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"# Full keyboard support for IE 6/7/8, Firefox, Safari and Chrome # Switch between character sets while typing # Boldface, italics, underline and superscript in all editors # Choose font face and size" via http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2010/10/type-it-type-accents-on-any-keyboard.html

British Library recordings of different accents in the UK

This is one of my favorite sites to find out what's new in tech for our use.  The April 11th blog post discusses typing accents in other languages.  It also presents 2 virtual keyboards for WL students. Also presented are links to learning languages, activities, and image-based language lessons.  The Pictolang games could help students study languages on their own. The CAPL galleries could be helpful in locating images to use in developing your own language learning activities. You could also have students use CAPL to create language learning games to use to study

Type your text and choose a language then click on say it and listen your text in a perfect accent.

The previous sessions in the series were: * Learn English Now : A Course * Learn English Online : Speaking, Pronunciation, Fluency and Accents * Learn English Online : Effective Listening Skills * Learn English Online : Reading Skills

basics soundfile in French, German, Spanish (including Mexican accent) and other langages

This tutorial will help you chose the right focus words to emphasize when speaking with a North American Accent.

possibilité de créer une classe et de suivre les résultats des élèves! coreection lors des fautes (pluriel, accents, etc..)

a guide to getting special characters when using computers

Type any text in Spanish and cut and paste it into the webpage, email, etc. that you want.

with links to other languages

Asymptopia Crossword Builder is a JavaScript education application that runs in any modern internet browser but does not require an internet connection. The simple controls allow teachers or parents to create unlimited math crosswords, or supply their own word:hint pairs. Support has recently been added for French, Spanish, pt-Brasillian, Kiswahili, and special characters (accents, tildes etc), in general. Some suggested uses include: cities, countries, lattitudes and longitudes to teach geography and spherical trig, simultaneously; Periodic table word:hint pairs; Language[i]:Language[j] word:hint pairs, for foreign language learning exercise; Terminology practice with virtually any other subject.