General/Multilingual
http://www.abroadlanguages.com/: This website
contains details regarding foreign language schools for French, Italian,
German, Russian, and Spanish.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/: The website
contains audio and video courses focused on several languages, as well as
information on various other languages.
http://www.nonsolum.com/presentationencadre.htm: An interesting
comparison of English, Spanish, and French vocabulary.
http://eleaston.com/languages.html: A
collaboration of language information.
http://eleaston.com/languages.html: Printable
learning material for a wide variety of subjects, including languages.
http://www.ethnologue.com/web.asp: A gigantic database
of language information categorized by language families.
http://www.eurocosm.com/: This contains
a collection of information regarding European culture and their respective
languages.
http://www.eblul.org/: Contained in
this website is a listing of locations for language courses throughout the
United States.
http://www.geonames.de/: Countries of
the world in their own languages.
http://www.elocale.com/glossophilia/: Informational
and fun language resources.
http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Language_Education_%28Bookshelf%29:
Downloadable eBooks for various languages.
http://how-to-learn-any-language.com/e/index.html: An extremely
large website with a sizeable forum as well.
http://www.ilovelanguages.com/: A catalogue of
language resources.
http://www.danshort.com/ie/index.htm: Information on
the Indo-European language family tree.
http://users.elite.net/runner/jennifers/: A large
collection of foreign phrases from many different languages.
http://www.free-ed.net/free-ed/: Contains a variety
of online courses, including modern languages, classical languages, and
linguistics.
http://www.jewish-languages.org/languages.html: Information on
dialects spoken by Jews throughout the world.
http://www.thelanguagemenu.com/: A language
resource made by teachers for teachers.
http://www.learnoutloud.com/: This website
sells a wide variety of audio informational books, and includes a sizable
collection of language lessons.
http://www.language-museum.com/encyclopedia/: Samples of
languages throughout the world.
http://linguistlist.org/: International
Linguistics Community Online.
http://www.loecsen.com/: A
collaboration of essential phrase from a variety of languages.
http://www.powells.com/section/foreign-languages/: A website that
sells classic books in foreign languages.
http://www.oberoi-net.com/language.html: Resources for
English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish.
http://www.ims.uni-stuttgart.de/info/Newspapers.html: Newspapers in
all types of languages.
http://www.omniglot.com/writing/index.htm: A large
selection of language information focused on written languages.
http://www.orbilat.com/: Information
focused on the Romantic languages.
http://www.openculture.com/freelanguagelessons: Mostly audio
lessons for over forty languages.
http://speak7.com/: Language
resources for seven languages.
http://slavica.com/teaching/Beissinger.html: Focuses on
South Slavic language textbooks and reference materials.
http://www.uebersetzung.at/twister/index.htm: Many tongue
twisters in various languages.
http://www.transparent.com/language-resources/languages.html: Language
resources in over one-hundred languages. Also provides several language proficiency tests.
http://www.travlang.com/languages/: Foreign
language information for travelers.
http://www.word2word.com/:
Various resources.
http://www.wannalearn.com/Academic_Subjects/World_Languages/:
Links to language information.
http://www.fodors.com/language/:
Language information for seven languages.
http://www.ibiblio.org/yiddish/Vort/:
Picture dictionaries for Yiddish, Jewish, English, Russian, German, and French.
http://www.yourdictionary.com/languages.html:
A wide variety of language dictionaries.
http://mylanguages.org/index.php:
Free resources for over 100 languages.
Forums
http://how-to-learn-any-language.com/forum/: This is by far the
largest language forum on the internet with over 23,000 members and a wealth of
data on particular languages, language learning habits, and information upon
the latest language programs. The forum allows open access to
visitors.
http://www.unilang.org/index.php: A well
constructed forum. Unilang has
information to over forty languages, and contains a sizeable resource section,
a chat area, and an online encyclopedia of language related material.
http://www.omniglot.com/forum/index.php: Omniglot.com
hosts a forum which is not large yet holds a generous amount of
information.
http://forum.wordreference.com/: This forum is
a massive database with over two million threads at the time this was
written. The forum is divided into
particular languages with less emphasis on general language learning.
http://www.antimoon.com/forum/f2.htm: Although it no
longer has an active forum, Antimoon.com hosts an accessible archive of its
four-year long language forum.
http://www.lingforum.com/forum/: Rather than
focus on particular languages, this forum is devoted to the study of
linguistics.
http://www.linguanaut.com/: Language
resources provided for fifty languages.
http://www.muturzikin.com/en.html: Provided at
this website are linguistic maps related to different parts of the world.
http://www.sil.org/linguistics/topical.html: Linguistic
resources from across the internet.
http://www.ultralingua.com/forums/: This forum has
information to thirteen different languages.
It is not a large forum, but with only four hundred users a language
student can find a small community for personal interaction.
Software/Online
Software
http://ankisrs.net/:
Anki is a free flashcard software enabling the language student to organize and
study virtual flashcards. Downloadable
flashcard decks are available on site, or a student may create his own deck.
http://freedict.com/:
This is an online tool for text translation to thirteen different languages.
http://babelfish.yahoo.com/:
The popular Yahoo! online translation tool.
http://www.freelang.net/:
This awesome site has over two hundred dictionaries which can be freely
downloaded to a computer. The
dictionaries not only cover basic languages, but some are devoted to particular
dialects. Furthermore, one-click
translation, translation by email, and professional translation are available.
http://www.flashcardexchange.com/:
One of the largest flashcard exchange sites on the internet.
http://www.freetranslation.com/:
Free and professional translation.
http://www.polyglot-learn-language.com/index_polyglot.php:
Learn languages through a pen-pal system.
http://www.verbix.com/languages/:
Online conjugation of verbs in sixty-six languages.
http://www.vocabulix.com/:
Vocabulary and verb conjugation.
http://wordreference.com/index.htm:
Language dictionaries for online use.
Language
Programs/Study Abroad
http://www.languagecoursesuk.co.uk/:
Cactus languages holds language courses purchasable for people living in the
United Kingdom.
http://www.eduquality.net/:
Language courses focused on total immersion in foreign countries.
http://www.esl-languages.com/en/home.htm:
Another total immersion program with ninety different destinations.
http://www.eurolingua.com/:
Study abroad at over thirty-five locations.
http://www.learnplus.com/:
German and Spanish online language courses.
http://www.loquella.com/index.html:
Free online Spanish and French courses.
http://www.language-exchanges.org/:
Free language studying system using Skype.
http://www.studyabroad.com/:
Study abroad.
http://www.worldlanguage.com/Languages/:
Products of different types for language studying.
Travel
http://www.exploringabroad.com/:
This website is devoted to international travel.
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations:
Travel guides for everywhere.
Youtube
Channels
http://www.youtube.com/user/allatek:
The Youtube channel of Alla Shubina, an online English and Russian
teacher. She offers online one-on-one
language instruction on her personal website: http://www.allatek.com/.
http://www.youtube.com/user/arabicpod101:
Short Arabic lessons.
http://www.youtube.com/user/BulgarianPod101:
Short Bulgarian lessons.
http://www.youtube.com/user/CantoneseClass101:
Short Cantonese lessons.
http://www.youtube.com/user/chineseclass101:
Short Chinese lessons.
http://www.youtube.com/user/ENGLISHCLASS101:
Short English lessons.
http://www.youtube.com/user/frenchpod101:
Short French lessons.
http://www.youtube.com/user/germanpod101:
Short German lessons.
http://www.youtube.com/user/greekpod101:
Short Greek lessons.
http://www.youtube.com/user/HungarianPod101:
Short Hungarian lessons.
http://www.youtube.com/user/italianpod101:
Short Italian lessons.
http://www.youtube.com/user/japanesepod101:
Short Japanese lessons.
http://www.youtube.com/user/koreanclass101:
Short Korean lessons.
http://www.youtube.com/user/PolishPod101:
Short Polish lessons.
http://www.youtube.com/user/portuguesepod101:
Short Portuguese lessons.
http://www.youtube.com/user/russianpod101:
Short Russian lessons.
http://www.youtube.com/user/spanishpod101:
Short Spanish lessons.
http://www.youtube.com/user/ThaiPod101:
Short Thai lessons.
Language Specific
Afrikaans
Arabic
Bulgarian
Czech
Danish
Dutch
English
http://www3.telus.net/linguisticsissues/:
Resources for English-learning students and teachers.
http://www.prefixsuffix.com/rootchart.php:
An excellent resource for prefixes and suffixes.
French
Gaelic
German
Greek
http://web.eecs.utk.edu/~mclennan/OM/grk-lat.html:
A collection of Greek and Latin resources.
Icelandic
Italian
http://www.michelangelo-edu.it/:
Homepage to an Italian language school in Florence, Italy.
http://www.scudit.net/infoenglish.htm:
Italian school on the Via Nazionale in Rome.
http://www.scuolaleonardo.com/: Italian
language school in Italy authorized by
the Italian Ministry of Education.
http://www.scuola-tricolore.it/:
Italian school in Genoa, Italy.
http://www.locuta.com/eclass.html:
Has several articles viewable in English, Italian, German, and Spanish.
Latin
http://web.eecs.utk.edu/~mclennan/OM/grk-lat.html:
A collection of Greek and Latin resources.
Macedonian
Polish
Portuguese
Russian
http://www.allatek.com/:
Alla Shubina’s one-on-one instruction site.
Her Youtube channel is another useful resource: http://www.youtube.com/user/allatek.
Serbian
Slovak
Spanish
http://www.linguaschools.com/:
Learn Spanish in Spain or Latin America.
http://www.spanishintheworld.com/:
Learn Spanish in Spain or Latin America.
http://www.unispain.com/:
Spanish courses in Spain.
http://www.wiracochaschool.org/:
Spanish program in Cuzco, Peru.
Swedish
Slovenian
Ukrainian
Welsh
Yiddish
Accelerated Learning
http://dr-lozanov.com/:
A website documenting the methods posited by Dr. Georgi Lozanov, appropriately
called the “father of accelerated learning.”
Linguistics
http://multitree.linguistlist.org/:
Multitree is a searchable database of hypotheses on language relationships. Java (at least version 1.5.0) is required.
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