Oakland World Language Educators

Copyright free photos for personal or commercial use. Downloadable.

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

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

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

Information about worldwide employment trends as well as specific country information.

Easy to use online games and tools for practice and review such as Jeopardy, Millionaire. More.

Videos about regions of France and Canada (in French).

Video. Stories of immigration to US.

Hiragana, Katakana, Japanese, nihongo, lesson, practice

Advocacy campaign from the Japan Foundation, Los Angeles. Includes flyers, posters and customizable brochures.

Online authoring tool to create webquests. Includes a searchable database.

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".

Blog that features contemporary French music assembled by a former music journalist.

Website with resources and cultural knowledge for the teaching and leaning of Arabic.

German teacher, Carolyn Sandstrom's blog with many resources of interest.

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

QVC from Japan complete with live streaming.

Axel Planté-Bordeneuve posts this episode of 1 Jour 1 Question, which is a 1 minute and 40 second video in French created for children that summarizes how the French language was "born," starting from Latin and evolving to what we now call French. This could be a great listening and history lesson.