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Integrating Technology into Foreign Language Education
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Web Links to Resources for Language Teachers
Resources mentioned in Bush, Technology-Enhanced Language Learning
Chapter
1: Taking Control of Multimedia
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Standards for
Foreign Language Learning - produced by ACTFL
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Standards for Classical
Language Learning (draft)
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CD-ROM: Le Louvre (architectural history of the Louvre plus a fascinating
tour or the collection housed there; now on 3 CDs) - Available from World
of Reading
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Vi-Conte (Videodisc designed to teach French as a second laguage in a French
Canadian cultural setting) - Available from 3-D
Courseware
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A
la Rencontre de Philippe - videodisc (for French). Including
a wealth of audio and visual resources, a glossary, transcripts, and self-testing
exercises, this multimedia package teaches comprehension of written and
spoken French at the intermediate level.
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Multimedia Authoring Tools - software programs that allow integration of
text, graphics, sounds, and still and moving images
Chapter
2: Multiple, Mixed, Malleable Media
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Software programs showcased in this chapter:
all are available as CD-ROMs to accompany the textbook by the same name
Chapter
3: Teaching Listening: How Technology Can Help
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Champs-Elysées
audio magazine
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The Listening Tool - available from PICS
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The Learnables - published by International Linguistics
Corporation (Call 1-800-237-1830)
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Montevidisco
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The Rosetta Stone
- from Fairfield Language Technologies
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Vi-Conte - Available from 3-D
Courseware
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Vidéo
Vérité
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The Language Learning Strategies Program - distributed
by Joan Rubins Associates,, 2011 Hermitage Avenue, Wheaton, MD 20902
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Nouvelles
Dimensions
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Also discussed in class:
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Realaudio Player,
v. 5.0 - a plugin for listening to audio files on the Web (free - may be
downloaded from this site)
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Real Publisher
- a software package that compresses sound and video files for delivery
over the web - $39.95 from RealAudio. To read a discussion of the
advantages of Real Publisher, click here.
Chapter
4: Hypermedia Technology for Teaching Reading
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XMedia
Engine Templates by David Herren (Middlebury College) - presently available
free of charge (may be downloaded from this website), but for the Mac only;
cross-platform version now in development and coming soon
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Chapter 5: Computer-Mediated Communication:
Technology for Improving Speaking and Writing |
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Daedalus Integrated
Writing Environment
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Other communication tools discussed in class
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Free e-mail
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Free chat room - put a free chat room on your web
page; subscribe to Parachat, they will send you five lines of HTML code
to paste into your page and voilà - you have a chat room!
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Integrated suite of communication tools (e-mail,
bulletin board, shared links list, group discussion, schedule, calendar)
for a class - also free
Chapter
7: Learning Language and Culture with Internet Technologies
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All the links to web sites mentioned in this chapter
have been assembled by the authors at this
site.
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Additional information
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CUSeeMe
- inexpensive videoconferencing software
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MOOs
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Mundo
Hispano - this page also has an excellent set of pages that explain
what a moo is, what the commands are, etc.
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Le Moo français
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VRoma
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Sorry, German fans, I have yet to find a German moo
on the Web. If you find one, please send me the link by email.
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Links to foreign language media
(TV, radio, newspapers, magazines)
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This is such a vast topic, I have prepared a separate
page with pertinent listings for English (ESL), French, German and Spanish.
This page is in embryonic form - help me out by adding your own favorite
links here.
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See also the Ultimate
TV home page. Once there, click on "World Television" on the
menu on the right hand side of the page. You will be taken to a page
listing all foreign countries that have tv/radio on the web. Choose
your country to see the listings.
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