World Wide Internet Television
http://wwitv.com

With more than 2,750 online TV stations listed, this site lets you choose from countries ranging from A (Afghanistan) to Z (Zimbabwe), and from categories that include news, business, education, entertainment, government, kids, and lifestyle.

Described and Captioned Media Program
www.dcmp.org

Funded by the U.S. Department of Education and the National Association of the Deaf, the Described and Captioned Media Program website has resources for students who are blind, visually impaired, deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind. In addition to language arts resources on subjects such as communication, mass media, composition and study skills, there is an extensive library of Spanish language resources. By registering as a member, teachers, administrators, parents, and families can borrow accessible media free of charge.

French Video Clips
www.colby.edu/lrc/projects/senegal.html

Developed by professors and technologists at Colby College as a curricular resource, Venez Voir Le Sénégal centers around six short video clips shot in and around Dakar. The clips are narrated in French with links to French transcriptions. The final movie clip, Les Rues de Dakar, lacks narration, so students can be given the assignment to download the entire clip from the website, import the file into a video editor such as Apple’s iMovie, and add a voice track.

The Confucius Institute
http://confucius.msu.edu

The Confucius Institute at Michigan State University was established in collaboration with China Central Radio and TV University under the authorization and sponsorship of China’s National Office for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language. According to the website, its objective is “to meet the ever-increasing demand for Chinese education in the U.S., providing quality Chinese learning materials and experience to both K–12 students and adults, and helping train qualified teachers of Chinese.” The site includes “Do It Yourself Chinese,” a word of the day, Chinese chat podcasts, and online Chinese courses for high school and middle school students.

Russian Lessons from the Voice of Russia
www.ruvr.ru/main.php?lng=eng&q=6693&cid=161&p=23.01.2007

“Russian for You” is a series of lessons from the Voice of Russian Broadcasting Company. The lessons include how to ask and answer situational questions, Russian words and expressions, proverbs and sayings, and poetry and prose. The fourth lesson is a musical one. The Voice of Russian website at www.ruvr.ru also has the news in Russian as well as the English translations.

Audio-Visual Resources for Classics
http://people.hsc.edu/drjclassics

Dr. Janice Siegel, assistant professor of Classics at Hampden-Sydney College in Hampden-Sydney, VA, has put together a digitized and expanded database of her “Audio-Visual Materials in Classics,” which is published biennially in an issue of Classical World. While some of the material is offered for purchase, other resources are available free over the Internet.

Yiddish Radio Project
www.yiddishradioproject.org

Exhibits on this site feature the documentaries that were first broadcast on National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered,” as well as rare Yiddish radio clips and recordings from the 1930s to the 1950s—the “golden age” of Yiddish radio.

Science at NASA in Other Languages
http://science.nasa.gov/OtherLanguages.htm

NASA has translated its Science@NASA website into Spanish, but the site also provides links to non-NASA sites where others have translated stories into languages that include French, German, Greek, Italian, Korean, Russian, and Turkish.

Activities for Teachers of Spanish
http://formespa.rediris.es/actividades.htm

This site features materials for teachers of Spanish, including songs, videos, PowerPoint presentations, and Internet activities.

German Teaching Resources
http://germanteaching.com

Some of the material on this site is available for free, and some is for sale, but most of the items for sale have low prices (many for $1.00 or less). Included are German interactive exercises, grammar charts, flashcards, tongue twisters, bingo games, domino games, and worksheets.

Teaching Resources for AP Courses in World Languages
http://professionals.collegeboard.com/testing/ap/about/subject/languages

On the College Board website, there is exam information as well as teaching resources for AP courses in Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Latin, and Spanish.

Revitalizing the Ojibwemowin Language
www.ojibwemowin.com

This site is dedicated to revitalizing the language of the indigenous people called variously the Ojibwe, Anishinaabe, Chippewa or Ojibwa. It includes language learning tools, a place where teachers can share materials and activities, and news about the revitalization movement.

Aladdin Lyrics in Different Languages
www.aladdincentral.org/music/index.html

Aladdin Central is a site with the lyrics to songs from the Disney movie, Aladdin, in a number of languages, including French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, and Spanish, as well as some unexpected languages such as Hungarian, Icelandic, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Norwegian, and Swedish.

Fairy Tales in Spanish
www.hadaluna.com

This site has familiar fairy tales such as “The Princess and the Pea” that have been translated into Spanish. There are stories and poems by authors that include Hans Christian Andersen, the Grimm Brothers, Washington Irving, Oscar Wilde, and Mme. Leprince de Beaumont.