World Languages
Duolingo is the free science-based language education platform that has organically become a popular way to learn languages online.
Learn A Language offers flashcards and games for learning eight different languages
Open Culture Free Language Lessons
Learn languages for free. Features 37 foreign languages, including Spanish, French, English, Mandarin, Italian, Russian and more. Download lessons to your computer and mp3 player and you’re good to go.
Hello World provides games and activities for students of all ages to develop their knowledge of foreign languages. Hello World has games and activities in nine languages including Spanish, French, and Mandarin Chinese. Not all of the games and activities are free, but enough of them are free to warrant listing as a good place for free learning activities.
from the Royal Grammar School in High Wycombe
UVic's Language Teaching Clipart Library
This library consists of about 3000 images which we hope will be useful in the teaching of basic vocabulary in a variety of languages. The characters and objects depicted are as culturally neutral as we could make them.
Spanish
Learn Spanish with Audio and Free vocab sheets to go with it
Dia de los Muertos -Day of the Dead
Video, articles, original art, and interactive projects.
Online language resource; interactive word practice tool for several vocabulary topics; online vocabulary and grammar tests and more.
The Centro Virtual Cervantes (CVC) Is a site created and maintained by Instituto Cervantes from Spain in 1997 to help spread the Spanish language and Hispanic cultures Cervantes Virtual Center offers materials and services for Spanish teachers, The students, The Translators, Journalists and other professionals working with language, and for Hispanists worldwide, and for anyone interested in Spanish language, culture and situation of the Spanish on the Web site is organized into five main sections: Education, Literature, Language, Arts and Science
Authentic pronunciation tutorials along with grammar drills, verb drills and idioms.
Vocabulary Practice; Help with vocabulary practice. No sound
English to Spanish - online interactive tests
A variety of newspapers, from Europe, Canada, Latin America, Asia and Africa and all on the same page. All you have to do is click on any of the front page screenshots and it takes you to that paper’s own website.
French
This is the ultimate, most authentic resource for advanced to fluent learners, and it can be fantastic for you to bring to the classroom to make your lessons more interactive. And if you know where to look, it can be great for begi.ners, too!
Entirely free, this is the website of France’s brainiest TV channel: France 5. Now, keep in mind that it does require that you do a bit of searching; the network offers a wide array of programs, debates and documentaries that discuss subjects as wide as social issues, politics, health, cooking, arts or history.
Named after the famous Greek historian, this is a website that is actually used by French natives in their History classroom—largely because it’s the most extensive, informative and interactive of its kind.
One of the most reputable French dictionaries has put its entire content online for free. Your students can simply type in the word they want to search and the results are displayed at a glance. Note that the word’s mots proches (similar terms) are displayed on the left side of the page, a great way for your students to learn some words that stemmed from the word in question.
Bescherelle has put its content online, allowing your students to look for a verb and review its conjugation in a single-page format.
This free website offers numerous great resources primarily for beginner and intermediate students. Developed by European broadcast network TV5Monde, it includes 80 activities to learn French that are all ranked by level.
Your students can start by taking a quick test to determine their exact level. Encourage them to take it so they know exactly where they fit. Parlons français includes varied multimedia content and learning modules comprised of articles, web documentaries, games and web challenges. All lessons are accompanied with exercises and memos to recap key phonetics, grammar, vocabulary and culture points.
Although more limited than Parlons français, this is another free website that will greatly help your French students master the language of Molière.
While it is set in a bilingual format, BBC French offers high-quality content. Lessons and courses include video and audio content with transcripts, interactive games, vocabulary cards, grammar explanations and exercises. It is especially targeted at beginners, but goes beyond this level.
This is a particularly effective resource to introduce to all students who struggle with French grammar and conjugation. With an extensive library of courses and exercises that discuss the head-scratching parts of French (read: rules of French grammar, conjugation and spelling), all points are explained in a concise manner and illustrated with numerous examples. Students can also take a test at the end of the lesson to verify their understanding of the subject they’ve just learned.
This free site focuses on French literature and is mainly dedicated to your advanced students (or those that have a knack for words). With instant access to over 400 French classics online without registration, it’s also excellent for helping you structure your lessons, thanks to their collection of summaries and commentaries about the author, novel, essay or poem that you are studying.