Meeting Standards for Foreign Language Learning with WWW Activities

I am sorry that there were not enough handouts. The screens that follow are the two pages that I gave out. For all links that the article will have, click here.

The URLs cited in this talk appear as a launch site on the WWW. The URL is: http://www.uga.edu/~romlan/standards/standard.htm At this site, you will be able to access all sites mentioned by pointing and clicking.

Standard 1.2 Communication Students understand and interpret written ... language on a variety of topics (NSP 1996, 39).

4. Tintin site: http://www.tintin.qc.ca/

Standard 2.2 Cultures Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the products and perspectives of the culture studied (47).

19. Peugeot: http://www.peugeot.fr/
20. Peugeot: http://www.peugeot.com/fr2nd.html
21. Citroën: http://www.citroen.com/
22. Renault: http://www.renault.ch/f_home.html

Standard 3.1 Connections Students reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines through the foreign language (50).

New URL!25. Québec Science: http://www.cybersciences.com/cyber/4.0/4_0.asp
26. Musées nationaux Récupération: http://www.culture.fr/cgi- bin/wave.cgi?dqi=mnrbis&icon=/documentation/icones

Standard 4.2 Comparisons Students demonstrate understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons of the cultures studied and their own (NSP 1996, 56).

28. RCMP: http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~nkambou/menut.html
29. Code de la route au Canada: http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~nkambou/menu.html
30. Code de la route en France: http://www.pratique.fr/vieprat/trans/auto/daf2814.htm

Standard 5.2 Communities Students show evidence of becoming life-long learners by using the language for personal enjoyment and enrichment (62).

33. Launch sites: http:www.uga.edu/~romlan/rapports/launch.htm
34. Yahoo!: http://www.yahoo.fr/
35. AltaVista: http://altavista.telia.com/cgi- bin/query?pg=q&country=fr&mss=fr%2Fsearch&x=23&y=16
New URL!36. Infoseek: http://guide.infoseek.com/Home?pg=Home.html&sv=FR
37. French language search engines: http://www.cam.org/~payette/resource.htm#Enginsf

Bibliography

Web activities for foreign languages:

Abrate, Jayne. 1997. "Using the WWW to Teach Culture: Making the World a Smaller Place," 150-62 in Robert Di Donato, ed. Building Community Through Foreign Language Learning. Selected Papers from the 1997 Central States Conference. Lincolnwood, IL: National Textbook.

Green, Anne. 1997. "A Beginner's Guide to the Internet in the Foreign Language Classroom with a Focus on the World Wide Web." Foreign Language Annals 30,2: 253-64.

Higgins, Chris. 1996. "The WWW for Instruction: Three Types of Activities and Projects." IALL Journal of Language Learning Technologies 29,1: 71-76.

Lafford, Peter A., and Barbara A. Lafford. 1997. "Learning Language and Culture with Internet Technologies," 215-62 in Michael D. Bush and Robert M. Terry, eds., Technology-Enhanced Language Learning. ACTFL Foreign Language Education Series. Lincolnwood, IL: National Textbook.

Warschauer, Mark, ed. 1995. Virtual Connections. Online Activities & Projects for Networking Language Learners. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.

Creating your own Web pages:

Fidelman, Carolyn G. 1996. "A Language Professional's Guide to the World Wide Web." CALICO Journal 13,2 & 3: 113-140.

Higgins, Chris. 1996. "WWW Page Writing and Design Helpers." IALL Journal of Language Learning Technologies 29,2: 57-63.

Walz, Joel. 1997. "The Internet as Textbook," 139-49 in Robert Di Donato, ed. Building Community Through Foreign Language Learning. Selected Papers from the 1997 Central States Conference. Lincolnwood, IL: National Textbook.