Foreign language online videos – In a sidebar in this article in The Language Educator, writer Patricia Koning recommends a number of online videos that help connect students to language and culture. Here’s a selection:

• Destinos: www.learner.org/series/destinos

• French in Action: www.learner.org/resources/series83.html (check out the lead video)

• Nuevos Destinos: www.learner.org/resources/series151.html

• World Language Assessment: Get in the Mode! www.ecb.org/worldlanguageassessment 

• Yale University Language Development Studio: www.yale.edu/lds 

“Online Videos Connect Students to Language and Culture” by Patricia Koning in The Language Educator, November 2012 (Vol. 7, #6, p. 40-44)

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Foreign language websites – This regular feature in The Language Educator has a number of helpful sites. A selection from the current issue:

• Chinese readings: www.usc.edu/dept/ealc/chinese/newweb/reading.htm 

• Online magazine for learning French: www.bonjourdefrance.com 

• Russian YouTube videos: www.youtube.com/user/Only4Russian 

“Web Watch” in The Language Educator, November 2012 (Vol. 7, #6, p. 60-61)

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