Web Tools for Language Learning & Teaching

Quickly create a webpage. You do not need to create an account. Limitations: The editor is very simple. You can include text and images, but not much in the way of modern web styling.

Create a webpage. Designed for a personal homepage or resume.

Acceso is intended as a complete, interactive curriculum for intermediate-level learners of Spanish. The materials on this site are provided freely to the public and are intended as a replacement for commercial textbooks, which are generally ill-suited to the learning outcomes now considered crucial to successful language study. These materials are supplemented by an online workbook built on the MySpanishLab platform of Pearson Education, Inc., as well as detailed lesson plans, rubrics for the evaluation of student work, and reliable instruments for measuring student progress and learning outcomes.

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

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.

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.

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.

List of free tools and resources for language teachers.

J-CAT Japanese Language Test automatically evaluates the proficiency of the Japanese language on the computer.

Originally created for the students of NYU's Department of French, Papiers-Mâchés may interest any user eager to develop his or her written skills in French. The tutorial is free of charge and open to anyone but restricted to non-commercial uses. 

MSU's Center for Language Teaching Advancement's learner training modules for students learning a second language.  Module 1: Understanding proficiency What proficiency is, how it is measured. Module 2: Language learning basics How second languages are learned and taught. Module 3: Language learning strategies Strategies to make you a better language learner.

List of resources for Japan language, culture, geography, history, news, products, etc.

Add a soundtrack to a book or your own writing. You can upload a file of yourself reading the text aloud, or you can choose music and sound effects from the available tracks.

Tool for scaffolding, managing, organizing, and assessing student projects in Google Drive. Doctopus gives teachers the ability to mass-copy (from a starter template), share, and manage grading and feedback for student projects in Google Drive. The Goobric Chrome extension works alongside Doctopus to enable rubric-based grading of Google Docs right in a browser popup window using the rubric of your design.

Take practice tests, including AP Chinese and Latin. You can also use flashcards and create your own tests & flashcards.

Online study groups for many subjects, including languages.

Read parallel translations of books in English and Japanese.

Collaborative online text editor. What makes this different from Google Docs is that you can edit as though you were using pen and paper. You can export your work as .txt.

Select YouTube videos and add text comments to the timeline. Multiple people can comment on the same video. The commented video can be embedded.

Create and use flashcards. Spaced repetition.