This project aims to provide 50 words in every Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander language in Australia. Currently over 40 languages are represented across Australia, and each word entry has an audio recording to demonstrate correct pronunciation.
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A comprehensive suite of ready-to-use curriculum resources that engage learners in both the 'Asia and Australia's Engagement with Asia' cross-curriculum priority and Chinese, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese language curricula. Resources cover all subject areas in the Australian Curriculum, and all year levels from Foundation to Year 12. Digital resource lists,
Education Perfect: Languages is a leading language learning platform, incorporating listening, speaking, reading, writing, vocabulary and grammar combined with cutting-edge technology. These resources are designed to cater for all language learning needs from higher level primary to senior secondary in the following languages:
The Digital Dialects website provides interactive games and languages learning materials incorporating text, audio and illustrations. These activities are suitable for both independent and teacher-directed use.Games and vocabulary lists include audio for teaching correct pronunciation. Some sections include games that teach alphabets or scripts, materials for learning grammar,
Drops is a vocabulary learning app (Apple and Android) which uses a visual approach to learning. With 36 languages available, students can learn independently through games and activities that focus on connecting words with illustrations. Short, fast-paced activities help develop fluency through a 5-minute-a-day vocabulary workout.
Duolingo.com is a self-paced and engaging language learning site and app.Students can use the Duolingo app or the duolingo website independently to improve their target language skills through interactive activities and challenges.Teachers can set up classes through schools.duolingo.com and set activities and assignments for students, tracking individual progress.
This website provides regularly updated news from around the world in accessible Italian. Succinct articles are accompanied by audio, and cover a range of interest areas such as world news, Italian news, culture and society, science and sport.
Erin’s Challenge is a website base on the 'Erin’s Challenge! I can speak Japanese' teaching material developed by the Japan Foundation for students to develop their Japanese language skills and cultural understandings.Students can explore Japanese communication for daily life, grammar, vocabulary, script and cultural activities through videos, skits and quizzes, either
These sites provide high quality online and downloadable stories and picture books in French. Students can browse, read and listen at their own pace, or teachers can set specific texts with listening or comprehension activities.
With the free courses from DW (Deutsche Welle), a German media outlet, students can learn German at their own pace through videos, audio clips and podcasts, or using traditional methods with worksheets they can print out.The site includes German language courses for beginners and advanced levels. There are a number of options for students to choose from depending on their
This website offers innovative tools for learning German. Students can practice vocabulary, use the most important verb conjugations in all the different tenses, and drill all major grammar topics through entertaining online exercises.
This website offers Italian language learning resources for a range of levels from beginner to proficient. Secondary students can explore grammar and vocabulary activities, dialogues, and conversation prompts. Advanced students can even read portions of Dante's Inferno in the original Italian, accompanied by modern Italian and English translations.
These videos provide helpful insights into the connections between Italian language and culture, pronunciation, important grammar features, and musical takes on difficult grammatical concepts.
This YouTube playlist features a series of Kaurna language lessons developed by Kaurna Warra Pintyanthi and presented by young Kaurna teachers. Students are introduced to the language of the Adelaide plains through topics including greetings, landscapes, foods, kinship and giving instructions. The channel also includes a Kaurna for Kids playlist, including animations and
Dom & Hyo are illustrators who bring Korean language, food and culture to life with colourful infographics, comics and animations.
This site provides students with immersive 'challenges' for Chinese, Japanese or Indonesian aligned to the Australian Curriculum.
Languages Online provides interactive resources and learning activities. It includes activities for:ChineseFrenchGermanIndonesianItalianJapaneseMacedonianSpanishTurkishEALD.It also includes links to a range of online story and game makers for students to practice their language skills.
This online language portal is developed for Aboriginal communities, by Aboriginal communities with the assistance of Adelaide Uni's Mobile Language Team. Study Adnyamathanha, Arabana, Nukunu, Wangkangurru or Yankunytjatjara.
Students can improve their German skills through a range of courses from Goethe Institute. Activities incorporate images, videos, audio and written materials, and clearly identify the level and topic covered. Students can save activities to their own learning content library.Content descriptions are mostly in German, so beginning students may find this site difficult to
A resource available through the website or an app which supports students to learn Japanese kanji at their own pace. Save the turtles from the wani kani (alligator crab) by completing the lessons and review activities.
This website provides levelled courses for a broad range of languages, focussing on memorising vocabulary and short phrases through viewing, listening, reading and writing.Courses are available for all languages of the Australian Curriculum, including Auslan.
This site contains podcasts for German language learners in which two hosts discuss the week's top stories from Germany and around the world.The site also includes language courses, in which students can explore grammatical features, common and peculiar idioms and phrases through dialogues, lessons and quizzes.
Rasa Bahasa is an Indonesian language learning app that supports students in years 5 to 10 to develop and practice their Indonesian language skills.
This website is more than just a Spanish-English dictionary. It contains grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation activities, as well as a 'word of the day' with examples of use. There are also extensive vocabulary lists and grammar lessons from a comprehensive range of Spanish text books along with quizzes to test understanding.
Quizlet is a website and app which can be used for testing understanding through flashcards, vocabulary-learning activities, and simple interactive quizzes. Choose from a wide range of free or paid sets, or make your own. Add audio, images and video to your sets with a paid subscription.