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  • Chinese Take-In

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    Wen-Hua Teng

    Chinese Take-In provides an interactive environment where first-year Chinese learners can practice listening outside the classroom according to individual needs and paces while receiving immediate feedback.

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  • Spanish Proficiency Training Website and Learner Corpus

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    Dale Koike

    The purpose of these materials is to help future public school teachers of Spanish in their assessment of learners’ levels of proficiency. These materials not only present videos of learners interacting with an interlocutor, but also direct the viewer to notice features about the learners’ language and proficiency levels. The website also presents information on proficiency levels to help the viewer develop a greater awareness of differences in learner language.

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  • Portuguese Communication Exercises

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    Orlando Kelm

    A compilation of nearly 350 brief video clips, together with a complete Portuguese transcription and English translation of native speakers of Portuguese from various locations throughout Brazil (and some Portugal) who talk about 80 different topics.

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  • Les Conversations Mises à Jour

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    Beatriz E. Schleppe , Melissa E. Skidmore

    Les Conversations Mises à Jour is a collection of authentic conversations in French that targets mostly intermediate and advanced learners of French. Each conversation highlights the shared experience of two native or near-native French speakers and provides both an oral history of that experience and a trove of cultural references.

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  • Radio Arlecchino

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    Antonella Olson , Eric Edwards

    Selection of aural Italian grammar lessons (podcasts). Grammar examples and dialogs are built upon the escapades of Arlecchino, Pulcinella, and other masks of the Italian Commedia dell’arte. Lessons feature topical grammar discussions, dramatic readings, pdf grammar notes … and general audio zaniness.

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  • Introduction to Oral Proficiency Levels (Spanish)

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    Judith E. Liskin-Gasparro

    Introduction to Oral Proficiency Levels is a free open educational resource that can help Spanish teachers gain a foundational understanding of how to evaluate Spanish speakers. The resource includes 17 video-based practice modules designed to strengthen your understanding of the ACTFL Speaking Proficiency Guidelines and to help you evaluate the speaking levels of your language students.

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  • Aswaat Arabiyya

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    Dr. Mahmoud Al-Batal

    Aswaat Arabiyya “Arabic Voices,” is a web site designed for learners and teachers of Arabic seeking materials for listening comprehension. Aswaat Arabiyya provides listening materials and accompanying activities that are intended for the various levels of proficiency from Novice to Superior. These listening materials have been selected from television stations throughout the Arab world and they treat a wide variety of topics and listening genres.

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  • Hindi in America Collection

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    The Hindi in America Collection includes fully transcribed videos of interviews with Hindi-speakers. The aim of the project is to provide learners with unscripted examples of the contemporary colloquial language.

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  • Chinese Dialogues

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    Wen-Hua Teng

    An audio collection of simple Chinese dialogue exchanges. The listening materials are suitable for beginners and help them take the first step toward becoming proficient listeners. Based on the beginning level Chinese curriculum, the dialogues are creative yet realistic scenarios on topics that listeners can relate to, such as the social, family and school aspects of one’s life. Full transcripts transcripts in both traditional and simplified characters as well as English translations are provided as downloadable PDF documents.

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  • COERLL TEKS engagement activities

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    Rose Potter

    COERLL resources can be used in the classroom to help students meet state and national proficiency standards such as ACTFL and TEKS (Texas standard). These activities provide examples of how to integrate the resources into lesson plans that reflect the standards. You are welcome to use them as templates or models. 

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