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Между нами is a free, web-based textbook that provides a comprehensive introduction to Russian language and culture. It is organized around the experiences of four American students, each spending the academic year in a different Russian city. Their interactions with host families, roommates, fellow students and teachers create a universe of contextualized information that motivates the use of the target language in the classroom. Добро пожаловать! Между нами is a free, web-based textbook that provides a comprehensive introduction to Russian language and culture. It is organized around the experiences of four American students, each spending the academic year in a different Russian city. Their interactions with host families, roommates, fellow students and teachers create a universe of contextualized information that motivates the use of the target language in the classroom.

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 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.

AVIS DES ARTISTES was developed to help intermediate and advanced students improve their oral comprehension skills. A sequence of audio and video selections provides the basis for comprehension exercises of increasing difficulty. Students using the AVIS DES ARTISTES series are exposed to a broad range of vocabulary and delightful aspects of French culture in the context of challenging oral comprehension exercises. The online format of the AVIS DES ARTISTES exercises allows students individual control of their listening and viewing experience. For immediate reinforcement, answers sets for each exercise may be viewed by clicking a button. The first few exercises require no more than recognition of key words. As the exercises increase in complexity, they require more extended and subtle listening skills, paraphrasing and summarizing of information presented in the source documents.

1000 non-fiction English reading passages aligned to common core standards with comprehension questions.

Upload an audio file and transcribe in the browser. Keyboard commands so that you don't have to move your hands to pause, rewind, fast forward, and adjust playback speed. Also has a command to insert current timestamp. Learners could use this to check their detailed comprehension of a listening text. Also useful to researchers with audio recordings to transcribe.

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.

Reading passages with comprehension questions for beginner through advanced ESL learners.

This website is designed for learners and teachers of Arabic seeking materials for listening comprehension. Levels vary from novice to superior. 

A sequence of audio and video selections to help intermediate and advanced students improve their oral comprehension skills. It provides the basis for comprehension exercises of increasing difficulty. The topics are extremely varied: the creation of Lalique crystal; winemaking, Van Gogh's genius; the production of sound effects for cinema; Sartre discussing Huis Clos in 1946; cinematographers Pialat and Karmitz describing their work; the history of the Louvre; Alphonse Daudet in a 1927 recording of his famous Provençal story, La Chèvre de Monsieur Seguin.

Great way to keep your classroom current! This site features online and downloadable German news reports which have been slowed down in order to aid with comprehension. The suggested level is B2 and up.

Video of Spanish from around the world speakers answering questions. Grouped by proficiency level needed to understand and topic. Includes comprehension checks and exercises.

Chansons françaises is the integrated music component of Français interactif. Chansons features a French or Francophone song, related to each chapter's cultural or pedagogical focus, presented via audio or video. Accompanying pdfs provide additional information, as well as comprehension exercises. Songs act as a portal to various Francophone cultures and musical genres. Aural comprehension and study of lyrics afford students practice with culturally authentic text and expression. Students discover yet another reason to be passionate about studying French!

Read various manga in Japanese at https://www.mangabox.me, then check your comprehension with the English translation https://www.mangabox.me/reader/en/

The animated series Peep and the Big Wide World gives wings to the innovative idea of teaching science to preschoolers. Wry and distinctive visual humor, charming plotlines, and lovable characters combine with a comprehensive science program to attract and engage kids three to five years old.

A comprehensive, online GermanEnglish dictionary including translations, inflexion tables to help with pronunciation, and audio recordings of words and common phrases. The Forum and Trainer options provide the chance to network plus ask/answer questions.

Video clips of students from the Arabic Flagship Program at University of Texas at Austin share their experiences while studying abroad in Alexandria, Egypt. Students give interviews in various levels of Arabic proficiency.

Students at the Arabic Flagship Program in the University of Texas in Austin offer details about their experiences in the program. 

Great way to further your German learning. Best for intermediate or advanced speakers as the entire program is in German. Provides a fun way to practice comprehension, learn about German culture, and augment vocabulary.

The Latinum Electronicum is an interactive Latin course which teaches the basic knowledge of Latin. The course was developed within the framework of the "Virtual Campus Switzerland" in three languages - German, French, and Italian. In 23 lessons, students can learn Latin and also prepare for the qualification in Latin exam. Animated graphics facilitate the comprehension of those grammatical topics that are especially challenging: for example, the ablativus absolutus and six other syntactic phenomena are described through the use of example sentences which are analyzed and translated before the eyes of the learner.