- ICT4LT (Information and Communications Technology for Language Teachers) is a web-based training course with the emphasis on language teaching methodologies that can be implemented successfully with the aid of new technologies.
- The BBC have an area on their site dedicated to their language programmes, including lots of interactive material and transcripts, and a section for tutors.
- Most BBC language programmes are broadcast in the Learning Zone slot, and snippets from some of these can be browsed by topic online at Learning Zone Broadband Class Clips.
- The BBC's commercial arm BBC Active publish their packaged courses, and have a Teachers' Club where you can sign up for a genuinely useful monthly email newsletter which ranges far beyond their materials.
- Integrating ICT into the MFL classroom - Joe Dale's blog is full of inspiring ideas and useful links, as is Russell Stannard's Teacher Training Videos.
- CALL and the Learner runs several projects and a useful blog. It's a research network of AILA (the International Association of Applied Linguistics), co-convened by Hayo Reinders who also maintains the Innovation in Teaching site.
- Internet Activities for Foreign Language Classes - worksheets for students to complete while accessing the referenced web sites.
- Language Box is a bank of language teaching resources, which you can contribute to: store, manage and publish your teaching resources on the web. It's a repository for Open Educational Resources, enabling us to share handouts, exercises, podcasts, videos etc.
- It's often useful to incorporate pictures and video into teaching material, online and offline:
- The REALIA Project is a searchable database of images for using in teaching foreign languages.
- Language Teaching Clipart from the University of Victoria
- More clip art aimed at language teachers.
- And for videos, try searching on JISC MediaHub and EdMediaShare as well as the usual suspects (YouTube, Vimeo etc)
- JISC Digital Media offers advice for the UK HE community on the use of still/moving images and sound.
- On-line Books Page at the University of Pennsyvania is a good starting point for browsing the treasure trove of online literature - there's a list of links to foreign language repositories.
- Pen pals by electronic mail (aka 'key pals') are a rewarding use of the Internet for language learners.
- International E-Mail Tandem Network is an EU-funded project made up of a number of bilingual subnets, in which learners of different native languages work together in order to help each other learn, through mailing lists and individual e-mail.
- Intercultural E-Mail Classroom Connections - e-mail lists for teachers to find classes for e-mail exchanges.
- There are several more of these for EFL/ESL students - see our English links for Teacherspage.
- Resources in Language Testing including reviews and a database of journal articles on the subject.
- Lauren Rosen's Teaching with the Web is a collection of good ideas for language teachers using the Web.
- UK universities and the needs of dyslexic foreign language learners- a project by the University of Sussex.
- Dyslexia and learning a language - a guide from the University of Hull. Virginia Commonwealth University have a section on learning disabilities and foreign language learning.
Organisations and Journals
See also individual language links pages for organisations, journals and mailing lists specific to a particular language.
- AULC, the Association of University Language Centres for the UK and Ireland - a member of CercleS, the European Confederation of Language Centres in Higher Education.
- CILT is the UK's National Centre for Languages. As the UK Government's recognised centre of expertise on languages, its mission is to promote a greater capability in languages amongst all sectors of the UK population.
- Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies is part of the UK-wide Higher Education Academy. Their site offers a teaching materials bank, good practice guides, details of events and training in the UK, and links to other resources.
- UCML (University Council of Modern Languages) is the national organisation which represents the interests of modern languages, linguistics and cultural and area studies in higher education.
- ALL (the Association for Language Learning) is the UK's major subject association for those involved in teaching modern foreign languages, whilst REAL is the European Network of Language Teacher Associations, with a rich website well worth exploring.
- ECML is the European Centre for Modern Languages, a Council of Europe institution aiming to promote excellence in language education and catalyse reform in the teaching and learning of languages.
- Matsda - the Materials Development Association includes printable teaching materials and articles from their newsletter, FOLIO.
- UK University Language Centres - actually the AULC member list but most are there, complete with links to their web pages.
- LRC Project was an EU-funded project run from CILT which still has a useful Language Resource Centre handbook available.
- AILA Scientific Commission on Learner Autonomy aims to advance understanding of the role of learner autonomy in successful language learning, encouraging research and disseminating findings.
- FLTEACH (Foreign Language Teaching Forum) is an e-mail discussion list; searchable archives are available on the web.
- Language Learning Journal is the research journal from ALL, and provides a forum for scholarly contributions on current aspects of foreign language and teaching. LLJ is an international, peer-reviewed journal that is intended for an international readership, including foreign language teachers, language teacher educators, researchers and policy makers. Sussex is a subscriber and can access content online.
- Language Learning in Higher Education is the newly founded journal from CercleS, dedicated to disseminating the best results of research activities carried out at language centres and higher education departments.
- Language Teaching Research journal publishes work related to the teaching of any second language (including English), including issues concerned with programme, syllabus and materials design, methodology, the teaching of specific skills and language for specific purposes.
- Modern Language Journal is a refereed publication for teachers and researchers of all modern foreign languages and English as a second language.
- Language Teaching journal - (or rather, "international research resource for language professionals") provides an overview of research in the field of second-language teaching and learning, offering critical survey articles of recent research on specific topics.
- Applied Linguistics publishes research into language with relevance to real world problems.
- Journal of Second Language Writing publishes theoretically grounded reports of research and discussions of central issues in second and foreign language writing and writing instruction.
- Yazik Open lists thousands of articles of open-access language research.
- eBooks - the University Library subscribes to various collections, many of which are listed on their guide to e-books but it's also worth checking the EBL collection which includes many Language and Linguistics eBooks from publishers such as Taylor & Francis, Wiley etc.
Technology-related
- EUROCALL is the European Association for Computer Assisted Language Learning, which runs the ReCALL journal - available online for Sussex students and staff through Cambridge Journals.
- CALICO (Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium) is a professional US organisation for those interested in language education and technology, with a respected journal (not subscribed at Sussex).
- JALT CALL SIG is the Japanese equivalent (with a journal).
- The Language Learning and Technology International (LLTI) mailing list is one of the principal means of information exchange and debate among those interested in language learning technology - searching the archives of the discussions can be useful.
- LLTI has close ties with the International Association for Language Learning Technology (IALLT), which publishes a journal and a range of monographs.
- Language Learning & Technology is a web-based academic journal focusing on how the use of technology impacts the process of teaching and learning languages, reporting developments in research and teaching practices.
- System is an international journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, which can be accessed online at the University of Sussex.
- Computer Assisted Language Learning - another prominent international journal.
- CALL-EJ Online is an electronic journal on computers and language education from Japan and Australia.
Other interesting sites
- ProgrammableWeb lists all kinds of mashups (websites bringing together data from two or more web services into a new application with added functionality)
- Moodle - free course management system designed using sound pedagogical principles, to help educators create effective online learning communities. See for example Moodle for Language Teaching. This is what underlies this University's Study Direct.
- Language Lab Unleashed is aimed at US high school teachers, but is an interesting blend of Moodle, podcast and blog.
- Flickr - photo sharing and organisation: see the world's snaps. There are some interesting offshoots of this: type a word into Spellr and see it spelled out in images.
- Google Book Search - tens of thousands of books scanned into Google, at your disposal. Stunning.
