Search for idiomatiques expressions based on 11 themes including anatomy, clothing, colors, and so on. Search results include the expression in context with an audio recording in the target language and English translation if accessed by the user.

In this assessment, students will read and understand a program for the Montreal Jazz Festival, have a brief conversation with a classmate about it, and then do a presentation.

In this German-language website, students can see what Burger King products are sold in Germany and learn their names in German. Products are pictured and described in detail.

This lesson will begin the students’ thought process on environmental transportation practices in their area, as well as introduce them to the relevant vocabulary through authentic images and the Total Physical Response method.This lesson was developed by Emily Burrus 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.

In this lesson, students learn how to ask and tell the time of day and to relate the times of everyday school activities in the target language of French. They will notice how prevalent cognates are in the French language.

This module focuses on how to interact in Spanish, both linguisitically and culturally, when one person (e.g., a vendor, office clerk, travel agent) asks and answers questions to provide a service or good (e.g., a product, an appointment, airline tickets) to another person. Dialectal differences are addressed. 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.

In this lesson plan for novice high second language students, students will negotiate, in pairs, a time to meet. They will communicate about their daily schedule, appointments and events. The language structures include present tense verbs and expressions for telling time. Culturally, students will compare their daily life and school schedules in the US with schedules in the target culture. The modalities include interpersonal communication, writing and reading. This four-page lesson plan is applicable for any world language course. Included are suggestions for adapting and extending this performance task.