LANGUAGE PRACTICE
For every hour of language class that our students take weekly, we recommend an additional two to three hours of practice outside of class. Some of that practice and review will be assigned homework, but students must also find additional means of practice. Here are some ideas and some links that we recommend.
In the language that you are studying, your “target language”…
- Listen to music
- Watch a show with subtitles and no audio
- Watch a show with audio and no subtitles
- Watch a show with audio and subtitles
- Read a paper, magazine, book, or blog
Spanish language practice:
https://www.elcastellano.org/
https://www.enchantedlearning.com/themes/spanish.shtml
https://www.lingolex.com/spanish.htm
https://www.spanishdict.com/
https://www.thoughtco.com/spanish-4133085
https://www.asale.org/ASALE/asale.html
https://www.learner.org/series/destinos-an-introduction-to-spanish/
http://highered.mheducation.com/sites/0072497084/student_view0/index.html
https://www.notesinspanish.com
https://studyspanish.com/
https://www.rae.es/
https://www.sparkenthusiasm.com/
http://personal.colby.edu/~bknelson/SLC/
https://larc.sdsu.edu/online-materials/#spanish
https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/
https://www.prensaescrita.com/
https://www.123teachme.com/
https://www.laits.utexas.edu/spe/
https://www.elhuevodechocolate.com/
https://radioambulante.org/en/
Practice in several different languages:
https://www.yabla.com/
https://www.internetpolyglot.com/
https://freerice.com/category
https://www.wordreference.com/
https://www.duolingo.com/
https://magneticpoetry.com/collections/languages
http://www.bzzzpeek.com/index.html
https://forvo.com/languages/
https://www.learningchocolate.com/
https://rosettaproject.org/
https://larc.sdsu.edu/
Arabic practice:
German practice:
https://learngerman.dw.com/en/overview
https://sites.uni.edu/becker/German2.html
http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/germany.shtml
https://www.auswandererforum.de/forum.php
http://nthuleen.com/teach.html
http://germanreaders.com/
https://www1.wdr.de/radio/index.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGNiQ3WxxpU
https://www.goethe.de/prj/dfd/en/home.cfm
French practice:
http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/france.shtml
http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/canadaqu.shtml
https://www.learner.org/series/french-in-action/
https://www.frenchinaclick.com/learnfrench/
http://www.bonjourdefrance.com/
https://www.france24.com/fr/
https://langue-francaise.tv5monde.com/
https://www.lepointdufle.net/
http://phonetique.free.fr/indexphonvoy.htm
https://www.franceinter.fr/
American Sign Language Practice
ASL Dictionary Support
- lifeprint.com/search.htm (desktop)
- lifeprint.com/search/index.htm (mobile devices)
- Signingsavvy.com
Fingerspelling practice
