Curriculum Resources
The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) has released the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines 2012 for Speaking, Writing, Listening, and Reading.
The ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines have been revised for 2012 with updated descriptions of what individuals can do with language in terms of speaking, writing, listening and reading in real-world situations in a spontaneous and non-rehearsed context. The Guidelines website is a new and exciting feature that supports the text of the 2012 Guidelines with glossed terminology and annotated, multimedia samples of performance at each level for Speaking and Writing, and examples of oral and written texts and tasks associated with each level for Reading and Listening.
Check this out! The MERLOT World Languages Portal is an educational resource for teaching and learning languages. You are invited to join and contribute to this growing learning community by using the online materials and submitting your own modules for inclusion in the collection. You will find a wide variety of materials for use online and in the classroom. Please join MERLOT now and become a part of the World Languages Community. If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact the Editor of the World Languages Editorial Board.
Miscellaneous Links
Assessments from the appendix of the New Jersey World Languages Curriculum Framework
Colby College--Language Resource Center
National Registration Center for Study Abroad
Worldwide Classroom--Library of International Programs
Annenberg Learner: Professional Development and Classroom Resources programming for K-12 teachers FREE. Scroll tot he bottom but look at other subject areas. There might be something there to catch your eye.
The New York State Association of Foreign Language Teachers website has a series of podcasts (free) and webinars (that can be viewed after the purchase of a key).
French Language Links
Tennessee Bob's Famous French links
American Association of Teachers of French (AATF)
National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE): see especially for L'Acadien du Haut St-Jean site, a bilingual school (French and English) in Aroostook County, Maine.
Webmaster / Professor Emeritus University of Northern Iowa
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Great Song - contains more than 2 million songs, lyrics of 500.000 French songs both old and contemporary, 50,000 translations (English / French), and it is a popular website in this area of interest.
French Professor: 15 French Movies That Will Change Your Life - French movies-a helpful resource for researching French film on the Internet.
If you are not on the mail list from France 5, it is suggested that you join, really good for keeping up to date with what's going on and with resources.
I am a Bates College alum and now a French teacher at Marblehead Veterans Middle School in Massachusetts. This past summer, I was on the Boston Bruins I.C.E. School committee and developed hockey-related lesson plans for French. The hockey-French relationship is a strong one since so many NHL players are francophone, including the Bruins' Patrice Bergeron, Daniel Paille, Jordan Caron and coach Claude Julien.
Lesson plans are available on the Bruins' website here.
They are free and it only takes a few seconds to sign up. They are suitable for any grade level, but are geared toward beginners (French 1).
Hockey is a great way to get kids excited about French! It has really helped me grow my program. Sign up and help keep French alive in New England!
Kristen Russett kpurdyrussett@comcast.net
J'ai passé une année à enseigner le français à l'Alliance Française deCarthagène (Espagne) et j'ai créé un site qui peut intéresser les professeurs de français de votre association.
Vous y trouverez des ressources pédagogiques, basées surtout sur les
nouvelles technologies.
Voici l'adresse : http://alliancefrancaise.fr.free.fr
En espérant que ça vous sera utile.
Cordialement.
Sylvie Moy
Franco-American Studies Resource Guide
Resolve, Chapter 17, LD 77 passed by the 125th Maine State Legislature directed the Department of Education to create a resource guide in cooperation with Franco-American Specialists from the University of Maine System. The guide has been designed to assist K-12 teachers and students in locating available Franco-American resources about Maine and New England. The new sortable guide organizes resources for your consideration by discipline, grade level, source type, time period, and location. To view the guide and links to other online repositories with numerous resources, click here.
German Language Links
AATG-American Association of Teachers of German (AATG)
What You Need to Know About™ German
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Japanese Language Links
Japanese Association for Language Teaching (JALT)
What You Need to Know About™Japanese
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Chinese Language Links
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The Chinese Learning and Cultural Center of Maine (CLCCM) is an umbrella organization that lends its planning and organization skills to a variety of activities that attempt to bridge historical and cultural differences and maintain a pacific and productive dialog between the People’s Republic of China and the United States of America. Focusing on Chinese language education for students and adults, shared cultural events, local and state-wide public service, and active engagement with the greater community at all levels, the organization plans the curriculum for the ever-growing Bangor Chinese School and that organization’s educational services to public schools, private schools, adult learners, teachers, and business people in Maine.
Latin and Greek Languages Links
American Classical League (ACL)
Classical Association of New England (CANE)
Russian and Slavic Language Links
American Association Of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages (AATSEEL)
American Council of Teachers of Russian (ACTR)
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Spanish and Portuguese Languages Links
American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP)
What You Need to Know About™ Spanish
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