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Dictionaries
and Grammar
This section
lists sites that pertain to a wide range of languages. See below for
sites
specifically about French, German, Portuguese and Spanish.
Verbix:
Verb Conjugations and Grammar
http://www.verbix.com/webverbix/index.asp
Visit this page
to conjugate verbs in almost any language, from Afrikaans to Urdu.
YourDictionary.com
Grammars and Language Courses
- http://www.yourdictionary.com/grammars.html
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Links to online language courses
and
grammar assistance for over 100 languages. YourDictionary.com also
assists
with translation, language identification, abbreviations and acronyms,
and many other word characteristics!
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Word2Word
Online Language Courses
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http://www.word2word.com/course.html
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Links to online language courses
and
grammar assistance for over 100 languages. Also links to online
dictionaries,
language software, language chat sites, and language schools in the
U.S.
and abroad.
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Learn
Foreign Language Schools
http://www.abroadlanguages.com/
Identifies the best language
schools
for learning a foreign language abroad. Learn English in England,
Canada
or Malta, Spanish in Spain, French in France, German in Austria,
Italian
in Italy and Russian in Russia.
- Spanish
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LANIC:
Latin American Network Information Center
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http://www.lanic.utexas.edu
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Comprehensive directory of links
on
almost any Latin American subject - Anthropology, History, Literature,
Politics and more. You can search by Latin American country or by
subject.
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Sí
Spain
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http://www.DocuWeb.ca/SiSpain/
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An interactive service that
promotes
the free exchange of information on Spanish current affairs and its
historical,
linguistic and cultural development. Sponsored by the Spanish Ministry
of Foreign Affairs. German, French and Spanish versions are under
development.
Spanish
American Cultures
http://www.lib.wsc.ma.edu/SpanCltr.htm
- This directory of websites was
compiled
by a WSC librarian for students enrolled in LCUL 210.
- Spanish
Language Web Sites
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http://www.lib.wsc.ma.edu/SpanishWeb.htm
This directory of websites was
compiled
by a WSC librarian for students enrolled in the WSC language courses
LSPA
101,102, & 104.
Don
Quijote.Org - Free Resources for Learning Spanish
http://www.donquijote.org
Contains over 35,000 pages to
learn
Spanish, with lots of free contents, including:
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French
About.com
French Language
http://french.about.com/
A directory to a wide range of
information
about the French language, such as reading, accents, vocabulary,
dialects,
and more. Also links to cultural information about France.
Frenchculture.org
- The World of French Culture in the USA
http://www.frenchculture.org/
Created by the French Embassy in
the U.S., links you to art, books, films and other media about French
culture
that can be found in the United States.
German
Goethe
Institut Inter Nationes
http://www.goethe.de/enindex.htm
The Goethe Institut is a
Germany-based
organization promoting German language and culture. Great source
for German learning or teaching resources, including locations of the
Institut's
German language courses around the world.
German
Embassy in the United States
http://www.germany-info.org/relaunch/index.html
"Germany Info" page provides
overview
of contemporary issues affecting Germany, from international politics
to
culture and the arts, and even a "Germany for Kids" page. You can
also sign up here for an electronic newsletter.
LEO
German-English Dictionary
http://dict.leo.org/
Online German-English and
English-German
dictionary. Based in Germany at the University of Munich.
Portuguese
Centro
Virtual Camões
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/cvc/index.html
Nicely-organized website about
learning
and teaching Portuguese and Portuguese literature and culture, created
by the Portuguese government. Also includes poems of the week,
word
games, and a virtual library. Here you can practice your
Portuguese
because this site is not in English!
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Language
I
Love Languages: Your Guide to Languages on the Web
- http://www.june29.com/HLP/
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Formerly called the Human-Languages
Page, this is a directory of web resources on topics such as
language
lessons, teaching resources, dictionaries, translation, and general
information
about several hundred of the world's languages. Here you can also find
information about language-teaching programs around the world.
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Nanduti:
Early Foreign Language Learning, Grades K-8
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http://www.cal.org/earlylang
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Nanduti is a foreign language
initiative
produced by the Northeast and Islands Regional Educational Laboratories
at Brown University for parents, teachers, and administrators. Nanduti
provides information on early-start/long-sequence foreign language
programs.
Its focus is on practical, "implementable" materials, resources and
techniques
for grades K-8.
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LINGUIST
List
http://linguistlist.org/
- In addition to its many
linguistics
links, LINGUIST List provides links to language teaching information,
such
as courses, syllabi, exercises and software.
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The
Online English Grammar
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http://www.edunet.com/english/grammar/index.html
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Valuable resource for students
and teachers
of English as a Foreign Language. Besides grammar assistance, the site
contains a bulletin board chat system, "English Grammar Clinic," that
allows
users to post or reply to questions about grammer or usage. Also
includes a sound file to aid users in pronouncing the English alphabet
and "English Language Practice Pages" that enable students to complete
exercises and take sample proficiency tests.
Tests
Foreign
Language Test Database
http://www.cal.org/calwebdb/fltest/Default.aspx
A searchable database of secondary and college level tests in languages
other than English. The database currently identifies more than 140
tests
in 63 languages. The database is maintained by the National Capital
Language
Resource Center, a joint project of Georgetown University, The George
Washington
University, and the Center for Applied Linguistics.
Linguistics
- Center
for Applied Linguistics (CAL)
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http://www.cal.org/
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The CAL website describes their
projects
and publications under a number of language topics, such as literacy
education,
language instruction, and language issues such as bilingual education.
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Ethnologue:
World Index of Languages
- http://www.sil.org/ethnologue/
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Major directory of languages of
the
world. More than 6,700 living languages are described. Entries provide
information on population, dialects, immigrant languages, bilingualism,
ecological setting, and availability of dictionaries and the bible.
LINGUIST
List
http://linguistlist.org/
- In addition to its many
linguistics
links, LINGUIST List provides links to language teaching information,
such
as courses, syllabi, exercises and software.
The
Rosetta Project
http://www.rosettaproject.org/
Appropriate if you're researching
an obscure, lesser-known language. Archiving language samples for
preservation,
in hopes of eventually preserving as many languages as possible (around
7000). Search by language, language family, or country. Each language
is
archived according to seven components deemed useful for future
linguistic
archaeologists.
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Yamada
Language Center - University of Oregon
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http://babel.uoregon.edu/index.html
Directory of websites for about
150 languages, language news groups and mailing lists. A
highlight
is their extensive "font archive," a collection of non-Roman alphabet
characters
that you can download and use.
Literature
Electronic
Text Collections in Western European Literature
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/wess/etexts.html
- Lists Internet sources for
literary
texts in Western European languages other than English. Some
translations
are included. Literatures covered are in Catalan, Danish, Dutch,
Finnish, French, Galician, German, Greek, Irish, Italian, Latin,
Norwegian,
Old Norse and Icelandic, Portuguese, Provençal, Spanish, and
Swedish.
Gallica
Classique
http://gallica.bnf.fr/Classique/
Complete French texts (no English
translation) of a number of French literary masterpieces, arranged by
literary
period. Includes authors such as Rousseau, Baudelaire, Sand,
Stendhal,
and Zola. Once completed the site is expected to be one of the largest
electronic sources for French literature in the world. Created by
France's Bibliotheque Nationale.
The
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Project
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~sorjuana/
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
was a seventeenth century Mexican poet, writer and nun who became
famous
for promoting the intellectual abilities of women in an extremely
patriarchal
society. Includes bibliography and searchable online catalog of
her
works, bibliography of criticism, and list of Sor Juana scholars.
Page
Maintained by Kira Williams Bingemann / bh