Web Tools for Language Learning & Teaching

World news in English, with two levels of simplification, plus the original article. Includes both text and video/audio.

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.

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.

Russian music videos. Students are able to perfect their grammar while rocking out to music videos from Russia's pop stars. Based on Russian music videos from MTV Russia, Rockin' Russian is supplemented with exercise materials focusing on pronunciation, vocabulary development, grammar and cultural features.

a variety of learning material in the following settings: Basic Communications, Culture and Social Life, Necessities,Shopping and Services,Transportation. Material by Amherst College.

Vocab search tool for Wheelock's Latin textbook

Create trading cards using any photo you upload or link to. Add your own title, subtitle, and description. Choose from styles and icons.

Broadcast a presentation to nearby devices.

Create fake tweets from historical figures.

Add-on for Google Docs that puts a menu of accented characters on the right side of the screen for your chosen language. Click to add accented character.

OJAD is an online Japanese accent database for learners and teachers of Japanese.  The goal of this tool is to enhance the awareness and understanding of the Japanese pitch accent with a suite of four features.   The words in the dictionary encompass over 9000 nouns and 3500 declinable words including verbs, i-adjectives, and na-adjectives, making it possible to search approximately 42,300 conjugations of words.  What's more, each conjugated form given in the dictionary is accompanied by both male and female audio.  This suite provides three other useful tools in addition to word search.  With Verb-Suffix Search, you can look up the accent type for a verb followed by a suffix.  With Text-Search, you can look up the accent types for words in an excerpt of text.  Lastly, with Suzuki-kun, you can predict and display the pitch contour for an excerpt of text.  We hope that you will be able to make use of these tools in your future language lessons or language studies.

Create fake Facebook Status and Comments

Create and share presentations. Works in your browser, including mobile devices.

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

Video and text chat. You do not need to create an account--just share the link. You can also watch online videos together, including Netflix and YouTube.

Create lists of vocabulary and definitions by uploading a document. As of 1/15/2015, this only works for English. Can export to PDF or Quizlet. As of 1/15/2015, I could not get this to properly export to Quizlet.

Upload texts and annotate them.

Corpus tools and word cloud. Enter a text or URLs.

Learn French onomatopoeia; complete with pronunciation guide and audio examples