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National Open College Network (NOCN)
Resources
Materials already in stock may be used in a school situation. For resources for levels 1/2, the GCSE information sheets in French, German, Italian and Spanish might be helpful. For Level 3 teachers should consult the A level information sheets in these languages.
- The BBC's Language Learning web pages have a wide range of materials suitable for adult learners. The full languages programmes schedule may be accessed from their Learning Zone site. There is also the BBC Talk Languages sections, such as Talk Spanish, plus interactive videos for brushing up, such as the Ma France microsite.
- For details of penfriends useful for personal information there is the Correspondants francophones.
- The Office du Tourisme de Paris and the Italian Mega-Zone provides photos of sites and maps etc for practising asking the way.
- For menus and prices teachers can try the Theodor Restaurant website (German) or the Italian website Dove Andiamo a cena stasera? For recipes there is cocinadelmundo.com.
General language sites
French
Zut!
German
The Really Useful German site
Bahn.de - German trains
Italian
About.com's Italian language section
Portuguese
University of Cambridge Portuguese resources
Spanish
Modern Language Resources
Centro
Virtual Cervantes
Business Spanish lessons
Welsh
Clic Clic Cymraeg
Arabic
Arabica
Fun with Arabic
Useful links to sites for 10 languages
The WELL Project
Mary Glasgow mini flashcards
MLG publishing
Often when delivering vocationally-related language/applied courses, teachers will find that mainstream textbooks are just not enough. However, there are some books which can be used to supplement the resources you will have to make yourself.
Download a list of resources for vocational language courses and MFL teaching generally (doc 352KB)
