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ideas of projects to get students to use videos-no languages project but some ideas could be transferred

Great place to check out some intro language resources

website where some language teachers are allowing their students to record language lessons. This is also great for podcasting

fabulous poetry site with even some poem in French-most with translation. very comprehensive.

The finest radio drama of the 1930's was The Mercury Theatre on the Air, a show featuring the acclaimed New York drama company founded by Orson Welles and John Houseman. (...)The show is famous for its notorious War of the Worlds broadcast, but the other shows in the series are relatively unknown. This site has many of the surviving shows, and will eventually have all of them. The show first broadcast on CBS and CBC in July 1938. It ran without a sponsor until December of that year, when it was picked up by Campbell's Soup and renamed The Campbell Playhouse. All of the surviving Mercury Theatre shows are available from this page in RealAudio format (some are also in MP3 format). There are several Campbell Playhouse episodes available here as well, in both RealAudio and MP3 formats; the rest are being added gradually.

some good resources in free access including videos

In fact, some of the greatest obstacles to world-language education are parents who recall their own miserable experiences. Many Americans were introduced to foreign languages in middle school or high school classes that emphasized conjugation of verbs and other dull grammatical tasks rather than relevant communication skills. "Language teaching in the U.S. has been ineffective," Stewart says. "We start it at the wrong age. Teacher skills are not great. There's a focus on grammar and translation." The result: "Adults who took three years of French don't speak a word," she states.\nBut the trend toward competency and away from conjugation is helping create a new generation of language learners, one that gains real-world skills with many practical applications.

the key here lies in the paragraph I clipped: the focus should be on competency rather than on conjugation.

An online library of free videos for learners everywhere - our goal is to gather a set of resources to help you learn just about anything, meet people who make a difference in their communities, and even discover new parts of the world. Next Vista for Learning wants to post your educational videos online, too. Everyone has an insight to share and yours may be just what some student or teacher somewhere needs!

A funny way to learn some Spanish vocabulary through reading subtitles.

I have just uploaded a couple of videos onto youtube going through some German grammar. At the moment I have done accusative and dative pronouns and adjective endings following indefinite articles.

Very professional explanation.

This could trigger some creative adaptations for language classes, esp. tapping into students' personal interests and stories and creative writing activities.

A great site for learning Mandarin with fun games. Some of the instructions are in Chinese. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Mandarin+%26+Chinese+culture

Listen to some basic Mandarin phrases with this great video resource. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Mandarin+%26+Chinese+culture

A wonderful German language resource made by kids for kids. Watch the videos to hear some basic phrases. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Languages,+Culture+&+International+Projects

Today i am introducing to you a set of the best music sharing web tools. All these tools are free and easy to use. They can allow you to listen and share music with your friends through a real time listening. Educators can use these tools to educationally share and study songs with their students as well.

Thank you, very usefull link.

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