Websites on the World Wide Web for families interested in language, culture and more!

Sprachhexen

Sprachhexen started in 1999 as a resource for German families living abroad trying to raise bilingual children. Since then Sprachhexen has grown to address also the needs of foreign language educators who are looking to find support and ideas from other teachers in teaching bilingual children as well as as second language.
Through examples, concrete lesson plans, recommendations, and relevant links Sprachhexen wants to fill the need for quality resources which many foreign language teachers lack, due to professional isolation from colleagues.
Website: www.sprachhexen.com.

Travels of the Bay family and the Yoda Van

This is a travelogue of our favorite bilingual family (German and American) as they travel to different countries in a 1982 Vanagon Camper for a year. Keep up with Allison and Matthias and their two children, William and Julian, as they travel through the Americas. Make sure ot get out your atlas as follow their journey as they make their way south.
Website: blogs.bootsnall.com/TheBays/

Speaking In Tongues

“Speaking in Tongues” is a series of short English-language radio programmes, produced and recorded by IH Barcelona. The 25-programme series was broadcast on Saturday mornings by Radio Free Barcelona. The series discusses a range of different topics relating to language, language learning and language teaching. The programme is intended for a general public, but will of course be of special interest to language teachers and students.
Website: www.ihes.com/radio/index.html

Family Culture

A Multicultural Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving traditions and harvest celebrations around the world from Family Culture. FamilyCulture.com provides educational and cultural resources for diverse families and their service providers, with a special focus on Asian and multicultural families. Make sure to check out their calendar of multicultural celebrations.
Website: www.familyculture.com

Online Books for Children - Rosetta Project

“The largest collection of illustrated antique books online.” Most books are in English but many have translations into other languages! This online library of illustrated books is a volunteer-driven project. It has grown slowly since 1996 from the work of a single man and a handful of books, to a vibrant volunteer-driven organization publishing new books and translations every week.
Website: www.childrensbooksonline.org

Bookbox

BookBox is a essentially a web-based jukebox of digital books in languages from around the world. It synchronizes the text, audio, and visual media to create an educational and entertaining reading experience for children and even adults who still have a child in them! Based on proven methods of Same Language Subtitling (SLS), BookBox aims to not only enhance children’s basic literacy, but also facilitate their proficiency in foreign languages.
Website: www.bookbox.com

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