Today, virtually all language teachers have quick, easy, and free access to a wide variety of authentic documents, thanks to the Internet. Tourist information, movie and restaurant reviews, catalogues, metro maps, train schedules, and rental properties are just some of the realia that we can find on the web, without leaving our homes! The question is, how do we make the best use of these treasures? The following resources will help you to find appropriate documents, create your own web lessons, and evaluate commercial and teacher-made activities.
Whether you create your own web lessons or use the activities that accompany your textbook, keep the following points in mind:
How to Write Activities for the Web
Resources for authentic documents on the web.
International News
Links to international newspapers (part of the Glencoe McGraw-Hill site.)
Language Links
Various links (part of the Glencoe McGraw-Hill site.)
Reading Strategies for Web Activities
Reading strategies that help students read authentic documents found on the web.
Evaluation of Web Lessons
How to evaluate Internet activities.
Internet Activities for Foreign Language Classes
Numerous activities created at Summer Institutes for Foreign Language Teachers as part of the California Foreign Language Project (1996-1999.) This is a great resource for teacher-created activities in French, Spanish, German, ESL, and Japanese.
La Arquitectura Espa�ola
A web activity created by Irene Moon, OFLA's Outstanding High School Teacher of the Year, 1999
FLTEACHERS' Web Pages
Links to more than 100 web pages created by teachers who contribute to FLTEACH.
Glencoe McGraw-Hill
Activities to accompany Glencoe McGraw-Hill's foreign language textbooks.
Heinle & Heinle
Activities to accompany Heinle & Heinle textbooks.
Click on "Product Websites" for Internet activities to accompany French and Spanish series, including Bravo, On Y Va, Voil�, Abriendopaso, and Ya Veras.
McDougal Littell
Link to activities to accompany Discovering French, and �Dime!.
Yale University Press: French in Action
Click on "Teachers' Index" for access to classroom and Internet activities to accompany French in Action.
Our Vacation to France WebQuest (teacher page)
Our Vacation to France WebQuest (student page)
