Now listen to "IZ" sing Somewhere Over The Rainbow (Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwo'ole) Enlarge your screen so that "IZ" fits on it as he is quite large
Mahalo nui loa = That's Thank You Very Much in Hawaiian
How To Learn Any Language In this case dozens of them. This website is made for people who love languages.
How the Brain Benefits From Being Bilingual Time Magazine - New studies are showing that a multilingual brain is nimbler, quicker, better able to deal with ambiguities, resolve conflicts and even resist Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia longer.
Ready, Set, Grow: What happens when a baby learns two languages A YouTube presentation.
Why Learning A New Language Is Important For Children Learning a new language is an advantage irrespective of your age. It is through new languages that we get an in depth knowledge about various cultures across the globe
Why Bilinguals Are Smarter A NY Times Sunday Review Article.
Ready, Set, Grow: What happens when a baby learns two languages A YouTube presentation.
A Map of Languages in the United States. View an interactive map showing the percentages or numbers of speakers of the selected language. Select a state or click the map to zoom in on a region. Add or remove county and city names, rivers and lakes, zip code borders and numbers, or Indian reservations.
Cha Sun Chon et al. - "Our Kindergarten Teacher" Don't miss this entertaining group of youngsters playing the guitar in unison. It is AWESOME.
Photoviews.org Hundreds of photos of cities and landscapes in the world pictures in Panoramio. A great addition to all language sites above. Choose the country then the specific areas or cities.
Live Lingua A total immersion language school online and in 11 different languages. Learn via Skype.
Free multilingual online dictionary English Spanish French Portuguese German Italian Swedish
English Grammar and Punctuation Guide When it comes to writing a paper, the greatest ideas can be trumped by poor grammar and punctuation. While you can use a spelling or grammar checker to correct most errors, even computer-based checkers make mistakes.
Spell Finder Best (they say) spelling and spell check free online dictionary with detail meaning.
One of my all-time favorites:
Susan Boyle - Britains Got Talent 2009 Episode 1 - A must view at least once a month. jeb
Michael Flatley - Riverdance Riverdance finale, featuring Michael Flatley, Jean Butler and lots of extremely talented irish dancers. Truly amazing. One of Jim's favorites. Have you seen them yet?
Les Miserables - Official Trailer (HD) A favorite of your Webmaster
The 10 Best Jumps Ever on YouTube And just for a Little Variety here. WOW - No Chute and over 22 million visits to date.
ClueWord Multilingual Word Puzzles/Great Fun.
Celebrate Languages A new and fun site with dozens of different languages to explore.
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"Hey Donkey. It's time we learn another language"
Ok Shrek, you go first. Pick one below. Me, I'd like to learn a little Samoan.
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Learn 119 Different Languages Here/Rich! nota bene: A webmaster multilingual favorite site. Great sites and many with sound. Word2Word is pleased to provide these links in the hope of all people developing a better understanding of others through the use of language. We have attempted to place as many online courses at your disposal as possible.
Arabic, Belgian, Bulgarian, Canadian, Chinese, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Lojban, Malaysian, Moldavan, Persian, Portugese, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slavonic, Slovenian, Slovakian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Thai, Tamil, Taiwanese, Turkish, Uganda, Ukranian, Valencian, Vietnamese, Welsh, Yiddish. nota bene: Another webmaster preferred site.
The Travel Linguist Whether you want to master another language or just learn a few words for travel, we've got the language learning tools for you. You will have to search for the one that you want to learn. It is fun learning everyday expressions in several NEW languages.
Why Study a FL? From ACTFL: What does research show about the benefits of language learning?
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Learn 8 Different Languages here on this site Words, Dictionary, Verbs, Phrases, Forum, a Blog and more. Learn a language right here with hundreds of free language-learning lessons, games, and activities. Join us and have some fun.
Learn Verbs Onlinel in Six Languages
What would you like to study ?
The Internet Polyglot
Lingo Hut A fun means to learn six different languages
The Linguist List Learning Languages other than English.
L-Lingo Arabic, Mandarin, Hindi, Japanese or more w/video and sound. This site caters to several Asian languages.
A Webmaster Choice Site
Maplandia from Google Welcome on maplandia.com! Maplandia.com provides the searchable world gazetteer based on Google Maps, the most comprehensive online satellite imagery ever available. More than 2 000 000 places all over the world are divided into many geographical categories according to continents, countries and administrative regions.This is an awesome addition to this homepage site. Do check it out.
The Language Menu --A free teacher's site with 17 tools to make worksheets with or without pictures in 33 languages.
N.B. This website was created by language teachers for language teachers.
Vocabulary Games in four languages
The Ultimate Vocabulary Trainer
Word Champ/Great Discovery here
A barrel of language links from the UK
Celebrate Multiple Languages here
A site taken from my Best Japanese Websites worth sharing here.
Hatsune Miku Live Party in Sapporo 2011 The sight of thousands of screaming fans waving glow sticks while the the holograph "performs" on stage is straight out of a science fiction novel. It's kinda long but fun.
Hatsune Miku World is Mine Live [HD] If you liked that one, her she is again. Awesome special effects and a wild crowd always.
Want to see the rest of my Best Japanese Websites?
A listing of language schools worldwide. A helpful guide.
Channel 4 - Modern Languages
Languages Online / Five of them
Practical FL Learning Tips
Language Tests in Several Languages/Make your own quiz too...
Online Talking Dictionary Dictionarist provides translations in English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Italian, Russian, Turkish, Dutch, Greek, Chinese, Japanese and Korean dictionaries.
Wikimapia A super means of viewing the entire world up close
Internet 4 Classrooms/multiple language site
Free online language dictionaries.
And here is an OnLine Dictionary It will provide many versions of the word you select to look up. The WordReference Dictionaries are free online translation dictionaries. The most popular dictionaries are the Spanish Dictionary, French Dictionary and the Italian Dictionary.
Word Reference Site On-line French, Spanish, Italian Dictionary
Cosmo Trainer Learn new words in several different languages here/nice site.
Language Exchange via E-mail, Text Chat and Voice Mail
Financial Times Currency Converter A strong source for money information.
Linguanaut/ 50 languages all FREE
Lang-8 Lang-8 is a SNS (Social Networking Service) site for language exchange and international communication.
Langenberg Words and phrases in several languages
LookWAYup Dictionary in several languages
Majstro Translation Dictionary Powerful and multifaceted
Multiple Language Dictionary Site From English to 14 different languages
Word Reference Language Dictionaries for 6 languages
Surface Languages Learn Dozens of Language Phrases w/sound
American Sign Language Website Education...one sign at a time
Tips for Learning Another Language From ie language / a great site
WikIdioms WikIdioms is a multilingual dictionary of idioms. The dictionary is created by the online community of native speakers of different languages. Our vision is to create a dynamic online reference helping language enthusiasts and professionals to make the speech more colorful by actively employing idioms in non-native languages.
General Language & Multilingual Sites/Dozens of them!
Learn to Read Hieroglyphics
With all Jim's websites up above...
Shrek can leap over donkeys in Sixteen Languages
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I just discovered this multiple language site and it's a good one.
Tin Tin Trailers - Dozens of them. Enjoy!
Four language drills French, Spanish, Portuguese and English. All the lessons on this website are free, according to your native language, you can click on the link you want to learn French, Spanish or Portuguese.
Languages Online Four different languages are on this site. If you liked the one above, try this one as well. jeb
Languages of the World Quizzes These quizzes are related to the Transparent Language Languages of the World software program. Great site for review. Hope you like my shots below. jeb
Vistas in Education Travel and Family Stay Programs
I know this program personally and have traveled with VIE several times. jeb
Kruger National Park in Africa
Cheese display in St. Remy, France
Le Ballon Rouge While this is a French movie made way back in 1956, students in every language classroom can enjoy the movie as there is "Minimal French" spoken. 34+ minutes in length. Teachers: Show this to your students regardless of what language they are learning. It's a classic.
Willie Nelson sings "Back to the Start"- A fun animated video. Coldplay's haunting classic 'The Scientist' is performed by country music legend Willie Nelson for the soundtrack of the short film entitled, "Back to the Start." Enlarge your screen so that all the pigs fit on your screen. 8,297,412 views. You'll see why soon as you view it. It is really fun.
You just say it and I'll translate it in another language for you, okay?
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"Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated."
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Bet you've never see one of these
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Life is based on choices. The choices you made yesterday affect your life today.
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Online Etymology Dictionary
This is a map of the wheel-ruts of modern English. Etymologies are not definitions; they're explanations of what our words meant and how they sounded 600 or 2,000 years ago. I love this site. jeb
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Games for Languages
Welcome to a one stop shop where you can PLAY FREE online courses and QUICK GAMES in several languages. Read THE BLOG and quick reviews of ONLINE SITES. A super new discovery.
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Let's pay a visit to the Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris
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Free Foreign Language Resources
The 39 different language links on this page are carefully hand-selected to give you immediate access to free websites that teach languages online with animation, audio, and dynamic interactions. Enjoy exploring.
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Foreign Crossword Puzzles
Crossword Puzzles in Foreign Language, dozens of them.
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LanguageGuide.com
A collaborative project to develop interactive, sound-integrated language learning resources. A multiple language resource so start learning another language here.
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Beste Reise Guide
Your challenge of the DAY. A USA Travel Guide in GERMAN.
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Quia shared activities area
Choose a subject area (language) that interests you, and then browse through the many learning activities. All of these games and quizzes were created by educators using Quia's tools and templates.
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World Atlas
I love this site and use it all the time for finding great maps of any area of the world.
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List of countries where Spanish is an official language
Can you name the top five? Sure Spain #1 but then which countries?
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List of countries where French is an official language
Can you name the top five? France is NOT #1. How did you do?
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List of countries where German is the only official language
Can you name all five? What was your #2 and #3?
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The Language Gulper
A neat NEW find with detailed descriptions of the main languages of the world in a clear, concise way. Its scope is not only living languages but also ancient ones of historical or cultural importance. So far, "The Language Gulper" includes 131 individual language pages, 40 about families and branches and 8 about linguistic areas. These two have an insatiable appetite for ancient and modern tongues. 2013 Alejandro Gutman and Beatriz Avanzati
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My Languages
One SUPER NEW FIND in many languages. You will note that this site is in French. All you have to do is go to the URL and change the french.php to the language you want. I use it all the time in my summer school class. And there is good sound for most words or phrases.
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A photographic travel guide
Colorful photos from around the world. Type in where you want to go in the Travel to box and VOILA.
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Lingo Hut
Great vocabulary builder with sound for ten languages.
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Micrositas : Resources for teaching and learning several languages
Curriculum units, teaching materials, virtual picture books, videos and more. A neat NEW site. You'll enjoy just surfing through the wide variety of materials. Great new find.
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BING'S new language translator
It's a lot like the Google version. It's very fast. Give it a try.
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My Memory Translation
Here's where machine translation meets human translation. Many variations online.
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Learning a language being young
A YouTube explanation by Dr. Christine Jernigan to help parents to raise bi-lingual children.
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Flashcard Exchange
Dozens of languages with sound. A great new find.
360 Cities A really cool site that takes you all over the world to view close up and with 360 degree views with just your Mouse. Just move it L or R for a 360 scan.
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I Love Languages
Your guide to languages on the Web.
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Languages on the Web
Lonweb.org is a huge resources with thousands of language related links. A super new find.
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Verb Conjugation on-line
You pick the language and they conjugate verbs in that language. Wow!
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The Illinois Council on the Tchg of Langs. Helpful Links
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A Guide to Language Vacations & Workshops
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FL Resources at Internet 4 Classrooms
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The information source for language learners and language learning on the web.
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Language Resources from the Lang. Media Center - U of Iowa
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International Movers
International movers are experts in the world of moving, packing and logistics as well as international rules and processes. They will not only provide you qualified information on shipping and regulations, they will also reliably track your household goods shipment.
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Yabla - Language Immersion Through Online Video
Only Yabla language immersion sites give you authentic television, music videos, drama, interviews, travel, and Yabla exclusive shoots from throughout the world.
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busuu - Learn languages for free online
Take a video tour.
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How about that?
GOOGLE for all the countries in the world right here at your fingertips.
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Common Foreign Phrase Meanings - A Game
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A plethora of quizzes in a variety of languages
Quizzes on various languages from around the world. Explore and enjoy!
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Quizzes in 11 different languages
Movie quiz | Music quiz | Football quiz | Geography quiz
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Common Foreign Phrase Meaning Game by Matching
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Live Mocha
Online language community. Learn a language and connect with native speakers for instructive help.
Shambles All Language Site A plethora of sites that language instructors need. Lots of super resources.
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FL and ESL Games
Even acquiring basic level skills in one or several foreign languages is bound to have a sizable beneficial impact on one's career and life in general. A great way to begin to learn a foreign language is through online games. Kids and adults alike love learning foreign words and phrases using fun matching games.
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Foreign Language Learning For Kids
A Fun Educational Website for Teachers and Kids.
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What is the best language learning software?
Learning a foreign language with language learning software can be quite a rewarding experience. Choosing the best language learning software for you, on the other hand, can be frustrating. With so many options it is difficult to determine which software will work best for you. Everyone has a unique learning style which is why it is hard to say definitively that one language learning software is the best.
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e Language School / Learn a FL Online for Free
eLanguageSchool.net is the largest website for learning multiple languages on the Internet. We have compiled the best resources from a variety of sources to make learning any of ten different languages as easy as possible. Select your language from the side to get started.
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Surface Languages
Surface Languages is a free site to learn basic survival words and phrases on a variety of topics in 37 different languages. Lots of help for arabic (12), chinese (42), cultures (70), french (75), german (53), greek (39), hebrew (10), italian (23), latin (22), phrases (6), portuguese (11), russian (18), spanish (82). This site would be very handy in introduction (and level 1) world language classes. Use this site as a learning station or center.
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Verbs Online for Six Languages
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30 Great Sites for Learning a Language Online for Free
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5 Best Free Websites to Learn Foreign Languages
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18 Great Sites to Learn a New Language
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10 Best Language Websites
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Websites for FL Teachers
From a fellow Rhode Island FL teacher.
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Ultralingua Online Dictionary
For people who love languages.
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Language Learning Resources
Seven different language resources from Pimsleur Approach.
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Internet Polyglot
A valuable site dedicated to helping members learn 34 languages by providing them a way to memorize words and their meanings. This site helps your memory to grasp more information and retain it for longer time. Access to all pages is free. Neat new site w/sound too!
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BIG TIME multiple language sites
40 different language sites, each with multiple links.
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Ways and Means of Engaging Language Learners
A video with lots of good ideas. Activities for Beginners through Advanced levels.
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General Resources and Ideas
Ideas and Tips for French, German, Spanish, Italian and Mandarin.
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18 Great Sites to Learn a New Language
Take a good look at each of them as they have lots to offer students and their teachers.
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Languages Online - Nine of Them
A tremendous new site with lots of video illustrations and a wide range of topics. Don't miss this new link. It is a great aid for learning another language. That's why it's here the TOP. Ready-Made Activities. Engaging interactive tasks and printable worksheets that introduce, reinforce and recycle vocabulary. Activities are self-paced and self-correcting and include recordings by native speakers.From the State of Victoria, Australia.
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Free Easy Courses Portal
Multiple languages with several different levels and directions.
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Song Downloads for Several Languages
If you enjoy singing, check out these links.
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The Centre for Learning and Performance Technologies (C4LPT) - UK
C4LPT is a free resource site on the use of new (particularly social) technologies for learning and performance. It is now one of the world's most visited learning sites on the Web, with over 100,000 visits every month.
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Translate English into another language
This is a neat new discovery. It also has vocabulary drills, quizzes, games and more. Do take a look at it.
Learn words, phrases and expressions in 40 Languages for FREE ::SurfaceLanguages:: contains thousands of words, phrases and expressions covering a wide variety of situations in many different foreign languages. Have fun hearing and repeating common words and phrases in a whole bunch of different languages. Use these with your students. Teach them how to count to five in Japanese, Italian, German, Russian, French, Spanish, Portuguese and dozens more. I just learned how to say Good Morning and Please in Hebrew.
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Travel Language Directory
A tremendous new FIND with dozens of helpful links in twelve different languages. Each language has lists for dictionaries, grammar, language schools, resources and translations. You will certainly find something here to help learn the language you are studying.
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Master List of Language Schools from all over the world
Language schools and immersion programs in Spanish, Italian, French, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese and many other languages will help you learn a language of your choice. A one-stop shop
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CAPL Project: Authentic Photos from all over the world
Welcome to the Culturally Authentic Pictorial Lexicon, CAPL, the source for authentic images for language learning. By Michael R. Shaughnessy, Ph.D
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Speedy Language Phrasebooks
Handy phrasebooks in several languages. I have used these handy little guides overseas in several countries for years.
You will find them very handy on your travels overseas. Your Webmaster
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Online Free Spell Checker
Email, or e-mail as it is often spelt, is a massive part of everyday life, and whether business or personal emails, the words contained within an email represent the sender.
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A Great Interactive Map of World Countries"
A closeup view of all portions of any nation This source will let you explore the entire world.
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Russian-Bar Acrobatic
A performance on the Russian Bar, recorded for Chinese television at the Circus Festival of Monte Carlo. The final stunt is unbelievable! PS Enlarge your screen too.
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IE Language Links...dozens of them in many languages/not to be missed.
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Voice Crafters: A wide variety of voice talents
With recording samples of professional male and female voices. Super for building listening comprehension is dozens of languages.
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A super new site with children's songs from all over the world
Do check this one out! It is a great new link and jump along with them. jeb
Text to speech translator A powerful and fun site with sound and a variety of voices/TRY IT!
A Language Tutorial Index Free Language Tutorials, Basic Phrases, Vocabulary and Grammar in 15 Languages Be sure to check this one out as it is totally LOADED!
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A Trip Tool Phrasebook in Six Languages
A great tool if you do not know the common words
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Fluent Future/multiple language videos
Fluentfuture is a community-based language exchange platform. You can learn languages for free
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Languages of the World / BBC
Essential phrases in 36 languages. Learn all the basics here/RICH SITE!
Digital Dialects The Digital Dialects website features free to use interactive games for learning languages. This site requires the use of Macromedia Flash Player. Great new addition here with 59 different languages/Rich Site w/lots of great activities for each.
Glimpse Abroad Site The Glimpse Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that fosters cross-cultural understanding and exchange, particularly between the United States and the rest of the world.
Around the world in six languages A Word A Day and A Phrase A Day right here
Examples, | Arabic | Esperanto | Greek | Irish | Welsh | Russian | French | Russian | Italian | and more...
From the BBC/Multiple Language Site with MP3 downloads
Very rich/Try it!
FL Teach Websites This is a totally loaded website with many helpful links to various languages
900 Sites for Teachers
World Countries Choose a country and receive information. Great site!
Foreign Language Education Sites
Answers.com Answers.com offers free access to millions of topics from the world's leading publishers.
Free Language Lessons, Podcasts, Courses, Audio, Video, Study Guides, Learning Materials.
1000s of Foreign Language Books from Powells
WWW Resources for Language Teachers from SUNY Cortland
Many Fun Language Games
More Games tagged 'languages'
Lingua Central from the UK Games, Vocabulary and much more in French, Spanish and German
Best Chinese Websites Homepage
That's our dog Rusty right at work
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Don't miss this classic video
Two dogs dining in busy a restaurant.
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Awesome Faces
Have you ever noticed how various objects and constructions look as if they've got faces - they are smiling, being angry or amazed. My grandson sent me this site with some neat natural faces. I loved the Grizzly Bear and the OMG Wall. And how about that Car Bumper?
You sing and I'll just howl along with you.
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