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Web Lesson Plan Creator<br />
www.lex.vcu.edu/lesson_template<br />
The web lesson planning template on this site by Kathryn Murphy-Judy<br />
at Virginia Commonwealth University is for language education, and its<br />
nine sections begin with establishing the mission and goals, and they<br />
conclude with assessments. There are also links to additional resources.<br />
Resources on the International Phonetic Alphabet<br />
www.langsci.ucl.ac.uk/ipa/<br />
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet<br />
The International Phonetic Alphabet is a notational standard for the<br />
phonetic representation of all languages, and it is provided by the<br />
International Phonetic Association. The full chart of the alphabet can<br />
be found on the association’s website, and Wikipedia has information<br />
and the chart on its site as well.<br />
Germany Fact Book<br />
www.tatsachen-ueber-deutschland.de/en/head-navi/<br />
home.html<br />
Facts about Germany is a reference book of information about modern<br />
life in Germany. It includes sections on federal states, business,<br />
education, foreign policy, culture and media, the social system, and<br />
history, among others.<br />
Free Interactive Russian Course<br />
www.dotty-dingo.com<br />
The Dotty-Dingo Russian language course has interactive Java<br />
modules for learning the basics of the Russian language. The course<br />
consists of lessons in the Cyrillic alphabet, vocabulary, and phrases.<br />
The vocabulary and phrase lessons are accompanied by test modules.<br />
The White House Website in Spanish<br />
www.whitehouse.gov/espanol<br />
The White House Spanish language website features articles, news,<br />
and blogs that are of special interest to Hispanic Americans and<br />
Spanish-speaking immigrants. There is also a pdf of Una América<br />
construida para que perdure: La Agenda del Presidente Obama y La<br />
Comunidad Hispana, which includes links to many other government<br />
websites of particular interest to Hispanic Americans.<br />
Online Arabic Textbook<br />
www.learnnc.org/lp/editions/arabic1/<br />
The Arabic I online textbook is a resource from LEARN NC, a program<br />
of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Education<br />
that offers the basics of the written and spoken Arabic language.<br />
There are chapters on public services and directions, and introducing<br />
friends and where they live—in addition to other topics. The glossary<br />
provides a word or phrase, its part of speech, and its meaning, as well<br />
as the opportunity to hear it spoken.<br />
Japanese Nature Game<br />
www.naturegame.or.jp/index.html<br />
This environmental education website is intended to help Japanese<br />
children learn about the wonders of nature through play. It includes<br />
a nature game video and activities that are represented in four stages<br />
by animals—otter, crow, bear, and dolphin. The site also has an<br />
information page about the Great East Japan Earthquake, which can<br />
be found at www.naturegame.or.jp/square/sinsai/.<br />
Folk Music for Language Learners<br />
folkdc.eu/<br />
A project of the European Union project, Digital Children’s Folksongs<br />
for Language and Cultural Learning (Folk DC) has 20 songs in 10<br />
languages (two songs each in Czech, Danish, English, Finnish, Greek,<br />
Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, and Turkish). The resources<br />
also include a set of language activities, a set of cultural activities,<br />
a set of musical activities and how-to videos. The website recently<br />
became available in a German version at folkdc.eu/de/.<br />
These and other<br />
Web resources can be<br />
accessed through the<br />
Publications area on the<br />
ACTFL website at<br />
www.actfl.org/publications/<br />
the-language-educator/<br />
web-watch-online.<br />
Visit today.<br />
The Language Educator n February 2013 59
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