The web tool I also want to try in my classroom is the LingQ. LingQ is a method designed to learn ten different languages online. The creator is the linguist Steve Kaufmann.
Students can read and listen interesting and authentic content. The student chooses different topics based on your interest. So, they also choose their level of the language and within that level you have options to listen and practice.
It also offers the possibility to have a tutor. Their tutors are from different locations, so the students can also choose the accent they want to listen. The program gives the option of download their listening to their iPods.
I like because it also have some short stories that my students could listen and practice with it. The first level classes are free, but if you want to get serious practicing with a tutor there is a price. It depends on the number of hours students want to work with their tutor.
The students can also create their own community. They can blog to other students who are taking the program. Besides that, students have the option to go to their podcast page, and look for the ones that appeal to them.
I registered to it, and you receive a weekly progress report of what you did that week. You also get point for learning new words, writing compositions and submit them to the tutors. I still need to double-check the community. I need to see that it is a safe site for my seventh graders students. But in general it looks a really good place to try and learn a new language.
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