Fall 2009 - Resources for Listening Activities

If you are having problems finding good listening resources for your blogs, please visit my blog ITRLT. There is plenty there to help you get started. I have just posted five new posts with many websites each from which you can get good listening resources (audio, video, songs, webcasts, etc.) for different languages and teaching contexts. I hope you find these useful.
These are the links to the new posts:

• Portuguese Literature
• Media in Portuguese
• Bilingual Sites for Families and Educators of English Language Learners
• Songs for Teaching
• Russian Webcasts, Videos and Audio

Remember that you don't have to come up with anything new, or with 5 different websites. You need to list and reflect on the use of 5 (five) listening resources (videos, podcasts, songs, etc.) that are suitable for your chosen teaching context. You can even choose them all from the same website! Provide an embedded link to the resource and comment/reflect on how you will use it in your class, what for, etc.

Good job for those who have already posted resources. I'm very impressed by the quality of the resources you selected and your comments.

If you have any questions, please ask.

Clarification

Most of the links I provide in my blog (Instructional Technology Resources for Language Teachers) take you to websites that have useful links to many different activities and resources, and often even to other sites with more activities and resources. When you do your listings for your own blogs, remember to site where you got a resource from, but also say which specific resource you would use from that general website for your context. For example, if you choose a website that gives you access to wonderful videos for your class, list that website, but also choose a video that you would use in your context and briefly say why you chose it, what for, etc. Ideally, you should come up with materials from different websites for each of your postings, but if you can't, it's OK to choose some materials from the same websites (e.g., two YouTube videos from the same website that recommends many videos).

Fall 2009 - Resources for Russian and Portuguese Learners

I just posted in my blog (Instructional Technology Resources for Language Teachers) resources for teachers and learners of Russian and Portuguese. I'll be posting some more in a few days. So now I think that there is material in that blog to help you all started.

To reduce your search time, in this other blog I am posting relevant places where you can find lots of materials for different language classes. This way you'll be able to focus on looking for specific activities/materials for your own contexts. I hope you find these resources useful. Please check them out.