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A great rubric/assessment tool for evaluating apps for the classroom

"iTILT is a European project on Interactive Technologies in Language Teaching which focuses on the use of interactive whiteboards in the communicative language classroom."

A noise meter for classroom use

A straight-forward planning tool - great for "dream home" or "pimp my classroom" style activities. Available in many languages (and maybe Indonesian soon??)

Games, strategies and activities with a focus on memorisation in the MFL classroom

"In consultation with classroom teachers, Ibu Hara and bu Jli created these texts to cpmplement topics in Stage 2 and 3 WACE courses for Indonesian. Topics include the influence of Western culture on Balinese youth, Chores and pocket money, smoking and illicit drugs, raising teenagers and religion.The audio files (.mp3) are designed to play on any computer. Right-click o download."

A nifty tool for useful apps for whole-class activities (e.g. classroom timer, noise level monitor, traffic lights). Many different languages to choose from.

"Charlala is a teacher-created platform for the world language classroom. We provide a suite of tools to enhance communication and language acquisition." Very useful app for TPRS and/or remote learning.

Organiser tools (scaffolds) for learning

A great list of "cool tools for school". Many of these frameworks and scaffolds can be used in the Languages classroom, and many have foreign language translations available.

An article about a teacher trainer's experience in Indonesian schools, focusing on ESL teaching methodology.

Video clips of stars speaking foreign languages. 

A webinar from Languages - NSW Department of Education in Term 4, 2021. Don't be put off by the length of the webinar because it contains workshop activities that you can scrub through.

A podcast series with a focus on motivation and TPRS practices.