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=Foreign Languages=

General Information Spanish French German Italian Russian Japanese Chinese Latin “American”

Also see English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)

Google Translate - a free tool that will translate text for you http://translate.google.com/#

GENERAL INFORMATION
Language Links http://www.langlink.net/langlink/

ESL Student Resources (Ohio University) http://cscwww.cats.ohiou.edu/esl/teacher/ This site of Ohio University focuses on Language Teacher Resources.

Using English: Resources for English as a Second Language http://www.usingenglish.com/

Learning a Second Language with Multimedia Materials http://www.cited.org/index.aspx?page_id=146 “Multimedia materials and experiences can boost students’ language learning, whether it is English or a foreign language.”

Typical Errors In 15 Languages http://www.languageproject.co.uk/learn_english/typical_mistakes/typical_mistakes.htm “On these pages, you can find typical mistakes from speakers of fifteen different languages. Each page has twelve sentences. One of them is correct. The other eleven each contain one or more errors.”

Language Guesser http://www.verbix.com/guess “This on-line service allows users to enter any text and Verbix LanguageGuesser tries to guess, what's the language.”

On-line Conjugator http://www.verbix.com/webverbix/ This is a free on-line tool that will conjugate verbs in many languages.

Word2Word http://www.word2word.com/ “This site is dedicated to breaking down of language barriers and assisting the users who have the desire to learn a language, a need to communicate between languages, and for those who work with languages as a profession.”

Study: Dyslexia Differs by Language http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/07/AR2008040701798.html

SPANISH
Languages Online: Spanish http://eleaston.com/spanish.html

Test Your Vowel Power http://www.pbs.org/speak/ahead/change/vowelpower/vowel.html

How to Really Learn Spanish http://www.bilingualamerica.com/htrls_minisite/htrls_main.htm This is an online book and you can download a free PDF version.

FRENCH
Languages Online: French http://eleaston.com/french.html

My French Dictionary http://www.my-french-dictionary.com/

GERMAN
Languages Online: German http://eleaston.com/german.html

German or English? http://www-lib.iupui.edu/kade/adams/chap7.html This article talks about the legend that German almost became the official language of the United States.

ITALIAN
Languages Online: Italian http://eleaston.com/italian.html

RUSSIAN
Languages Online: Russian http://eleaston.com/russian.html

JAPANESE
Languages Online: Japanese http://eleaston.com/japanese.html

CHINESE
Languages Online: Chinese http://eleaston.com/chinese.html

LATIN
Languages Online: Latin http://eleaston.com/latin.html

“AMERICAN”
Do You Speak American? Take a Regional DARE (Dictionary of American Regional English) http://www.pbs.org/speak/seatosea/americanvarieties/DARE/wordpower/dare.html DARE “ seeks to document the varieties of English that are not found everywhere in the United States - those words, pronunciations, and phrases that vary from one region to another, that we learn at home rather than at school, or that are part of our oral rather than our written culture.”

Do You Speak American? http://www.pbs.org/speak/

Test Your Vowel Power http://www.pbs.org/speak/ahead/change/vowelpower/vowel.html From DARE (Dictionary of American Regional English)

Languages Online: English http://eleaston.com/english.html