Language and Theme-Specific Links

This page will probably evolve into a series of pages. It is meant to be a quick starting point for finding resources on specific themes or languages. If you have a theme or site to recommend, please notify the webmaster. Feel free to browse the page or use the table below as a shortcut.

		Cartoons and Comics
	France	For links to French comics not found here, try Dargaud Publishers
	ASTERIX	Astérix: le site officiel This is the official Asterix web site by Albert René Publishers. It contains information about both the comic character and the Astérix Theme Park, as well as links to bookstores where you can order Astérix books.
		Astérix: le site non officiel francophone This French site has a wealth of information about Astérix and his friends.
		The International Astérix Page This site from Sweden includes stores to buy comics, many links with other Astérix sites around the world, and info about the various translations of Astérix.
		Astérix et ses amis This Canadian site has images and a link to other Astérix images at Washington State University
	TINTIN	The Official Site for Tintin by the Fondation Hergé The official site by the foundation dedicated to the artist. It has a biography of the artist as well as info about this loveable cartoon figure. Click on the walking stick if your browser supports frames, on the bone if it does not.
		Tintin This Canadian site has history and info about Tintin as well as links to other sites dedicated to him.
	Germany
	Spain and Latin America
	CONDORITO	Condorito (Chile) This page has a joke for the day and week plus images of Condorito and his friends. You can even leave your own joke.
	MAFALDA	Indiana University's Mafalda Pages This series of pages tells you almost anything you want to know about Quino's famous child of the 60's. It has pictures of her family and friends and interviews with the cartoonist about his creation (in Spanish).
		Quino and Mafalda A basic introduction to Quino and Mafalda in English plus links to cartoon strips.

		Children's Resources
	Books	Sources for children's books in other languages
	German	Kindernetz Invites children into a virtual community to converse with others. Contains Euro pictures and info, the Emoticon-Lexicon, u.s.w.
		Sowieso Die online Zeitung für junge Leser
	Italian	The Children's Page in Italian
	Spanish	Educanet (Chile)This excellent educational site is aimed at primary and secondary Chilean students. Its interactive blackboard has questions and answers on Mathematics (whole and rational numbers, geometry, powers and progressions, measuring systems, sets, etc.), Natural Sciences (biology, health--including sexually transmitted diseases, temperature scales, atomic weights, the greenhouse effect, names for animal babies, national parks, and photosynthesis, etc.), Social Sciences (geography, religious holidays, national flowers and symbols, the Chilean constitution, Latin American history, the 7 wonders of the Ancient World, anthems of the Air Force and Carabineros, etc), and Language/Literature (not only grammar, accentuation, and spelling, but also words derived from Quechua and Mapuche, Greek and Roman mythology, famous phrases, children's literature, Chilean prize-winners in Literature, and the national anthem).
		Cuentos de Ika BremerThis great site shows the potential of Internet for very young children (or very beginning FL students). Written by a woman who lives in Barcelona, Spain, the stories are fairly short, fun, with beautiful contemporary graphics.
		Para los más chicos de la casa This is a children's site from Chile. There are, however, many references to U.S. sites.
		A través de los ojos de un niño A photographic project involving shildren in Cosa Rica.
		Ciberchavales A children's site from Spain.

		Dictionaries Online
	Multi-Language	Internet Dictionary Project
	French	French-English Dictionary (University of Chicago)
	German	German-English Dictionary
	Spanish	Spanish-English Dictionary
		T. Jones' Spanish-English Dictionary (Willamette University)

		Educational Standards & Curriculum Framework
		Developing Educational Standards This page is very valuable as an annotated list of standards development in Foreign Languages listed according to subject and to state.

Fashion & Clothing

		Festivals & Celebrations
	French	Christmas/Noël Père Noël Noël (site from France) Noël (site from Montréal)
	German	Christmas / Weihnachten Nürnberger Christkindlesmarkt Weihnachtslieder
		Karneval
		Ostern
	Spanish	los sanfermines (the running of the bulls) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
		A personal page by Juan Luis Goycolea, native of Pamplona. (6) (7) Not everyone loves the sanfermines. Here is another point of view.
		Semana Santa/Holy Week (1)
		Navidad/Christmas (1)

Food

France and Francophone Countries

Croque Monsieur

General Foreign Language Study

International Education

Internet Center for Learning Foreign Languages (from Russia)

Second Languages Homepage (from Canada)

Tom's Teacher Resources

Grammar & Spelling

Conjuguemos Verb conjugation in French, German, Latin, and Spanish

Comp-jugador

This Canadian site has all the conjugations of all the verbs you can think of. It can be a little slow, but is useful as an on-line resource if you have doubts about a verb form.

Grammar Guide (University of Waterloo, Canada)

Spellmaster

French

French grammar lessons at Globegate (University of Tennessee, Martin)

French Morphosyntax I (UK)

French Grammar Page (VISL-style analytical robot)

French Grammar Guide from Washington State University

General Grammar

COMPARISONS

EXPRESSIONS OF QUANTITY

INVERTED WORD ORDER

MEME

NEGATION

TOUT

Adjectives

ADJECTIVES

ARTICLES

DEMONSTRATIVES

INTERROGATIVE ADJECTIVES AND PRONOUNS

PARTITIVE ARTICLES

POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES

Pronouns

DISJUNCTIVE PRONOUNS

INDIRECT AND DIRECT OBJECT PRONOUNS

RELATIVE PRONOUNS

RELATIVE PRONOUNS (2)

Prepositions

PREPOSITIONS WITH VERBAL INFINITIVES

Verb Forms &Tenses

INFINITIVES

PAST PARTICIPLES

AGREEMENT OF PAST PARTICIPLE

PRESENT PARTICIPLES

PASSE COMPOSE

IMPERFECT TENSE

FUTURE

CONDITIONAL

PAST PERFECT OR PLUPERFECT TENSE

FUTURE PERFECT

CONDITIONAL PERFECT

PAST ANTERIOR

HISTORICAL PAST AND PRESENT

HISTORICAL FUTURE

SUBJUNCTIVE

PAST SUBJUNCTIVE

PASSIVE VOICE

Specific Verbs & Idioms

AVOIR

DEVOIR

ETRE

FAIRE

IDIOMS WITH 'FAIRE'

FALLOIR

METTRE

SAVOIR

SUIVRE

VENIR

German

Spanish

Educanet's Interactive Blackboard: Castellano

This will take you to the Chilean Educanet's interactive blackboard of themes and subjects from elementary and secondary schools. From here, clicking on the "Castellano" button will take you to grammar explanations in Spanish on a variety of topics.

Humor

Instructional Technology and Internet in the Classroom

University of Virginia Foreign Language Instructional Technology Interest Group

California Foreign Language Project Internet Activities for the Foreign Language Classroom

Video Conferencing
Tom Duggan's HTML page

This page gives you the help you need to design your own web pages.

QUIA Web

Literature and Reading

French

Interactive Reading

La ballade des pendus

German

Das arme Schwein

Spanish

Gabriel García Márquez

• Lesson Plan on Gabriel García Márquez

Digital Don Quixote

Quijote and Poetry Website (Indiana University)

Anthology of Spanish Poetry (Indiana University)

Algunos Poemas (University of Waterloo)

Medicine/Homeopathy

Spanish

Mexican Home Remedies

NOAH (New York Online Access to Health) Home Page

Includes a link to New York Public Library's Spanish-language website

CUIDESE (Geocities' Medical Page in Spanish)

Music and Audio

(see also Radio and T.V.)

You can search for a midi file using the following address: http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~ckelly/midi/help/midi-search.html

General

Ultimate Midi Page

France

Songs of Edith Piaf

Francophone music links

Etienne (French educational music from Canada)

Germany

German Folk Songs

Spain/Latin America

La Tuna (Universidad de Valencia, España)

This is an excellent site with a complete description (including pictures and audio) of the heritage of the student minstrels in Spain.

Pedagogy, Classroom Techniques, Materials

Cooperative Learning

Pete Jones' site from Canada with cooperative learning activites in French, German, and Spanish. Very interesting activities, such as "You Be the Judge" based on "Little Red Riding Hood."

E.L. Easton

Materials for Teaching and Learning English and Other Languages.

Spanish web page assignment

This assignment is from a Birmingham, MI high school. The teacher gives beginning resources and has the students create a 5-link page.

Spanish lessons

Italian lessons

The Internet Picture Dictionary

Radio and T.V.

(see also Music and Audio)

France

Real-time Radio from France

TELEVISION - Le guide de la television en France

TV France International

German

Deutsch Welle

Spain/Latin America

El Kiosko

This site has numerous links to Hispanic radio and T.V. pages.

Sports & Recreation

Cyberski España

World Cup Soccer

Study & Travel Programs Abroad

AFS Intercultural Programs

Testing

 Dr. Lynne Overesch-Maister's Spanish Quizzes On-Line

Video and Virtual Reality

France and Francophone Countries

Pastor - Monaco (realvideo and VMRL 3D of Montecarlo)

Virtual Montreal

Specific Languages

Arabic

Arabic links at Globegate (University of Tennessee, Martin)

French

Skynet web directory published in Belgium

Tennessee Bob's Famous French Links

This gentleman has put forth an amazing (and unceasing) effort to unite into one location links of all sorts on French language and culture. Not only does he have grammar, but also excellent thematic links to a wide variety of fields.

FrancoFête '99: A Celebration of French Louisiana's Tricentennial, 1699-1999

You may want to watch this site during the coming year as Louisian gears up to celebrate its French roots.

Le Francais dans le monde

Nick Melekian's France-Related Sites

German

Austrian Government Web Page

Federal Republic of Germany

German Tourist Office

Das Wetter

Das arme Schwein

Korean

http://kalaniosullivan.com/Korea/KunsanCity/Korresource2.html

Spanish

El Borucua, a cultural magazine of Puerto Rico

Learn Spanish Today

Tourist Office of Spain

Spain On Line

Spanish Business Web Site (UK)

Spain: World Factbook (CIA)

Mundo Latino

CyberSpanglish Website

This is a neat site that explores the problems of English versus Spanish in talking about computers.

Biblioteca Nacional de España

¡Viva España! (website at the Universidad de Valencia, España)

Learning and Teaching Spanish (Canada)

Mafaldita (www server for Café de los Argentinos, Indiana University)

Nick Melekian's Spain & Latin America-Related Sites (Germany)

Educanet (Chile)

This excellent educational site is aimed at primary and secondary Chilean students. Its interactive blackboard has questions and answers on Mathematics (whole and rational numbers, geometry, powers and progressions, measuring systems, sets, etc.), Natural Sciences (biology, health--including sexually transmitted diseases, temperature scales, atomic weights, the greenhouse effect, names for animal babies, national parks, and photosynthesis, etc.), Social Sciences (geography, religious holidays, national flowers and symbols, the Chilean constitution, Latin American history, the 7 wonders of the Ancient World, anthems of the Air Force and Carabineros, etc), and Language/Literature (not only grammar, accentuation, and spelling, but also words derived from Quechua and Mapuche, Greek and Roman mythology, famous phrases, children's literature, Chilean prize-winners in Literature, and the national anthem).

last updated on August 1, 2006

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