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World Language standards

From Netspeak: "To write in a foreign language is a difficult task, even for an experienced author. Problems include choosing the right word or preposition in a given context, finding a wording which is commonly used, and avoiding the use of grammatical forms which reflect the author's native language. The Netspeak Web service assists authors to overcome these issues by using the World Wide Web as a source of common language. The service can be queried with short text phrases to determine their customariness on the Web. Wildcard characters can be added to the query to search for variations and synonyms of the query phrase, which will be returned as ranked list with respect to their occurence frequency on the Web."

Several languages. Geared towards elementary

In the middle of this long list of WhiteBoard resources, is a section for languages!

Spanish language video collection of Irma Torres, World Language Consultant, Oakland Schools

Here you'll find all the episodes from Radio D, Deutsche Welle's new radio language course. The material is geared towards beginners who have no or very little previous experience with German. Emphasis is placed on listening comprehension and each of the audio episodes is accompanied by a text manuscript. The course was developed in cooperation with the Goethe Institute and covers levels A1 and A2 of the European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEF).

Practice in various languages. Fill in the blanks on song lyrics and see how many you can get right.

Nice project to build interactive resources with audio to help learn a range of languages from around the world.

Online resources for World Language teachers

Oakland Schools Curriculum for World Languages in Atlas. This is the public site.

From the collection of Irma Torres, World Language Consultant, Oakland Schools

Resources to support and enhance the viewing of the Discovery Streaming "Extra" video collection. (Note: All Oakland County districts subscribe to Discovery Streaming.)

Summary of an online discussion about integrating culture into student projects.

Interdisciplinary stories that examine global themes. Some documentaries are in the target language with subtitles. Lesson plans are included that "facilitate critical thinking, reflective writing and in-class activities".

Very hi-def views from around the world. Good for all languages.

Some good ideas for World Language teachers.

From the video collection of Irma Torres, World Language Consultant, Oakland Schools

Great document for helping people (inside and) outside the profession) understand how the teaching of World Languages is changing.