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Using Second Life to Learn a Second Language
http://tinyurl.com/5gt7v8 Using 'Second Life' to Learn a Second Language "Second Life," the online world that brings players together from across the globe to socialize, shop and even fly, is developing a second career as a hot spot for learning English as a second language (ESL). It's a classic innovation -- a novel way to use a tool created for an entirely different purpose, namely to have a good time. That's still the reason why most players come to "Second Life," but English-language instructors who spend time with students there say they're combining fun and learning -- and getting excellent results. |
 
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Practice Your Languages for Free in Second Life
http://www.avatarlanguages.com/freepractice.php Practice Your Languages for Free in Second Life The 3D virtual world "Second Life" is full of places to practice a foreign language - you can speak with real people all over the world. In 2007 Second Life introduced a voice system, so you can now talk with people just like in real life. Best of all - it won't cost you a penny! Second Life is free to use, so you can travel to foreign countries, practice a language and make new friends - absolutely free - all from the comfort of your computer. |
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Box of Tricks
http://www.boxoftricks.net/ Box of Tricks ... blog about Languages and ICT |
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My Languages
http://isabellejones.blogspot.com Resources, Research, News and Views about Language-teaching and Learning with ICT |
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Lingro
http://lingro.com/ Lingro - turns any webpage into an interactive language learning tool Lingro takes any webpage and then allows you to click on any word in that page to get its translation back into English, Spanish, French, Polish, German or Italian. Lingro's mission is to create an on-line environment that allows anyone learning a language to quickly look up and learn the vocabulary most important to them. Whenever we're developing new tools for lingro or planning the next big step, there are two principles we always consider ... |
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MFL in Second Life (PowerPoint)
http://www.slideshare.net/sreljic/aect2007sreljic/ Online multiuser virtual environments such as Second Life offer a non-threatening space for learners to practice a foreign language or receive pre-departure information. The simulated landscape provides an immersive experience that complements and facilitates the learning process. Meeting language natives is one of the most important value-added offered by SL's 3D online format. Aspects of social presence are discussed. Implementation recommendations are suggested. This ppt does not include the conference's audio explaining the slides. |
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VoiceThread
http://voicethread.com/ VoiceThread is a free tool (in beta) that enables members to upload images, record accompanying audio commentary, and invite others to add commentary. VoiceThreads are hosted free of charge at VoiceThread.com and can be embedded in blogs, wikis, and other types of Web sites. A VoiceThread is quick and easy to create, has plenty of space for numerous images and commentaries, and can be accessed by any Internet-enabled computer. A VoiceThread can also be used to create a video tutorial. You can use the pen tool to draw lines and arrows on an image in real time as you are speaking. "There are plenty of exciting educational possibilities with VoiceThread, especially in the humanities, fine arts, and foreign languages. In humanities classrooms students can analyze and comment on historically significant photographs and create virtual tours of places or events they are studying. English students can record their own poetry or short story and add evocative images. Photography and Drawing students can present their work and explain their techniques and motivations; students and teachers can then leave commentaries. Foreign language students can upload pictures from a trip and then explain their voyage in the language they are studying." (Tom Daccord) |
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MFL Areas and Island in SecondLife
http://edumuve.com/tour/?p=5 MFL Areas and Island in SecondLife There are many regions in Second Life that cater to people who do not speak English. These make excellent places for language students to practice their skills with native speakers. Here is a partial list of non-English-speaking regions. If you know of others, please leave a note in the comments and I’ll add them to the list. |
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Video Hosting Online .. BUT add your own subtitles
http://www.dotsub.com Video Hosting Online .. BUT with the ability to add your own subtitles / captions ... in any language ... to any of the videos already there or upload your own. If your students are already uploading videos to places like YouTube then point them to this site and ask them to add captions in other languages online .. just in a web browser The potential here as a MFL (free) online resource is very high! |
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Language Learning and Web 2.0 (online Video)
http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=7097425b52fc7afbb696 Language Learning and Web 2.0 (online Video) An introduction to Web 2.0 and Language Learning for teachers |
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List of Podcast Directories at Podcast 411
http://www.podcast411.com/page2.html List of Podcast Directories at Podcast 411 The advantage of this list is that it contains many directories other than just in English ... which should be of particular interest to language teachers. |
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Integrating ICT into the MFL classroom
http://joedale.typepad.com/integrating_ict_into_the_/ Integrating ICT into the MFL classroom |
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Multilingual Blog Translation Tools
http://whiplash.pbwiki.com/Multi-Lingual%20Blog%20tools Multilingual Blog Translation Tools Get the code to install multilingual translators on your blog |
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WordLearner (free account)
http://www.wordlearner.com/ WordLearner is a place for learning or teaching words in practically any language! Learn or Teach Words...in any language - online, on a mobile phone or in the classroom! An interesting resource for learners and teachers of words in almost any language - includes online, mobile and printable materials. | WordBank | WordShare | Toolbar | Online Games | Mobile Games | Printables | |
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Using Digital Video in Languages
http://www.digitalvideoforteachers.co.uk/lessonPlans/MFLfrenchKS2Unit7section5.html Using Digital Video in MFL : Modern Foreign Languages Lesson Plans plus tutorials for students on how to make a digital video. |
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Interlex : Vocabulary builder for language learners.
http://www.winsite.com/bin/Info?12500000037503 Vocabulary builder for language learners. Freeware .. software to download Interlex is a freeware vocabulary builder that helps you learn foreign words and phrases quickly and easily. The program is built around a simple idea: first you compile a list of words and phrases, then you test yourself until you have learnt them. You can use Interlex to create bilingual vocabulary lists in any two of the following languages: Afrikaans, Albanian, Basque, Belorussian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian. |
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Nativetext
http://nativetext.com/ Nativetext is a free web service that translates RSS feeds from blogs and podcasts into foreign languages. Using a new kind of distributed supercomputing, foreign language translation is performed by a network of humans around the world, not machines. Translated content is served to a global readership through native language syndication. web 2.0 |
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Learning languages online
http://www.freepint.com/issues/020206.htm#tips Learning languages online The Internet can offer you instant access to authentic written, spoken languages and even whole language courses, depending on your available time and interest. Whether you are a complete beginner with "learn Spanish" on your list of goals, or someone who learnt French at school and has become rusty, the Internet offers you possibilities to learn and improve your language skills. It seems a good time to revisit some websites to see what they now offer, and to showcase some of the new sites that can help a language learner. |
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BVProfiler - A Vocabulary Analysis Tool
http://www.sequencepublishing.com/bvprofiler.html BVProfiler - A Vocabulary Analysis Tool BVProfiler is a software package intended for language researchers and educators interested in an uncomplicated, fully automatic, text profiler. free download |
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Orientations for ICT in French Immersion Schools
http://ednet.edc.gov.ab.ca/k_12/curriculum/bysubject/ict/ Orientations for ICT in French Immersion Schools : Alberta Canada This document, available in French and English, focuses on the many aspects related to the integration of ICT, which are specific to French immersion programs. It is intended for superintendents, school principals, technology coordinators and consultants, curriculum consultants and teachers. It provides information, suggestions and advice to support the implementation of the ICT Program of Studies in French immersion programs. |
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Develop your MFL teaching practice using ICT
http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/supportpack/ Develop your MFL teaching practice using ICT using the "ICT Support Pack" (UK 2006) Key Stage 3 (ages 11-14) Here are all the materials you will need to teach MFL using ICT, from planning and preparation to evaluation. The Practical Support Pack is an online collection of high quality lesson content, lesson plans, multimedia resources and ICT support materials designed to help teachers develop their teaching practice using ICT. Step-by-step it gives teaching professionals the opportunity to try out new ideas and new ways of teaching familiar topics in their subject. It also shows the role that ICT can play in achieving learning and teaching objectives. Includes video case studies These MFL modules are linked to the Secondary National Strategy framework for teaching modern foreign languages, the National Curriculum and QCA schemes of work. The materials reinforce the potential of packages commonly used by schools, focusing on: presentation software to enhance pupils' creativity; email to aid communication with people in other languages and the Internet to improve and extend knowledge of language and culture in other countries. |
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ICT and MFL (UK)
http://tinyurl.com/8okk3 ICT in schools 2004: the impact of government initiatives: secondary modern foreign languages This is one of 15 documents in this suite. |
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Internet for Learning Languages
http://www.vts.rdn.ac.uk/tutorial/langs Internet for Learning Languages Welcome to the RDN Virtual Training Suite - a set of free online tutorials designed to help students, lecturers and researchers improve their Internet information literacy and IT skills. Work in your own time at your own pace - no one is monitoring you! There are quizzes and interactive exercises to lighten the learning experience. |
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MFL and ICT : from CILT and ALL (UK)
http://www.languages-ict.org.uk/ This website from CILT and ALL provides a gateway to information and guidance for teachers of languages on using Information and Communications Technology in the classroom. Whether you are teaching French or Urdu, German or Japanese, at KS2, KS3 or 14-19, there is something here for you. |
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Free Downloadable Foreign Fonts
http://simplythebest.net/fonts/foreign_fonts.html Free Downloadable Foreign Fonts A foreign font resembling the Greek alphabet | A foreign font resembling the Japanese Katakana alphabet | This font is a version of the Runic alphabet. It includes regular and inline versions | A Japanese font using the Hiragana alphabet | A foreign font resembling the Kanji alphabet | A foreign font with a Tibetan style | A foreign font by Y. V. Sathaye | An uncial Greek font by Jimmy Adair | This foreign font is a version of the Thai alphabet | |
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Enhanced word processing for language teaching
http://tinyurl.com/85wym Enhanced word processing options for language teaching Gap-fill activities are familiar to every teacher of English and Modern Foreign Languages. They can support the development of reading skills at text level and provide grammar or vocabulary practice at sentence level. They can be ideal for pairwork, stimulating focused discussion of language. A word-processing package, such as Word, offers you an extra dimension to such activities, allowing you to insert long lists of options within a piece of text, each specific to the gap it refers to. These are called 'drop-down lists'. |
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ICT for students with learning difficulties in MFL
http://tinyurl.com/9v55z ICT to the rescue of students with learning difficulties in MFL Ideas for using ICT to support MFL students with learning difficulties. |
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Media players and digital language labs
http://www.ict4lt.org/en/en_mod2-2.htm#mediaplay Media players and digital language labs Digital language labs: These incorporate a media player/recorder, but go one step further insofar as they offer, in digital format, the same kind of audio-interactive facilities found in a traditional language lab, including teacher monitoring facilities and video playback. |
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Introduction to Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL)
http://www.ict4lt.org/en/index.htm Introduction to Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) | CALL methodology: integrating CALL into study programmes | Introduction to multimedia CALL | Introduction to CALL authoring programs | CALL software design and implementation | Computer Aided Assessment (CAA) and language learning | |
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Direct2U : ICT in subject lesson plans
http://www.ictadvice.org.uk/index.php?section=ab&catcode=registration Direct2U : This service, provided though Naace (UK), is aimed at primary teachers, who can subscribe to receive ICT in subject lesson plans emailed directly to their mailboxes every week Subscribers can choose to receive plans for a single year group or key stage, or for all years from 1 to 6. The classroom activities featured will fall into six subject groups: English; Maths; Science; History and Art; Geography and MFL; RE, Music, PE, D&T and ICT. A different group will be the focus of each week's activities. |
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Using ICT in modern foreign languages
http://www.becta.org.uk/research/research.cfm?section=1&id=546 Using ICT in modern foreign languages (PDF 320KB) Becta's What the Research Says series aims to give an initial idea of the available research evidence on aspects of using Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in schools and colleges. It is designed primarily for teachers, ICT co-ordinators and school managers. |
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KS2 Spanish and ICT
http://www.dfes.gov.uk/ictinschools/ict_teaching/subject.cfm?articleid=452 KS2 Spanish and ICT |
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TaskMagic
http://www.mdlsoft.co.uk TaskMagic allows teachers to quickly and easily create interactive games and exercises for use with interactive whiteboard or PC. One set of inputs from the teacher can generate up to 13 different games automatically. Games can be based on texts, pictures and sounds. There are currently 30 different game formats, including Pool, Invaders, Asteroids, Millionaire, PacMan, GapFill etc. TaskMagic works with any roman-script language. A free trial version is available to download from the website. There are also lots of free ready made games and resources for French and Spanish, as well as lots of non-TaskMagic free resources and ideas to support the teaching and learning of French at GCSE. TaskMagic was recommended as one of the top 3 Modern Languages resources at BETT 2004. It was also reviewed in the TES Teacher magazine MFL Subject Focus on Friday May 7th 2004. |
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Interlex : Vocabulary builder for language learners
http://www.vocab.co.uk/ Vocabulary builder for language learners - free software to download. Interlex is a freeware vocabulary builder that helps you learn foreign words and phrases quickly and easily. The program is built around a simple idea: first you compile a list of words and phrases, then you test yourself until you have learnt them. You can use Interlex to create bilingual vocabulary lists in any two of the following languages: Afrikaans, Albanian, Basque, Belorussian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian. Feedback is immediate and informative, without any distracting special effects. The overall result is a tangible sense of progress that makes vocabulary learning a pleasure instead of a chore. |
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ICT in MFL: Subject Guidance from Cambridgeshire
http://tinyurl.com/2keuv ICT in MFL - Subject Guidance developed by the ICT Service and CAS The table has columes labeled "Curriculum examples/QCA", "What ICT Equipment is needed", "Enabling Features" and "ICT Capability" In the form of a booklet ... (Word Document) .. a practical document |
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CALL Software Database
http://www.fredriley.org.uk/call/resources/swdb.htm CALL Software Database Our online software database contains details of hundreds of CALL packages aimed at 16+ and university-level language learners. It's by no means a comprehensive listing of available software, and if you don't find what you're looking for you should look at one or more of the other online software databases listed in the CALL Resources section. |
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ICT for Language Teaching
http://www.ict4lt.org/ ICT for Language Teaching This website is dedicated to Information and Communications Technology for Language Teachers. A total of 16 training modules have been completed and are being continually updated. |
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Choosing MFL Software for Early Years
http://www.nacell.org.uk/resources/choosing_software.htm Choosing MFL Software for Early Years Software for teaching languages to youngsters is becoming increasingly more widely available. Most of the software produced in the past has been aimed at the home access market, given that MFL has not formed part of the primary curriculum. It is impossible to know just by looking at the packaging why some CD-Roms are relatively cheap whilst others are very expensive. Evaluations from other teachers can provide practical advice to support your purchasing decisions. Here are some areas of on-line support ... |
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Internet Activities for Foreign Language Classes
http://www.clta.net/lessons/ Internet Activities for Foreign Language Classes How to Write Activities For The Web | Reading Strategies For Web Activities | Internet Options in the Classroom | MFL | ICT | IT | Spanish | French | Italian | German | Chinese | Japanese | Tagalog | Latin | |
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ICT Hardware and Software in MFL
http://www.ncaction.org.uk/subjects/mfl/ict-sft.htm Information Technology Hardware and Software in Mofern Foreign Languages Text manipulation software is easy to use and the teacher can design exercises for all ranges of experience. Less able pupils may however need some visual stimulus or cue to make the text accessible. Graphics and clip art relating to languages can be valuable here. |
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Opportunities to use ICT in MFL
http://www.ncaction.org.uk/subjects/mfl/ict-ops.htm Opportunities to use Information Technology in Modern Foreign Languages Pupils should be given the opportunities to apply and develop their ICT capability through the use of ICT tools to support their learning. Here are the opportunities to use ICT in the modern foreign languages programme of study |
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MFL - ICT Stautory Requirement (UK)
http://www.ncaction.org.uk/subjects/mfl/ict-reqs.htm MFL - ICT Stautory Requirement in England and Wales Pupils should be given opportunities to apply and develop their ICT capability through the use of ICT tools to support their learning. Here are the statutory requirements to use ICT in the modern foreign languages programme of study.... |
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MFL - ICT Learning (UK)
http://www.ncaction.org.uk/subjects/mfl/ict-lrn.htm ICT helps pupils learn in modern foreign languages by giving them access to sources of information and enabling communication with native speakers. ICT also supports pupils' understanding of grammar and improve their comprehension skills. |
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Virtual CALL Library
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/languages/1-6-6.html The Virtual CALL Library aims to be a central point of access to the diverse collection of Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) software scattered across the Internet and available for downloading Most software linked from this site is shareware - this is copyrighted software that is freely distributed with the requirement that payment is made to the author if the program is found to be useful. Multilingual software | English software | French software | German software | Italian software | Japanese software | Russian software | Spanish software | Other languages software | |
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21st century technologies for learning languages
http://www.nestafuturelab.org/articles/tech09.htm 21st century technologies for learning languages |
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Modern Language Software for the Primary classroom
http://www.cilt.org.uk/infos/info0.htm Modern Language Software for the Primary classroom |
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