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 * Title**: [|Conjuguemos]
 * URL**: [|http://www.conjuguemos.com]


 * Comments**: As a teacher, i could create custom verb conjugations, vocabulary drills, practice quizzes, and create homework for my students that they could access outside the classroom to practice with at home. Even though this site has no revison date and no affiliated institution, i still think it's a good site because it's aimed at being a connection between the teacher and their students, it's not trying to provide the student with information. Conjuguemos relies more on the teacher to create activites for their students. They do have generic activites posted should a student want to practice if their french (or spanish, german, or latin) even if their teacher hasn't posted any activites for their classes. My french teachers in high school used conjuguemos with us and we all found it very helpful. Because it has a gradebook feature (meaning the teacher can save our scores on the activites we do) it was easier for them to gauge our progress without necessarily making us conjugate verbs on the board, normally an uncomfortable activity for the students.

I agree that this website seems like a great place for a language teacher to make their own activities for their students. The grading tool is a great way for a teacher to keep track of homework assignments they may take from the site. I also think that this is a good place for students who need extra help- it includes explanations on many verb tenses and vocabulary. It even has a verb conjugation practice tool, something I would have found very helpful in my Spanish classes in high school. The vocabulary practice includes a timed translation exercise broken up by textbook chapter, which is a great tool for helping students memorize vocabulary. This website is very engaging while not seeming too "young"; it is clearly for high schoolers. The only drawback I see to the Conjuguemos website is the fact that students have to register to use it, which may dissuade students from using the website for extra help if their teacher hasn't made it a mandatory part of class. Overall, it seems liek an incredibly helpful website for students and a good tool for teachers. -BN


 * Title**: [|France Monthly]
 * URL**:[| http://www.francemonthly.com]


 * Comments**: This site would be a great site for high school french students. It has a map of France with each region a different color, and when you click a region it takes you to another page with areas of interest in that region and when you click on a specific place it takes you to yet another page about the area. It tells you the area's local history, as well as a recipe from that area. the web page can be viewed in either french or english. This would be good because lower level students can read it in english and the more advanced students can read it in French. They could also try cooking one of the recipies using the french instructions, something they probably haven't done before. The web site also has very nice pictures of the various areas, including 16 different areas of Paris alone.

The site seems to be a great tool for those students who are trying to learn French as their second language. The concept of the map could be used so that students could explore around the country and as you said learn while they do so. Immersion into the culture seems to really help students learn, especially when they are attempting to pick up a second language and therefore the map but the recipes just as well make this a possibility. I also like the benefit of being able to switch the language on the site from French to English so that younger learners could be able to understand what is on the website, however I also feel this is the sites biggest drawback, as older, more experienced students could take advantage of this feature which would result in the students learning much less. -JD

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