MARINA SCHOEN
WEB RESOURCES TO ENRICH
AND ENHANCE FOREIGN
LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION
marina_schoen@lusherschool.org
CONFERENCE
http://www.cortland.edu/flteach/wksp/nysaflt2009.html link to LOTS of websites
http://ngfl.northumberland.gov.uk/languages/default.htm
Fables with audio
http://www.laits.utexas.edu/spe/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/
http://www.ver-taal.com/
Olympic Winter Sport handout in Spanish, French, and English.
Just go to
www.foreignlanguagehouse.com
www.lingtlanguage.com/schoen
http://zachary-jones.com/french/
http://www.grapheine.com/bombaytv/index.php?lang=uk
http://tonitheisen.wikispaces.com/
Grammar and language drills:
http://www.laits.utexas.edu/fi/
University of Texax French website – Well organized
Table des Matieres for grammar and audio/video to
reinforce it)
http://www.laits.utexas.edu/tex/index.html
University of Texas fRENCHpage
DISCOVERING FRENCH USEFUL LINKS
http://www.marincatholic.org/inc/html/marincatholic/content/french/frenchbleu.html FRENCH 1
http://www.marincatholic.org/inc/html/marincatholic/content/french/frenchblanc.html FRENCH 2
http://www.marincatholic.org/inc/html/marincatholic/content/french/frenchrouge.html FRENCH 3
http://www.marincatholic.org/inc/html/marincatholic/content/french/frenchquatre.h
tml
FRENCH 4-5AP
http://madame300.wikispaces.com/
JAMES O’DONNEL
Great website with Powerpoints which go with
Discovering French but can be used with all
others
Discovering French
http://www.quia.com/pages/jodonnell/page91
Home Page
http://www.quia.com/pages/jodonnell/page88
French 1
http://www.quia.com/pages/jodonnell/page90
French 2
http://www.quia.com/pages/jodonnell/page87
French 3
http://juantortiz.wikispaces.com/
videos, etc) Awesome site!
MANY interesting activities (language, songs,
http://platea.pntic.mec.es/cvera/hotpot/exos/index.htm
activities, including audio
http://www.languagesonline.org.uk/
More interactive language
Interesting interactive stuff
http://french.about.com/ French language activities http://frenchfood.about.com/ for French Food
http://www.i-catcher-online.com/French/ Videos about different activities people do (sports, cooking,
etc). The ones on the bottom are with activities.
http://www.soccerlingua.net/fr/fan_zone.php?page=fan_zone.php Nice website to increase
vocabulary with videos and interactive games/activities through the love/interest in soccer.
http://eu.foreignpolicyblogs.com/files/2009/03/euro.jpg
Euro bills and coins
http://jeuxdecole.wifeo.com/coloriages-magiques.php Site conçu par une enseignante de CE/CM qui
présente de nombreux jeux éducatifs à imprimer, à fabriquer et à utiliser dans vos classes.
http://audreymerrell.net/INTASC/INTASC10/servicelearning/houseofetre_files/index.
html
house of etre to teach Dr and Mrs Vandertramp verbs
<http://www.cafeconstant.com/3.aspx>
Website of Café Constant……good for menu
http://french.about.com/cs/teachingresources/a/magazine.htm?nl=1 how to create a French
magazine
http://www.uni.edu/becker/french31.html
place you might find what you need.
Good site for activities, many links. Very busy site but a
Food Vocabulary: these links have audio and pictures of items
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xqZ97qyCIM&feature=related La nourriture
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNIzoyKyrNI&feature=related
Les desserts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaREFqwRimo&feature=related Les boissons
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdTAFyEebfs&feature=related les legumes
etc. etc. to the right of the above links, you will find many other word lists, such as animals,
transportation, etc.
AUDIO - LISTENING
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/audio/french/
audio clips for listening comprehension
http://feeds.feedburner.com/FrenchListeningResources list of listening activities by subject (vacations,
la champagne, etc)
http://www.goethe-verlag.com/book2/EN/ENFR/ENFR002.HTM MANY listening activities
http://cahierfle.wordpress.com/ Many activities
SONGS:
http://www.eoiestepona.org/html/juan/exercices/karaoke.html Karaoke style songs
http://platea.pntic.mec.es/~cvera/hotpot/chansons/
Many songs with lyrics on a scroll down
listed by menu by level and type…I found that at times it works better with Firefox than Explorer
Examples:
http://platea.pntic.mec.es/~cvera/hotpot/kaolin_partons_vitec.htm (example with pronouns)
http://platea.pntic.mec.es/~cvera/hotpot/martini.htm song je ne veux pas travailler
I also like:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyD21zfSph4&feature=related kain Embarque ma belle
http://video.dainutekstai.lt/joe+dassin+champs-elysees.html&page=1 Dassin with pictures of Paris
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xqbog_sheila-bang-bang
imparfait song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDkFi8-vCFE&feature=related Michele by LeNormand with
karaoke, good for advanced beginners
Sites for music searches other than You Tube :
www.deezer.fr
www.last.fm
Use it to stay up on music.
Music social network.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_France
http://acharts.us/france
It offers a smart radio like Pandora.
CULTURE:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apmyLiMmkh8 pourquoi take French
http://ielanguages.com/blog/
Jennie en France (many activities and links to interesting sites)
http://fr.ver-taal.com/ (Great site to navigate: vocab, grammar, videos, songs, commercials, etc)
http://eu.foreignpolicyblogs.com/files/2009/03/euro.jpg
Paris
illuminations.pps
-Survol_de_la_Franc
e.pps
Euro bills and coins
Beautiful images of Paris
Beautiful images of France (with the names and numbers of departements)
http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/testmaps/maps.htm a site to download maps
http://www.realiaproject.org/
modern languages and cultures
Publishes faculty-reviewed media for the teaching and study of
http://casls.uoregon.edu/mosaic/FRN_mosaic.php
MOSAIC geography in French
EXTRA:
www.unitedstreaming.com Extra videos
EXTRA : Sites for scripts, activities, etc.
http://www.channel4.com/learning/microsites/E/extra/german_teachersnotes.html for Activities French (scroll down) Here you find activities that go with the Episodes of Extra …unfortunately you must
do some editing as every vowel or consonant with an accent has a ? on it.
http://www.planet-schule.de/wissenspool/extra/inhalt/sendereihen/extra-en-francais/filmskripte.html
for scripts - go to the ‘arbeitBlatter’ link to the right hand side to download activities (this is a German
website so directions are in German….if you use them you need to change the language)
http://www.1minutecityfilm.co.uk/index.html One minute French cities films (I do not had much
luck with this one….it depends on the quality of submissions)
LITERATURE
http://www.ph-ludwigsburg.de/html/2b-frnz-s-01/overmann/baf4/prevert/dejeuner.htm Prevert Le Petit
Dejeuner activities
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8DLhDeLlNg Marlene Dietrich sings le petit dejeuner
http://ngfl.northumberland.gov.uk/languages/default.htm
Fables with audio
http://litgloss.buffalo.edu/index.shtml literature website (link to several pieces of literature) You can
follow the text with the arrow of the mouse and click to see the translation of some words
http://www.guydemaupassant.fr/maupassant.htm the works of Maupassant in audio and print.
Awesome site….great readers!
Others/TOOLS:
http://www.expressio.fr/
Dictionary and language expressions
http://www.wordreference.com/
Dictionary and language expressions
http://www.tprstorytelling.com/index.php to learn about TPR
www.yabla.french.com I love this website but you need to subscribe
http://www.acapela-vaas.com/
for audio files production and anything that is voice related
http://www.superteachertools.com/
COMMERCIALS:
creates games, quizzes, etc.
VARIOUS STUFF I LIKED WHEN I WATCHED IT. SOME OF IT IS IN FRENCH,
SOME IS IN ENGLISH BUT USES FRENCH WORDS OR SONGS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GweBYlpWKxg swine flu wash your hand
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16aUPT9LEms
Napoleon
garmin superbowl commercial with
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27NX_MMIkLY How French kids get free Mcdonalds!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uq4T-He3EJ0&feature=related Well, I just like this video…I hope it
makes you smile too! (French subtitles)
These ones from Direct Assurance whilst a little dry also have some of the key
messages written.
http://www.direct-assurance.fr/pages/publicite-direct-assurance.html
Monabanq - longer ad with most of it also subtitled in French
http://blogopub.tv/monabanq+camera+cachee+banque
ING Direct - useful banking/money vocabulary
http://www.strategies.fr/actualites/marques/109607W/ing-direct-se-met-enfrais.html
BforBank - slowly and clearly spoken
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xbficd_bforbank-publicite-2009-mabanquier_creation
Nespresso (In English with French subtitles) http://www.nespressowhatelse.com/#/home
Evian Roller Babies (French version)
http://www.antennereunion.fr/Evian-la-pub-la-plus-vue.html
Preferred TV ads
http://www.paperblog.fr/421517/palmares-des-pubs-tv-preferees-des-francais/
Some of these have minimal French
Students really like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8S2iyJpuYA
Conchords
Foux De Fa Fa by Flight of the
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FIINND3Sm4&feature=PlayList&p=13F9AAC85317EA24&in
dex=190
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Vmhs1lqyDI
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California Cheese cows (partly in French) - Superbowl ad)
http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-super-bowl/09000d5d806739ee/SB-XLII-ad-Califor
nia-Cheese-cows
2008 Mitsubishi Outlander Commercial (with a French song)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoVmtdiFp5c
Garmin 2008 60 second Super Bowl Commercial
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16aUPT9LEms
SPDR Commercial with Dogs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asWxVzUQc0w
Creaminal synchronise "In The Mood For L'Amour" de Claire Denamur sur le film
"Rexona / Degree" (bottom of page).
http://www.creaminal.com/
Google Superbowl ad: "Parisian Love" (considered to be among the top 10)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10448803-36.html
iPod Shuffle ad (Les Prototypes)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmmnIY_ToeM
Parlez-vous Désir? (Lexus Ad Campaign for Launch of SC 430)
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=48760
Wheat Ridge Cyclery "French Cafe" Commercial
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXgOu9yhnCk
Wheat Ridge Cyclery "Allez Allez" Commercial (some words at end)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaolxjcolBQ&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Vmhs1lqyDI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkmZVcgHDRs
Great for Earth Day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IjUkNmUcHc
Kohler "existentialist"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HK5AI6Lt_o
Dunkin' Donuts "Fritolian" commercial. It actually only has two words of French
in it, but the tune is very catchy, they remembered it for ages, and after seeing
it they ALL remembered the phrase "avec moi"!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2y_GwKzxck
The iPod shuffle features another song by Les Prototypes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmmnIY_ToeM
Saint-Valentin : à quoi rêvent les femmes ?
<http://videos.tf1.fr/jt-13h/saint-valentin-a-quoi-revent-les-femmes-5689558.html
SPANISH
http://www.laits.utexas.edu/spe/siteindex.php#int
http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/SLC/index.php
http://www.spanishtown.ca/spanishforkids/spanishforkids.htm (for vocab)
http://zachary-jones.com/spanish
http://www.eslconnect.com/apspanish/ap.html
www.miscositas.com
www.todoele.net
http://formespa.rediris.es/
http://www.laits.utexas.edu/spe/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/
http://www.aprenderespanol.org/
http://www.colby.edu/personal/b/bknelson/SLC/
http://ngfl.northumberland.gov.uk/languages/default.htm
http://www.colorincolorado.org/?langswitch=en
http://www.latinamericatraveler.com/latin_america_news.htm
Audubon has several Spanish language information sheets available on our web site, including these new
pieces on global warming. Hopefully this is of value to some of you:
http://audubon.org/globalwarming/factsheets.php
Here are the direct links:
La campaña contra el calentamiento global y lo que tú puedes hacer día con día (The campaign against
global warming & things you can do about it) (246kb PDF)
Mitos y hechos acerca del calentamiento global (Myths & Facts About Global Warming) (293kb PDF)
La verdad acerca de las lámparas fluorescentes compactas (CFLs) (The truth about CFLs) (357kb PDF)
http://www.ciudadseva.com/bibcuent.htm
www.spanishplans.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6LbtYUAg-M
http://www.ver-taal.com/
http://www.audiria.com/
http://www.americareadsspanish.tv/index.php?id=342
http://www.studyspanish.com/tutorial.htm
http://www.gocomics.com/espanol/baldoespanol/
comic strip para usar con clases, lectura, basico
http://issuu.com/jeotoole/docs/studystrategies
http://www.cortland.edu/flteach/mm-course/mm-syl.html
pagina de un profesor
http://www.consumer.es/web/es/medio_ambiente/energia_y_ciencia/2008/08/2
6/179568.php
videos de eroski, como ahorrar energia, cocina y mas
http://languagelinks2006.wikispaces.com/Learning+Centers
para learning centers
http://www.languagesresources.co.uk/spanish_resources_AS%20A2_literature
%20como%20agua.htm
http://www.intute.ac.uk/
search engine de educacion
http://web.mac.com/sanferminuk/Advanced_Level_Listening/Spanish/Spanish.
html
audio para espanol avanzado
http://www.edmodo.com/home/
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/hugochavez/view/
documental de hugo chavez
http://www.uni.edu/becker/Spanish3.html
pagina de actividades varias de espanol
http://tolerance.org/teach/index.jsp
diversity tolerance
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/newamericans/quiz.html
immigration quiz
http://www.edchange.org/index.html
immigration diversity
http://www.pppst.com/themes.html
pps en muchos temas
http://www.123teachme.com/learn_spanish/past_participle_2
pps en espanol
http://worldlanguages.pppst.com/spanish.html
pps en espanol
http://spanish.about.com/od/writtenspanish/a/sms.htm?nl=1
para escribir mensajes de textos en espanol
http://www.tu.tv/videos/senorita-extraviada
video de las desaparecidas de juares
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13442226/
quiz for new US citizens
http://www.prometheanplanet.com/server.php?show=nav.16617
http://color-connection.com/VWVW/VWVWMain.htm
http://www.festisite.com/money/
http://www.mylanguageexchange.com/
http://tpduggan.tripod.com/powerp.html
http://www.pwidergren.net/PPT/index.html
http://www.sparkenthusiasm.com/index.html
http://www.bravisimo.net/encuentros.html
Vocabulary Games
games-games-and-more-games-forthe-foreign-lanugage-classroom.doc
http://iteslj.org/games/
http://lefttoright.yolasite.com/
http://www.eslgamesworld.com/members/games/templates/index.html
http://www.english-4kids.com/games.html
http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/Language_Arts/Vocabulary/VOC0202.html
http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/foreignlanguages/contents.htm
http://www.proteacher.org/c/273_Review_Games.html
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/language/lls/oui/introduction/video_e.php
http://www.mes-english.com/games.php
http://www.eslkidstuff.com/Classroomgamesframe.htm
Jeopardy
http://teach.fcps.net/trt10/Documents/SpanishVocab.ppt
http://iteslj.org/Techniques/Koprowski-RecylingVocabulary.html
http://iteslj.org/Techniques/Jones-LessonsIntoGames.html
http://ms.loganhocking.k12.oh.us/~madame/teacher/presentations/GamesInstruction05
.pdf
http://www.proteacher.org/c/694_Vocabulary_Lesson_Ideas.html
http://www.purposegames.com/games
http://dvsd.schoolwires.net/1858204278349753/site/default.asp a teacher’s website
with PowerPoints
http://litgloss.buffalo.edu/index.shtml literature website (link to several pieces of literature) You can
follow the text with the arrow of the mouse and click to see the translation of some words
http://ngfl.northumberland.gov.uk/languages/default.htm
http://casls.uoregon.edu/mosaic/SPN_mosaic.php
Fables with audio
Human Geography in Spanish
http://www.ver-taal.com/ LOTS of Spanish activities, songs, video, commercials, etc.
http://www.goethe-verlag.com/book2/EN/ENES/ENES002.HTM Simple Phrases with audio
http://www.ielanguages.com/ from here to ling with different languages
www.todoele.net
POEMS
Los Versos Sencillos by José Martí are a great place to start, since they are
literally "simple verses". http://www.exilio.com/Marti/Marti.html
Song version http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKW4fosRmlU
http://users.ipfw.edu/JEHLE/POESIA/HOMBRESN.HTM
discussion.
Its message could offer much
http://www.ciudadseva.com/textos/poesia/ha/cruzsor/perse.htm
Both have a lot to say about attitudes toward women...
A much shorter poem
"A Cristo crucificado"
http://books.google.com/books?id=2rBDAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA308
EXTRA
www.unitedstreaming.com Extra videos
http://www.channel4.com/learning/microsites/E/extra/german_teachersnotes.html Activities for Extra
- scroll down) Here you find activities that go with the Episodes of Extra …unfortunately you must do
some editing as every vowel or consonant with an accent has a ? on it.
http://www.planet-schule.de/wissenspool/extra/inhalt/sendereihen/extra-en-espanol/filmskripte.html
Scripts for Extra - for scripts - go to the ‘arbeitBlatter’ link to the right hand side to download activities
(this is a German website so directions are in German….if you use them you need to change the
language)
MOVIE SUGGESTIONS:
Some movie recommendations by FL teachers:
1.
Raza (Spain, José Luis Sáenz de Heredia, 1942)
2.
Bienvenido Mr. Marshall (Spain; Berlanga, 1953)
3.
Abre los ojos (Spain, Amenabar, 1997)
4.
Mar adentro (Spain; Amenabar; 2004)- Based on the book Cartas desde
el infierno by Ramon Sampedro. Also, an interesting article was published in
Elpais.com yesterday relating to euthanasia:
http://www.elpais.com/articulo/sociedad/suicido/elpepusoc/20100218elpepisoc_1/Tes
5.
El orfanato (Spain; Bayona; 2007)
6.
Machuca (Chile; Wood; 2004)
7.
Los diarios de motocicleta (2004)