Materials

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ADVANCED LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY SEARCHABLE DATABASE

CALPER's Advanced Language Proficiency Searchable Database, an annotated bibliography of resources for foreign language educators.

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

ERIC - Educational Resources Information Center
Free access to a digital library of educational literature. The database currently contains 1.2 million bibliographic records of journal articles and other education-related materials. ERIC is sponsored by the U.S. department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences (IES).
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ARABIC

Arabic K-12 Network
Developed by the National Capital Language Resource Center, Arabic K-12 Network provides lesson plans, textbook reviews, websites with teaching materials, links to authentic materials, and resources for purchasing Arabic language materials.

Teaching Arabic
This website has links to different Arabic language resources: Dialects, dictionaries, literature, slang, and sign language. It also has links to other resources related to Arabic, e.g., American Association of Teachers of Arabic, or The Victorian Arabic Language Teachers Association.

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CHINESE

China Orbit
China Orbit provides information about working, traveling, studying in China. You will find links and information regarding economic and business matters, cultural events and social issues.

Confucius Institute
The Confucius Institute Online is a resource for people around the world to learn Chinese and experience Chinese culture. They provide supporting materials to make learning Chinese FUN and EASY.

Cultural Interviews with Chinese-speaking Professionals
A compilation of 225 brief video clips in which Chinese-speaking professionals discuss cultural issues. All of the videos clips are transcribed into traditional, simplified, and pinyin Chinese are are also translated into English. Created as a joint project by CIBER University of Texas-Austin and University of Hawaii.

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FRENCH

Frenchresources.info
This new French web site is a portal, which aims to facilitate access to resources on all aspects of French education. Developed under the auspices of several departments of the French Embassy in the U.S., the Delegation of Alliance Francaise, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Teach Europe

Tennessee Bob’s Famous French Links
This Globe-gate supersite has over 10,000 links to various aspects of the Francophone world.

TV5
TV5’s website has up-to-the-date broadcast and print news, and an archive of music videos and movie trailers, as well as several interactive pedagogical tools.
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GERMAN

GROW (German Resources on the Web)
housed on the AATG website is a searchable database consisting of: 'Web resources', 'Web activities', Web exercises', and a 'List of projects'. Interested teachers can submit a 'teaching resource', which will be reviewed by the editorial board before being considered for inclusion in the database.

Goethe Institut
The Institute's webpage includes resources for teaching and learning German.

Teach Europe

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JAPANESE

National Clearinghouse for US-Japan Studies
The Clearinghouse provides a variety of educational resources that provide general information about Japanese society, culture, educational systems, and U.S.-Japan relations.

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KOREAN

Korean Language Education Clearinghouse
The Korean Language Education Clearinghouse was started in 2003 by Monash University and funded by the Korea Foundation to help share and distribute Korean language learning materials and information worldwide. KLEC aims to provide a wide range of resources and services for Korean language educators and learners, mostly free of charge.

Web Korean
This is a Korean language portal site.

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RUSSIAN

RussNet
Russnet is a repository for Russian Language Resources which includes its own collection of Russian Language Modules. These are thematic learning modules that combine the learning of culture with the learning of Russian. Russnet is produced by The American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS.

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SPANISH

Super Spanish Webites
This site is designed for educators and students. Here you will find numerous sites that can be helpful in learning Spanish and about Hispanic cultures.

Teach Europe

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LESS COMMONLY TAUGHT LANGUAGES (LCTL)

CenAsiaNet
CenAsiaNet is a repository for Central Asian Language Resources which includes its own collection of Central Asian Language Modules. These are video and text-based learning modules that combine the learning of culture with the learning of Central Asian Languages.

e-LCTL
Resources include a catalogue of LCTL electronic teaching materials and distance learning courses for language teachers, planners, and funding agencies to find materials and collaborators for building distance learning language courses.

FL TEACH
The Foreign Language Teaching Forum is an integrated service for FL teachers. Topics include foreign language teaching methods for all levels and all languages including school/college articulation, training of student teachers, classroom activities, curriculum, and syllabus design.

Language Materials Project (LMP)

Language Materials Project

The UCLA Language Materials project is an online database of teaching and learning materials for 150 Less Commonly Taught Languages. The LMP is funded by the U.S. Department of Education. The site offers: bibliographic database of teaching materials; authentic materials and guide to their use; language profiles; K-12 materials and K-12 guide; partner databases; bulletin board.



LangNet
LangNet is a language learning support system with interactive materials designed for those who want to practice and maintain their target language reading and listening skills. Featured languages include Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Russian and many other Less Commonly Taught Languages.

LCT Course Offerings
This database, maintained by CARLA at the University of Minnesota, lists LCT courses offered in North American Schools.

MERLOT World Languages Portal
MERLOT World Languages Portalis an educational resource for teaching and learning languages with a wide variety of materials for use online and in the classroom.

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