World+Languages

__**Cultures **__

[|Worlds of Words] You will find useful resources on this site for building bridges between cultures. These resources include strategies for locating and evaluating culturally authentic international children’s and adolescent literature as well as ways of engaging students with these books in classrooms and libraries.

__**Dictionaries **__

[|CollinsDictionary.com] is built to accommodate high-traffic and to be the one-stop site for users searching for word definitions, free translation and bilingual dictionaries in English, French, German, and Italian.

[|Forvo] is the largest pronunciation guide in the world, the place where you´ll find millions of words pronounced in their original languages.

__**General **__

[|21st Century Skills Map: World Languages]Developed through a year-long collaborative process, spear-headed by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) and P21, this map reflects the collective effort of hundreds of World Language teachers and illustrates the integration of World Languages and 21st Century Skills. This map provides educators, administrators and policymakers with concrete examples of how 21st Century Skills can be integrated into core subjects.

[|BookBox] is a social enterprise that innovated the concept of “AniBooks” or animated books to support emergent literacy and language skills. Their mission is to produce animated stories in over 30 languages that are powered by Same Language Subtitling (SLS) a scientifically tested and proven approach to help improve reading skills and language learning, ultimately promoting a love for reading. They create content for any audio-visual media platform such as broadcast TV, DVD/VCD, mobile phones, handhelds, internet, and last but not least, print.

[|Duolingo] is a free service designed to help students learn Spanish, English, French, Italian, German, and Portuguese.

[|Gate2Home] The best solution available for an on-screen virtual keyboard emulator. Type in your language, anywhere.

Just Foreign Languages from WHHHS Media Center includes APPS, books, information about culture, self-directed language instruction, newspapers, search engines, and translators.

[|McREL] has lesson plans and other resources that are helpful for curriculum planning, including activities developed for specific benchmarks. Subject areas include the Arts, Behavioral and Social Sciences, Civics, Economics, Foreign Languages, Geography, Health and PE, History, Language Arts, Math, Multi/Interdisciplinary, Science, and Technology.

__[|Menlo Schools] __Select from the list of academic subjects on the right-hand side of the screen for more links.

__**German **__

[|DW] represents Germany in the international media landscape. Germany’s international broadcaster conveys the country as a nation rooted in European culture and as a liberal, democratic state based on the rule of law.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|The Goethe-Institut] is the Federal Republic of Germany’s cultural institution operational worldwide. It promotes the study of German abroad and encourages international cultural exchange. It also foster knowledge about Germany by providing information on its culture, society and politics.

__**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Spanish **__

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Magazines

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|El Gancho] a free online Spanish Magazine