Resources For Teaching Languages Online
Teaching online is becoming a great and flexible way to work for teachers and students looking at saving time travelling and having more work flexibility. I have been teaching French online for a few years now and I have found tons of resources online through research and in participating in different groups online such as Facebook group called Ultimate support for online tutor which is run by Joanne Kaminski. Teaching online requires having a platform and Zoom is my favourite platform along with Bitpaper,and they can be used independently. Some tutors also use microphones and lights but if you are starting off you can use a tablet or a computer or even a mobile phone and the Zoom platform. Below is a list of different sites and tools that are available for teachers and students of all ages to use. The resources are available for children and adults. Teaching French online is a fun way to teach and learn whilst giving you the ability to reach students all over the world.
Some websites with interactive games to learn languages online
Digital dialects is an interactive site to learn different languages and covers different themes such as vocabulary , grammar and phrase structure .This website has several audio and visual games to help the students practise the language.
Logiciel educatif is an interactive website with different level of language and different games.
Book creator is a digital bookmaking site. The students can create their own digital books with own images or drawing ,text,links to other sites and own voice audio recording.
Quizlet is an interactive platform where a teacher creates their own flashcards and quizzes online.
Language Guide has some audio vocabulary and phrases and texts in a different languages.
Duolingo Stories provides many audio stories and exercises online.
Boom cards learning helps you create flashcards online games.
The Fable cottage has many bilingual stories in different languages
Some Tools, resources and sites for online language tutors
Class kick is a platform where teachers can create online lessons and exercises for students.
TV5 monde Enseigner provides many videos with transcript and some pdf files for students and teachers.
The French podcast is a website with a great number of audio conversations available with transcript.
Fluent key is a new one for me but looks interesting as it provides some videos with subtitles in different languages as well as interactive comprehension games for students. and can be use for The Ci input teaching Compelling and Comprehensible Input based on Dr Stephen Krashen research.
Edpuzzle is a free assessment - centered tool to allow student and teacher to create online videos and create quizzes and comprehension questions about the videos.
Loom is a site that allows to create and share quick videos
Screencast-o-matic is site to create your own videos and share them online
Educaplay makes you create your own educational games and activities
Educandy is also a site where you can create interactive games in minutes
Flipgrid allows teachers to create grids to facilitate videos discussions where teachers can pose questions.
Flippity to easily turn Google Spreadsheets into a set of online flashcards and other cool stuff
Alice Ayel has a membership website which has plenty of videos to help students learn French using comprehensible input strategy.
Google classroom makes it easy to share files.
Kahoot is a game based learning platform for interactive learning
Quizizz is a free gamified quizzes for every subject to play in class or at home.
Scratch is a free programming language and online community where you can create your own online games and stories
Realtimeboard allows board collaboration.
Lyricstraining where you can learn a language with music and filling in blanks for the song lyrics.
Tools
Hue camera is a an alternative to standard classroom camera and allows you to share a text book page with your students online and is used by many tutors online
Green screen is another tool to be use for video background as well as microphones
Canva helps you create posts, videos, digital books and so much more.
Our French Immersion weekend in Montville in November 2019
We just had a wonderful weekend immersion in Montville staying at Montville Mountain Lodge . We arrived on the Friday afternoon and we enjoyed some wine and cheese. We enjoyed some delicious cheeses from Maleny Food and Co. with the beautiful view of the Lake Baroon dam. The students got to meet and speak French from the time they arrived while enjoying some ice breaker games and French singing. We woke up to breakfast with coffee, fruits and croissants from Crust and Co . The morning was filled with different conversation games such as charades and small short plays. We enjoyed a great lunch at Relais Bressan,a French restaurant in Flaxton, where even the waiter spoke to us in French. We returned for an afternoon of French conversation and activities including a champagne lesson with some tastings. The evening was filled with laughter and more French singing. This weekend was a great opportunity to speak French and meet new friends in a fun atmosphere.
Le jour du souvenir audio book for children
This is a short audio book with links to French songs and websites for remembrance day. This will be useful for French students or French teachers .
En vacances en été a French audio book for children
Another book made with book . This book will help children learn vocabulary and French pronunciation while reading this engaging book.
Lucie et ses loisirs French audio book
Here is another French audio book about French activities in French
French audio book for children on Halloween
Bonjour here is a book created on a great app called book creator . This book allows you to link so many resources and sites. This app helps you or your students create digital books with text, images and audio.
Visit to les meilleures boulangeries de Bordeaux
If you ever get the chance to travel to the beautiful city of Bordeaux and enjoy tasting French pâtisseries, one “ incontournable” (unmissable) tour is an historical tour of The Best Boulangeries in Bordeaux. This is a bilingual tour lead by Nikesh an Australian man, who decided to move to Bordeaux. Why that move? He loved the French language, French cooking and after many years of food blogging in Australia, he chose to pursue his passion for the French culture by offering this great tour of the pâtisseries. This walking tour gets you wandering and tasting those beautiful pâtisseries while learning about the origin of the food.
