"Le Grand Concours, or National French Contest, is a French event in the form of a 60 minute national examination, designed, written, financed, and disseminated by the members of the American Association of Teachers of French. Its purpose is to help stimulate further interest in the teaching and learning of French and to help identify and reward achievement on the part of both students and teachers."
The Panasonic Academic Challenge is a highly academic national high school competition modeled after Florida's statewide tournament. Each team consists of six students (four players and two alternates) and one coach. As many as six teams may compete against each other in one competition. This is not a quick response, trivial pursuit contest. Instead, it is a slower-paced tournament in which players are asked questions from the areas of mathematics, science, language arts, social studies, the fine arts, foreign language (French and Spanish) and technology. The questions are written by educators from high schools and colleges throughout the nation.
In Concordia Language Villages they have a variety of languages for you to chose from. I went to the Finnish Camp. If you are not familiar with the language that you choose, the one week course is recommended for you. If you are intermediate and have already done the one week course and you are ready to proceed and do the next level in the language that you pick, you go for the to two week course. If you are advanced (or very good at the language) take the one month course, unless you don't feel comfortable staying away from home for such long periods. Keep in mind that you can still take the two week course until you are comfortable with it. You can stay at that level until you are comfortable staying away from home.
Each year the AATG writes a test to assess proficiency in German. Teachers nationwide can offer the exam to their students. The awards program has been around for 30 years and about 25,000 students take the exam each year.
"The National Latin Exam is offered under the joint sponsorship of the American Classical League and the National Junior Classical League.They are pleased to announce the 2003 ACL/NJCL National Latin Exam. It is a national exam that all Latin students are eligible to take. More than 114,000 Latin students across the U.S.A., Australia, Belgium, Canada, England, Italy, Japan, Scotland, New Zealand, the Republic of South Africa, and Zimbabwe took the 2001 National Latin Exam, a significant increase since its inception in 1978 when 6000 students enrolled."
Amsco's "Discovering Languages" series of textbooks, teacher's guides, and cassettes, were designed to provide exploratory experiences in five foreign languages: French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish. The focus is on "limited language acquisition and extensive cultural awareness. . .designed for a one-semester course in upper-elementary or middle-school foreign language exploratory programs." The student book is a workbook-style text in four colors, engagingly illustrated.
This book includes lists of common Japanese words in a very colorful format. The words are listed in Hiragana as well as English pronunciation.
This book is an introduction to the two kana systems. The book covers origin and function, writing practice, pronunciation, and some vocabulary.
This series is a simple, straightforward, traditional approach to Latin, with some adaptations for younger children, including chants and crossword puzzles. All assignments are clearly and directly presented. The series has a teacher's guide, which is purchased separately. Strong grammatical approach; almost no illustrations; some religious content.
This is a beginning Latin course in cartoon type form. It is Latin conversations between a family in Britian (Vindolanda), that covers basic grammar and Latin vocabulary.
This Washington state certified private school for Preschool through 2nd Grade offers inquiry-based and hands-on programs for gifted children. Children are grouped by ability rather than age. IQ testing is required for admission; acceptance into the program generally requires a result greater than the 90th percentile for preschoolers or 95th percentile for kindergarten students.
The FALCON program (Full-year Asian Language CONcentration) is a concentrated Chinese or Japanese language program that allows beginning students to learn the language at an advanced pace. Students may attend for the full year or just do the summer program for an advanced introduction. This would be good for students who wish to travel to Asia, work in the international market or further their academic study.
This online course uses a Dynamic Immersion method to teach students a foreign language. You learn to speak, write and understand new languages using your natural language-learning abilities and fully-interactive technologies. Spanish - French - German - English (U.S.) - English (U.K.)- Dutch - Danish - Portuguese - Italian - Latin - Russian - Polish - Welsh - Hindi - Arabic - Hebrew - Turkish - Chinese - Thai - Japanese - Vietnamese - Korean - Indonesian - Swahili. They have both an online version and on CD-Rom. You can do a free trial version of the online courses.
A set of 3 CD's that include 10 Languages: Spanish, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Indonesian, Korean, Hebrew, Chinese, and Portuguese. Each language is taught by a cartoon friend and his pet who use only the language being taught. Kids learn pronunciation, the alphabet, word recognition, time telling, and much more in the chosen language.
Bilingual Journey was created by two professional stay-at-home moms who were unable to locate quality educational materials in Spanish to raise their bilingual children. Bilingual Journey is the result of their efforts to make these products available to all bilingual families. The products include activity books, videos, software, music, and posters.
Since 1985, Center for Cultural Interchange (CCI) has been dedicated to the promotion of cultural understanding, academic development and world peace. This is a great site for summer camps abroad. CCI camps provide high quality supervision and many activities including a variety of sports, language classes, and social events. CCI Youth Camps are perfect for the young traveler or students wanting a more sports oriented program. Programs are available for students between the ages of 10 – 17 with beginning to advanced language abilities. Generally, several 2, 3 and 4 week sessions are available during the summer. Destinations for language camps include: Spain, Switzerland, and Italy.
This website provides a comprehensive news source entirely in Spanish.
This mixed-media program is a fun, educational, entertaining upbeat music CD and video series for kids ages 3-8. These CDs and videos feature Spanish songs, counting songs, spelling songs, songs about manners, and a poetic story. They also feature everyday children from local communities interacting and learning with Ms. Maria. COOL SCHOOL WITH MS. MARIA is a program that offers children an opportunity to learn while providing entertainment to captivate their attention. It’s a fun, musical, educational tool for parents and teachers.
"Our Spanish, French, German and Italian programs are taught by native-speaking educators who immerse the children 100% in the foreign language in the context of engaging games, songs, arts & crafts, treasure hunts, and more - all developed by the Language Stars team of educators, linguists and early childhood experts! We focus solely on a young child’s “Window of Opportunity” to absorb a foreign language naturally, and we track the progress of each child from the listening stage through his first spontaneous sentences."
The Learnables is an auditory-based approach to learning a foreign language. The kit comes with a set of audiotapes and a booklet. No English is used at all; students learn the language through the foreign language tapes and, initially, accompanying pictures in the instructional booklet. After a student acquires some proficiency in the beginnings of the language, the booklets introduce words, phrases, sentences, and paragraphs written in that language (still no English translation). Both beginning and intermediate courses are available.
Spanish Multimedia offers a vast selection of videos in Spanish including Sesame Street, Barney, National Geographic, Disney, and family classics like The Wizard of Oz and Miracle on 34th Street. Also available in Spanish are documentaries and instructional videos in math, science, geography, etc.
Summer Latin in Rome began 30 years ago by Father Reginald Foster. The program is run by Fr. Foster at a convent in Rome, but students do not need to be priests, monks, nuns, Catholics, or Christians. Students need only to possess knowledge of Latin, love of the language, and the ability to work consistently at learning more. Forty to fifty students are chosen each year to participate in the program. The students are split into 2 groups, the intermediate group and the advanced group. The program lasts approximately 6 weeks from early June to mid-July. Classes are 6 days per week, approximately 3 hours each with optional sessions in the evenings and excursions on Sundays.
This website hosts an online language translator on which you can enter up to 150 words for translation in Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portugese, Spanish, and Russian.
This website contains a wealth of online exercises, quizzes & tests, grammar notes, and links to audio pronunciation guides. It also has vocabulary lists, games, and cultural notes. Additionally, there are links to lesson plans and sites where you can create your own games and quizzes.
ECCE ROMANI is an online Resource for students interestes in studying Latin.
This website helps you to learn the proper form and strokes to write Japanese hiragana characters.
This is an online Comparison of Introductory Latin Programs from Martha Robinson at Homeschool Christian. This resource has book reviews on various Latin text books.
This website offers the "internet's most extensive collection of free Spanish learning tools." The online tutorial/curriculum covers pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, verb drills, and other topics. Registered members can take quizzes and save their results to their virtual report card.
One of the best Spanish learning sites on the internet. The webmasters are English teachers living in Andalucia, Spain, who have put together an exhaustive set of links and tools useful to anyone trying to learn Spanish. Topics include English/Spanish chatrooms, software, food lists, links, translations, and much more.
This website offers an electronic workbook of introductory Spanish language exercises, based on visual association. Although the material of Mas arriba is designed to accompany the "Brief Edition of Arriba! Communicacion y Cultura" (2001 by Prentice Hall), you may discover that the exercises can be adapted quite easily to other textbooks and approaches.
The National Spanish Examination is an online, standardized assessment tool given voluntarily by over 3000 teachers throughout the United States. They measure vocabulary and grammar listening comprehension and reading comprehension.
This website offers a commercial foreign-language curriculum. Power-Glide's approach to teaching foreign languages is very popular with homeschoolers, because neither a parent nor a tutor who knows the language is required to use the materials. Power-Glide was designed by a linguist and appeals to those who want a more intuitive approach to second-language learning. Power-Glide utilizes tapes, text materials, and CD-ROM. A demonstration of the instructional approach is available on the website. Students proceed at their own pace through the materials; materials for young children as well as high school level materials are available.
This website has hundreds of links divided into categories: Spanish language listserves, spanish language search engines, maps, organizations supporting Spanish teaching and benchmarks, online courses and lessons, dictionaries, Spanish art and cultural exhibits, Spanish history, Spanish grammar, etc.
Offered by the Downriver Recreation Commission in Algonac, MI, Universal Person to Person offers a wide variety of programs to people interested in cultural diversity. Join us each month for a cultural exchange of new programs. Certified teachers will provide you with sampling of Japanese, Italian or Spanish language. Learn calligraphy, bonsai, origami and shogi. Play canasta, the piano or clog. Practice public speaking or creative writing. Meet some wonderful new friends and learn new skills and hobbies.
This CD-ROM package is designed as a self-teaching Latin course, allowing multiple levels of students to utilize the program. There are two courses: Level I, which is equivalent to the first two years of high-school Latin and Level II, which is equivalent to the second two years. The courses are available in book form or on CD-ROM. The CD-ROM allows for instant feedback of answers. Not only does the program teach Latin, but it also teaches Roman culture and English parts of speech.
This DOS-based program presents the student with spoken Japanese from square one. At any time, students may choose to repeat the last Japanese phrase, see it written in Japanese, or hear it's English equivalent, but the program is primarily a spoken Japanese environment. Though Dynamic Japanese includes no practice booklets and a minimalist study guide, colorful pictures and animations supplement the Japanese phrases and dialogs.
FrenchClasses.com offers an exciting way to learn French. They have several products available including a CD-Rom, Phone Lessons, and Online Lessons. All of the classes are available for all level's from Beginner to Advanced.
This CD-Rom is great for young children just starting to learn Spanish. It teaches colors, numbers, body parts, and simple nouns in a fun and exciting format.
Learn Latin Now! 9.0 is a computer CD-ROM that incorporates a variety of methods to learn Latin. In addition to the computer program speaking, you can speak into a microphone and it checks your pronunciation. For the beginner, it uses mythology as a learning tool, has phrases and games. It also includes more advanced Latin to further your learning.
This mixed-media foreign langauge curriculum uses a mix of electronic media to reach young children. Muzzy, the space traveler and his friends, create a total learning environment by using videos, audio cassettes and a CD-ROM to engage your child, while still young enough to naturally learn a language.
This mixed-media foreign language curriculum is designed to help children understand and communicate. No boring rote memorization. Based on natural learning principles. Multi-sensory activities for all types of learners. Puzzles, games, stories and music. Highly graphical, diglot weaves.
This is a Windows based supplement for formal Japanese lessons. It is a wonderful tool to help children (and adults) learn to recognize two of the Japanese alphabets. It has colorful graphics, animation, sound, and innovative drills and games. We have tried other CD-Roms, and this was the most helpful in learning the alphabets and learning about the Japanese language structure.
CD Rom based Japanese language lessons. Includes fun games to help learn Hiragana and katakana alphabets. Smart Start Japanese lets you learn in three different ways or modes: Listening, Reading or Speaking.