The www.podcastfrancaisfacile.com website offers you several courses of study:

DIALOGUE : Listening to situations regarding communication in everyday life.

PHONETICS: [PHONÉTIQUE] Phonetic exercises and working on your pronunciation.

CULTURE: Listening to passages often accompanied by educational material. The passages are read slowly and at normal speed.

PLACES: [LIEUX] Listening to passages about a town or region related to France and the French-speaking world.

GRAMMAR: [GRAMMAIRE] Grammar exercises. It’s often possible to print an activity so you can handwrite it.

TRANSCRIPTION: [DICTÉES] Taking down dictation like in class! Thus, there’s no need to pause.

NUMBERS: [NOMBRES] Learning or brushing up on numbers.

SLANG : [FRANÇAIS FAMILIER] knowing some tricks for expressing oneself using French slang.

STORIES: [CONTES] Listening to stories. Each story has been adapted to simple French, sometimes twice. Thus, it is possible to listen to two versions of certain stories, each of its own respective level.

FRANCOPHONES TALK ABOUT THEMSELVES: [PARLER DE SOI] This category offers two sorts of document. You can find videos of French speakers asked to present themselves. You can also listen to the texts of these presentations read slowly or at normal speed.

VERBS & CONJUGATION : [VERBES] listening, repeating, and memorizing French conjugation.

VIDÉO: Watching and reading the scripts of different types of videos (news, advertisements, performances, songs).

VOCABULARY: [VOCABULAIRE] Reinforcing vocabulary using a specific theme (animals, work, public transportation, etc.).

BEGINNERS: [DÉBUTANT] Listening and repeating basic phrases and vocabulary.

PODCAST: See the latest podcast published, or you can subscribe (free).

"Radio Ambulante es un podcast, distribuido por NPR, que cuenta historias latinoamericanas provenientes de todos los países de habla hispana, incluyendo Estados Unidos. Buscamos llevar la estética de la buena crónica de prensa escrita a la radio. Trabajamos con una talentosa comunidad de cronistas de radio en distintas partes del continente, aprovechando los avances tecnológicos para producir, distribuir, e intercambiar historias.

En 2014, Radio Ambulante ganó el premio de periodismo Gabriel García Márquez en la categoría de Innovación."

Source: Radio Ambulante, NPR

"ScriptSource is a dynamic, collaborative reference to the writing systems of the world, with detailed information on scripts, characters, languages - and the remaining needs for supporting them in the computing realm. It is sponsored, developed and maintained by SIL International."

Source: http://scriptsource.org/

The mission of the Southern Conference on Language Teaching (SCOLT) is the advancement of the study of modern and classical languages and their literatures and cultures at all levels of instruction.

"The purpose of the Spanish in Texas project is to profile Spanish as it is spoken throughout Texas today and to provide open learning tools that allow students, teachers, and the general public to explore Spanish language variation. A central goal of the project is to encourage users to view local varieties of Spanish and their speakers as important resources for learning about language and culture.

Spanish in Texas is part of the 2010-2014 program of the Center for Open Educational Resources and Language Learning (COERLL), a National Foreign Language Resource Center at the University of Texas at Austin." Source: http://spanishintexas.org/ 

Some of the tools this project offers are Spanish Grammar in Context, Spanish in Texas Corpus, and SpinTX, 

 This tool from the 123 Teach Me website offers users to create a set of sentences based on words entered by the user. Click hereto try it.

Story builder is a set of picture cards that are great to promote language use. It is language independent and it works with various levels of language proficiency. 

"Tagxedo turns words -- famous speeches, news articles, slogans and themes, even your love letters -- into a visually stunning word cloud, words individually sized appropriately to highlight the frequencies of occurrence within the body of text."

The following are the Board approved instructional resources for the ArabicLanguage program:

Resource	Cover	Course(s)
Exploring Arabic 2008 EMC		Arabic I
Arabic Al-Kitaab Part 1 2011 Georgetown University Press		ArabicII & Arabic III
Arabic Al-Kitaab Part 2 2013 Georgetown University Press		Arabic III & Arabic IV

The following are the Board approved instructional resources for the American Sign Language program:

Resource	Cover	Course(s)
Signing Naturally Units 1-6 2008 Dawn Sign Press		ASL I
Signing Naturally  Units 7-12 2014 Dawn Sign Press		ASL II
Signing Naturally  Level 2 1992 Dawn Sign Press		ASL III
Signing Naturally  Level 3 2001 Dawn Sign Press		ASL IV

Follow the links below to access more information about:

• Signing Naturally Series

The following are the Board approved instructional resources for the Chinese language program:

Resource	Cover	Course(s)
Discovering Chinese I Better Chinese		Chinese I
Discovering Chinese II Better Chinese		Chinese II
Discovering Chinese III Better Chinese		Chinese III
Discovering Chinese IV Better Chinese		Chinese IV
Discovering Chinese Pro I Better Chinese		Chinese V
Discovering Chinese Pro II Better Chinese		Chinese VI
Discovering Chinese Pro III Better Chinese		Chinese VII
Discovering Chinese Pro IV Better Chinese		Chinese VIII
Crossing Paths Cheng & Tsui		AP Chinese Language & Culture
Shifting Tides Cheng & Tsui		AP Chinese Language & Culture

The following are the Board approved instructional resources for the French language program:

Resource	Cover	Course(s)
D'accord 1 2015 Vista		French I & French II
D'accord 2 2015 Vista		French II & French III
D'accord 3 2015 Vista		French IV
Thèmes 2016 Vista		French V French VI French VII French VIII AP Frech Language & Culture
Face-À-Face 2017 Vista		French V French VI French VII French VIII AP French Language & Culture
Preparing for the AP French Exam 2012 Pearson		AP French Language & Culture
Allons au-delà! 2012 Pearson		AP French Language & Culture
Une fois pour toutes 2009 Pearson		AP French Language & Culture

Follow the links below to access more information about:

• Vista Higher Learning D'accord Series
  
• Student enrollment instructions This video provides instructions on how to enroll as a student (see your teacher for more information).
• VHL Teacher and Student Supersite access
• Vista Webinar Supersite Schedule (teachers)
• Vista Supersite Tutorials

The following are the Board approved instructional resources for the German language program:

Resource	Cover	Course(s)
Deutsch Aktuell Level 1 2017 EMC		German I & German II
Deutsch Aktuell Level 2 2017 EMC		German II & German III
Deutsch Aktuell Level 3 2017 EMC		German IV
Denk mal 2016 Vista		German V German VI German VII
Aspekte 1 2007 Langenscheidt Education		German VIII AP German Language & Culture
Aspekte 2 2007 Langenscheidt Education		German VIII AP German Language & Culture

Follow the links below to access more information about:

• EMC Deutsch Aktuell Series
• VHL Student enrollment instructions This video provides instructions on how to enroll as a student (see your teacher for more information).
• VHL Teacher and Student Supersite access
• Vista Webinar Supersite Schedule (teachers)
• Vista Supersite Tutorials

The following are the Board approved instructional resources for the Chinese language program:

Resource	Cover	Course(s)
Adventures in Japanese 1 Cheng & Tsui		Japanese I & II
Adventures in Japanese 2 Cheng & Tsui		Japanese III & IV
Adventures in Japanese 3 Cheng & Tsui		Japanese V & VI

The following are the Board approved instructional resources for the Chinese language program:

Resource	Cover	Course(s)
Cambridge Latin Course 5th Edition - Unit I Cambridge University Press		Latin I
Cambridge Latin Course 5th Edition - Unit II Cambridge University Press		Latin I & II
Cambridge Latin Course 5th Edition - Unit III Cambridge University Press		Latin II & III
Cambridge Latin Course 5th Edition - Unit IV Cambridge University Press		Latin III
Fabulae Romanae: Stories of Famous Romans Pearson		Latin III
Love and Transformation: An Ovid Reader Pearson		Latin IV - VIII
Love and Betrayal: A Catullus Reader Pearson		Latin IV - VIII
Carpe Diem: A Horace Reader Pearson		Latin IV - VIII
A Song of War: Readings from Vergil's Aeneid Pearson		AP Latin
A Call to Conquest: Readings from Caesar's Gallic Wars Pearson		AP Latin
Caesar: Selections From His Commentarii De Bello Gallico Bolchazy-Carducci		AP Latin
Vergil's Aeneid: Selected Readings from books 1, 2, 4, and 6 Bolchazy-Carducci		AP Latin
A Cicero Reader: Selections from Five Essays and Four Speeches Bolchazy-Carducci		AP Latin
Petronius: Selections from the Satyricon Bolchazy-Carducci		AP Latin
A Caesar Workbook Bolchazy-Carducci		AP Latin
A Vergil Workbook, 2nd Edition Bolchazy-Carducci		AP Latin

The following are the Board approved instructional resources for the Chinese language program:

Resource	Cover	Course(s)
Ponto de Encontro Pearson		Portuguese I - IV

The following are the Board approved instructional resources for the Spanish language program:

Resource	Cover	Course(s)
Descubre 1 2017 Vista		Spanish I & Spanish II
Descubre 2 2017 Vista		Spanish II & Spanish III
Descubre 3 2017 Vista		Spanish  IV
Temas 2014 Vista		Spanish V Spanish VI Spanish VII Spanish VIII AP Spanish Language & Culture
Abriendo Paso: Temas y Lecturas 2014 Pearson		AP Spanish Language & Culture
Abriendo Paso: Gramática 2014 Pearson		AP Spanish Language & Culture
Preparing for the AP Spanish Exam 2014 Pearson		AP Spanish Language & Culture
Reflexiones de la Literatura Hispánica 2013 Pearson		AP Spanish Literature & Culture
En Español Level 7 2015 Santillana		Spanish for Native Speakers I Spanish for Native Speakers II
En Español Level 8 2015 Santillana		Spanish for Native Speakers I Spanish for Native Speakers II
En Español Level 9 2015 Santillana		Spanish for Native Speakers II
Descubre el Español A Santillana		(ES) Spanish K - 1
Descubre el Español B Santillana		(ES) Spanish 2 - 3
Descubre el Español C Santillana		(ES) Spanish 4 - 5

Follow the links below to access more information about:

• Vista Higher Learning D'accord Series
  
• Student enrollment instructions This video provides instructions on how to enroll as a student (see your teacher for more information).
• VHL Teacher and Student Supersite access
• Vista Webinar Supersite Schedule (teachers)
• Vista Supersite Tutorials
• Santillana Descubre el español series
  
• Santillana Schoology online resources 
• Santillana En Español series
• Santillana Schoology online resources

"The Technology Integration Matrix (TIM) illustrates how teachers can use technology to enhance learning for K-12 students. The TIM incorporates five interdependent characteristics of meaningful learning environments: active, constructive, goal directed (i.e., reflective), authentic, and collaborative(Jonassen, Howland, Moore, & Marra, 2003). The TIM associates five levels of technology integration (i.e., entry, adoption, adaptation, infusion, and transformation) with each of the five characteristics of meaningful learning environments."

The TIM website provides resources organized by grade level and by the type of digital tool.

The Teacher Effectiveness for Language Learning (TELL) Project, an initiative of AdvanceLearning, is a collection of products and processes that can be used to enhance the effectiveness of world language teachers. TELL, which emanates from an understanding that student achievement is influenced more by an effective teacher than any other factor, attempts to synthesize work from the general education arena regarding those things that effective teachers do and make that information specific to the work of language teachers. The heart of the TELL Project is the Teacher Effectiveness for Language Learning Framework, which is supported by a variety of tools and resources.

"For nearly 50 years,TESOL International Association has been bringing together educators, researchers, administrators, and students to advance the profession of teaching English to speakers of other languages. With more than 12,000 members representing 156 countries, and more than 100 worldwide affiliates, TESOL offers everyone involved in English language teaching and learning an opportunity to be part of a dynamic community, where professionals like you connect with and inspire each other to achieve the highest standards of excellence." For more information,  visit http://www.tesol.org/

 "The Chinese Language Teachers Association, USA (CLTA) promotes the study of Chinese language and culture in an international context. Given the importance of the Chinese speaking world and its global cultural, social, economic, and political impact, our mission is to promote the Chinese language as a tool for communication worldwide. As a professional organization, CLTArepresents Chinese language teachers in all educational settings. It supports establishing and sustaining quality Chinese programs, K-16 articulation, teacher education and professional development, and research relating to all aspects of teaching and learning about Chinese languages and cultures. The Association is committed to providing leadership, scholarship, and service to its members and to all sectors of society."

Voki is a FREE service that lets you create customized speaking characters, it is a creative, easy-to-use tool that helps motivate students and improves lesson comprehension and student participation. You can customize the look of your Voki; choose your head, clothes, and accessories. Give your Voki a voice and add a background.

Wall posters can not only help us set the environment for our classes, but they are an useful tool to present and reinforce important language concepts (and bring some fun into the classroom).  

Click HERE to learn more about poseter ideas you can use in the classroom and FREE resources you can use to create your own materials! 

Thank you to our WL School Leader at Griffin MS, Mrs. Engle for sharing her ideas!