The World Wide Web (WWW) contains much helpful information for teachers of languages other than English, specifically K-12 immersion teachers. This annotated list describes a variety of Web sites where valuable information about language immersion can be found. The sites listed here include resources for many different languages, articles about language immersion and technology, descriptions of projects, and examples of particular schools that offer language immersion education in the United States.

The French Immersion Teacher's Guide to the Internet
< http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/~elmurphy/emurphy/travel.html >

Although this site doesn't include references to the WWW, it does list newsgroups, mailing lists, and Gopher sites to explore for additional information about immersion in French language and culture. The site's author, Elizabeth Murphy, lists a variety of resources for French teachers including e-mail addresses for a language teachers' forum and several French universities, libraries, and embassies.

California Summer Language Adventure
< http://www.napanet.net/education/ncoe/CSLAcamp/default.html >

This site describes a French and Spanish summer language immersion camp for children 6 to 14 that is located in Napa, California, USA. A program of the Napa County Office of Education, the camp provides this approach to teaching language and culture concepts in order, as the site says, "to prepare young people to be world-minded citizens in a culturally diverse society and global community." The site describes current programs where campers experience language and culture through sports, music and dance, food and meal customs, and historical events and games. Links to other language and culture sites are also included.

Multimedia and Foreign Language
< http://www.gsh.org/wce/archives/andrews.htm >

In this article, published by The Well Connected Educator Publishing Center and Forum of the Global Schoolhouse, Barbara Andrews discusses the special teaching advantages multimedia has in the language classroom. Using Hyperstudio as an example, she describes how students can effectively demonstrate and reinforce knowledge of the target language and culture using text, sounds, graphics, video, and animation. She includes a list of project suggestions designed to enhance the curriculum using multimedia resources. Also included is a description of how to get started, obtain necessary training, organize projects, and evaluate students.

WWW Language Resources
< http://www.itp.berkeley.edu/~thorne/HumanResources.html >

This site lists links to language and culture Web sites. It attempts to provide quality over quantity in the links the author has chosen as valuable resources. A variety of languages is included in the links, with Middle English, Scandinavian, and South Asian languages, Swahili, Tagalog, and Yiddish among them. Also included is a link to the University of Oregon Font Archive, where different language fonts can be legally downloaded directly from the WWW.

A WWW-Based Interactive Language Teaching Tool
< http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/IT94/Proceedings/Educ/lieberman/lieberman.html >

This site describes a developed a WWW-based Interactive Language Teaching Tool (WILT) and web classroom environment. WILT can be used by teachers and students to generate exercises based on grammatical structures they are interested in teaching or studying. It currently is limited to present-tense French verbs but future plans include incorporation of audio-based tools to highlight the relationships between the spoken and written for many other languages. WILT was designed by Jonathan Lieberman, a student at the University of Chicago, and Nadine O'Connor Divito, senior lecturer and coordinator of Language Studies, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, the University of Chicago.

Teaching With the Internet: Frequently Asked Questions
< http://aatf.utsa.edu/twiafaq.htm >

The American Association of Teachers of French has designed a page of its site to answer frequently asked questions about using the Internet to teach languages. The page provides a number of answers to common questions: Where can I find Web workshops for language teachers? Where can I find examples of Internet activities for French classes? and Where can I find guides to the francophone Internet resources appropriate for class activities? The site also provides annotated links to sites that address the answers to these and other questions.

Languages and Literature: The Human-Languages Page
< http://www.june29.com/HLP/ >

The Human-Language Page was designed by Willamette University student Tyler Chambers to address the lack of an organized list of language-learning materials available on the Internet. Its database currently contains over 1700 resources covering more than 100 different languages. The Languages and Literature portion of the site contains resources for and in different languages. Links deal language education, grammar, and literature. Dictionaries translating other languages into English may also be found here.

United States Language Immersion School Sites
The following sites describe examples of language immersion schools located in the United States. Although the list is far from exhaustive, it provides a quick glimpse at immersion education in action.

Milwaukee Spanish Language Immersion School
< http://ftp.milwaukee.k12.wi.us/schools/spanish_imm/ >

This site describes a Milwaukee, Wisconsin, magnet school's accomplishments, curriculum, mission statement, and overall immersion program. It is also intended as a tool for the school's community to find out about important dates, Parent Teacher Association information, extracurricular activities, and other points of interest. A link to a listing of software for students interested in Spanish language and culture is included.

Milwaukee French Language Immersion School
< http://www.stritch.edu/~dmasson/MFIS.html >

This site describes the French immersion program in this K-5 school in Milwaukee Wisconsin. The students in kindergarten and first grade are taught entirely in French. In second grade, English reading and language arts are introduced for 45 minutes a day. The percentage of English increases each year until fifth grade, in which 20% of the day is taught in English. This site answers the question "Why is the immersion approach used?"

Yujin Gakuen Japanese Language Immersion School
< http://schools.4j.lane.edu/yujingakuen/ >

This K-5 school is located in Eugene, Oregon. The kindergarten is almost entirely Japanese and the other grades are evenly split between Japanese and English. The school emphasizes integrated curriculum, technology integration, and native-speaking Japanese teachers. It has recently expanded its program into local middle and high schools. The site includes examples of students' work.

Punana Leo-Hawaiian Language Immersion Schools
< http://www.olelo.hawaii.edu/OP/orgs/apl/schools.html >

The Punana Leo Schools, located in Hawaii, offer a Hawaiian language immersion experience while providing academic and developmental activities to children 2 to 5 years of age. The site provides an overview of Hawaiian Language Immersion Education and lists a calendar of events for the schools. It also lists the schools that can be accessed directly from the WWW and provides links to learning resources and support organizations. Included is an online Hawaiian language dictionary.

Two-Way Bilingual Immersion School
< http://www.alianza.santacruz.k12.ca.us/ >