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Yes, I was surprised too... a teaching channel! No FL-specific resources, but the ELA materials and strategies could definitely be applied to our classes.

This is a great vocabulary builder in French, Spanish, Russian, Mandarin, etc. I introduced it in the lab and my students loved it. There are many topics and when you put the cursor on the picture it tells you by words and pronunciation what it is in the target language.

This is such a great website for my students! I was really excited to find this resource. I took my beginning French students to the lab today and they loved it. I will also share it with the Spanish teachers. Merci!

"Our free Spanish audio and video brings you authentic, real Spanish conversations about real-life topics, making you totally confident with your Spanish. Listen here, or on your iPod or mp3 player as Spanish podcasts"

Cool Text is a free graphics generator for web pages and anywhere else you need an impressive logo without a lot of design work. Simply choose what kind of image you would like. Then fill out a form and you'll have your own custom image created on the fly. You will then need to save it and upload it to your portal page. I have used it on a few of my portal pages.

Verb conjugation web site in French - just type the infinitive and you'll get all the tenses (présent, passé composé, imparfait, etc)

The lottery of birth is responsible for much of who we are. If you were not born in the country you were, what would your life be like? Would you be the same person? IfItWereMyHome.com is your gateway to understanding life outside your home. Use our country comparison tool to compare living conditions in your own country to those of another. Start by selecting a region to compare on the map to the right, and begin your exploration. You can also use our visualization tool to help understand the impact of a disaster. The Pakistan Flood and BP Oil Spill are currently featured. Check out the individual pages to gain some perspective on these awful tragedies.

Please!!!!.....be very careful about the bottom of the page called "Talking About..." It is not censored!

"On our pages you will find over 10,000 works of art. We are dedicated to bringing you quality information about artists and their artwork from all around the world."

A street view tour of the Roman aqueducts of Segovia

create your own free speaking avatar

This is a great website. I think our students will enjoy making their own speaking avatars in the language they are studying.

Artlink - An Interdisciplinary program designed for 3rd -12th grade art and language arts classes. Students create art projects designed to reflect their life and culture. The artwork is exchanged with a partner class in a different country. Students examine and enjoy the art from their partners, gaining new perspectives into their culture.

Site full of original children literature available in different languages. You can have students read picture books in many languages

Just spotted this in the COLT Spring 2011 book. Guess it's been around awhile. Looks great and it will take international characters.

Welcome to Book Builder! Use this site to create, share, publish, and read digital books that engage and support diverse learners according to their individual needs, interests, and skills.

a fun interactive game to help students learn Chinese

Pictolang© is the application side of the CAPL project, featuring language and cultural learning content through authentic imagery. The games in Pictolang© are generated dynamically, meaning the collections with more content will have more options.

Tons of game ideas usable in every language.