Students who wish to place in the first three semesters of French, German or Spanish should contact the appropriate advisor listed in the undergraduate program section of each of these languages.

For French, please visit this link.

For Classics and Medieval Studies, please go to this link.

For all other languages, please find the appropriate advisor by language at this link.

Electronic Course Reserve

This site provides information on how to place journal articles and book chapters on reserve for student access through Vista

PeopleSoft

The University of Connecticut's student and faculty administration system linked here

University File Drop Box

Use this service when you want to share large files with colleagues or students

The university supported online course management tool linked here

LangMedia

LangMedia, linked here, provides resources for the study of less-commonly taught languages and for fostering awareness of regional dialects and accents among speakers of more commonly-taught languages.

Yamli

Want to type in Arabic on any computer, save, copy and print your resulting documents? Then this free online resource linked here is for you. Yamli is an Arabic search engine and smart Arabic keyboard. Check out the YouTube demo video in the Learn more section.

NCIKU

A Chinese-English and English-Chinese online dictionary linked here that includes vocabulary lists, conversations, learning exercises and more.

ThoughtCo's Chinese Language and Culture Site

This site has links to many language and culture sites for students of Chinese.

Chinese-English Etymological Dictionary

This web site and its associated printed dictionary present a series of zipu or "character genealogies" which show graphically the close interconnections between over 4000 characters according to theShuowen Jiezi and subsequent research by traditional etymologists.

Integrated Chinese Vocabulary Flashcards

The YellowBridge Chinese Flashcards website is designed to help students memorize as many Chinese characters as possible.

Chinese Computing Help Desk

Link to Pinyin help desk here. The site features Google pinyin and Sogou pinyin input, both of which can be downloaded online free.

Online Dictionaries

English-Chinese Dictionary

A fun and user-friendly dictionary linked here that allows you to look up the character using your own handwriting. Only simplified characters.

MDBG Offline Chinese Dictionary

On-line two way dictionary, translation, pinyin input, annotation, and many other tools linked here.

ZDIC Online Dictionary

A good online Chinese dictionary linked here.

Youdao Dictionary
Great online dictionary with pronunciation and sentence examples.

Pleco Dictionary

Works on both iPhones and Android phones; linked here.

Other Learning Tools

Arch Chinese
An online Chinese character learning tool with a rich set of features including animated stroke order for ALL characters, pronounciation, flashcards, radical tables, etc.

Praat Computer-Assisted Phonetics
A most widely used free speech analysis software among phoneticians.

Soundcloud
Cool and free online recording program. Need to register.

Vocaroo
Free online recording program.

Quizlet
Create your own online flashcards, or search for already created vocabulary lists.

Voicethread
Create and share dynamic conversations around documents, snapshots, diagrams and videos.

Best Chinese Websites

Chinese Pod

Clavis Sinica: Chinese Reading and Reference Software

Ancient History Sourcebook

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/
The stated goal of this site is to provide and organize texts for use in classroom situations. This site focuses on access to primary source texts for educational purposes. It also includes links to visual and aural material. Categories include Mesopotamia, Egypt, Persia, Israel, Greece, Hellenistic World, Rome, Late Antiquity, and Christian Origins.

From Tufts University

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/
Digital library focusing on the classical world and giving access to a huge range of textual and material resources for the study of ancient Mediterranean civilization.

Textbook Audio Files:

http://stream.mcl.uconn.edu/
You may access all lab audio files for your textbook via this password-protected server. You will need a computer with Internet access and the user name and password provided by your instructor.

About.com's French Language Home Page

http://french.about.com/
This site has a guide who maintains the links to a wealth of tools for the student of French. All site guides and chat moderators have the appropriate expertise in their subject matter — you can check out their bios online — and you can email them your questions or comments

American Association of Teachers of French

http://www.frenchteachers.org/
Here is the largest national association of French teachers in the world with nearly 10,000 members. This site has links to software reviews, teaching French with technology, links to French cultural services websites in the US and France, ideas on how to promote French and upcoming events.

Connecticut Chapter of the AATF

http://www.yale.edu/aatfct/main.html
This site, hosted by Yale University and maintained by Mary Louise Ennis, contains various links to the national AATF site, to events within the New England area as well as links to pedagogy as it relates to the French language and culture.

ClicNet

http://www.swarthmore.edu/Humanities/clicnet/index.html?77,53
A cultural and literary site of francophone resources. This site is in French only.

femmes ecrivains et litterature africaine francophone

http://www.arts.uwa.edu.au/AFLIT/FEMEChome.html 
The recipient of several awards including 5 stars from site class? telefrance, this site hails from the Department of French Studies, School of European Languages at the University of Western Australia. In existence since 1995 and updated regularly, it supplies a wealth of information about women writers of Francophone African literature.

Le Quartier français du Village planetaire

https://cursus.edu/formations/18011/coup-doeil-dans-le-quartier-francais-du-village-planetaire
Here in the Global Village virtual French Quarter, grouped in the various locations one might visit in a French village, are Web sites and interactive communication activities of interest to all those who love the French, France and the Francophone world. The following URL provides students and teachers alike with valuable information on how best to use this site: https://cursus.edu/formations/18011/coup-doeil-dans-le-quartier-francais-du-village-planetaire

Les Pages de Paris

http://www.paris-city.fr/GB/paris-culture/art.php
A collection of everything regarding the City of Light. In French and English.

Quant à moi web site

http://quantamoi.heinle.com/ 
This companion Web site features grammar and vocabulary activities, listening comprehension activities, and cultural and writing activities for students using Quant à moi.

Tennessee Bob's Famous French Links

http://www.utm.edu/departments/french/french.html
A collection of 10,000 links that are categorized under broad headings to make your search a bit easier. There are resources here for beginner and expert alike.

The French Tutorial by Hervé Foucher

http://www.frenchtutorial.com/standard/toc.php 
A free tutorial designed to guide you through pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary. It is clear, easy to use and very nicely organized.

AATG (American Association of Teachers of German)

A professional organization for Teachers of German in K-12 and post-secondary settings

Thought.Co's German Language Home Page

Let's learn German

Lingolia 

Practice exercises for German Language

Cityscope

An online virtual panorama of large construction sites in selected German cities. Come see Europe's largest construction site in the new commercial center of Berlin.

Deutsche Wörterbuch und Grammatik

Goethe Institut

An organization devoted to the cultivation of the German language abroad and the promotion of international cultural cooperation

Goethe Interaktiv

Ein Gewinnspiel zum 250. Geburtstag Goethes

ThoughtCo's Italian Language Home Page

Italian Resource Center (IRC) at CCSU

To promote Italian and Italian American Studies at Central Connecticut State University. The Italian Resource Center (IRC) at Central Connecticut State University provides resources, support, and assistance to those interested in Italian language and culture.

CyberItalian

Created by Maura Garau, Director of the Italian Language Program for the UNSRC Circolo Culturale Italiano at the United Nations since 1992, and instructor of Italian language (advanced level) at the New School University-New York, this site presents 30 interactive lessons with pictures, cultural notes, activities, easy grammatical explanations, self-administered exercises and exams, 1000 audio files (wav and/or RealAudio), 3000 words used in the lessons and listed in the Glossary, more than 100 links. Although fee-based, you can try out some lessons and activities. Be sure to take a look at the following sections:

Alfabeto e Pronuncia
A nice pronunciation site using the figure of Pinocchio and the familiar alphabet book organizer (visual reinforcement) with audio clips. Sounds are grouped into categories such as letters of the alphabet, foreign letters and combined consonants. An interesting addition is a section providing audio examples of different stresses within words and sentences, vowel/diphthong combinations, double consonants, as well as examples of dialectics and regional accents. Your computer must be able to handle .wav and real audio files.

Daily Weather of Italy:

ItaliaMeteo weather forecast

L'Italia In Realta' Virtuale

Virtual tours of monuments and locations in Rome, Pisa and Napoli.

Porto della Generale del Sole: Metropolis:

Plenty of information regarding dining, entertainment, culture, sports, etc., in the following cities, predominately in Italian:

Firenze 

Milano 

Napoli
*You can also find a very nice virtual tour of the major sites of Napoli

Roma 

ThoughtCo's Judaism site

Hebrew Language at the University of Texas

This site provides a rich variety of resources for learners of the Hebrew language, modern as well as biblical. Best used in conjunction with the textbook on which this site is based, Modern Hebrew for Beginners (UT Press, 2000), students have access to flash cards, short sound segments, vocabulary practice and extended video clips that are thematically organized and situated in authentic settings. Sections are grouped by level of difficulty. In order to make full use of this site, you will need to download several plug-ins. Links to the plug-in sites are provided.

Internet Jewish History Sourcebook

From the Internet History Sourcebooks site which hosts collections of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented cleanly (without advertising or excessive layout) for educational use. This site provides information on Jewish history, religious and intellectual life and music.