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CARLA: Less Commonly Taught Languages A database of course offerings at colleges and universities, k-12 programs, distance education courses, study abroad programs, and summer language courses.

Latin - 'Dead' Language Enjoying Resurgence in Nation's Schools
A funny thing happened on the way to higher standards: Schools remembered Latin.  As educators work to improve student performance in basic subjects such as reading, math, history and science, a few are finding that Latin -- long thought stuffy and irrelevant -- can help. 

Arabic

American Association of Teachers of Arabic AATA is an association of professionals, students, institutions, and other individuals interested in the areas of Arabic language teaching, Arabic literature, and Arabic linguistics. This site has an excellent list of links for further study.

Arab Culture and Civilization The National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education has developed this outstanding site, with funds from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, as a resource for all who would develop a better understanding of the Arab world. There is focus on Arab-Americans, Popular Culture, The Arabic Language (includes videos) and more.

LOTE Links: Arabic Resources The Center for Educator Development: Languages Other Then English has created a great resource page for Arabic.

BABEL:Arabic A fun and free online course to learn basic Arabic. Site uses RealAudio.

Best Arabic Links Hundreds of links for Arabic to explore are located at this site.

Fun With Arabic  An excellent interactive kid’s site to learn the alphabet, and grammar. Be sure to click on the alphabet song link!

Say Hello in Arabic  A quick overview of Arabic, plus many good links for the beginner.

Yamada Language Center: Arabic  Good lists of annotated teaching and learning resources for Arabic.

Xerox Arabic Morphological Analysis and Generation  This high tech translation program works from Arabic to English and allows for keyboard or cut-and-paste entry of Arabic text.

Braille

Blind Service Organizations  This alphabetic list of links to blind service organizations and non-profit agencies should provide excellent resources for the visually impaired and the culture of blindness.

Braille Bug  American Foundation for the Blind’s site to learn about Braille. This is an excellent kid’s site and provides good information for teachers and parents too.

Braille History  Enabling Technologies, a maker of Braille Embossers, has provided and excellent history of Braille.

Braille Through Remote Learning  This online course in Braille has many resources available for the students and teachers of Braille.

Canadian Braille Authority  Excellent resources for further exploration of Braille.

Say Hello in the Braille Language Internet Public Library’s Kidspace site that provides a quick overview of Braille and some excellent links for further exploration.

Chinese 

Appreciation of Chinese Calligraphy  Learn about the art and appreciation of Chinese Calligraphy.

Brooklyn College: Chinese Culture  An online course about Chinese Culture with good links and resources.

Chinese Characters and Culture  A site that will help students understand, appreciate and remember Chinese characters.

Chinese Language Educational Resources  Many good resources for secondary teachers, however some links are out of date.

Chinese Language Teachers Association  The Chinese Language Teachers Association, Inc. (CLTA) is a professional organization devoted exclusively to the study of Chinese language, culture and pedagogy.

Chinese New Year Lesson  Ideas and resources for using Chinese New Year as a theme across the curriculum.  

Eastern Studies  After registering for a login, there are some excellent lessons for the study of Chinese history and culture. Lessons on several other countries are also available.

Flashcard Exchange Card Set  Test your basic vocabulary with these online flash cards.

Harvard Chinese Language  Advanced students and teachers may find useful resources at this university site.

LOTE Links: Chinese Resources The Center for Educator Development: Languages Other Then English has created a resource page for Chinese.

NBA.com - China  Written entirely in Chinese characters, will provide fans with extensive NBA coverage throughout the season, along with the NBA All-Star Game, NBA Draft and special events, including off-season trades and breaking news. One of the two hottest sites in China.

On-line Chinese Tools  Tools galore can be found at this site for the student or teacher of Chinese.

Say Hello in Chinese  Internet Public Library’s Kidspace site that provides a quick overview of Chinese and some excellent links for further exploration.

Classical Languages - General 

Greek Teachers' Corner  Resources for teaching Greek.

Live From Antiquity Explore Greek drama in "Live from Antiquity" (Grades 9-12), from EDSITEment and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Includes standards links.

Perseus Digital Library  Primary and secondary sources for the study of ancient Greece and Rome.

The Classics Pages Start Page  News, information, games and controversy about the life, literature, art and archaeology of the ancient world of Greece & Rome.

Webquests for Latin and the Classics  A very good resource list of WebQuests for Latin and social studies classrooms.

WWW Resources for the Classics  Excellent resources for studying the classic languages and cultures.

Hebrew / Yiddish

Aish.com  Jewish literacy and cultural site asking “Why be Jewish?”  

Hebrew for ME  Quizzes and activities for learning Hebrew.

Snunit  Israeli non-profit education organization that provides the world's largest Hebrew language educational portal. If you do not read Hebrew this site will be difficult to navigate.  

Shtetl  Lots of links to learn more about Yiddish language and culture.

Maven Search: Hebrew  A Jewish Web directory listing of Hebrew sites.

Taste of Hebrew  Hebrew word of phrase for each month.

Jewish Women's Archive Home  Learn about the contributions of Jewish women and their roles in Jewish culture.

Picture Dictionary Yiddish-Hebrew-English-German-Russian-French Picture Dictionary.

Yamada Language Center: Hebrew  Resources and links, including fonts, from the University of Oregon.

Hebrew Language Resources  Listing of sites for those who are interested in Hebrew and Semitic Studies from Language Links.

Hindi

Hindi Exercises  Hindi listening exercises from the University of Minnesota.

Hindi Links  Cultural links and resources list about Hindi.

Hindi Program at Penn  Audio Hindi lessons from the University of Pennsylvania.

Hindi: The Language Of Songs  Hindi language history and information.

Say Hello in Hindi  Internet Public Library’s Kidspace site that provides a quick overview of Hindi and some excellent links for further exploration.

South Asian Teachers Association (SALTA)  South Asian Teachers Association (SALTA) is a professional organization of language educators at university and college level, however it is an excellent source of lists of colleges and universities where students and teachers can go for further explorations of the language.

Yamada Language Center Hindi-Urdu  Download Hindi fonts and explore other resources listed at this site.  

Hmong

Etiquette for interacting with the Hmong  Informative article on the proper etiquette for interactions with the Hmong people.

Hmong Language Group  Check out the downloadable glossary (Excel Format).  

Hmong Population Research Project  The aim of the Hmong Population Research Project at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire is to bring together an extensive collection of demographic and economic data on the Hmong population in the U.S. and to make these data easily available.

Hmong Studies Research Center  A source of comprehensive information about studies of Hmong history, culture, and adaptation in communities around the world.

Hmongnet  Lots of links for Hmong culture and lifestyles.

Resources About the Hmong  Brief pages about teaching resources for learning about the Hmong.

Saturn School Hmong Dictionary  These dictionaries have been created by teachers and students of Saturn School in St. Paul, Minnesota.They are part of a wider curriculum to help Hmong students learn English and the reading and writing of Hmong. Lesson plans are also available on the site.

Yamada Language Center: Hmong  Hmong language links assembled by the Yamada Language Center.

Korean

American Association of Teachers of Korean (AATK)  The AATK mission is to enhance and promote an interest in the teaching and learning of the Korean language, culture and literature; to carry out research in second language acquisition, applied linguistics, language pedagogy, as well as in the teaching of culture and literature, and to provide a forum for presenting research findings.

Introduction to Korean  A tutorial on learning basic Korean.

Say Hello in Korean  Internet Public Library’s Kidspace site that provides a quick overview of Korean and some excellent links for further exploration.

UCLA: Korean Profile  Short profile of Korea and the Korean language.

University of Virginia: Korea  University of Virginia Subject Guide or Korea and Korean.

Yamada Language Center: Korean Online and computer resources list from the YLC.

Latin

Cambridge Latin Course  Open access materials from Cambridge, includes some assessments. Check out the Teacher Resources at http://www.cambridgescp.com/latin/clc/teachers_area/clc_ta_intro.html

Flashcards - Latin  Choose from several sets of Latin Flashcards at the Flashcard Exchange.

Oxford Latin Course Internet Workbook This online workbook is designed to help students practice and review material associated with the Oxford Latin Course (OLC).

Latin Language  One teacher shows a different method for teaching basic Latin.

LatinTeach  An online site for teachers of Latin, includes lesson plans.

Manuscripts, Paleography, Codicology  Practice reading primary source documents in Latin at this site.

Oxford Latin Drills  Chapter by chapter drills for the Oxford Latin Course, second edition.

Perseus Digital Library  Primary and secondary sources for the study of ancient Greece and Rome.

Oxford Latin Quizzes  Online self-help quizzes for the Oxford Latin Course.

The Latin Page This is a page of general classroom aides designed primarily for the 7-12 Latin teacher. Some projects may be able to be adapted for lower grades.

 Webquests for Latin and the Classics  A very good resource list of WebQuests for Latin and social studies classrooms.

Scribax  Scribax is a ShockWave Movie that writes short simple Latin sentences and translates them into English.

Modern Languages - General

European Languages: Levels  The European Community Framework developed agreed upon levels on proficiency that is true throughout the EC.  This includes descriptions, assessments, self-assessments in fourteen languages.

LinguaNet Lingu@net Europa is a multilingual, virtual resources center to support the teaching of foreign languages in Europe. Excellent materials are available at this site with a little digging.

Modern Languages  Scroll down the page to see a huge list of language resources.

Native American

Index of Native American Language Resources on the Internet  A large collection of links on preserving indigenous languages throughout the world.

Native American Mailing Lists  You can use this site to subscribe to listserves relevant to teaching and preserving indigenous languages.

Reverence for Nature  Second grade lesson plan on learning about Native American culture through literature.

Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas  The comprehensive site of the Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas includes journal descriptions, a dissertation and thesis index from 1988, learning aids, Internet resources and upcoming events.

Teaching Indigenous Languages  A rich collection of centers and strategies for teaching indigenous languages.

Norwegian

Global Gazette  In this student-created Thinkquest, you’ll compare the cultures in a school in Norway, China and the US.

Resources for the Study of Norwegian You’ll find more dictionaries, libraries, pronunciation, word frequency lists, Norwegian TV and radio.

Yamada Language Center: Norwegian  The Yamada Learning Center provides help in learning Norwegian as well as links to libraries and dictionaries in Norway.

Pashto

Deutsche Welle Radio: Pashto  With this Deutsche Welle site, you can hear their daily broadcast in Pashto. This site requires Real Player.

Pashto Language Materials  The Center for Applied Linguistics provides general information about the Pashto language and links to materials for purchase.

Pashto Links http://www.languages-on-the-web.com/links/link-pashto.htm This is one of a few good sites on the main language of Afghanistan.

Portuguese

COMPARA - Portuguese-English Parallel Translation Corpus  If you have ever studied another language extensively enough to try your hand at translating text from one language to another, you will appreciate Compara, especially if you have some Portuguese under your belt. An open and ever-growing source of parallel texts in English and Portuguese, the Compara Portuguese-English Parallel Translation Corpus offers visitors the opportunity to see how specific phrases have been translated from one language to another by others.

Portuguese Language News and Magazines  Portuguese language news and magazines from the Library of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 

Portuguese Language Resources  Materials and resources for learning Portuguese from a faculty member at the University of Wisconsin.

Resources for Portuguese Language and Literature  You have access to materials and resources collected by the librarian at Vanderbilt University, and links to other libraries in Brazil.

Say Hello in Portuguese  An introduction page on Portuguese in Kidspace with links for Portuguese language and culture.

Short Portuguese Lessons  An introductory course in Portuguese.  

Yamada Language Center: Portuguese  The Yamada Language Center offers links to dictionaries, culture and travel.

Romanian

Romanian History
Aiming to reveal the part played by the Romanians and their ancestors in world history, this work sets forth, in a very brief and accessible manner, the most significant events and salient people who have made up the Romanian saga from its beginnings to the day. The writing is easy to read by all those who have an interest in South Eastern Europe, who are curious to learn more about Romania's origins and past, and want to become acquainted with its people and traditions beyond and against set opinions and poor cliché images of the Dracula's or Ceausescu's kind.

Sign Languages

American Sign Language Browser   Michigan State University site.  Choose from a vast list of words and see a video of the sign language for the word with instructions for the hand movements.

ASL Fingerspelling  A picture dictionary of the signs and the words.

Deaf Links  This site has many deaf-related links including athletic, business, non-profit, and publications. NEW!

Deaf Resource Library "An online collection of reference material and links intended to educate and inform people about Deaf cultures in Japan and the United States; as well as deaf and hard of hearing related topics."

Deafness Resources  This site lists agencies and organizations supporting deaf education, and instructional resources.  

DeafNation  This site is for people who want to stay abreast of what's happening in the deaf and hard-of-hearing community. The Web site provides constantly updated news feed, video clips in sign language, and the latest in deaf sports. NEW!

Deaf Zone  This site has links and information on schools, interpreters, captioning, publication, and many more resources for the deaf.  NEW!

Gallaudet University  Leading the world in undergraduate and graduate programs for the deaf, hard of hearing, and hearing students. NEW!

NAD Homepage National Association of the Deaf  This association is the oldest and largest constituency organization safeguarding the accessibility and civil rights of 28 million deaf and hard of hearing Americans in education, employment, and health care.

Rights of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Under the ADA  Document states the legal rights of deaf persons under the Americans With Disabilities Act.

ST Joseph Institute for the Deaf Located in Chesterfield, Missouri, a thriving suburb of St. Louis City, St. Joseph Institute is committed to the auditory-oral education, spiritual and emotional growth, and personal development of hearing-impaired children and young adults, without discrimination, reflecting the values.  St. Joseph Institute operates additional campus birth-to-six programs in Kansas City, Indianapolis, and at Carle in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois.  NEW!

Self Help for Hard of Hearing People  Self Help for Hard of Hearing People is the nation’s largest organization for people with hearing loss. SHHH exists to open the world of communication for people with hearing loss through information, education, advocacy and support.  NEW!

Signtel - Deaf Organizations & Resources  This commercial site does a good job of listing resources for the deaf.

Surfing the Net with Kids: Sign Language This is a well-written explanation for kids about deafness, and sites for learning the sign alphabet.  

Visual Languages Sign Languages. Learn about Australian sign language and other resources here.

Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf  Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf is the largest comprehensive center for the education of deaf and hard-of-hearing children in the state with approximately 200 students, both day and residential, who come from 100 school districts and 30 counties throughout the state. NEW!

Yamada Language Center: ASL  The Yamada Center offers sites on Deaf Language Fonts and many other resources for ASL.

Slavic

AAASS Slavic Resources on the Net  A comprehensive index of electronic resources on the Balkans, the Baltic states, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Central Europe, the CIS, Eastern Europe, the NIS, and the Russian Federation.

American Association of Teachers of Slavic and Eastern European Languages  The American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages (AATSEEL) exists to advance the study and promote the teaching of Slavic and East European languages, literatures, and cultures on all educational levels.  

Slavic Resources  Resources on Slavic languages.  

Slavic Studies Trails  Links to Slavic language, literature and culture resources, popular magazines, libraries, and university archives are provided by the German and Russian Department at University of Greensboro.

Slavophilia  Slavophilia offers a comprehensive guide to Internet resources on Russia and Central/Eastern Europe.  

Slovenian Language  This site provides dictionaries and language learning resources.

Slovenianlinx  An informative site on the language of Slovenia.

Swahili

African Language Resources  Information on the seven African Languages taught at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Internet Living Swahili Dictionary  This is a collaborative work by people all over the world to establish new dictionaries of the Swahili language - Kiswahili.  

Say Hello in Swahili  Internet Public Library’s Kidspace site that provides a quick overview of Swahili and some excellent links for further exploration.  

Swahili Language  A one page collection of some common words in Swahili.

Swahili Links  Here you can learn a small amount of Swahili on line, and find more information about the Swahili-speaking people.  

Swahili Profile  This site provides a profile of facts about the peoples speaking Swahili.

Swedish

Introduction to Swedish  This introduction to Swedish grammar was written for the international students at Stockholm School of Economics and includes sound.  

Language and Culture in Sweden  You’ll find information on the languages and cultures of Sweden. 

Miksike An online K-12 learning environment for Russian, Estonian and Swedish families. Site is available in English, Russian, Estonian or Swedish.  

Say Hello in Swedish  Information on the Swedish language designed for middle school aged students.

Swedish Language Course  An online course in the grammar translation method.  

Swedish Language Proficiency Test  A free Swedish language test in reading, writing, and grammar from the Transparent Language Company.  

Yamada Language Center: Swedish  The Yamada Center will link you to language lessons, cultural material and more.

Tagalog

Say Hello in Tagalog  Information on the Tagalog language designed for middle school aged students.  

SEAsite: Tagalog  This rich and beautiful site provides language, cultural, and historical information about the Tagalog and Philippine cultures and links to the Southeast Asian Studies Center .  

Yamada Language Center: Tagalog/Filipino  Yamada Learning Center provides links to Tagalog lessons, and to information about the many other languages of the Philippines.

Thai

Online Royal Institute Dictionary  A Thai - Thai dictionary. Entire site is completely in Thai.  

ParSit Translation  This English – Thai dictionary is sponsored by the national server for Thailand, which has links to media and more.  

Thai Language and Cultural Learning Resources  A well-designed and informative site on Thailand and the Thai language from Northern Illinois University and The Center for Southeast Asia Studies, this site has links to BBC Thailand and Voice of American Thailand.  

Thai Language Page  In addition to language lessons, this site provides poetry.  

ZzzThai Project  This short site shows basic concepts of the Thai language.

Urdu (See also Hindi)

BBC Urdu  Practice your reading and listening skills as the BBC brings you the news in Urdu.  

English-Urdu Dictionary  This is the first Urdu dictionary made available on the Internet and uses the Roman alphabet.    

U-hoo!!! Urdu's answer to Yahoo!  A directory of services and links for the Urdu community.  

Ukindia  A web site designed to help teach how to read Urdu.  

Urdu Dictionary  Text based Urdu dictionary.  

UrduWord.com  Interactive English to Urdu Dictionary that includes a Urdu Word of the Day.

Voice of America: Urdu  You can hear the Voice of America in Urdu at this site.

Vietnamese

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