Mansel Wells's List: LOTE Featured Sites

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• Note Tumblebooks: Animated Talking Picture Books
(a link is located on the right side of the window)

You are able to choose Spanish as the language for each of these books. All of the books are elementary so high school students might need to view it as them acting as an editor for children's books.

Over 1, 500 episodes

COLD 1-6
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This search engine enables you to search by subject (e.g. history, science, etc.), Grade Level, and Resource Type ("Media" when searching for images). There are nine major partners who can be accessed through this search engine. They are
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* Council for Economic Education
* International Reading Association
* National Center for Family Literacy
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Free Spanish tutorials

Teacher Links for Languages Other Than Enlish from the New York State Education Department.

Students will use an instant messenger program to set up a video chat with people from other cultures outside of school.

Read, listen and watch the news where it happens.

Resources for creating podcasts

SmartPhrase Online Phrasebook: Thousands of foreign phrases arranged by subject for seven major languages in a searchable online database.

Random Phrase Generator: Humorous and serious phrases selected randomly in languages you choose