iPad apps: Comic life, wordfoto, aurasma, morfo and pages

Site for learning English. Good materials about language learning in general: infographics, quotes, English idioms, etc. 

Voici une collection de mots, verbes et expressions accompagnés par des illustrations ou des vidéos

Interface is dated, but looks like there are some good ideas here for tech. tools in L2 classes.

This site is a visual dictionary (arranged by themes: fruits, clothing, pets, plants, housing, school, etc) - when you scroll over each image, a French voice says the word. A wonderful resource for teachers who are not fully proficient and an opportunity to provide a different French language model for students. Ideal for elementary grades.

An extensive list of online activities and lessons created by a FLE teacher. Visit the section "la chanson francophone en cours de FLE" - numerous songs and corresponding lessons tied to grammatical elements to learn (e.g. a song that uses imparfait).

The Government of Quebec has created a series of French exercises at beginner, intermediate and advanced levels. There is an entry test and then students access exercises at an appropriate level. The sample I tried included an audio track and questions.

This is an interesting project - using authentic materials for language classrooms in ways in which the materials were never intended (e.g. recipe cards, postcards, maps, train schedules) - essentially focusing langauge activities and grammar on the task of describing or using the authentic materials. Sample lesson ideas are provided for each of the authentic materials highlighted.

European site has games to learn a number of languages including French, Japanese, Portuguese, Chinese, German and English. There are a few free Bingo games (health and home objects). There are sheets that provide expressions (at least for French) that you'll use when playing board games or card games. Those could come in handy for building cultural vocab. that we don't often encounter in our academic language classes.

This blog from Edutopia highlights Kathy Shirley and her work with iPods in an ESL classroom. At a session I attended, she shared the amazing growth her students underwent when they could hear themselves and could redo their oral practice assignments over and over until they were satisfied with the results. Her teachers have since gone on to expand their use of iPods in the classroom. The iPods offers unlimited possibilities for all second language teachers. And one of the best parts, as Kathy said, is that minimal tech. expertise is required on the part of teachers.

This is a creative site - users can make a card, make a story or make a movie with cute animations, scene choices, and personalized elements. Available in multiple languages. Excellent for differentiation.