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Celebrating Global Voices

It’s Global Diversity Month, time to celebrate the many languages and cultures that enrich our classrooms and communities. Whether you teach kindergarten or high school, language learning opens doors to curiosity, empathy, and connection. Help your students explore, speak, and appreciate the world beyond their desks with these resources for all grades. We know you’ll find something to spark joy in your classroom!

Grades K-12

Little Language Lessons

This Google Labs experiment offers bite-sized lessons on vocabulary, phrases, slang, and more in 15 languages. Lesson categories include Tiny Lesson, Slang Hang, and Word Cam.

Grades 1-12

Hello Nabu

This tool lets learners create a character and explore 19 languages through gamified lessons, everyday conversations, and vocabulary practice as they progress through levels. This resource is available on iOS, Android, and the web.

Grades 1-12

Duolingo

Duolingo is a game-style language-learning app and website with bite-sized lessons in reading, writing, listening, and speaking, best used for grades 6-12, but available to all ages. Teachers create classes, assign practice, and track student progress.

Grades K-12

Ba Ba Dum

Use these interactives to learn up to 21 new languages (English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, Chinese, Lithuanian, and more) with options like matching images to spoken words and more.

Grades K-12

DeepL Translator

Instantly translate text and documents like PDFs, Word, and PowerPoint files across 100+ languages with this free tool that makes it easy for educators to share notes, newsletters, and updates with multilingual families or world language learners.

Grades K-12

Games to Learn Spanish

These online games help beginners practice Spanish vocabulary with audio. Learners play games like Hangman, Pong, and word search across 100+ topics, with companion lessons and tests. The games are great for both children and adults.

Grades K-12

Roxxem

Turn pop culture into engaging language practice. With Roxxem's free plan, teachers and students have access to popular videos, study games, and vocabulary lists in Spanish, French, German, Chinese, and English. Just select a song and pick your game.

Grades 3-12

Coffee Break Languages

Try out these short, relaxed lessons through podcasts, videos, courses, and books in languages like French, Spanish, German, Italian, Chinese, Japanese, and Swedish. These lessons are perfect for learning in just 5-15 minutes a day.

Grades 5-12

TeachVid

Turn up the volume and play along. Change YouTube videos into interactive language lessons with transcripts, translations, quizzes, and activities. Teachers can search for ready-made videos/games or create resources, assign work, and host live sessions.

Grades 4-12

LyricsTraining

Learners practice languages like Spanish, French, and English by filling in missing lyrics while watching music videos, movie clips, and more. Choose your difficulty level or sing along in karaoke mode. Click to open the app or the web version.

This Week at TeachersFirst

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