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  • Instruction
    • Proficiency
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    • Target Language
    • Scaffolds and Supports
    • Tiering Tasks and Text
    • Interpretive Mode
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    • Intercultural Communication
    • Continuous Assessment
    • Assessment in World Languages
    • Responding to Student Data
    • Feedback
    • Grammar in Context
    • Questioning and Discussion
    • Differentiated Instruction
    • Learning Centers
    • Supportive Learning Environment
    • Knowing the Learner
    • Student Engagement
    • Student Choice
    • Flexible grouping
    • Student Reflection and Self-Assessment
    • Varied Approaches
    • Lesson and Unit Planning
    • Guided Instruction
    • Intentional Skill Building
    • Thinking Strategies
    • Immersion Resources
    • Designing Performance Tasks
  • Leadership
    • Leadership Resources
    • Teacher Leadership
    • Coaching and Mentoring Skills
    • Professional Learning
    • Effective Meeting Management
    • Team Building
    • Leading Through Change
    • Teacher Recruitment and Retention
    • Growth Mindset
    • Feedback for Teachers
  • Workshops
    • Creating Learner-Centered Language Classrooms
    • Engaging Through Interactive Planning and CI
    • Planning for Interactive Communicative Lessons
    • Building Literacy Skills in Language Classrooms
    • Moving Students Along the World Language Proficiency Continuum
    • Using Authentic Text in the WL Classroom
    • Expanding a Global Mentality: Culturally Responsive Teaching to Reach All Learners
    • Designing to Learn
    • Engaging All Learners
  • Blog
  • Reflection Spinner

Authentic Resources

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Use of Authentic Texts in Language Learning (ACTFL) 

Authentic Texts Video

Authentic Resources by Language and AP Theme

OFLA Go-To List of Sources for Authentic Text

Authentic Materials- UCLA Language Materials Project

Authentic vs. Non-Authentic Materials

What is authentic text?
Authentic Text for Deeper Student Learning

Where to find authentic resources for French

French movie posters

Authentic Resources infographic

Authentic Resources infographic 2

How to evaluate an authentic resource

Questions for evaluating an authentic resource
Selecting Authentic Text
selecting_auth_res_v5.pdf
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Sources fo Authentic Text by Language
sources_for_authentic_text_by_language_112414.xlsx
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infographic_organizer_activity.docx
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Great resource for online authentic resources (magazines, newspapers, etc.) sorted by skill (reading, listening, etc.)
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Infographics

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French
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German
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Italian
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Spanish
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Other Languages

Link to Pinterest board with infographics for many languages

Infografias en castellano

Spanish infographics

Spanish infographics

Spanish infographics

Spanish infographics

Spanish Infographics (Azteca Noticias)

German infographics

German infographics

​German interactive infographics

French cooking infographics

Italian Infographics Pinterest boards

Hindi infographics

Japanese infographics

Korean infographics

Korean infographics
Analysis of an infographic (Spanish)
Analysis of infographics worksheet (Spanish)
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Memes and Quotes in Target

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Pinterest board with memes for Spanish: Mr. Wonderful Wonderconsejos

Songs in the Target Language

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Songs in French aligned to vocabulary themes and grammar concepts

Songs in Spanish aligned to vocabulary themes and grammar concepts

Songs in Spanish aligned to vocabulary themes and grammar concepts 2

El mundo de Birch Spanish amazing music database!!!

Spanish songs with grammatical points listed for use in class

Clarisse Les Chanteurs Français et Leurs Chansons

German songs aligned to grammar concepts

45 German songs for the language classroom

​Mama Lisa's World

​Toy Cantando

​​Spanish finger plays for preschoolers

Traditional songs, rhymes, finger plays, and games in Spanish

Poetry in the Target Language

Poésie Française

Poèmes par theme

A Media Voz: Spanish Poetry Website

Anthology of Spanish Poetry
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​Online Kids Magazines in Target Languages
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French
German
Spanish
Mon Quotidien
Logo! Kids News
Veintemundos
Info Journal Junior
Sowieso Kids News
Muy Interesante Jr.
1jour1actu
SWR Kindernetz
​Tú
Journal des Enfants
News 4 Kids
Somos Jovenes (Cuba)
Le Blog de Julie
BR Kinder
El Gancho (Spain)
Le P'tit Libé (L'actu des grands
expliquée aux enfants)
Smithsonian Tween Tribune
GEO Ado
Value
Give Me Five by Phosphore
Value
ELI Magazines (Multiple Languages)

Online Target Language

​ Books/Stories

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Multiple Languages
Epic books (Spanish, Chinese)
International Digital Children's Library
Children's Books Forever!
Bookbox
Tumblebooks (often subscription is available through public library)
Magic Blox (French, German, Italian, Spanish)
Lingo Zing- audio comic books (French, Spanish, Portuguese)- subscription
ASL
1001 Children's Books in ASL
Signed Stories
Chinese
Chinese Children's books Pinterest board
117 Animated Children's books in Chinese  
Value
Value
French
Boukili 
Cap Sur l'Espace Jeunes
Monde des Titounis
Il était une histoire
Ecoutez la lecture (sites where stories are read to listener
Value
Les livres gratuits pour enfants
Les petites histoires d'OUFtivi
Short Edition Jeunesse: Histoires à Ecouter
Je lis libre
German
19th century German stories
Spanish
El bosque de las fantasías
​Ediba Libros
Cuentos en PowerPoint PDF list of links for cuentos en Powerpoint
10 Cuentos Cortos Para Leer Con Niños
Biblioteca Virtual Infantil: El Rincon de los Chicos
Story Place
Cuentos Infantiles Online
Children's Short Stories in Spanish
Collection of readers from Mexico on Issuu
Cuentos Para Dormir
Value

Animated Cartoons


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Spanish
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German
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Korean
Chinese
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​Commercials and Videos in the Target Language

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Pinterest board with French Commercials

Pinterest board with French Commercials

Pub TV Gratuites (You Tube)

Google Drive folder with Spanish Commercials (Kara Jacobs)

Google Drive folder with worksheets for Spanish Commercials (Kara Jacobs)​

More Spanish commercials

​Authentic Advertisements in Spanish

YouTube Playlists of French videos (Madame Henderson)

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Short Videos in French
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AATF YouTube Video Playlists

Visuals as authentic text

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Visuals for Speaking and Writing Pinterest Board

National Geographic Photo of the Day: People and Culture

Images de France
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Art coloring pages

Spanish arts​

National Gallery of Art

Impressionism and Post-Impressionism- Art Institute of Chicago

​The Prado Museum

The Louvre Museum

Visual Thinking Strategies

Visual Thinking Strategies for Improved Comprehension

Visual Thinking Strategies: Milwaukee Art Museum: http://teachers.mam.org/collection/teaching-with-art/visual-thinking-strategies-vts/

​Teaching Visual Literacy in the Classroom: https://www.literacyideas.com/teaching-visual-texts-in-the-classroom/​ 

7 Things You Should Know About Visual Literacy: https://library.educause.edu/~/media/files/library/2015/3/eli7118-pdf.pdf

Examples of authentic text by language and theme



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Spanish 1
French 3/4
German 3/4
Spanish/school/novicemid
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IPA French/families and communities/intermediate low
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IPA German/personal and public identities/intermediate mid
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Pinterest boards for global themes


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Global Challenges
French
German
Spanish
Contemporary Life
French
Spanish
Beauty and Aesthetics
French
Value
Spanish
Science and Technology
French
​Spanish
Families and Communities
French
Spanish
Personal and Public Identities
French
Spanish
AP German Pinterest board (K. Dubs)​

AP Italian Pinterest board (KBC)

AP Spanish Literature Pinterest Board (B. Mena)

Pinterest boards to follow

​Novice Level Spanish: Señora Sherrow

Novice Level Spanish: Señorita N. Rodriguez

Intermediate/Advanced Spanish: Faith Rhodes

Advanced Level Spanish: Sharon Birch

French resources: Meg Chance

French resources: Julee LaPorte​
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AATF Pinterest boards by theme

​German Teacher Favorites

Authentic resources on social media


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Using Twitter for Authentic Communication in Spanish Class

15 Facebook pages for Spanish Authentic Resources

Le Parisien Infog Twitter page

El Paîs infografía

​​​Gatographic

Latin in the Real World Facebook Group

Authentic Resources by Theme
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Animals
Art, Dance, Music and Theatre
Back to School
Bullying
Children's Rights
Cycling (French, German, Italian)
Cycling (Spanish)
Ecotourism
Education (French)
Education (Other Languages)
Education (Spanish)
Environment (French)
Environment (German)
Environment (Spanish)
Fake News
Family
Fidget Spinners
Food (French, German, Italian)
Food (Spanish)
Healthy Lifestyle (French)
Healthy Lifestyle (Other Languages)
Healthy Lifestyle (Spanish)
Homelessness, Poverty, and Hunger
Household Chores
Identity and Diversity
Immigration
Leisure Activities (French)
Leisure Activities (Other Languages)
Leisure Activities (Spanish)
Natural Disasters
Pets
Preparing for Exams 
School Lunches
Sports (French, German, Italian)
Sports (Spanish)
Summer Camp and Extracurricular Activities
Technology (Other Languages)
Technology (Spanish)
Thanksgiving and Black Friday
Houses and Homes
Transportation (Other Languages)
Transportation (Spanish)
Vacations (French)
Vacations (Other Languages)
Vacations (Spanish)
Volunteering and Giving 
Weather
Winter
Winter Olympics
World of Work (French, German, Italian)
World of Work (Spanish)
Digital Citizenship
Cell Phones and Tech Stress/Addiction
Video Games
Camping
Driving/Carpooling
Earth Day
Skiing
Books and Reading


    Happiness

American Sign Language resources


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ASL Resources Pinterest Board

American Sign Language Pinterest Board

TED Talk: The Enchanting Music of Sign Language
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SeekGeo!
 
The CODA Brothers
 
ASL interpreter S. Hanson (Jokes)
 
Dr Don G "Do you lipread?" (leaning towards English, but a great story)
 
Hearing Privilege from Facundo Element 

From Street Leverage
 
Can a Deaf person deliver pizzas? 

Open Captioned Vlogs

Keith Wann's website

Amber Galloway Gallego Hearing Privilege

Rob Nielson YouTube channel

ASL Teacher Share Facebook Page

DHN on YouTube

Daily News in ASL

The Daily Moth

Powerful Message in ASL about ASL

Matt Daigle (Deaf comic strips)

DEAF Cartoons- That Deaf Guy- Matt Daigle

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    • Immersion Resources
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  • Leadership
    • Leadership Resources
    • Teacher Leadership
    • Coaching and Mentoring Skills
    • Professional Learning
    • Effective Meeting Management
    • Team Building
    • Leading Through Change
    • Teacher Recruitment and Retention
    • Growth Mindset
    • Feedback for Teachers
  • Workshops
    • Creating Learner-Centered Language Classrooms
    • Engaging Through Interactive Planning and CI
    • Planning for Interactive Communicative Lessons
    • Building Literacy Skills in Language Classrooms
    • Moving Students Along the World Language Proficiency Continuum
    • Using Authentic Text in the WL Classroom
    • Expanding a Global Mentality: Culturally Responsive Teaching to Reach All Learners
    • Designing to Learn
    • Engaging All Learners
  • Blog
  • Reflection Spinner