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General Languages

http://eleaston.com/languages.html - Listening, reading, writing, and grammar exercises, quizzes, and tests
http://www.travlang.com/languages/ -Listen to pronunciation and take short quizzes. Basic words, numbers, shopping/dining, travel, directions, places, time and dates. Good for the beginning chapters of elementary texts.
http://www.quia.com/dir/ - Fourteen different types of online activities: flashcards, matching, concentration (memory), word search, hangman, jumbled words, ordered list, picture perfect, pop ups, challenge board, scavenger hunt, rags to riches in fifteen languages.
SCOLA – International news broadcasts. Tape and show to advanced students. For intermediate students, use the exercises available. You can print transcripts of past broadcasts in the language and in English. A list of vocabulary terms is provided. Students can read as a pre-listening exercise then listen to the broadcast with Real Player. Students can then write on a theme in the broadcast or discuss it.

Arabic Language

http://afl.ajeeb.com/freetour/menu/menu.html
http://www.arabacademy.com/download/alphabetwed7introchange5.swf
http://www.islam.org.hk/ArabicLessons/lesson01.utf8.asp
http://www.omniglot.com/writing/arabic.htm
http://www.sakkal.com/ArtArabicCalligraphy.html
http://www.islamic-knowledge.com/Learning_Arabic/Basic_Arabic/Fathah_Tanwin.htm
http://www.islamic-knowledge.com/Learning_Arabic/Basic_Arabic/Shaddah.htm
http://www.islamic-knowledge.com/Learning_Arabic/Basic_Arabic/Sukuun_2.htm
http://www.islamic-knowledge.com/Learning_Arabic/Basic_Arabic/Vocab_Rel.htm
http://i-cias.com/babel/arabic/index.htm - How to read and write Arabic. Lessons on greetings, counting, meeting people, hotel, and restaurant.
http://philae.sas.upenn.edu/Arabic/arabtapes.html Twelve dialogues for listening practice. (Use with Real Player.)

Chinese Language

http://www.pinyinpractice.com/wangzhi/ - Practice listening to tones. Click on the tone’s symbol to hear it and see if you heard correctly.
http://eleaston.com/chinese.html - Make your own quizzes or take some established ones. Learn why Chinese is useful. Test your knowledge of Chinese.
http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~rsimmon/chingram -Basic Chinese grammar tutorial.

French & Canadian Transportation

http://www.paris.org/Metro/- Paris Metro: maps and information
http://www.stcum.qc.ca/English/metro/a-mapmet.htm - Map of Montreal's metro

French Canadian Links

http://www.canada.gc.ca - Primary website for the Canadian government.
http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca - Website for the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (Ministère des affaires étrangères et du Commerce international)
http://www.canadianembassy.org - Website of the Canadian Embassy in Washington D.C.
http://www.travelcanada.ca - Many links with information on travelling in Canada.
http://www.canada.gc.ca/othergov/prov_e.html
http://www.canada.gc.ca/othergov/prov_f.html - Respectively, the English and French versions of sites providing links to the ten provinces and three territories of Canada.
http://www.ocol-clo.gc.ca - Website of the Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages - many excellent pedagogical materials and many language-related links.
http://www.cslp.com - The Council of Second Language Programs in Canada - immersion programs and other training in French and English as second languages.
http://www.canadianembassy.org/studyincanada - Information on U.S. students studying in Canada
http://www.acsus.org - The official website of the Association for Canadian Studies in the United States
http://www.acqs.org/ - A link to the American Council for Québec Studies
http://www.aucc.ca - Association of Universities and Colleges in Canada
http://www.accc.ca - Association of Canadian Community Colleges
http://www.cbie.ca - Canadian Bureau for International Education.
http://www.schoolnet.ca - Website of the Canadian School System

French Culture

http://www.info-france-usa.org - French Embassy in Washington D.C.
http://www.france.diplomatie.fr - French Ministry of Foreign Affairs
http://www.culture.fr - French Ministry of Culture

French Food & Cafes

http://www.choco-club.com/ - chocolate
http://www.users.skynet.be/chocolat/fr/index.html - chocolate
http://www.noircafe.com/fra/historiq/decouvre.html - coffee
http://www.miroir.com/the/theframe.html - tea
Saveurs du monde- Information on many French foods and recipes

French Language

http://horizons.heinle.com - Grammar drills and cultural activities to accompany Horizons 2nd Ed.
Horizons 2nd Édition Chapitre 7 Compétence 2 practice
http://fog.ccsf.cc.ca.us/~creitan/grammar.htm - French Online Grammar quizzes to accompany the text Allons-y. (Use them independently of the text.)
http://eleaston.com/french.html - Make your own quizzes or take some established ones. Learn why French is useful. Test your knowledge of French.
http://www.utm.edu/departments/french/french.html -Tennessee Bob’s Famous French Links. Extensive list of links to sites on French language, francophone cultures, literatures, news, and virtual tourism.
http://globegate.utm.edu/french/globegate_mirror/gramm.html - French Grammar Central. 525 links to French grammar tutorials and exercises.
http://www.vokabel.com - Thematic vocabulary and verb tense exercises.
http://www.quia.com/dir/french/ - Thematic vocabulary exercises. Choose by topic and/or by the text you use.
http://french.about.com - Links to language exercises and cultural information.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/1506/ - Links to French language magazines and newspapers, music, museum sites, literature, grammar exercises, and more.
http://www.samford.edu/schools/artsci/wlc/Unite6celuilequel.htm
http://www.samford.edu/schools/artsci/wlc/Unite6lequel.htm
http://www.samford.edu/schools/artsci/wlc/Unite6pronposs.htm

French Media & Politics

Latest news from France (French Embassy)
http://www.france-amerique.com - France-Amérique
http://www.france2.fr - France Télévision 2 (TF2)
http://www.france3.fr - France Télévision 3 (TF3)
http://rfi.fr - Radio France Internationale
http://facsea.org - FACSEA (French films)
http://www.minitel.fr - Minitel through the Internet
Le Monde
Le Figaro
L'Humanité
La Libération
http://www.ladocfrancaise.gouv.fr - Information on French politics

French Museums

Musee d'Orsay - Virtual tour of the Musee d'Orsay
Le WebMuseum, Paris - medieval art
Agence Photographique de la Réunion des Musées Nationaux - Images from national French museums
Un superbe musée imaginaire - virtual museum created by the French Minister of Culture.
Le Louvre des Antiquaires à Paris

French Language Teaching

http://www.frenchculture.org - French Cultural Services Programs for French Teachers in Alabama

German Culture

German Language

http://www.vokabel.com - Thematic vocabulary and verb tense exercises.
http://german.about.com - Links to language exercises and cultural information.
http://eleaston.com/german.html -Make your own quizzes or take some established ones. Learn why German is useful. Test your knowledge of German.
http://www.quia.com/dir/german/ - Thematic vocabulary exercises. Choose by topic and/or by the text you use.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/1506/ - Links to German language sites, music, museum sites, literature, and more.

German Media

Italian Language

http://adesso.heinle.com - Reading comprehension activities to accompany the chapters of Adesso! Serves as prewriting or a pre-speaking activity.
http://www.iluss.it - Tests, Free exercises, vocabulary, listening, reading, grammar, and culture. Some exercises require enrollment and payment.
http://eleaston.com/italian.html-Make your own quizzes or take some established ones. Learn why Italian is useful. Test your knowledge of Italian.
http://www.quia.com/dir/italian/ - Thematic vocabulary exercises. Choose by topic and/or by the text you use.
http://italian.about.com - Links to language exercises and cultural information.

Italian Media

http://www.rds.it - Read your horoscope, get concert schedules, study the top ten chart, listen to the radio, read the news.
http://www.radioradicale.it -Read or listen to Italian news or listen and watch a video.
http://www.repubblica.it - Read the Italian news. Links to Italian radio
http://www.corriere.it/ - Read the Italian news.
http://www.lampa.it - Read the Italian news.
http://www.ilmanifesto.it - Read the Italian news.

Japanese Language

http://bama.ua.edu/%7Ekarizumi/language/japanese/listening3-1/ - Listening practice for 201 students. Drag and drop sentence elements to correspond to the sentenced heard.
http://members.aol.com/rtdrpt/kanji/writutor.htm - Readings followed by English translation, Kanji used in words or phrases. Days, weeks, months, years, numbers, the planets, spatial relations, telling time
http://sp.cis.iwate-u.ac.jp/sp/lesson/j/index.html - Dictation quizzes for elementary through advanced-level students. Listen to the syllable, word, or sentence and select the correct corresponding word or symbol. Get pictorial hints. Choice of Hiragana, Kanji, Katakana, or Roman characters for the display.
http://www.mala.bc.ca/~furutak/lan-ex.htm - Reading, grammar, and vocabulary exercises for elementary and intermediate students.
http://www.quia.com/dir/japanese/ - Thematic vocabulary exercises. Choose by topic and/or by the text you use.
http://japanese.about.com – Links to language exercises and cultural information.

Language Learning Organizations

Portuguese Language

http://www.quia.com/dir/portuguese/ - Thematic vocabulary exercises. Choose by topic and/or by the text you use.

Russian Language

http://www.auburn.edu/~mitrege/RWT/welcome.html - learn to read Russian, grammar tutorial, and grammar exercise. Also Exercises to accompany the textbook (Nachalo: When in Russia..., Book 1). Listening comprehension, grammar tutorials, dictation, vocabulary… designed by Auburn University’s George Mitrevski. You’ll need to use the Russian keyboard.
http://www.gwu.edu/~slavic/golosa/grammar/grammar.htm - exercises to accompany GOLOSA 1 and GOLOSA 2 created by Auburn University’s George Mitrevski and the University of Alabama’s Andrew Drozd.
http://www.lidenz.ru/testing/Testing.php3?config=data/test1.cfg - Test your level of Russian with this progressively difficult multiple choice test.
http://www.du.edu/langlit/russian/grammarx.htm - Exercises on all of the cases and on verb conjugations. You’ll need to use the Russian keyboard.
http://eleaston.com/russian.html-Make your own quizzes or take some established ones. Learn why Russian is useful. Test your knowledge of Russian.
http://www.quia.com/dir/russian/ - Thematic vocabulary exercises. Choose by topic and/or by the text you use.
http://www.du.edu/langlit/russian/ - links to Russian media, culture, and governmental sites.
http://www.wrn.org/audio/rus.ram - Russian radio for advanced students.

Spanish Language

http://www.heinle.com – Link to companion site for Interacciones text
http://www.studyspanish.com/ - Learn Spanish on the Web
http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/exercises/?redirect – Spanish grammar exercises
http://www.vokabel.com - Thematic vocabulary and verb tense exercises.
http://spanish.about.com - Links to language exercises and cultural information.
http://eleaston.com/spanish.html
http://www.quia.com/dir/spanish/ - Thematic vocabulary exercises. Choose by topic and/or by the text you use.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/1506/ - Links to Spanish language magazines and newspapers, music, museum sites, and more.
http://www.acu-adsum.org/jlb.periodicos.esp.html/ - Links to almost every Spanish language newspaper available online for most Spanish speaking countries. A must for any sort of current event research.

Swahili Language

http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/plc/kiswahili/kiswahili.html - Swahili exercises for listening and reading and reading comprehension followed by a writing assignment.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/swahili/ - listen to and read news articles

Maintained by WLAC. Last updated: January 11, 2007