Foreign Language Resources for Teachers
This is a list of foreign language resources that will help introduce or expand teaching your class a foreign language through activities and instruction.
Language Tools
Google Translate
Google Translate is a free multilingual statistical machine translation service provided by Google to translate text, speech, images, sites, or real-time video from one language into another.
Ohio Department of Education Fine Arts Lesson Plans
Find hundreds of lessons and activities to make career connections within academic subject areas. The activities on this page were developed by Ohio educators and can be viewed by subject.
Ohio Department of Education Link
Linguanaut
If you want to learn Hebrew, then this is the right website for you. We offer free Hebrew (Ivrit) lessons online, from Phrases, Alphabet, Numbers, Adjectives, Words, Survival Terms, Vocabulary and Hebrew Translation used in Israel. Most of the lessons contain expressions used for the everyday life conversations, through them you can learn how to say specific sentences, so they might come handy if you memorize them.
Arabic
Learning Arabic Language
This is an online course in Arabic. It teaches you basic sentences, how to write, how to count and introduces Arabic grammar. All with sounds! This course will teach you about 400 of the most common words in Arabic.
Learn Arabic with Maha
Learn words and phrases in Arabic on Maha’s Youtube Channel
Learn 101: Arabic
We will learn the alphabet together. We will also review some simple grammar rules, practice common phrases, and we will have fun memorizing many important vocabulary lists,
Chinese
Learning Chinese Online
This site helps you learn Chinese. No matter where you are, we are with you…
Clear Chinese: Clear and easy
This Mandarin language course is prepared by Dr Xie Tianwei, a renowned expert in Mandarin Chinese language lesson teaching, Learn Chinese is a free Mandarin Chinese online course. This fluency-oriented course is made up of 15 short units. All dialogues are easy to understand and contain useful phrases.
Chinese Tools
Learn Mandarin Chinese quickly and easily! 40 online lessons with audio, including reading, speaking, writing, modern vocabulary, grammar, calligraphy, examples and exercices. All texts and dialogs in mp3 format for download
French
Babbel: Learn French
Babbel offers various French courses according to your level and interests. Choose and let Babbel guide you through one or many of the following: Grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, advanced courses.
DuoLingo: French
Learn French in just 5 minutes a day. For free.
Learn French by Podcast
This website uses a combination of audio files and PDF files to help you learn French or refresh your skills.
German
American Association of Teachers of German
With over 4,000 members, the American Association of Teachers of German is for teachers of German at all levels of instruction and all those interested in the teaching of German. Founded in 1926, AATG believes that bringing the language, literature, and cultures of the German speaking world to all Americans is a vital humanistic endeavor, which serves an essential national interest.
Little Explorers: German Dictionary
Simple to use German word Dictionary
Internet Handbook of German Grammar
This site is intended to provide students, readers, and translators of German with a concise and comprehensive reference grammar, one available on the web. Because we are currently writing the grammar, and work progresses chapter by chapter, the table of contents is yet incomplete.
Portuguese
Easy Portuguese
Learn all the aspects of the Portuguese language.
Babbel: Portuguese
Learn Portuguese Online at Babbel.com with our award winning Portuguese courses. You’ll make fast progress and have fun doing it.
Learning Portuguese
Here you will find lots of resources to help you learn Portuguese. The main focus of this site is on Luso-African Portuguese (i.e. the flavour of the language used in Europe and Africa), but Brazilian alternatives are also given.
Hebrew
DuoLingo: Hebrew
Learn Hebrew in just 5 minutes a day. For free.
Hebrew 101
Simple resource website to help you learn Hebrew
Hebrew Podcasts
Learn Hebrew and enrich your mind with self-study lessons of contemporary Hebrew. Each lesson has a short Hebrew dialog that’s explained and further practiced.
Italian
DuoLingo: Italian
Learn Italian in just 5 minutes a day. For free.
Babbel: Italian
Italian is considered one of the easiest languages for a native English speaker to learn. The grammar and sentence structure are different from English, but simpler. Because both languages have Latin roots, they also share thousands of cognates – words that sound the same and have the same meanings.
Spanish
Study Spanish
Launched in 1998, studyspanish.com was a pioneer in educational websites. Over the years, we have provided free web-based services to millions of Spanish students and teachers.
Our online services and CD course have helped thousands of serious students learn to speak Spanish fluently. As a true 21st century company, we do not suffer from geographic constraints. Our extensive network of experts and specialists extends across the globe.
DuoLingo:Spanish
Learn Spanish in just 5 minutes a day. For free.
Babbel:Spanish
Spanish is considered one of the easiest languages for a native English speaker to learn. The grammar and sentence structure are different from English, but simpler. Because both languages have Latin roots, they also share thousands of cognates – words that sound the same and have the same meanings.
