Useful links
Primary Languages – General sites
- www.primarylanguages.org.uk
Primary Languages the training zone for teaching and learning languages at Key Stage 2 - www.all-languages.org.uk
Association for Language Learning. The UK's major subject association for teachers of foreign languages - www.primarylanguages.org.uk - Key Stage 2 Frame work
The Key Stage 2 Framework for Languages - www.britishcouncil.org
languageassistants- uk- schools-and- authorities.htm - Advice on how to apply for a foreign language assistant in your school - www.britishcouncil.org/ flasonline
British Council FLAs Online – offers support to foreign language assistants working in schools in the UK - www.bbc.co.uk/languages
BBC Languages – learn a language with the BBC - www.bbc.co.uk/ schools/websites/4_11/site/languages.shtml
BBC primary languages sites - www.europeantheatre.co.uk/home.html
The European Theatre Company - www.tsf.org.uk
Théâtre Sans Frontières - www.routesintolanguages.ac.uk/projects
Routes Into Languages – increasing the take-up of languages from school to university. - www.elanguages.org
eLanguages - Creative collaboration for teachers globally - eLanguages is a new free-to-use online collaborative programme enabling you to work in partnership with other teachers internationally, share authentic resources and create reusable curriculum-relevant projects which you can present to the world. The eLanguages site is available in many languages including the world's 10 most popular languages, opening up exceptional collaboration opportunities with teachers across the globe. - www.etwinning.net
eTwinning - The community for schools in Europe. Browse schools, people, projects by subject or by location.
Golden Daffodils recommends…
- Early Start Resources - www.earlystart.co.uk
Audio and video resources in French, Spanish and German which complement the Catherine Cheater Schemes of Work perfectly. - Teachers Talking French - www.ttfrench.com
Teachers Talking French is an easy to use language booster course for primary practitioners whose French is limited or rusty. - Monsieur X - www.monsieurx.co.uk
Le rythme, la musique et les raps de Monsieur X - French Dance For Schools - www.frenchdanceschools.org.uk
Yannick and Robin aim to provide an exciting introduction to both French culture and language through France's (and Brittany's) rich music and dance traditions to school children of all ages and abilities. - European Schoolbooks - www.younglinguists.com
ESB can supply all the resources recommended within the schemes of work. - Manic Monkey - www.manic-monkey.com
Publishers of Petit Pont and Kleinbrücken for classroom and home. - Le Français en Ecosse - www.lfee.net
Immersion Courses in France - Take 10 en français and Take 10 español - www.deseducation.org/eshop
Take 10 is a resource that helps primary school children practise their French or Spanish in a fun way whilst taking part in short tasks of daily physical activity. In doing so it brings together two major educational initiatives and offers the potential to significantly improve children's learning potential.
"An exciting resource accessible to teachers with little or no language." Review by respected critic, TES 23 November 2007
French Sites
- phonetique.free.fr
Phonétique Apprendre à prononcer le français avec des exercices de phonétique - www.orthographe-recommandee.info/miniguide.pdf
French Spelling Reform – download miniguide.
- www.imagiers.net
Imagiers. Offers audio and video support in learning French. - www.lirecreer.org/biblio/nouvelles
Lire et récréer - site de lecture pour les enfants et leurs parents - www.ambafrance-uk.org/-Just-4-Kids-.html
Just-4-Kids – The French Embassy (London) site for children
Spanish sites
- www.hello-world.com/Spanish/index.php
a site for beginners with some fun activities - www.elhuevodechocolate.com/cancion1.htm
popular children’s songs and lyrics. - www.xtec.cat/~ealonso/flash/mapasflash.htm
interactive puzzles. How good is your geographical knowledge?
German sites
- www.kidsweb.de
Kidsweb – Lieder, Fingerspiele, Basteln. - www.digitale-kinderbibliothek.de
Digitaler Kinderbibliothek - Bildergeschichten zum Lesen, Hören, Spielen und Basteln. - www.sagen.at
Sagen und Märchen online - www.goethe.de
Goethe-Institut - support for those who teach German in the primary school
English
- http://inogolo.com - Inogoloä
English Pronunciation Guide to the Names of People, Places, and miscellaneous stuff. The site contains a searchable database of names with both phonetic and audio pronunciations in English. - www.efdss.org - efdss
The English Folk Dance and Song Society promotes English folk music and dance. Includes lists of events at Cecil Sharp House (London), and resources.
Italian
- www.uebersetzung.at/twister/it.htm
Italian Tongue Twisters - http://kidslink.bo.cnr.it/irrsaeer/favole
Favole Infinite Italian Story Site - www.angelfire.com/il2/sito/dictionary.html
English-Italian Picture DictionaryDictionary for beginners