure of the textbook, Signing Naturally (Dawn Sign Press). Within each unit, video clips of signs and sentences are further organized into categories and grammatical information.