Internet Language Resources

International Radio

Europe

http://wmbr.mit.edu/stations/euro.html
A listing of 5000 radio stations from Albania to Italy

Foreign Language Placement at the University of Connecticut

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 go to: http://languages.uconn.edu/programs/french/undergrad/advisor/

For German, please go to: http://languages.uconn.edu/programs/german/undergrad/advisors/

For Spanish, please go to: http://languages.uconn.edu/programs/spanish/undergrad/advisors/

University Resources

Electronic Course Reserve

http://www.lib.uconn.edu/online/services/reserve/
This site provide information on how to place journal articles and book chapters on reserve for student access through Vista

PeopleSoft

http://www.studentadmin.uconn.edu
The University of Connecticut's student and faculty administration system

University File Drop Box

http://dropbox.uconn.edu/dropbox
Use this service when you want to share large files with colleagues or students

WebCT

http://webct.uconn.edu
The university supported online course management tool

Arabic Resources

Arabic Pathways

http://www.utm.edu/staff/kfackler/course/arab.htm
Live broadcasts, music, culture and more.

LangMedia

http://langmedia.fivecolleges.edu
LangMedia 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.

National Capital Language Resource Center's Arabic Webcasts

http://nclrc.org/webcasts/arabic/
Geared toward students at the end of their second year of study, these simplified Arabic newscasts are taken from a variety sources and include excercises to aid in comprehension.

Yamli

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

Chinese Resources

NCIKU:

http://www.nciku.com/
A Chinese-English and English-Chinese online dictionary that includes vocabulary lists, conversations, learning exercises and more.

About.com's Chinese Language and Culture Site

http://www.chinese.about.com/
This site has links to many language and culture sites for students of Chinese overseen by a guide who maintains the links and supplies informative articles. Your site guides and chat moderator maintains a bio online so that you can check out his/her expertise - and you can email him/her your questions or comments. You may find the pop-up advertisements more than annoying, and will have to close them out each time you go to a new link.

Chinese-English Etymological Dictionary

http://zhongwen.com
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.

Marjorie Chan's China Links

http://chinalinks.osu.edu
Professor Chan has provided the student of Chinese with annotated links to over six hundred China- and Chinese language and linguistics-related websites (and a few ftp and gopher sites).

Integrated Chinese Vocabulary Flashcards

http://www.yellowbridge.com/chinese/
The YellowBridge Chinese Flashcards are designed to help students memorize as many Chinese characters as possible.

Chinese Computing

http://www.pinyinjoe.com
Preferred Chinese input programs are Google pinyin and Sogou pinyin input, both of which can be downloaded online free.

Online Dictionary

http://www.nciku.com/
A fun and user-friendly site that allows you to look up the character using your own handwriting. Only simplified characters.

http://www.mdbg.net/
On-line two way dictionary, translation, pinyin input, annotation, and many other tools.

http://www.zdic.net/
A good online Chinese dictionary.

http://www.youdao.com/
Great online dictionary with pronunciation and sentence examples.

http://pleco.com/
Works on both iPhones and Android phones.

Other Learning Tools

http://fast.eon.com
Stroke order animation. Internet explorer is recommended to run this program. Very cool program!

http://csulb.edu/
Learn to write Chinese characters.

http://www.archchinese.com/
An online Chinese character learning tool with a rich set of features including animated stroke order for ALL characters, pronounciation, flashcards, radical tables, etc.

http://www.fon.hum.uva.nl/
A most widely used free speech analysis software among phoneticians.

http://soundcloud.com/
Cool and free online recording program. Need to register.

http://vocaroo.com/
Free online recording program.

https://quizlet.com/
Create your own online flashcards.

http://voicethread.com/
Create and share dynamic conversations around documents, snapshots, diagrams and videos.

Chinese Links

http://chinalinks.osu.edu/

Best Chinese Websites

http://www.uni.edu/

https://chinesepod.com/

http://www.clavisinica.com/

http://www.csulb.edu/

Classics Resources

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.

French Resources

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.

German Resources

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.

AATG (American Association of Teachers of German)

http://www.aatg.org/

About.com's German Language Home Page

http://german.about.com/homework/german/mbody.htm
This following links come courtesy of the German section of the about.com site. Each site has a guide who maintains the links and supplies informative articles. 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. One caveat—these sites have loads of pop-up ads! Below are just some of the many resources available to you:

German Chat

http://german.about.com/mpchat.htm
Regularly scheduled, hosted chat sessions for German are held every day of the week except Tuesday and Friday in two chat rooms with a unique focus for each day the chat is hosted. Mondays are for beginners!

Glossaries and Special German Dictionaries:

http://german.about.com/cs/dictspecial/
This is an excellent compilation of interesting and worthwhile dictionaries for students of the German language. The site also hosts a German thesaurus as well as links to information, activities and exercises related to proverbs, idioms, grammar and the spelling reform.

Homework Help for German

http://german.about.com/cs/homeworkhelp/
From adjectives to the subjective this area comes complete with audio files for listening practice and self-scoring tests for grammar review to name just a few of the resources available here.

Working with director Tom Tykwer's film,"Lola rennt?"

http://german.about.com/homework/german/library/weekly/aa122099a.htm
You'll want to take a look at the teaching opportunities this site has to offer: worksheets, exercises and links to various aspects of the film.

About.com. German Culture

http://german.about.com/cs/culture/
More from the host of About.com. This time the focus is on culture.

Authentic Literary Materials

http://www.phil.uni-erlangen.de/~p2gerlw/ressourc/eltext.html 
Das deutsche Literaturzentrum im Internet. Sie finden hier Texte von Autoren, deren Urheberrechte abgelaufen sind in nicht-wissenschaftlichen Ausgaben. Weiterhin können Sie auch Märchen, Fabeln und Sagen abrufen.

Bilder und Zeugnisse der deutschen Geschichte

http://www.dhm.de/ausstellungen/bildzeug/
A virtual tour of exhibits from the German Historical Museum in Berlin that includes audio clips about and panoramic video views of objects spanning the periods from the Middle Ages until today. This site is in German.

Cityscope

http://www.cityscope.de/citypanorama/index.html
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 Internetquellen

http://www.tcd.ie/CLCS/deutsch/deutschhome.html
From Kaus Schweinhorst at Trinity College Dublin. "Die folgende Sammlung von deutschsprachigen Quellen soll und kann gar nicht vollständig sein. Sie soll lediglich ein Anfang und ein Anreiz sein, das deutschsprachige Internet zu entdecken und es für das Sprachenlernen zu nutzen. Diese Sammlung hat auch nicht nur deutsche Quellen, sondern auch Adressen in Österreich, der Schweiz und anderen deutschsprachigen Gegenden in der Welt. Besonderer Wert wird auf gute Suchmaschinen gelegt, mit denen Studenten schnell und einfach auf ihre Interessengebiete und Adressen zugreifen können."

Deutsche Wörterbuch und Grammatik

http://www.canoo.net/index.html
A German web site that offers various interactive resources relating to the German spelling reform, inflection and word formation.

German Language Resources

http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/lss/lang/german/germlink.html#city
Visitors will find a very nice series of concise, annotated links organized under familiar headings. From Lauren Rosen at the University of Wisconsin; this site is worth a visit.

Goethe Institut

http://www.goethe.de/
An organization devoted to the cultivation of the German language abroad and the promotion of international cultural cooperation

Goethe Interaktiv

http://www.goethe.de/z/50/interaktiv/
Ein Gewinnspiel zum 250. Geburtstag Goethes

German Resources

http://www.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de/Outerspace/VirtualLibrary/ 
Around 50 German links to thematically grouped sites such as art, engineering, law, natural sciences, sports, etc.

Kontakte—Student Resources

http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/german/kontakte/kontakte_online/inhalt.htm 
This site offers you a "guided tour" of several German web sites in order to illustrate the topics from your text book. There are links to a German dictionary, a vocabulary list, grouped according to the relevant chapters in the text book and a series of self-correcting exercises based on chapter materials.

Schweiz in Sicht

http://www.switzerland-in-sight.ch/ 
Schweiz in Sicht bietet Ihnen einen multimedialen und interaktiven Einblick in verschiedene Themen und Aspekte eines kleinen Landes, in dem sich drei grosse europäische Kultur- und Sprachräume begegnen.Die Informations- und Kommunikationsplattform Schweiz in Sicht bietet Lehrern/Lehrerinnen landeskundliche Informationen zur Schweiz, die sie mit ihren Studenten behandeln können.

Ten Ways to Keep Your German"rostfrei"

http://german.about.com/library/weekly/aa120798.htm?terms=rostfrei

 

Italian Resources

About.com's Italian Language Home Page

http://italian.about.com/
This site has a wealth of topics for students of Italian overseen by a guide who maintains the links and supplies informative articles. 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

Connecticut-Italy Partnership 
Resource Center for Italian Language and Culture

http://www.ccsu.edu/Italian/ 
Supported by the State of Connecticut Department of Education and the Education Office of the Consulate General of Italy, this center offers Italian language teachers in Connecticut collections of authentic Italian materials provided by the Italian American Committee on Education (IACE), an institution sponsored by the Consulate General for promoting Italian language and culture in the tri-state area. This site is in Italian or English and provides information about hours, holdings and announcements.

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
http://www.cyberitalian.com/html/alphabet.htm 
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: 
Weather Underground: Italy

http://italian.wunderground.com/global/IY.html

L'Italia In Realta' Virtuale

http://www.compart-multimedia.it/virtuale/it/home.htm
Virtual tours of monuments and locations in Rome, Pisa and Napoli.

Maps of Italian regions:

http://mappe.virgilio.it/mappe/

Porto della Generale del Sole: Metropolis:

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

Firenze 
http://www.porto.it/metropolis/firenze.htm 
*Nice virtual tour of one room in the Uffizi which displays two of Leonardo Da Vinci's paintings.

Milano 
http://www.porto.it/metropolis/milano.htm

Napoli
http://www.porto.it/metropolis/napoli.htm 
*You can find a very nice virtual tour of the major sites of Napoli

Roma 
http://www.porto.it/metropolis/roma.htm 

Hebrew Resources

About.com's Judaism site

http://www.hebrew.about.com/
This site has links to many language and culture sites for students of Hebrew overseen by a guide
who maintains the links and supplies informative articles. Your site guides and chat moderator maintains a bio online so that you can check out her/his expertise - and you can email her/him your questions or comments.

Hebrew Language at the University of Texas

http://www.laits.utexas.edu/hebrew/
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

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/jewish/jewishsbook.html 
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.

ZigZag, Inc.— The Best Jewish Games on the Web

http://www.zigzagworld.com/games/home.htm
This site has a variety of language learning games and activities which are mostly geared for school age children, such as The Hanukkah House, A Picnic with Friends and Hebrew for Me. Also available is Hebrew Keyboard Tutor (must use Internet Explorer) and a demonstration of a web-based program developed in collaboration with the Language Resource Center at the University of Michigan.

Spanish Resources

About.com's Spanish Language Home Page

http://spanish.about.com/
This site has a guide who maintains the links to a wealth of resources for the student of Spanish. 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

Aztecs Meet the Spanish (an interdisciplinary lesson in English)

http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/activity/aztecs_spanish/

Centro Virtual Cervantes

http://cvc.cervantes.es/
"El lugar de referencia de la lengua española y la cultura hispanica..."

Colonel Craig's Spanish WWW links

http://www.isu.edu/~nickcrai/spanlinx.html 
A collection of over 100 links to other Spanish sites.

Diego Rivera Gallery

http://www.diegorivera.com/ 
"Diego Rivera (1886-l957) Pintor muralista, fue uno de los grandes artistas del Siglo XX. NaciÛ en la ciudad de Guanajuato y en 1892 se trasladÛ a MÈxico con su familia..."

Museo del Prado

http://www.museodelprado.es/

"An interactive service , which promotes free exchange of information on Spanish current affairs and its historical, linguistic and cultural development, has begun its third phase through the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. German, French and Spanish versions will progressively follow..."

Spanish Grammar Exercises (Barbara Kuczun Nelson, Colby College)

http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/exercises/ 
An extensive collection of grammar exercises with feedback as well as some excellent authentic, culturally-embedded and scaffolded multimedia grammar activities.

Spanish Language Resources

http://www.langlink.net/langlink/
Visitors will find a very nice series of concise, annotated links organized under familiar headings. From Lauren Rosen at the University of Wisconsin; this site is worth a visit.

Spanish Language and Spanish Culture @GlobeGate

http://globegate.utm.edu/spanish/span.html

Taller Hispano

http://www.cortland.edu/flteach/usafa/taller.html
This site provides students and teachers of Spanish with focused multimedia Internet exercises designed to identify appropriate and authentic materials and Spanish resources on the net that relate to selected cultural themes, topics, and vocabulary presented in "Destinos" and similar textbooks.

Zoot Suit Riots

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/zoot/esp_tguide/index.html 
From the folks at PBS, this site features an extensive array of multimedia materials that offer insight into the tragic events leading up to the Los Angeles Zoot Suit Riots of 1943. The teacher's guide allows for a variety of activities that can help students explore the history of Mexican Americans, immigration and assimilation, race relations, teenage rebellion and minority rights. In English and Spanish.