PUBLIC
WEB SITES
Indiana
Network for Early Language Learners (IN-NELL) Indiana
Network for Early Language Learners, an organization
for educators involved in teaching second language
to children.
Ñandutí Ñandutí is
a resource for foreign language learning in grades K-8. Ñandutí also
has a listserv for school district personnel, superintendents,
teachers, college and university teacher educators, and
parents.
National
Advisory Centre on Early Language Learning (NACELL) National
Advisory Centre on Early Language Learning (NACELL)
was set up in June 1999 as part of the Early Language
Learning (ELL) initiative in Britain. The site contains
resources, networking, a school example, and professional
development.
National
Directory for Early Foreign Language Programs National
Directory for Early Foreign Language Programs is a
national database of schools in the United States that
begin foreign language instruction before Grade 7.
Learn
Language A site that encourages Americans
to learn a foreign language. It gives sites where you
can learn more about organizations promoting language
learning, information on promoting language learning,
and where to apply for jobs.
Support
for Elementary Educators through Distance Education
in Spanish (SEEDS) SEEDS is a federally
funded project located at the University of South Florida.
It offers FLES teachers as well as those elementary
teachers wishing to integrate Spanish into their classrooms
over 300 activities, webquests, links to useful sites,
readings and blackline masters with audio and video
samples. SEEDS is divided into three modules: Spanish
Enhancement, Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language
and internationalising the Curriculum.
CARLA’s
Content Based Instruction Materials.
The Center for Advanced Research and Language Acquisition
(CARLA) specializes in research and application of using
content-based instruction (CBI) to develop students’ foreign
language acquisition. CARLA’s website, Content-Based
Language Teaching with Technology (CoBaLTT), can be found
at: http://www.carla.umn.edu/cobaltt/. This site presents 1) a
description of what CBI is and why it is effective, 2)
instructional modules using CoBaLTT, 3) CBI-based lesson
plans and units, 4) a CoBaLTT unit template, 5) CoBaLTT
Bibliographies, and 6) general CoBaLTT Project Information.
COMMERCIAL WEB SITES
Early
Advantage Early Advantage has created Muzzy;
a language course for children available in Spanish,
French, German, or Italian.
Picture
Dictionary has words in English, French,
German, Italian and Spanish with illustrations and
activites.
Analomba.com - Language resources
for families and educators of preschoolers compiled
by pre-school early language learning specialist
Ana Lomba.
Language Lizard LLC - Award-winning bilingual children's books in over 40 languages, multilingual posters, story CDs, CDROMs, lesson plans and a free e-newsletter.
PRIVATE NON-COMMERCIAL WEB
SITES
Anacleta's
Spanish & World Language / Culture Resources by
Kathy Siddons - A comprehensive website with great
activites, links and ideas for classroom instruction
from a Connecticut teacher!
"Bilingual
Families Connect " By Emily Serna
- the site to find tips and advice from other parents
who are raising bilingual children.
Foreign
Language Lesson Plans and Resources - Mary Levine -
The Foreign Language Lesson Plans and Resources page
of Mary Levine contains an extensive list of links
to lesson-plans, language teacher organizations, FL
programs, online courses, resource databases, language
learning software, and other FL resources.
Hispanic
Kids Directory - A site that provides
links in English and Spanish for K-8 teachers.
Learning
Language - A site that contains an article "Neuroscientists have discovered why children excel at
learning languages." and some resources about language
learning and Neuroscience.
Language
Study and the Brain - A site created
by Teresa J. Kennedy that provides resources about language
learning and the brain research.
Mis
Cositas A site created by Lori Langer
de Ramírez that contains information on multicultural
education, Spanish language, and French Language.
RESOURCES FOR PRE-K LANGUAGE
LEARNING
Benefits
of Starting Language Learning Early A collection
or articles by the Center of Applied Linguistics (Ñandutí project).
"Bilingual
Kids not Slowed by Second Tongue" By
The News in Science
"Bilingual
Acquisition" By Fred Genesee
Brain
Research: Implications for Second Language Learning By
Fred Genesee, McGill University, December 2000
Brain
Research: Implications for L2 Learning Fred
Genesee, McGill University
"Can
Preschool Children Be Taught a Second Language?" By
Jeanette Vos Ed.D.
Foreign-language
experience in infancy: Effects of short-term exposure
and social interaction on phonetic learning Patricia
K. Kuhl *,
Feng-Ming Tsao and Huei-Mei Liu. Center for Mind, Brain,
and Learning, and Depart ment of Speech and Hearing
Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
Fostering
Second Language Development in Young Children This
Digest is based on a report published by the National
Center for Research on Cultural Diversity and Second
Language Learning, Fostering Second Language Development
in Young Children: Principles and Practices (1995),
by Barry McLaughlin.
Helping
Families From Other Cultures Decide on How to Talk
To Their Child with Language Delays By
Claire Watson, Senior S-LP, The Hanen Centre
"Raising
Bilingual Children: Common Parental Concerns and Current
Research" By Kendall
King and Lyn Fogle, 2006.
"Two
or More Languages in Early Childhood." By
Annick De Houwer, University of Antwerp and Science
Foundation of Flanders, Belgium |
