Note: This is an old page that has only been sporadically updated since about 2008. It is still here just in case any of the information is still useful 🙂
Links specifically related to the syllabus
- ESL Glossary Glossary of terms relevent to the ESL profession. Includes terms related to English, ESL, EFL, grammar, TESOL, TEFL, pedagogy, and jobs.
- Final Projects: Herbst 2015
General “German on the Web” Link List
General Language Learning & Teaching Resources (Finding Email partners etc.)
Help Finding Email Partners
Other Useful Sites
- Goethe Institut
- amazon.de
- International Book Import Service Very helpful staff, affordable and reliable.
Online Resource Centers, Journals, Newsletters Etc. Devoted To Language Instruction
Resource Collections and Resource Centers
- Center for Language Teaching Advancement (CELTA) at Michigan State University
- CARLA: Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition at the University of Minnesota
- Nancy Thuleen’s Teaching Resources Wide variety of info and worksheets!
Journals devoted to language instruction available online for subscribers (the first three are available via MIRLYN for users with a University of Michigan login)
- Modern Language Journal
- Foreign Language Annals The journal of ACTFL. “Preference is given to articles that report educational research or experimentation, that describe innovative and successful practice and methods, and/or that are relevant to the concerns and issues of the profession.”
- Die Unterrichtspraxis The journal of the AATG, always full of excellent practical teaching ideas.
- Deutsch als Fremdsprache Published by the Herder-Institut at the Universität Leipzig. Focuses on theoretical aspects of language instruction.
Organizations
- AATG – American Association of Teachers of German
- ACTFL – American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
- AAUSC – American Association of University Supervisors and Coordinators
- CALICO – The Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium
- IALLT – The International Association for Language Learning Technology
Online Teaching Methods Courses
- University of Texas: Foreign Language Teaching Methods Professional development modules for foreign language instruction at the high-school and college levels.
- NCLRC: The Essentials of Language Teaching Originally developed for the National Capital Language Resource Center (NCLRC) in Washington, DC.