Languages

MULTI-LANGUAGE RESOURCES

Agora Language Marketplace - Offers a monthly newsletter on the topics of language learning and related products, lists of publishers of foreign language and language learning materials, links to language schools and study abroad programs.

CARLA, Less Commonly Taught Languages - Defined as any language but English, French, German, and Spanish.

Ethnologue, Languages of the World - Statistics on all of the world’s languages.

Foreign Languages for Travelers - Click on the national flag for lists of words in various categories: numbers, shopping, travel, etc. Also links to related pages.

Free Online Language Courses - From Ainu to Xhosa. Also links to online dictionaries, language chat sites, and educational language software.

iLoveLanguages - A comprehensive guide to language-related resources on the Internet.

Introduction to Linguistics - Definitions of basic concepts in linguistics and links to linguistics pages at universities around the world.

Yamada Language Center - Offers an archive of downloadable fonts for reading foreign language text on your computer. Also has lists of language-related newsgroups and mailing lists, and links organized by language, including fictional languages.

INDIVIDUAL LANGUAGES
American Sign Language | Arabic | Chinese | English as a Second/Foreign Language
French | German | Italian | Japanese | Korean | Portuguese | Russian | Spanish
Swahili | Tagalog | Vietnamese

AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE

HandSpeak: A Sign Language Dictionary Online

 

ARABIC

Babel: Arabic - Online course in Arabic, including writing.

 

CHINESE

Chinese Characters and Culture - Learn about Chinese characters and names.  Tattoo ideas too!

Chinese Language Information Page - Links to Chinese language learning sites and computer-related information.

On-line Chinese Tools - Language learning, dictionary, translation, and computer resources.  Convert a Western name into Chinese characters.

 

ENGLISH AS A SECOND/FOREIGN LANGUAGE

Dave Sperling’s ESL Cafe - Discussion forums and helpful hints for ESL students and teachers. Includes lists of idioms and phrasal verbs with meanings.

 

FRENCH

Fast and Friendly French For Fun - An online tutorial covering beginning grammar and vocabulary. Includes links to other sites about France and French culture.

French Language Course - Grammar basics and a link to French newspaper articles.

Guide to Intermediate French - Interactive exercises and quizzes on verb conjugation, noun gender, pronouns and more.

 

GERMAN

German Language Resources and Links - Grammar, vocabulary, magazines, and more.

 

ITALIAN

CyberItalian - Online course offers sample lessons at beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels; the entire course requires a subscription.

 

JAPANESE

Japanese-Online Lesson Index - 16 lessons in the Japanese language.

Kanji SITE - Write and read Japanese.

Keiko Schneider’s Bookmarks - Many links to sites on Japanese language, language teaching, and culture.

 

KOREAN

Introduction to Korean by J. David Eisenberg

Learning Hangul with Soyongdori - Animated gifs will show you how to write Hangul, the Korean phonetic alphabet.

 

PORTUGUESE

Brazilian Portuguese - Outlines the differences between Brazilian and European Portuguese, and covers grammar and basic phrases.

Portuguese Language - History and distribution of the Portuguese language.

Short Portuguese Lessons - Includes a conversion chart for Spanish into Portuguese.

 

RUSSIAN

Interactive On-line Russian Reference Grammar

Russnet Home - Language learning modules and other resources for students of Russian.

 

SPANISH

Learn Spanish - An online tutorial.
Web Spanish Lessons

 

SWAHILI

Kamusi Project - An English-Swahili-English and Russian-Swahili-Russian dictionary.

Useful Swahili - Basic vocabulary.

 

TAGALOG

Tagalog, Interactive Language and Philippine Culture Resources Site

Tagalog 101 - History of the language, pronunciation, basic phrases.

 

VIETNAMESE

Vietnamese Lessons

Posted/Updated: 06/11/2008
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