Assessment
- The Consortium for Assessing Performance Standard
- Learning Languages, the NNELL Journal Volume XII Issue 1 Fall 2006 (Join now to receive a copy) Details at www.nnell.org
- The CARLA Virtual Assessment Center
Clipart
- www.clipart.com excellent selection with ability to search in a variety of language. You must pay a subscription fee with many options available.
- Microsoft Office Clipart
- Florida's Education ClearingHouse
- Classroom Clipart
- French Actor Characatures
- Free Kids Clip Art
- www.google.com to do an image search.
- Ask your students to draw the visuals as a homework assignment
- www.fotolia.com offers quality images for purchase between $1 & $10.
- www.istockphoto.com offers professional images for purchase between $3 & $15
Pedagogy
- Languages and Children--Making the Match: New Languages for Young Learners, Grades K-8, Third Edition by Helena Curtain, Carol Ann Dahlberg ISBN 0205366759
- Egan, Kieran” The Underused Power of the Story Form in Teaching”, Westminister Studies in Education, vol 10, 1987.
- Guntermann, Gail, ed., Teaching Spanish with the Five C’s, Vol 2 , AATSP, Harcourt Publishers,2000.
- Hadley, Alice Omaggio, Teaching Language in Context, Heinle and Heinle, 2001
- Horning, Kathleen, From Cover to Cover, Evaluating and Reviewing Children’s Books, harper Collins, 1997.
- Krashen, Stephen, The Power of Reading, Libraries Unlimited, 1993.
- Krashen, Stephen, Foreign Language Education, Language Education Associates, 1997.
- Lee, James F. and Bill Vanpatten, “Grammar in communicative Language Teaching”, Making Communicative Language Teaching Happen, McGraw-Hill, 1995
- Met, Myriam, editor, Critical Issues in Early Second Language Learning, Addison-Wesley, 1998
- McTighe, James and Grant Wiggins, Understanding by Design, ASCD, 1999.
- New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards for World Languages, 2002.
- Schofer, Peter, Text as Culture: Teaching through Literature and Language, Harcourt college Publishers, 2002.
- Swender, Elvirra and Greg Duncan,”ACTFL Performance Guidelines for K – 12 Learners”, Foreign Language Annals, 31, No. 4, 1998
Folktales
- Cantin le Voyageur In this series of audio CD’s, Cantin travels around the French-speaking world to meet children, learn about the culture, sing local songs, and tell authentic legends. They help children learn about other cultures and begin to appreciate their nuances. Take an audio journey to Tahiti, Louisiana, Martinique, Mali, Morocco, Senegal, Vietnam, Guadeloupe, Tunisia and Haiti. Each CD is 16€. Visit www.cantinlevoyageur.com/boutique/index.php
- Sosnowski Language Resources, 58 Sears Rd Wayland, MA 01778. Tel: 508-358-7891, Fax: 508-358-6687. E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- www.Amazon.fr search for “contes”
- L'Arc-en-plume, C.P. 592, Succ.B , Montréal (Québec) Canada H3B 3K3 , Téléphone/télécopieur : (514) 341-5304, Courriel :This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., www.arcenplume.ca
- World of Reading, Ltd., P.O. Box 13092, Atlanta, Georgia 30324-0092, Voice: (404) 233-4042, Toll Free: (800) 729-3703, Fax: (404) 237-5511, E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., www.wor.com
- Ayala, R.R., Mitos y Leyendas de los Incas, Edicomunicación, 1999. ISBN 84-7672-895-6
- Barlow, Genevieve, Leyendas latinoamericanas, National Textbook Company,
- Barlow, Genevieve and William Stivers, Leyendas mexicanas, NTC
- El conejo y el mapurite – cuento venezolano, Ediciones Ekaré ISBN 980-257-006-0. This press is a good source
- Galván, Nelda, Cuentos de la tradición mexicana, Selector actualidad editorial, 1999, ISBN 970-643-187-x
- González, Olympia, Leyendas cubanas, NTC
- Kennedy, James, Relatos latinoamericanos: la herencia africana, NTC
- Legends of Mexico, National Endowment for the Humanities and University of Cincinnati, 1996
- Muckley, Robert and Adela Martínez-Santiago, Leyendas de Puerto Rico, NTC