Internet Resources for Super Language Sites
http://www.uni.edu/becker/

Willkommen! Bienvenidos! Benvenuto! Прием! Welkom! Bienvenue! Learning another language? Want to read that language on the Web? Looking for tutorials? Need help with grammar? Jim Becker, Webmaster and Professor Emeritus at the University of Northern Iowa (and former member of the ACTFL Board of Directors), has compiled hundreds of links to foreign language sites to help. These sites are for language students and teachers throughout the world.

Freelang
http://www.freelang.net

Freelang.net is a great site where you can download free dictionaries or ask a human translator for help. A personal home page (not a company, not an association), Freelang. net is aimed to provide free resources to those who love foreign languages. The site also offers various online tools for instant translations and research, a list of common words in all languages, links to other Web sites, an online chat, and a shop where you can buy handheld electronic dictionaries and translation software for all platforms. Whatever you are looking for, if it is about languages, either this site has it or can probably help find it!

Online Group for Latin Teachers
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/latin-bestpractices

The Latin-Best Practices Group is for all Latin teachers and students who are interested in applying best practices in language acquisition to their work in Latin. Best Practices comprises a general set of effective and differentiated pedagogical methodologies, which can be applied to all subjects. Best Practices in Latin also includes those language learning practices that (1) include the latest and best research in language acquisition; (2) those practices that help learners acquire various language abilities in Latin; and (3) practices and practitioners that are constantly evolving in order to serve learners’ needs.

True/False Video Activity Template
http://www.utm.edu/staff/globeg/tbobswap.html

Through Globe-Gate Research, this online site provides simple, flexible, step-by-step instructions for preparing a lesson that guides students to watch, listen, and decide whether target language statements about a video segment are true or false. There are also several suggestions offered for expansion, such as discussion of the activity in the target language and preparation of more true/false statements by the students.

Mexico Connect
http://www.mexconnect.com

The site is a unique resource for those interested in Mexico. This site contains in-depth, relevant information, and insight. It offers a complete and diverse collection of more than 150 quality writers who know and love Mexico. It also includes a community of forums with both neophytes and “old hands” interacting and exchanging valuable information relevant to the Mexican experience: finding hotels, jobs, houses, trips, links to other Mexico sites, the latest news, weather, personals, and classified ads, along with scheduled times to talk with experts and guides knowledgeable about Mexico. The site features a distinctive e-mail service with POP (Eudora, Outlook, etc.), browser (Explorer, Netscape, etc.) and WAP (PDA and cell phone) capabilities, 10mb of space, and an effective spam filtering system. Mexico Connect is one of the “granddaddies” of all Mexican-themed Web sites, having been online since 1996, and developing content and services in response to its readers’ needs and interests. The responsiveness of the readership has attracted top quality writers and researchers of Mexico, making Mexico Connect a prestigious publisher. More than 45,000 other sites now link to Mexico Connect as an authoritative reference.

TF1.FR
http://www.tf1.fr/

Filled with the latest news and views, this entertaining site will put some rhythm in your day. Those teaching the subjunctive might like to know that the latest animated music video by Ilona (of Le monde parfait fame) contains several simple examples of it. The song is called Allo, Allo and is about cell phone calling. French language learners and teachers will love this site.

Spanish Arts
http://www.spanisharts.com

Find out more about famous Spanish art, architecture, literature, and music. Images of many well-known works of art available. The site also includes a section where new artists and writers can present their works for free.

Ethnologue: Languages of the World
http://www.ethnologue.com

Ethnologue.com is a place where you can conveniently find many resources to help you with your research of the world’s languages. Ethnologue.com is owned by SIL International, a service organization that works with people who speak the world’s lesser known languages. The Ethnologue database has been an active research project for more than 50 years. It is probably the most comprehensive listing of information about the currently known languages of the world. Thousands of linguists and other researchers all over the world rely on and have contributed to the Ethnologue database.

Embracing Cultures
http://www.embracingcultures.com

You can fortify your foreign language teaching with The Embracing Cultures Project—a program designed to inspire, motivate, and challenge young people in middle and high schools across North America to welcome and “embrace” cultural differences and to become peace builders on local, national, and international levels. The project was created after September 11, 2001 when, in the wake of terrible tragedy, racism and prejudice surfaced in schools and communities. The Embracing Cultures Project aims to foster more peaceful and just schools and societies through celebrating cultural diversity and differences in a spirit of friendship and peace. What makes this project distinct is that its presenters and coordinators are all young people themselves and can, therefore, relate to and create immediate bonds with young people from participating schools. Participating students are empowered with the leadership skills and tools needed to be agents of change in their schools, in their communities, and around the world.

SignWriting in Languages Around the World
http://www.signwriting.org

This unique and interesting site includes instruction, dictionaries, history, and online stories in many different languages for “signwriters” around the world. Click on to this Web site, followed by the “About” symbol, then “Who Uses SignWriting?” A long list of countries will appear, and there you have it—A SignWriting bevy of information in your language of choice. Says Valerie Sutton, creator of SignWriting: “SignWriting does not change American Sign Language (ASL). It is simply a set of visually designed symbols that records how people sign. SignWriting captures on paper the visual subtleties of any signed language in the world, because it records body movement. I developed SignWriting out of respect and awe for the beauty and sophistication of all signed languages. I am not a linguist, but I have a tremendous love for learning languages . . . Because I respect ASL, I want to write it and preserve it.”

Multilingual Online Geography Game
http://www.tmundo.com

tMundo is a multilingual online game to practice geographical names of countries, capitals, and nationality adjectives in five languages: English, Spanish, French, German, and Italian. It can be used mainly in foreign language and geography classes at a variety of levels and also to foster awareness of foreign places and culture. The practice game has two basic modes: localization and cultural heritage. In the heritage mode students have to match countries and pictures of most famous landmarks and monuments. It also features a two-player mode. tMundo is made by teachers for teachers.