In this activity, students listen to messages left on an answering machine in the target language and take notes. This activity is created for listening comprehension but extensions are included to make this a speaking assignment, also. This activity can be utlized at many different proficiency levels and for any spoken language. Included are ‘message’ templates for English, German and Spanish.

In this activity, students will see a video of the French region of Alsace. In the writing activities, students use listening comprehension to describe the region and its cultural qualities. This resource should be paired with the resource entitled, "Ca bouge a Bruxelles - Exercises."

This collection of classic French songs represents Francophone music across decades and countries. Some entries include videos of live performances. Each entry includes complete lyrics, song notes, and exercises made available via a downloadable pdf file.

In this videoclip in Spanish, a graduate student, Alejandro, tells his plans for what he hopes to be doing in ten years. This is recorded for the University of Texas’ Spanish Proficiency Exercises. Students of Spanish can read the transcript in Spanish, read a translation in English or listen without a transcript to reference. There are also links to relevant vocabulary, grammar and podcasts. In addition to providing listening comprehension practice, one objective of the exercises is to provide students of Spanish with the necessary tools to be able to talk about the same topics in Spanish.

In this videoclip in Spanish, a graduate student, Ana, tells her plans for what she hopes to be doing in ten years. This is recorded for the University of Texas’ Spanish Proficiency Exercises. Students of Spanish can read the transcript in Spanish, read a translation in English or listen without a transcript to reference. There are also links to relevant vocabulary, grammar and podcasts. In addition to providing listening comprehension practice, one objective of the exercises is to provide students of Spanish with the necessary tools to be able to talk about the same topics in Spanish.

In this activity, students will acheive greater fluency in speech while learning about the history of chocolate.

In this lesson, students explore the Internet for information on the metro system as a means of transportation and for information on culturally appropriate and polite behavior for the metro. Students research polite forms of address and connect to a digital penpal in the target country. Students email digital penpals in the target country to ask about culturally appropriate behavior on the metro. Modalities include interpersonal communication, reading and writing. Language structures focus on forming questions and polite language. The acitivity includes a variety of role play scenarios. This activity is applicable for any written world language course.

Students will learn about cultural elements and products of Quebec, Canada. In the video, students will learn about the process required for a French citizen to immigrate to Canada.

In this lesson, students will have the opportunity to be part of a Colombian legend. In this case, the legend of "El Dorado". Also they will get to know part of the history of a Pre-Colombian civilization. This lesson was developed by Carolina Vargas-Escobar as part of their completion of the North Carolina Global Educator Digital Badge program. This lesson plan has been vetted at the local and state level for standards alignment, Global Education focus, and content accuracy.

This infographic shows the influence of Twitter and social media in Spanish speaking culture by addressing social networking terms and their Spanish translation. Students will be able to see comparisons of the use of social media in their own culture and those of Spanish speakers. This is an authentic resource designed for native speakers of Spanish.

Students will understand spoken French about current events. They will listen to a short broadcast of the news in slow French. Each week there is one free broadcast which includes a transcript in which students can mouse over parts of the text to see English translations.

This module focuses on the ins and outs of apologizing in Spanish, both linguisitically and culturally. Included are exemplary videoclips in Spanish, transcripts and a step-by-step, interactive study guide: Encountering the Communicative Act, Learning and Performance Strategies, Identifiying Important Social Factors, Perceiving Dialectal Variances and a Summary of Key Points. The language samples are in Spanish but the study of this pragmatic act is in English.

Students will see a series of six videos based on the Canadian region of Quebec. In the writing activities, students use listening comprehension to describe the region, touristic and cultural qualities.

In this activity students will see a series of six videos based on the Canadian region of Quebec. In the writing activities, students use listening comprehension to describe the region, touristic and cultural qualities. This resource should be paired with the resource entitled, "Quebec, Canada – Exercises."

The song and lesson explore the topics of love and regret. Linguistic elements explored include si clauses and rhyming. The lesson includes prelistening, vocabulary, listening comprehension, discussion and writing activities.

In this activity, students will write descriptions of guests who will be attending a wedding. The teacher hands out the descriptions to each student who asks and answers questions to find the mystery guest. Once each person has found their mystery guest, they must present them to the class explaining their likes, dislikes, residence, work, age, family, etc. The modalities include interpersonal communication as well as written and spoken presentational communication. This activity is applicable for any written world language course. Included are suggestions for adapting and extending this performance task as well as character descriptions for French, German and Spanish.