Global Excite has a menu of countries in which to search, including
Excite France and Excite GermanyExcite Italy.
Yahoo has many international sites, including
Yahoo France,
Yahoo Canada
Yahoo
Germany.
Click on Alta Vista and Hot Bot>
for a pull-up menu of countries in which to search.
Click on Magellan site then on countries to bring up countries beyond the US.
Click on
Lycos for information relating to other laces, including foreign travel, government and specific topics.
Putnam teaching suggestions:
Scroll to the following:
1. FLTEACH Academic Discussion List: click to read recent e-mail newsgroups, noting topics of interest.
2. Subscribing: click then follow simple directions to subscribe free by e-mail.
3. Scroll to A FEW FAVORITE WWW RESOURCES for collections of resources for specific languages. Devise specific class activities for each Web site then share with colleagues on e-mail newsgroups. Save useful addresses to your Bookmark then save to your hard drive.
Lists for Language Learning: A useful site with many lists for language learning created and updated by David Betell.
1. FILELIST: click to read files with discussions of FL teaching, noting topics from FLTEACH newsgroups.
2. REVIEW OF BITNET/INTERNET LISTS FOR LANGUAGE LEARNING: save pages 1 and 2 with directions on how to subscribe (via WWW and email) to lists concerning ESL, Germanic, Romance, Slavic, Middle Eastern, African, Asian, and Pacific Rim languages. Research specific FL lists and subscribe to join discussions. Share findings with other newsgroups.
The ACTFL Home page: the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign languages has links to specific language organizations and offers information on all aspects of foreign language teaching. Click on area of choice in this extensive menu.
Academic Organizations for FL Teachers: Click column One of Agora, a Language Marketplace, for basic information about FL Organizations including AATF, AATSP, AATG and AATI in North America and throughout the world or column Two to link directly with their Web site. There is even a column noting next Conference! Scroll down to link with US state and local Language organizations.
Swarthmore Language Lab on the Web: M Jones offers an excellent site with useful links to many languages, especially French, German and Spanish.
Foreign Language Resources on the Web: Select Steve Thorne 's site for a useful index to many Foreign language data bases and other Web sites for FL teaching.
(IECC) Intercultural E-Mail Classroom Connections: Site at St. Olaf's College with information on five kinds of free classroom pen-pal resources. Browse:
1. IECC-HE: for Higher Education mail exchanges.
2. IECC-K-12: to find partners for K-12 class-to-class projects.
3. IECC Projects (for teachers only): to learn about specific cross-cultural or international e-mail projects.
4. IECC Surveys (for individual students and teachers): to post requests for help with surveys.
5. IECC Discussions: for general views and implications of e-mail class room connections.
Virtual Connections: this is the table of contents for a text specifying lessons and projects for on-line language learning activities. It is helpful to note the range of activities developed and available for purchase in this book. Information on ordering is included.
L.L. Activities for the WWW: read and use these many activities for language learning using the World Wide Web, from Rosen and Bowers.
Ron's Online ESOL Classroom: click on Ron Corio's Internet Projects: A Slide presentation and Computers in the Writing Classroom for excellent ideas for FL classes.