Web Tools for Language Learning & Teaching

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Podcast-style vocab and listening practice for beginning speakers of German.

Deutsch Interaktiv: Designed for teachers as a means of seeing potential lesson plans and subject/topic groupings. Bilingual: parts in German, parts in English

German speaking and listening course for beginners. Available for itunes or RSS feed, Often used to augment Goethe Institüt classes.

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.

German - Why Not? Providing instructive podcasts for speakers of all levels.

Great source for the novice German-language cinephile. This is an English language site dedicated to providing information about the film world (types, awards, festivals, events) in terms of Germany. Check out the archive if you want some good recommendations of what to watch!

This site provides language learning programs for students of all levels of German. One extra nice feature is the placement test, allowing individuals to discover which level is best for them if they have studied German previously. Slightly corny at times, the audio streams and pdfs can be found in German-only and bilingual editions. The incorporation of everyday words plus current topics and events makes this program extremely practical. ***Allows for non-English speakers to learn German as well. All instructions have been translated into over 20 other languages such as Spanish, French, Turkish, Hausa, Bulgarian, and more!***

Create a storybook using backgrounds, text, cartoon images, and freehand drawing.

Searchable repository of public domain images.

Create a chat room by emailing users and CCing "go@chat.cc." People you email get an invitation.

Course by Lovisa Berg, Dalarna University visit www.du.se/arabic for more information. Watch more on youtube.com/dalarnauniversity or download for free on itunes.du.se On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:· recognize, write and correctly pronounce the Arabic alphabet as well as understand the diacritic marks (al-harakaat) that affect the pronunciation of certain vowels and consonants · acquire a basic vocabulary · understand and ask simple questions · communicate in Arabic about simple familiar subjects · use greetings· introduce themselves: family and background, interests · read short texts and write simple texts about familiar topics · recognize simple grammatical constructions and use them.

Podcasts of Arabic Language lessons about a variety of subjects, all available for free download through iTunes.

Featuring vocabulary and grammar games, this websource makes vocabulary drills fun. Lessons are geared for beginning learners and intermediate learners. 

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.

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.

An encyclopedic reference work cataloging all of the world's 6,909 known living languages.

An extension of AlJazeera news, AlJazeera Learning features news articles and reports geared at the student level. Texts include a vocabulary list of words relevant to understanding each article. There are also news videos and other stories. 

This site features resources useful for the study of Modern Standard Arabic and Egyptian Colloquial Arabic. Available are vocabulary lists, grammar lessons, and information about the development of Arabic.

An evolving resource for web tools and other resources for language learning and teaching that includes a wide range of free and freemium tools that can be easily searched and browsed by skill, type of collaboration possible, and cognitive level (based on Bloom's taxonomy, terms from www.usi.edu/distance/bdt.htm). Limitations are listed in the comments.