CAPL
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This just in from the LLTI listserv. I know our teachers are always looking for rights-free images, so this site should be a big help. Another place to look is in the Creative Commons area in Flickr.
CAPL (Culturally Authentic Pictorial Lexicon) is a “free, online, non-commercial visual glossary comprised of authentic photos for language and cultural instruction. Created at Washington & Jefferson College, CAPL seeks to provide teachers and learners with high-quality authentic images for their classrooms and teaching materials. Currently, CAPL has a large German and ESL database of photos that are constantly expanding. The following languages are being developed and should be online in 2009.
-Arabic
-Chinese
-ESL (North American)
-French
-German
-Italian
-Japanese )
-Portuguese (Brazil)
-Portuguese (Portugal)
-Russian
-Spanish (Central America & Caribbean)
-Spanish (Mexico)
-Spanish (Southern Cone)
-Spanish (Spain)
The pictures in this database may be viewed, downloaded, linked, manipulated, copied, displayed, and redistributed free of charge for educational, non-commercial purposes as specified by the Creative Commons license. Please cite CAPL @ washjeff.edu as the source.”
