Internet Activities for Foreign Language Classes

Getting Started....the Web in the Classroom

• How to Write Activities For The Web
• Reading Strategies For Web Activities
• Internet Options in the Classroom (hardware, software, one computer, no Internet connection)
• Web Lesson Evaluation Form
• Favorite Teacher URL's - Use these web sites to write your own Internet activities. There are 480 links to authentic documents on the web. They include Geography, Newspapers, Foods, Sports, Music, Literature, Museums, Artists, Leisure, History, Holidays/ Celebrations, Weather, Search Engines, and Comics.

Sample Web Lessons

The following Internet-based lesson plans were created for foreign language classes by participants in the Technology Workshops of the California Foreign Language Project and the California Language Teachers Association. These sites were designed to be used as worksheets for the students to complete while accessing the corresponding reference web sites online. Teachers may print out the sheets, copy them, and distribute them to the students. (For your convenience, each web address on the online worksheets is also a link to the corresponding reference page.)

Spanish

Spanish Level 1 and above

• Latinos en los EEUU Gabriela Garger
• Tortillas vs. Tortillas Valerie Hecht
• ¡Vamos a Granada!, Kristy Cross
• Medios de Transporte en Cuba, Valerie Hecht
• De Vacaciones en Bariloche, Richard Freeman
• Hotels in Acapulco, Sue Guenette
• La Familia Real, Kathleen Jacobs
• Una Visita al Zoo de Madrid, Susan Erdman
• Muralism, Muralists, and Murals, Carol Sparks
• El Ballet Folklórico de México, Carol Sparks
• El Museo del Prado, Pilar Agudelo
• El Tiempo en la América del Sur, Martha Dratsioti
• El Bosque Lluvioso, Carol Sparks
• Cuentos, Carol Sparks
• El Fútbol Femenino en España, Siobhan Williams
• La Perla , Fremont High School Teachers
• Presentaciones de las Danzas en la Ciudad de México , Carol Sparks
• Excursiones en México, Cristian Alvarez
• El Tiempo en Chile, Linda Miele
• Honduras: A Cultural Lesson in English, Carol Sparks
• El Mundo Maya, Carol Sparks
• Puerto Rico , Carol Sparks
• Fiestas en Peru , Linda Amour
• Folk Dances in Spanish Speaking Countries , Gloria Ulloa Rodriguez
• Los Volcanes Mexicanos , Gail Saucedo
• De Vacaciones en Buenos Aires , Lewis Johnson
• Chocolate - The Food of the Gods, Gail Saucedo
• What "El Chupacabras" means to me!!! , Diane Rosner
• Museums, Museums, Museums! ,Carol Parris and Julie Pinzas
• Alicate , Carol Sparks
• La Cocina de México, Carol Sparks
• Los Próximos Conciertos en Madrid, Carol Sparks
• El Calendario de Danzas Folklóricas Mexicanas , Carol Sparks

Spanish Level 2 and above

• Ir de Compras por el Internet, Francisca Camargo
• El Día de los Muertos, Gilberto Moreno
• Mi niñez, Marcelo Leal
• Las Reglas de Tráfico en Uruguay, Rosemary Soares
• La Familia Real, Filomena Rocha
• Un Museo Virtual , Felipe Dobarganes
• Recetas en Español , Carol Hoffman
• La Tele Madrileña en la Red, Walter Jansen
• Diego Rivera , Lynn Tracadas
• Los Trenes de España , Greg Eichler
• Deportes en España , Linda Amour
• Artistas Mexicanos , Josei Roguero
• La Liga Mexicana de Béisbol , Joanne Atkin
• Venta y Compra de Vehículos , Virginia Blankenship
• Un Muralista Mexicano , Guadalupe Diaz
• Los Números de los Mayas , Maggie Elliott
• Visita al Zoológico, Dawne Ashton

Spanish Level 3 and above

• Breve historia de España, Miguel Hernandez
• Comida Mexicana, Adriana Rentería
• Comida, Renato Martinez
• Museo el Prado, Renato Martinez
• Frida Kahlo, Renato Martinez
• Periódicos, Renato Martinez
• Música, Renato Martinez
• Personajes: Salvador Allende, Renato Martinez
• Metro de Madrid, Renato Martinez
• El Surrealismo, Wanda Snow
• El Día de las Madres , Isabel Vasquez
• Tapas , Carol Pomares
• "El Velorio" by Francisco Oller , Maritza Salguiero-Carlisle
• Culture of Spain , Becky Walleen and Andrea Roberds
• Las Líneas de Nasca , Heddy Olivos
• Dos Fiestas , Sandra Mack

Spanish Level 4 and above

• Los Desaparecidos de Chile, Gabriela Ibarra-Estrada
• La Batalla de Puebla (Cinco de Mayo), Sharon McKinney
• El Día de los Muertos en Michoacán, Mexico, Miguel Leyto
• Frida Kahlo y Ana María Matute , Elsa Danner
• Jorge Luis Borges and His Work , Jairo Jimenez
• La Nutrición - Span. for Span. speakers, Gloria Ulloa Rodriguez
• El Museo del Prado , Kathleen Hagey
• La Lengua de las Jarchas , Julian Randolph
• El Prado , Dawne Ashton

 

French

French Level 1 and above

• French Castles on the Loire, Dennis Neuharth
• La Polynesie Francaise, Melisa Salvato
• Let's Go Shopping: 3 Suisses -
• Top Ten Movies in Montreal , Nancy Salsig
• Visite Virtuelle de Louvre , Gilbert Lanathoua
• Le Temps en France , Rich Modica
• Un Grand Magasin à Paris , Nancy J. Williams
• A La Tele ,Ruby Brendlin
• Le Tour du Monde Francophone , Tom Williams
• Les Animaux de la Ferme , Sallie Nicholas
• Museums, Museums, Museums! , Carol Parris and Julie Pinzás
• Manger à Paris , Mme. Dawson
• Le Shopping à Paris , Beryl Druker and Deborah Berg
• Shopping in La Redoute Catalogue , Kathy Barton
• Paris La Nuit , Linda Sacco
• Le Monde Francophone, Karen Wilson
• French Cheese, Jen Edick

French Level 2 and above

• Vacances de ski , Candy Jester
• Une Journée Typique? , Ginny Rossy
• Trois Recettes de Trois Pays Francophones , Francine Shirvani
• Patrick Bruel - French Singers , Françoise Boden
• Un Arbre Généalogique , Nancy Bainter
• Une Semaine à Paris , Francine Shirvani
• Avez-vous faim? , Diane Anderson
• l'Abbaye du Mont Saint Michel , Miriam de Schweinitz

French Level 3 and above

• Une Visite a la Martinique , Dell-Louise Marsh and Richard Anderson
• Tante Mimi - Leslie Long
• Mangeons à Paris - Marni Geist

Italian

• Marostica, una città incantevole, Marilyn Anania

German

• Das Wetter in Aurich Linda La Mattino
• Kafka , Dan Davey
• Wagner-Festspiele , Daniela Griffin
• Museums, Museums, Museums! , Carol Parris and Julie Pinzás
• Kino In Frankfurt , Lewis Johnson

Chinese

• Beijing Hutong: Tradition Vs. Modernization , Minqi Zhu

Japanese

• The Way We Are , I, Yo Azama
• Japanese Cooking , Keiko Sato-Perry
• Visiting Tokyo Disneyland , Yoshiko Saito-Abbot
• About Japan #1 -,Tom Abbot

ESL/EFL

• Washington, D. C., vs. Washington State, Katherine Haffner-Zoccatelli

Tagalog

• Ang Panahon Nga Naman , Sally Idos

Latin

• Ubi Est Mantua?, Svetlana Lazarova
• Geography of the Aeneid of Vergil, Edward Krug