there’s really no substitute for engaging in real conversations with other people, which is one of the reasons she is fond of the districts that are using the Middlebury curriculum in blended learning classrooms
Middlebury's program is mostly interpretive with some presentational aspects so best used in a blended environment where learners have the opportunity to practice spontaneous speaking in live situations. That said, if this is the only option it seems much better than the majority of what's out there for independent language study, in my opinion.
Platform for free music. Free music downloads for private use - Royalty free music licenses for commercial purposes. More than 55,000 albums by independent artists. Great for student work!
A nice alternative to Voicethread and a great option for starting a discussion. Discussions can start with text and/or a link to a video or other media. Then students can add their oral responses.
Video to promote making the learning of languages a national priority, where we recognize in other countries learning another languages is already a part of the curriculum and where it is important to know other languages to succeed economically, diplomatically and in our careers.
Flipping Blooms Taxonomy. Great article. Every time we ask students to use a new structure to talk about themselves and then let them figure out why the sentence order is what it is, we arepracticing this. We see greater results as they move to higher levels of production making more errors but experimenting and learning from their mistakes in production.
More of a "what is" than a "how to" but this post offers several links to more information all of which is geared towards language educators and learners.
French Yelp, the Spanish-version of Craigslist, or the Japanese-language weather app.
best route from Le Louvre to Notre Dame in Paris. Students can use the same technology that a native speaker would use to accomplish any given task
mobile devices connect users with foreign language newspapers, videos, podcasts, and streaming online radio. This level of remote accessibility into other cultures and languages is completely unprecedented.
Using real apps for real language learning through taks based activities and practice in the ways that native speakers function daily. Authenticity at its best. .
Online oral practice/instruction/assessment platform for foreign language teaching. Increases students' oral practice opportunities by making it possible to give speaking homework.
QR voice will let you speak up to 100 characters and create a QRcode that will replay that voice recording. Nice for listening comprehension activities for discrete point assessment.