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European Day of Languages
Young adult or adult English learners complete activities that test reading comprehension, vocabulary and grammar skills, listening and speaking, as well as writing skills. After reading a document on the European Day of Languages, they...
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English as a Global Language
A discussion of English as a global language is presented in these slides, along with a history of the English language's influence on other cultures throughout the 20th century. The presentation also provides reasons why English makes a...
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Languages of the World: Principal Language
This worksheet lists roughly 30 countries and provides space for researchers to record the principal language spoken in each. Includes a key.
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Countries and Languages Quiz
For this online interactive geography quiz worksheet, students examine the chart that includes 20 languages. Students identify the names of the countries with the greatest number of native speakers in 4 minutes.
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Foods and Languages of the World
Students study world cultures with an emphasis on languages and cultures. In this world cultures activity, students study the countries of Spain, China, Italy, and the United States. Students read the story Everybody Cooks Rice and move...
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Total Physical Response Storytelling
Fifth graders are introduced to the strategy TPRS (Total Physical Response Storytelling) for studying world languages. They utilize this strategy as a vehicle to storytelling and expand their vocabulary by contextualizing it in high...
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DRMRS VANDERTRAMP: Le pass?? compos?? avec ??tre
Students assess the acronym DRMRSVANDERTRAMP (Dr & Mrs Van Der
Tramp) to help them memorize verbs. They pair up to create a short story describing what they did yesterday incorporating ten to fifteen of those verbs. In addition, a...
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Language Recognition and Language Families
Students debate the pros and cons of bilingualism in the United States and in the classroom. Students investigate how language reflects and influences culture, and focus on how to make language acquisition easier for students.
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Languages of the World
This teacher-generated word search lists 29 world languages to locate in the puzzle. There is little educational merit to this worksheet; however, it may improve spelling of some less common languages.
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Top World Languages Quiz
In this online interactive geography quiz learning exercise, students respond to 50 identification questions about world languages. Students have 5 minutes to complete the quiz.
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Languages of the World 2
In this geography learning exercise, students investigate the languages spoken in different countries of the world. Students read the names of 20 countries and write the principal language of each country.
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The Language Garden
Students explore threats to minority languages. In this global studies lesson, students read an article about minority languages in the world. Students then complete tasks to show their comprehension of the article. The reading is not...
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Primlangues
Ce site est en francais. All presenting text is in French, with learning materials for Portuguese, Spanish, German, Italian and English. Advanced French skills required to get full use of this site.
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Mango Languages: Homepage
From home to school to libraries and businesses, Mango enhances environments with the opportunity to understand and utilize over sixty languages as well as providing ELL to thrive. Practice is tracked and mobile learning is available to...
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American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
ACTFL is one of the premier organizations for Foreign Language teachers. Sample articles from the organization's journals, and information about conferences and webinars are available, as well as a wealth of other materials useful to...
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Actfl: Performance Descriptors for Language Learners
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages explanation of its Performance Descriptors for Language Learners. Performance Descriptors document is available to download as a PDF.
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American Council on Teaching of Foreign Languages: Proficiency Guidelines 2012
Updated version of the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines for speaking, writing, listening, and reading in a foreign/world language. Explanations and samples of each level of proficiency, from Novice Low through Distinguished are offered....
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Penguin Random House: Living Language: Language Lab Arabic
Explore the Arabic Language Lab and have fun too. Practice with different games or review vocabulary with the digital flashcards.
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Penguin Random House: Living Language: Language Lab Chinese
Explore the Chinese Language Lab and have fun too. Practice with different games or review vocabulary with the digital flashcards.
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Penguin Random House: Living Language: Language Lab English
Explore the English Language Lab and have fun too. Practice with different games or review vocabulary with the digital flashcards.
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Penguin Random House: Living Language: Language Lab Greek
Explore the Greek Language Lab and have fun too. Practice with different games or review vocabulary with the digital flashcards.
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Penguin Random House: Living Language: Language Lab Hebrew
Explore the Hebrew Language Lab and have fun too. Practice with different games or review vocabulary with the digital flashcards.
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Penguin Random House: Living Language: Language Lab Ingles
Explore the English Language Lab and have fun too. Practice with different games or review vocabulary with the digital flashcards.
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Penguin Random House: Living Language: Language Lab Italian
Explore the Italian Language Lab and have fun too. Practice with different games or review vocabulary with the digital flashcards.