Spanish: Refranes 4

Hello all, Claudia here, Here are some more refranes for your collection. I hope you find these useful! • Ojos que no ven, corazón que

Spanish: Video El Grúfalo

Hello all, Claudia here, I would like to share this translated version I found online of an animated film based on the classic children's

Update: +1 added

Hello all, Chris here with a quick update. We've added the popular Google +1 feature to the site. Check the bottom of posts for the +1 but

News: Google Translate App gains momentum

Translation apps continue to evolve. Google Translate for Android is gaining support for an experimental feature that allows two people to

News: What is the "app gap" and should we be concerned?

A recent article on Edutopia focuses on the so-called "app gap" that is developing between children from low-income households and their

News: ELL 'Shadowing' in California shows promise

A recent Education Week article reports on a new practice by teachers and administrators at a California school. The so-called 'shadowing

ESL GO Speaker Series 2011

Higher Education in Afghanistan We welcome to our ESL GO Speaker Series, three Afghan scholars who are currently taking part in the Afgh

Spanish: Día de los muertos en México.

Hello everyone, Claudia Sadowski here. In my very first post and given my Mexican background in addition to the soon to be celebrated Día

Japanese: Look for a roomate!

This is a good interviewing activity to do after learning basic verbs (get up, eat, go to school, play tennis, sleep, etc). Students will

Downloads: Blank City Blocks

Hello all, Chris here with a new download. This is a simple drawing of some city blocks with streets and various buildings. This can be us

Update: Downloads Relaunched

Hello all, Chris here. We've relaunching previously released downloadable activities using Google Docs to make them easier to access than

Group Activities: Interview Bingo

You have probably used Bingo activities in lessons on teaching numbers and counting. Is that all that can be done with Bingo? Traditional

TTS Avatar Demo Software

Free demo to create avatars using Text-to-Speech (TTS) by SitePal Try this software to make virtual people who speak your text in a compu

Assesments for Japanese Language Instruction Summer Institute

http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/prodev/si12j/index.html This workshop is intended for postsecondary Japanese language educators who feel they have

News: Call for Papers TCLT7

http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/TCLT7/index.htmlConference Main Themes:Mobile learning, cloud technology, building an engaged digital classroom, an

Spanish: Futuro y Condicional

Hello everyone, Claudia here,I wanted to share with you a picture I made for my students to learn the 12 irregular verbs in the future and

News: Translation Apps for the business class

Various technology companies have taken apps created to help world travelers order at restaurants or ask for directions, and converted th

News: Miltary contractor develops app for the U.S. Army

The military contractor Raytheon believes it has created technology the U.S. Army has long sought: an app that will allow its soldiers to

Creating a blog for writing practices!

Konnichiwa, Yumiko here. Today I would like to introduce a blog written by one of my former students. It is well known that creating a news

News: Students studying Arabic get unique experience in Qatar

Lindblom Math and Science Academy, a Chicago-area school with one of the largest Arabic programs in the country, sent 19 high school stude

News: Love for Russian at French Immersion School

The Robert Goddard French Immersion School in Prince George's County in Maryland has the largest Russian middle school program in the na

German: Charades with Reflexive

Chris here again with a fun activity for your German classes. Charades is a fun game that pairs well with language teaching. I recently us

German Video: Bairisch Lernen mit Videos

Chris here with another German video. It's always fun to show students more of the language and culture and dialects are one way to show th

News: Alabama Immigration Law results in absence of Hispanic students from school

A recent article in USA Today reports on Alabama's new immigration law which was recently upheld by a federal judge. The law mandates tha

News: More FL Budget Cuts Looming

A recent article reports on the draft budget recently released by a U.S. House of Representatives committee includes about $2.4 billion in

News: Useful site helps people learn languages from one another

The site Lang-8 is operated by Ki Yoyo, a Chinese-born man who lives in Japan, was created with the goal of helping people learn language

News: Wisconsin School Mixes Spanish and English in dual language classes

Racine Unified school district in Wisconsin offers several classes in grades K-5 in which students spend the entire day learning in both

News: Federal Program recuits teachers for Chinese & Arabic courses

The federal government's Teachers of Critical Languages Program is pairing international teachers with schools in the U.S. in order to st

GermanVideo: Mehr MediaMarkt Werbung

Chris here again with some more recent Media Markt commercials. These make great discussion starters or for warmup or cooldown at the star

German Video: Funny MediaMarkt Werbung mit Mario Barth

Hello all, Chris here with a funny compilation of Media Markt commercials featuring German comic Mario Barth! Viel Spaß!

News: IPhone App helps travelers speak in a foreign language

A article from the Boston Globe reports on a new iPhone application called "Vocre" which can convert spoken words into a foreign language