Mentoring+Program+Resources

__Resources__

__**General Websites**__
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 * [|http://www.uni.edu/becker] (Hundreds and hundreds of links for teachers of world languages-Jim Becker's site)
 * **[|Education Place] **
 * [|Kathy Shrock's Website]
 * [|Mama Lisa's World]
 * [|CAL-Directory of Immersion Programs] (This directory includes elementary, middle, and high schools that teach all or part of their curriculum through a second language.)
 * [|Global Education Rubric] (Download the Global Competence Planning Rubric to learn how to help prepare students to be globally competent by the time they graduate high school)
 * [|Forvo] (Largest pronunciation guide in the world with 276 different languages represented; you can request a pronunciation or provide a pronunciation)
 * [|My Studio] (Make a quiz and embed it into a website or blog)
 * [|Inkpot] (International News sources; search by region and country or search news, zine, movie resource and book resource directories for direct hits to individual magazines and other online publications and resources)
 * [|Virtual Museums] (Virtual directory of on-line museums from around the world)
 * [|Oanda Currency Converter]
 * [|MLA Map of Languages] (Map showing the linguistic and cultural composition of the United States. The map uses data from the 2000 US Census to display the locations and numbers of speakers of thirty languages and three groups of less commonly spoken languages in the United States)

__**French Websites**__

 * __[|French Website Resources]__(Direct link to the French resource website of Jim Becker - Hundreds of links!)
 * [|French Language Guide] (French language, pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, culture)
 * [|French Teacher]
 * [|French On-line]
 * [|Tennessee Bob's Famous French Links] (10,000-Link Globe-Gate Supersite)
 * [|Becker's French Links]
 * [|Francparler] (Dossiers provide theoretical and practical ideas for the classroom)
 * [|ABU: La Bibliothèque Universelle] (Full versions of approximately 288 works by 101 authors may be downloaded; the works are catalogued by author or by text-the texts can also be searched according to key words)
 * [|City of Paris Website] (Official website for the city of Paris includes several useful links that can help design real-world activities around the themes of finding your way around Paris, asking for directions, or getting from point A to point B. Click on //Transports & Plans// to find the information needed to plan an excursion around the city, using all the means of transportation available. On the //Se repérer sur un plan// link//, c//lick on the map. Enter a location or a street address in the finder tool. A secondary map opens along with a list of shops, restaurants, and other businesses in and around that location. You have the option to see the map, find out how to get there or how to come back from there. When you want to find out how to get to a specific landmark and/or street address, a complete itinerary appears, detailing every turn on every street with useful vocabulary that students can practice.)
 * [|Tex's French Grammar] (This site uses creative means to explain virtually every aspect of grammar. You will find audio for students to listen to, cartoons, MP3 files, and podcasts that highlight each grammar point.)
 * [|À la découverte de Jean de La Fontaine] (Great resource for students from elementary school to college. The home page opens every day to a different illustration by Willy Aractingi, the website’s artist. You can also sign up to receive a fable by e-mail every morning. La Fontaine’s entire work is presented: the fables, the tales, his correspondence, theatre, opera, and prose writings. It is easy to search and find fables, either by entering keywords in the search box or by navigating the menu buttons.)
 * [|French Resources] (Although some of these resources are local, there are numerous that are national)
 * [|French Idioms]
 * [|French Synonyns] (Dictionary of synonyms in French)


 * __German Websites__ **
 * [|German Website Resources] (Direct link to the German resource website of Jim Becker - Hundreds of links!)
 * [|Squidoo]
 * [|German Learning Resources] (Jon Boeckensted's website)
 * [|Becker's German Links]

__**Spanish Websites**__

 * __[|Zona Latina]__
 * __ [|Centro Barahona] __(Useful site for materials related to books in Spanish for children and young adults; links to a number of sponsor-publishers as well as other sites)
 * [|Becker's Spanish sites]
 * [|Mexico Web] (Directory and search engine of web pages on Mexico)
 * [|Terra] (News in Spanish from 15 different countries)
 * [|Spanish Idioms]
 * [|Spanish Surnames] (Fifty common Spanish surnames)
 * Vocabulary
 * [|Christmas]

__**Less Commonly Taught Languages**__
 * **__[|UCLA Language Resources]__**

__**Elementary**__ [|Nandutí] (Comprehensive resource on foreign language teaching and learning in grades preK-8)

__**Resource Centers**__
 * [|CALPER] (Resource Center whose focus is to improve the environment of advanced-level foreign language teaching and learning, and assessment)

**__Books__**

 * Lambert, Linda. (1998). //[|Building leadership capacity in schools].// Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. ISBN 0-87120-307-3.[|http://www.ascd.org]
 * Lundberg, Gary, & Joy Lundberg. (2000). //I don't have to make everything all better: Six practical principles that empower others to solve their own problems while enriching your relationships.// NY: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-028643-8. [|http://www.penguinputnam.com]

__**Catalogs**__
 * __[|Applause Learning]__
 * [|Carlex]
 * [|Crizmac]
 * [|Culture For Kids]
 * __ [|Sosnowski Books] __
 * [|Teacher's Discovery]

__**Classroom Items**__

 * [|Used Classroom Items]

__**Classroom Practices**__
 * [|Educational Press] (Create free educational worksheets such as flashcards, game boards, and quizzes to print directly from your browser; available in English, French, German and Spanish)
 * [|Puzzle Maker] (Discovery Education - Create and print customized word search, criss-cross, math puzzles, and more-using your own word lists)

__**Citation Maker**__
 * [|Bibliography Maker]