VAuLT | Virtual and Augmented Reality for Language Training

https://casls.uoregon.edu/classroom-resources/vault/

Lectia App by National Foreign Language Resource Center

Category: Language Learning Sites and Support

Link: https://lectia.app/

Free app created by the LRC at the University of Maryland, several languages, mainly focusing on reading skills at various proficiency levels.

Mango Languages

Mango Languages App

Category: Language Learning Sites and Support

Link: https://learn.mangolanguages.com/pathway

Popular site and app for language learning – aligns fairly well with structure of courses

Science Behind Language Learning – YouTube series by Mango staff

Category: Language Learning Sites and Support

Link: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJzrIsdFSD4nUzLzygMpgz93j47hsvuYL

Hosted by Kaitlyn Tagarelli (PhD from Georgetown)

Learning Tips & Tricks – YouTube series by Mango staff

Category: Language Learning Sites and Support

Link: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJzrIsdFSD4kPDHrKzsobBMali2jL4vLd

Hosted by Emily Sabo (PhD from University of Michigan)

Duolingo

Duolingo App

Category: Language Learning Sites and Support

Link: https://www.duolingo.com

Popular app for language learning – can supplement instructed language learning

Duolingo Blog – e.g., the “Learning” tag

Category: Language Learning Sites and Support

Link: https://blog.duolingo.com/tag/learning/

Lots of good linguists and applied linguists blogging for Duolingo about how it’s designed and their advice.

Audio – Lingua EU

Category: Language Learning Sites and Support

Link: https://www.audio-lingua.eu/?lang=fr

Access authentic speech samples in 13 languages. Search by CEFR level, length, and speaker traits including gender and age.

LanguageGuide.org

Category: Language Learning Sites and Support

Link: http://www.languageguide.org

“Explore the world of [TL] vocabulary in a sound integrated guide. Touch or place your cursor over an object, word, or phrase to hear it pronounced aloud. Prove your vocabulary mastery by completing challenges.”

Surface Languages

Category: Language Learning Sites and Support

Link: https://www.surfacelanguages.com/home/languages.html

Language learning tool (basic language) including words, sentences, phrases and expressions covering a wide variety of situations in many different foreign languages. Each subject contains sentences and phrases (with audio).

Storytime.online

Category: Language Learning Sites and Support

Link: https://www.storytime.online/

“Children’s books in diverse languages” – simple app that stays in the target language with kid-friendly and ad-free content

FluentU

Category: Language Learning Sites and Support

Link: https://www.fluentu.com/

Mainly provides videos to use as input – but see extensive blog content for teachers also

FluentU Blog for Language Educators

Category: Language Learning Sites and Support

Link: https://www.fluentu.com/blog/educator/

Various categories of blog material for educators – this one is the “general” one, several language-specific ones