Oakland World Language Educators

'German for Hire' gives middle and high school teachers the opportunity to invite German university students into their classrooms to give youth-oriented presentations on different topics in modern German life and culture. These ambassadors will provide an authentic and interactive classroom session in German language, history or social studies classes. Students will be able to discuss current events and experience German history first hand through a personal encounter. They can connect with their German guests through their shared excitement for films, music, and sports. Any school in the United States is eligible to participate.

Community Unit

Activities for students to practice their vocabulary.

Technology in a Foreign Language Classroom

Every year a short video portrays some aspect of German life and students complete a quiz on the video. Great prizes await the winners, including a trip to Germany next summer. The competition is open to middle and high school students, and it ends on December 16, 2016.

Website created by the Japanese Foundation for the purpose of using music to learn Japanese. Searchable by genre and topic.

A digital collection of formative assessment tools embedded in a Smore page.

Free, printable cube activities in Spanish

A collection of youth-oriented French mini-books in podcast form

Some good ideas for World Language teachers.

A collection of free resources for teaching Spanish in the elementary grades.

Free listening practice for children with stories, songs and activities

Collection of links to children's stories in Spanish.

Website with ads from all over the world. Searchable by country.

Articles written for young people, ages 11-15

Short videos of francophone African young people speaking about their lives. Searchable by country and topic.

Grammar exercises for intermediate and advanced learners of Spanish arranged by topic. Explanation of concept in English and practice in Spanish. Useful in a LMS course as additional practice.