Last weekend I presented at the NYSAFLT Capital-East Regional Conference on Finding and Using Authentic Resources with Checkpoint A Students. For those of you not from New York, Checkpoint A is basically our state's way of saying novice. Above is my presentation, and below are companion links. A star next to a link indicates it was referenced in the presentation. The other links are related recommended reading.
My Blog Posts from The French Corner About Finding and Using #Authres
*Creating a Google Maps Scavenger Hunt
*Creating a Virtual Trip to Paris
*Using Google Maps to Reinforce Geography
*Using Evernote to Organize Resources
*Using Headlines as #Authres
*Using Infographics to Reinforce Numbers and Culture
Authentic French Restaurant Menus
Finding #Authres for French students
Resources for Young French Learners (Part 1)
Resources for Young French Learners (Part 2)
Other Blog Posts About Finding, Using, and Organizing #Authres
*Box of Tricks: Resources: Keeping Them Real and Keeping Them Together
*Creative Language Class: Cognate Practice Part 1
*Cécile Lainé: Authentic input versus grammar drills
Isabelle Jones: World Languages, Facebook, Pinterest, Culture & Literacy
Martina Bex’s Materials on #Authres
Crystal Barragan: Authentic Resources + Embedded Reading
Language Teacher Bloggers That Frequently Blog About #Authres
Sara-Elizabeth Cottrell
Martina Bex
TICs en FLE (French)
El Conde (French)
El Mundo de Birch (Spanish)
Maris Hawkins (Spanish)
Creative Language Class
Language Teacher Facebook Pages That Frequently Share #Authres
*French Teachers in the US (closed group; must request invite)
Isabelle Pochat(French)
Mme Henderson(French)
French at Finneytown High School
Foux Furieux du Français
American Association of Teachers of French
Language Teachers Ireland
Language Teacher Twitter Handles That Frequently Tweet About #Authres
@mjosfle (French)
@nettiemeramera (French)
@jjeiden (French)
@catherineku72 (French)
@myriamdavies74 (French)
@mariefrance (French)
@lepointdufle (French)
@lnajap (French)
@sandrinepk (French)
@nicolenaditz (French)
@aatfrench (French)
@frenchteacherca (French)
@secottrell (Spanish)
@senorab1972 (Spanish)
@profehanson (Spanish)
@alenord (Spanish)
@icpjones (French/Spanish)
@valleseco (French/Spanish)
Pinterest Accounts That Frequently Share #Authres
My blog post on 15 French teachers to follow on Pinterest
frenchteacherca (French)
aatfrench (French)
parlefr (French)
mmedevine (French)
jennca (French)
lnajap (French)
wyomingfrench (French)
musicuentos (Spanish)
alenord (Spanish)
spanish4teacher (Spanish)
srtacarmencita (Spanish)
icpjones (French & Spanish)
Authentic French Websites/Blogs (Subscribe to many of these & follow on Facebook/Twitter too)
*Démotivateur– Photos w/captions (French; WARNING: filter for adult content)
Desmotivaciones– Photos w/captions (Spanish; WARNING: filter for adult content)
*AudioLingua– Audio clips from native speakers
France Bienvenue– French conversations with transcripts
Géo Ado– French children’s news site
1jour1actu– French children’s news site
Mon Quotidien– French children’s news site
La Griffe de l’Info– French children’s news site
Le journal de Suzon– Fictional diary of a French girl during WWII
BrainPop France– Children’s learning site
(Many more French #authres linked on my blog post)
Other Resources for Finding & Organizing #Authres
*Hashtagify– Search for popular Twitter hashtags by language
*Trendsmap– Look for trending Twitter hashtags by region
*Twitter hashtag #authres
*Gramfeed– Search Instagram hashtags
*Feedly– Subscribe to RSS feeds
*Evernote– Organize #Authres as you find them
*Wordle– Make a word cloud from the text of an #authres
*Scoop.It! -- Follow feeds that share #authres, or share your own
Scoop.It! Feeds that Share #Authres – You can subscribe to these like blogs
My Scoop.It on French News Articles
My Scoop.It on French Visual Media
Sandrine Pac-Kenney’s Scoop.It on French Media
Francparler OIF’s Scoop.It on French Media
Mme Henderson’s Scoop.It on Authentic French Texts
