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/languages/
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
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!
Word2Word
Online Language Courses
http://www.word2word.com/course.html
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.
LANIC:
Latin American Network Information Center
http://www1.lanic.utexas.edu/
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.
Spanish
American Cultures
http://lib.westfield.ma.edu/SpanCltr.htm
This directory of websites was compiled
by a WSC librarian for students enrolled in LCUL 210.
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:
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.
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/Vertretung/usa/en/02__GIC/GIC/00/__Home.html
Provides basic facts
about Germany’s geography, culture, foreign policy, language and more. Includes many other online resources related to Germany and the German language.
LEO
German-English Dictionary
http://dict.leo.org/
Online German-English and English-German
dictionary. Based in Germany at the University of Munich.
Centro
Virtual Camões
http://cvc.instituto-camoes.pt/index.php
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!
I
Love Languages: Your Guide to Languages on the Web
http://www.ilovelanguages.com/
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.
Nanduti:
Early Foreign Language Learning, Grades K-8
http://www.cal.org/earlylang
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.
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.
Foreign Language Assessment
Directory
http://www.cal.org/CalWebDB/FLAD/
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.
Center
for Applied Linguistics (CAL)
http://www.cal.org/
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.
Electronic
Text Collections in Western European Literature
http://wess.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Online_Text_Collections_in_Western_European_Literature
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/
Complete French texts, maps, manuscripts, images and sound recordings (no English translation) of a number of
French masterpieces, arranged by literary period. Includes
authors such as Rousseau, Baudelaire, Sand, Stendhal, and Zola. 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.
URL: http://lib.westfield.ma.edu/forlitandlang.htm
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Last updated 7-16-12