Thanks for the great list. I’m going to use some of these resources in my EFL classes and to help me practice a few foreign languages on my own. Using images & Google image search really helped me with Japanese vocabulary.

Thanks for the great list. I’m going to use some of these resources in my EFL classes and to help me practice a few foreign languages on my own. Using images & Google image search really helped me with Japanese vocabulary.

Excellent series of articles, José! And thanks for uploading the series to Scribd. I have linked to your blog thread in Section 4.2 of Module 1.1 at the ICT4LT site:

http://www.ict4lt.org/en/en_mod1-1.htm#4.2

Have you considered starting a thread on virtual worlds? Some schools, e.g. John Hanson School, are already using Second Life, but so far I am not aware of any school that is using it to teach MFL. See this Teachers TV video about John Hanson School:

http://www.teachers.tv/video/30858

On the other hand, The British COuncil is running a very successful programme in Second Life for teaching English to 13-17 year-olds:

http://www.britishcouncil.org/hongkong-english-secondlife.htm

I recently wrote a brief arcticle on using virtual worlds for Languages Today:

http://www.ict4lt.org/en/Using_Virtual_Worlds.pdf

Graham Davies

Excellent series of articles, José! And thanks for uploading the series to Scribd. I have linked to your blog thread in Section 4.2 of Module 1.1 at the ICT4LT site:

http://www.ict4lt.org/en/en_mod1-1.htm#4.2

Have you considered starting a thread on virtual worlds? Some schools, e.g. John Hanson School, are already using Second Life, but so far I am not aware of any school that is using it to teach MFL. See this Teachers TV video about John Hanson School:

http://www.teachers.tv/video/30858

On the other hand, The British COuncil is running a very successful programme in Second Life for teaching English to 13-17 year-olds:

http://www.britishcouncil.org/hongkong-english-secondlife.htm

I recently wrote a brief arcticle on using virtual worlds for Languages Today:

http://www.ict4lt.org/en/Using_Virtual_Worlds.pdf

Graham Davies

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Thanks for all the resources and information you share with us, José. Yours is one of my favourite websites ever. Congrats on your hard work!

Text to speech software programs are extremely useful for language teaching and learning, especially for teaching pronunciation and listening skills. For example, Panopreter Plus ( http://www.panopreter.com ), it’s a good tool for Windows 7 or vista users. The software reads text and converts the text to mp3 and wave audio files with the voice of Microsoft Anna. Best of all, it’s very simple to use.