Global Excite has a menu of countries in which to search, including
Excite Spain
Excite France and Excite Germany and Excite Italy.
Yahoo has many international sites, including
Yahoo Spain
Yahoo France
Yahoo Canada
Yahoo
Germany.
Spanish Yahoo with links to Spanish-speaking countries around the world.
Click on Alta Vista and Hot Bot> for a pull-up menu of countries in which to search. For Alta Vista, type in Spanish in box asking for language of choice.
Olénet: Search engines in French and Spanish: On the left are all current French-language Search engines; select from the right for Spanish-language Engines.
Click on Magellan site then on countries to bring up countries beyond the US.
Click on
Lycos for information relating to other places, including foreign travel, government and specific topics. Click on Lycos Spain for all matters Spanish.
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.
Christmas Page for Modern Language classes Peter Jones from Ontario, Canada has put together a super site with information-gap activities (The 5 friends Logic puzzle; magic Phrases) in French, Spanish and German. Ideal for the Christmas season!
Mexico Web guide click on this useful guide from Mexico for a specific search (type in your request) or to access sites about politics, news and press sources, tourism, current events, health, and topics on the Arts and culture.
Centro Virtual Cervantes visit this excellent site from Spain for investigations in Spanish on many topics relating to the Spanish speaking world. There are links to the entire Spanish-language world, including dictionaries, online texts and literature; search engines in Spanish; sites dealing with politics and government of many countries and media. For information on individual Spanish-speaking countries, scroll down to Recursos de Internet; click on buscadores, indices y directiones then on area of your choice including Hispanoamerica, Spain, and Spanish-speaking countries from around the world.
University of Toledo Spanish page: browse this Spanish language site for many useful sites including sites for Cuban Music and the Art of Diego Rivera on the Net.
El Mundo Latino: the first stop for information about the Arts, press, literature, Sports and general happenings in the Spanish-speaking world. Click on Escalera Temática for an index of categories to research. Gastronomía for recipes from the Latino world;Música Latina, Prensa Latina and more.
Center for the Study of Books in Spanish for Children and Adolescents Centro para el Estudio de Libros Infantiles y Juveniles en Español: an excellent resource for Spanish language studies at all levels. Click on “Recommended Books” to access the center's database of more than 5000 recommended books in Spanish for children and adolescents published around the world.
Spanish language and Hispanic Culture an extensive collection of sites from Tennessee Bob dealing with all aspects of the Spanish-speaking world. Lists include Spanish-Language Search engines, maps, and many useful link sites for Spanish language and cultures. The Spanish Music collection is extensive.