It’s a small world
Media-rich, interactive websites make the teaching and learning of Languages Other Than English an engaging and exciting pursuit. Today’s CMIS Tech Focus blog features a short selection of WOW websites and CMIS webpages to share with your L.O.T.E. specialist teachers. Also included are links to K-10 Syllabus documents and TLF Learning Objects to support L.O.T.E teaching and learning programs. [DET portal log on required]
WOW Websites
- Use the Internet Public Library Kidspace site to Say Hello to the World.
- Forvo is the place where you´ll find millions of words pronounced in their original languages. Cool, isn´t it? Be a part of this cultural phenomenon now!
- Aboriginal Languages of Australia There are more than 200 Australian Indigenous languages. Less than 20 languages are strong, and even these are endangered: the others have been destroyed, live in the memories of the elderly, or are being revived by their communities. This site has annotated links to 231 resources for about 80 languages. About 35% of these resources are produced or published by Indigenous people.
- International Children’s Digital Library. The mission of the International Children’s Digital Library Foundation is to excite and inspire the world’s children to become members of the global community – children who understand the value of tolerance and respect for diverse cultures, languages and ideas — by making the best in children’s literature available online.
- iLoveLanguages’ purpose is to list, categorize, and promote Internet resources related to language learning, education, and use. We want to make sure that people who are interested in learning a language can find information, products, and services they can use to help. We also want to promote language education by giving everyone the opportunity to delve into a language other than their own.
- The CMIS Learning Area page: LOTE contains extensive links to resources to support LOTE programs.
- Also available are the CMIS WACE webpages to support
- K-10 Language (LOTE) Syllabus documents are available via the DET portal. [logon required]
DET teachers are able to access The Learning Federation Learning Objects via the DET Portal. [log in required]
This search strategy will help you locate useful TLF digital resources in this collection which support LOTE teaching programs:
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