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Language lessons, grammar tips, vocabulary, phrases, language tools, and audio files to listen to or download. A wide range of languages are represented.

Tools for enabling video/audio blogging and video chat.

Upload an ePUB file (including images, audio, and video). You and others of your choosing can add text comments at specific points. See also: http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/using-video-annotation-tools-to-teach-film-analysis/57171?cid=wc&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en

Online audio recording and editing. Record in the browser or upload audio files. You can also edit SoundCloud files. Limitations: I could not get this to record in Chrome on a Mac. It may work in other browsers. If you are not logged in, files are limited to 30 seconds. During the beta period, you can create an account for free, and have files up to 20 minutes long.

Pronunciation of Spanish sounds with multiple audio examples.

Create timelines with text, video, audio, and multiple-choice questions. You can also create classes that students enroll in, and students can create their own timelines.

Teacher training modules (= videos) on searching the internet, finding video for language teaching, find audio for language teaching, and finding other digital resources for language teaching.

Nepali vocabulary, including audio.

Spanish audio, including podcasts.

Audio recordings of conversations in varieties of French spoken around the world. Includes textbook with transcripts and further information.

Create animations including audio using an intuitive interface. Export to YouTube or as a video.

Letras para volar is "un programa de fomento a la lectura para niños y jóvenes. Es el primer proyecto de colaboración internacional entre la Universidad de Guadalajara y la Fielding Graduate University." On the website they provide a section of "Lecturas," which are Mexican leyendas given in written form as well as in audio format. In this way, students can read and listen to the story, either at the same time or one before the other. You could use these leyendas for reading practice, listening practice, and cultural exploration.

Create an interactive canvas. Can include webpages, images, audio, and video.

A suite of web-based tools for recording, editing, and converting audio and video right in the browser. No login required.

Open-source learning management system that includes audio/video recording, e.g., in quiz questions and responses.

Upload a PDF and add video, images, audio, comments, and quizzes. (You can also annotate using a pen, but only you will see those annotations.) You can also create classes and add the PDFs and students to them. Limitations: With the free account, you cannot make a document private.

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.

Virtual classroom with whiteboard, text chat, audio chat. You can upload images to the whiteboard, draw, and enter text. No registration required. Words on iPads as well as web browsers. Limitations: No video chat. No option to upload a PPT or PDF.

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

Learn Arabic has short, free lessons on basic Arabic grammar and vocabulary. While the transliteration system from Arabic words to English pronunciation is not the best, each vocab list features recorded audio of the word.