Instructional Technologies in the Foreign Language Classroom
Sample
List of Websites and Resources
Compiled by Esperanza Román
Presented at the Leadership Network for International
Education Meeting
September 2002
CALL
Technologies and Programs
Technology-based
Course Components
Spanish Spell Checker, Signum Cía. Ltda. http://www.lenguaje.com/herramientas/verificador/Default.htm
(I)
Spanish Syllable Tool Signum Cía. Ltda. http://www.lenguaje.com/herramientas/Guionizador/Default.htm
(I)
Spanish Conjugation Tool Signum Cía. Ltda. http://www.lenguaje.com/herramientas/conjugador/default.htm
(I)
Spell Checker Software for Spanish, German, French
and English. http://www.allvirtualware.com/languages/slink.htm
(C)
Spell Online (French, German, English, Spanish,
Portuguese). http://www.spellonline.com/
(I)
List of Dictionaries. http://www.yourdictionary.com/
(I)
The Internet Dictionary Project. http://www.june29.com/IDP/IDPC.html
(C)
Word Translator. http://www.foreignword.com/ (I)
Houghton Mifflin Technology. http://college.hmco.com/instructors/ins_teachtech_useourtech_matrixhome.html (I/C)
McGraw Hill Digital Solutions. http://www.mhhe.com/catalogs/solutions/olc.mhtml
(I/C)
Prentice Hall Companion Websites.
http://www.prenhall.com/pubguide/
(I/C)
Thomson Learning / Heinle. http://www.heinle.com/cgi-heinle/course_products_hl.pl?fid=H18&discipline_number=302&layer=menuWorldSub3 (I/C)
Wiley & Sons Technology Solutions. http://jws-edcv.wiley.com/college/solutions (I/C)
Vista Higher Learning. http://www.vistasonline.com/index.php (I/C)
3.
Technology-based Course
Components
Spanish Exercises. Instituto Cervantes. http://cvc.cervantes.es/aula/default.htm (I)
Spanish Exercises. Juan Manuel Soto Arriví. http://www.indiana.edu/~call/lengua.html (I)
Spanish Exercises. Juan Ramón de Arana. http://mld.ursinus.edu/~jarana/Ejercicios/ (I)
WebCT Spanish Content Courses. Esperanza Román Mendoza. http://webct.gmu.edu
Login: mendoza_student Password: student (I)
Latin WebQuest: http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/as/education/projects/webquests/rome/frames.html
(I)
French WebQuest. http://edweb.sdsu.edu/triton/SDBiarritz/SDBiarritzUnit.html
(I)
French WebQuest. http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/langacad/lecirque/
(I)
German Interactive Exercises. Robert Godwin-Jones.
http://www.fln.vcu.edu/gj.html
(I)
First Year French at UT Austin. http://www.lamc.utexas.edu/fr/home.html
(I/C)
The Rhythm of French. Pronunciation Tutor. http://www.amug.org/~a108/rof.html (C)
Sakura. Japanese Online Program. http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/subjects/japanese/sakura/
(I)
An Introduction to Korean. http://www.langintro.com/kintro/ (I)
4.
Teacher Tools and Interactive
Technologies
Filtered Free Student E-mail Accounts http://gaggle.net/gen?_template=/templates/gaggle/html/index.jsp (I)
Voice Mail. http://www.wimba.com/products/vmail/showroom.php
(I)
Quia. http://www.quia.com/ (I)
Game-O-Matic. http://clear.msu.edu/dennie/matic/
(I)
Libra. Instructional Authoring Software for Macs.
http://www.libra.swt.edu/default.html
Hot Potatoes. http://web.uvic.ca/hrd/halfbaked/
(I)
Interactive Test. http://www.interactivetest.com/ (I)
WebQuests. http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquest.html
(I)
Track. Tool to Annotate and Track Websites. http://scrtec.org/track/index.html
(I)
ACE II. http://www.explio.com/ (I)
Filamentality. Tool to Develop WebQuests. http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/
Inspiration. Tool to Brainstorm, Plan, Organize,
Outline, Diagram, and Write. http://www.inspiration.com/
(C)
WebCrossing. http://www.webcrossing.com/40/
Videochat. CuSeeMe World. http://www.cuseemeworld.com/ (I)
Home Page Reading (Speech Synthesis Tools to Read
Pages in Different Languages). http://www-3.ibm.com/able/
(I)
Jaws. Screen Reading. http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws.asp
(I)
5.
Learning Management Systems
Blackboard CourseInfo. www.blackboard.net (I)
Centra. www.centra.com/ (I)
Click2.learn.com. www.asymetrix.com (I)
eCollege.com www.ecollege.com (I)
Eduprise.com. www.eduprise.com (I)
Embanet. www.embanet.com (I)
Softarc FirstClass. www.centrinity.com/solutions/learn/ (I)
Integrated Virtual Learning Environment. ivle.nus.edu.sg (I)
Intralearn. www.intralearn.com (I)
Learning Space. www.lotus.com/home.nsf/welcome/learnspace
(I)
LUVIT. www.luvit.com (I)
MentorWare. www.mentorware.com (I)
TopClass. www.wbtsystems.com (I)
Virtual-U. www.vlei.com (I)
WebCT. www.webct.com
(I)
WebMentor. avilar.adasoft.com/avilar/index.html (I)
Tell me More. http://www.auralog.com/us/tellmemore.html
(C)
Digital Publishing Software. http://www.digitalpublishing.de/sprachen/sprach-top.htm
(C)
Transparent Languages. http://www.transparent.com/ (C)
Broderbund Software. http://www.broderbund.com (C)
DynEd Software http://www.dyned.com/dyned/eng/home.html
(C/I)
Courses from the University of Hawaii and the
National Foreign Language Resource Center. http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/project/399info.html
(Advanced Chinese, Japanese, Korean) (I)
CyberItalian. Online Italian Course. http://www.cyberitalian.com/
De Tudo um Pouco. Online
Portuguese Course. http://www2.arts.gla.ac.uk/PortLang/transit.html
Agora Market Place. Very Comprehensive List of
Hardware and Software Providers. http://www.agoralang.com/
(I/C)
Agora Market Place. List of Materials. http://www.agoralang.com/agora/alphadir.html
(I/C)
Daniel,
J. S. (1998). Mega-universities and knowledge media: technology strategies
for higher education. London: Kogan Page.
Felix, U.
(2001). Beyond Babel: Language Learning Online. Melbourne: Language
Australia Ltd.
Marshall
University's Center for Instructional Technology. (1999). Comparison of
Online Course Delivery Software Products. Retrieved September
7, 2002, from http://www.marshall.edu/it/cit/webct/compare/comparison.html
Roberts,
L. (Ed.). (2001, June). Redesigning Learning Environments * It's Not Just
For Math and Science: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and University
of Tennessee-Knoxville Tackle Foreign Languages. The Pew Learning and Technology
Program Newsletter, 3, (2). Retrieved November 7, 2001, from http://www.center.rpi.edu/PewNews/PLTP8.html
Román Mendoza. E. (2002). “Web-based Instructional Environments: Tools and Techniques for Effective Second Language Acquisition.” in Cantos, P. and Pérez, P. (ed.): New Trends in Computer Assisted Language Teaching/Learning. Cuadernos de Filología Inglesa. Monograph Issue 11.1. Murcia: Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Murcia. pp. 33-60.
University of Manitoba. (2001). Tools for Developing
Interactive Academic Web Courses. Retrieved September 7, 2002, from http://www.umanitoba.ca/ip/tools/courseware/index.html