COMPUTER-ASSISTED LANGUAGE LEARNING (CALL)

GENERAL INTRODUCTION / COMPREHENSIVE SITES

  • My Foreign Language Teacher 2002 Workshop on Internet Use, Online Exercises and Website Creation
  • My essay on Computer Literacy and Educational Computing: Perspectives and Practices
  • Der Computer im Sprachunterricht von Herbert Holzinger. Links collection.
  • German.About.com website with software and online materials for learning German.
  • Education and Technology links, software, organizations, teacher pages.
  • CALL on the Web - numerous resources on all topics
  • U. of Alberta's immense page, links, pedagogy, software, internet, etc.
  • Lixl's intro, applications and resources for page creation and web use.
  • Calico articles: Language Professional's Guide to the WWW & Language Learning via the Web.

    SOFTWARE AND INTERNET RESOURCES THAT I USE

  • Many free exercise Generators that require no programming
  • Wortleiter, Satzkammer, Meine Kleine Kuckucksuhr and other FREEWARE vocabulary exercises, games, metric converters, etc.
  • Free Off to Europe - game: zipped, 634K. Newer version: EuroTour!
  • Grammar drills from Germany Today and DASHER authoring software. Demo.
  • Basic German by Dr. Andre Oberle: exercises, grammar intros written w/CALLGEN freeware.
  • For general culture: Culturgrams on CD-ROM or in a printout. Free Liechtenstein sample
  • WebWhacker: "whack" entire web pages and links for off-line, in-class use. Free demo.
  • Fraktur for Windows and other FL fonts at Metafonts and the Yamada Language Center.

    SOFTWARE VENDORS, PROGRAMS, COLLECTIONS, REVIEWS

    All Languages

  • The Agora Language Marketplace features online publishers and software vendors.
  • Print material, games, exercises and programs for all ages from World of Reading.
  • Foreign Language Multimedia software programs
  • Foreign Language Publishers and Materials Distributors
  • Software Publishers and Download Sites for CALL
  • Numerous flashcard and vocabulary learning programs available with reviews.
  • IALL Searchable Foreign Language Software Database with reviews and product info.
  • U of Sussex Virtual CALL Library - language learning programs.

    German Resources

  • AATG's German materials center features materials, publishers, software, internet, usw.
  • Visit SIU's Language Media Center for links and info on authoring software.
  • Links to most major German CD ROMS and reference software.
  • Forum Deutsch: Lehrwerke, Begleithefte, Fortbildung. Useful publications for DaF.
  • Collection of CALL software links and on-line grammars from IDS.
  • German Software Catalogue: language learning, translation and misc. PC software.
  • Freeware programs in Germany at www.freeware.de

    ON-LINE COURSES, LESSONS, EXERCISES, GRAMMAR INTROS

    WEB EXERCISES AND TEACHING

  • See my Work page for many examples of web exercises and sites
  • Uebungen selbst gemacht! online exercise generator from Goethe Institut.
  • L-P's links to German Studies web-exercises, materials, resources, dictionaries, etc.
  • UAlberta's links, discussions of web use, outlines, etc.
  • German Dictionaries and online Translators
  • German Language Course with explanations, grammar, pronunciation files. Fantastic!
  • Lucent's Bell Labs German Text-to-Speech Synthesizer.

    MULTIMEDIA APPLICATIONS AND RESOURCES

  • Experience the Oktoberfest with LiveCams, Real Audio and video clips.
  • LIVE video images of Berlin and other international sites.
  • Visit the Christkindlmarkt via Real Video and interactive, panoramic Quicktime movies.
  • Listen to Christmas carols and folksongs, compare regional dialects.
  • Watch the evening news (Tagesschau) using VDO.
  • Listen to live and archived radio such as Deutsche Welle using RealAudio.
  • SCOLA Insta-Class News Service: Real Audio news clips, transcripts, translation, exercises.
  • SCOLA and Voice of America in several languages with free Real Audio and Video.
  • Multimedia: Shockwave animation and games from Milka.
  • Create interactive exercises using Shockwave animation.
  • Quicktime Video clip with online submission of answers from an ESL course.

    EMAIL / INTERNET COMMUNICATION

  • Complete discussion of Email Projekte im DaF Unterricht Very thorough.
  • The Basics of Email partner exchanges plus schools, topics, procedures from the Goethe Institute.
  • Tandem Connections: email partners, topical conversations, phrases, conversation help.
  • Deutsches SchulWeb,, Schools Worldwide and Internat'l Web 66.
  • Chat live via a Munich internet cafe or a MUSH.
  • Foreign Language-Related e-lists, German listservs from UAlberta and the Goethe Institut.
  • Relevant lists are AATG, SLART, LLTI, FLTEACH, and IDV-NETZ.

    MISCELLANEOUS INTERNET RESOURCES

  • Convert measurements online courtesty of RealBeer.
  • English and German search engines.
  • Music resources and online files, folksongs, pop tunes, etc.
  • TUCOWS software/plug-ins. Rose's overwhelming resource collection.
  • German Corner: one-stop source for German books, resources, music. Video and film info.

    Return to Germany Page. Last updated December 1, 2000.

    Corrections, comments, questions and suggestions are always welcome.