Language resources

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Web World: Online Language-Study Resources

Go to these Web sites for information and resources about teaching and learning foreign languages:

  • About.com Education
    This site offers free lessons and resources for studying French, German, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin, Spanish, and English as a Second Language.
  • iTunes Store
    You’ll need to download the free iTunes software if you don’t already have it, but the store offers free podcasts of language lessons as well as radio programs in numerous languages.
  • SpanishPod and ChinesePod
    Get free podcasts for learning Spanish and Chinese. The producers recommend that educators listen first, as some podcasts may include PG-13 topics.

  • Freedict.com
    This site offers basic dictionaries in several languages.
  • Speak Shop
    For students whose parents think they need a little extra help, this site provides inexpensive tutoring in Spanish by trained Guatemalan teachers.

  • Livemocha
    A lessons and conversation-exchange site that’s aimed at adult users, but there are plans to add more tools for educators in the future. This is also a socialĀ  networking site for language education and learning. This is a space to watch and has a lot of promise

  • Mango Languages
    This page provides free online lessons, with audio, in a dozen languages.

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