This list is provided by Craig Packard (User Services Coordinator for the ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics at the Center for Applied Linguistics in Washington D.C.) and Lynn Fischer (Administrative and Editorial Assistant at CAL in Washington, D.C.).
Agora Language Marketplace
agoralang.com
An online index of companies offering language-related publications, products, and services, Agora Language Marketplace serves as an information source for foreign language professionals. It features a newsletter; directories of publishers and distributors, language schools, jobs, conferences, and more; and links to other information resources.
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
www.actfl.org
This site provides information about ACTFL's professional development programs and contains a downloadable library of frequently requested ACTFL publications. It also offers an educational resource directory; information on national standards for foreign language education; a classified section; and a link navigator to affiliated organizations, resources, and standards implementations.
Athelstan ONLINE
www.athel.com
Athelstan publishes and distributes products related to technology and second language learning, including CD-ROMS; software; videos; and reference materials, such as the Technology and Language Learning Yearbook and the Athelstan Newsletter, which is sent free to teachers in the United States.
Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL)
www.cal.org
The CAL site provides access to two of the ERIC Clearinghouses (Adult ESL Literacy and Languages and Linguistics); three databases with information about immersion programs and foreign language tests; and a wide range of topic areas containing information about bilingual education, dialects, foreign language learning and teaching, language testing, refugee concerns, and literacy. The site also contains news of activities at the Center for Applied Linguistics.
Center for Research on Learning and Teaching
www.crlt.umich.edu
This University of Michigan's Center site offers teaching tips and strategies, multicultural and technological resources, and more
Educator's Reference Desk
www.eduref.org
Offers lesson plans, teaching tips, points to information and organization, and question archives.
Everyday English
www.everydayenglish.com
Gives online lessons to students of English.
Instant Access Treasure Chest
www.fln.vcu.edu/ld/ld.html
Subtitled "The Foreign Language Teacher's Guide to Learning Disabilities," this site offers information about assistive technology, attention deficit disorder, auditory deficits, dyslexia, government resources, learning styles, teaching students with disabilities, and more.
Language Guide
www.languageguide.org/english
An excellent site which provides the English common for vocabulary in twelve languages, including Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, and Arabic.
Language Learning & Technology
http://llt.msu.edu
This is an electronic, refereed journal that was first published in July 1997. The journal seeks to disseminate research results to foreign and second language educators in the United States and around the world on issues related to technology and language education.
List of Language Lists
http://www.evertype.com/langlist.html
This site lists bulletin boards devoted primarily to the linguistic study of individual languages and groups of languages but also includes some other bulletin boards aimed specifically at language learners.
Ñandutí
www.cal.org/earlylang
The foreign language initiative at the Northeast and Islands Regional Educational Laboratory at Brown University created this resource Web site to provide up-to-date information about early-start/long-sequence foreign language programs to parents, teachers, and administrators. Ñandutí 's focus is on foreign language learning in kindergarten through eighth grade.
Schoenhof's Foreign Books
schoenhofs.com
The publication titles of this large supplier of dictionaries, foreign language texts, readers, and textbooks can be searched at its "book search" page. The site includes a listing of children's books and literature in its original language.
Sweetland Writing Center
www.lsa.umich.edu/swc
This University of Michigan Sweetland Writing Center offers support for the learning and teaching of academic writing at all levels.
Virtual CALL Library
www.sussex.ac.uk/langc/callothr.html
The Virtual CALL Library seeks to be a central point of access to the diverse collection of computer-aided language learning software scattered across the Internet and available for downloading.
World of Reading
www.wor.com
This organization's Web site offers a wide range of foreign language and ESL books, audiotapes, videotapes, and software for children and adults.
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