Student Letter Exchange
www.pen-pal.com

For over 70 years, The Student Letter Exchange has matched English-speaking pen pals with students, ages 9 to 18, across the United States and around the world. Establishing pen pal relationships is not only a great learning tool, it is a time-proven, fun, and innovative way to become educated about other cultures, practice communication skills, learn foreign languages, start a stamp/coin collection, or just make a friend from a far away place. Many pen pals remain in touch for life!

LangNet
www.nflc.org/projects/current_projects/langnet/

LangNet is a state-of-the-art online foreign language learning and maintenance system developed by the National Foreign Language Center at the University of Maryland. This system is offered free of charge to foreign language faculty, administrators, and students at U.S. institutions. LangNet materials include practice in reading and listening in the following languages: Amharic; Arabic (Modern Standard, Iraqi, Gulf, Sudanese, Levantine, Egyptian); Bengali; Chechen; Chinese; Dari; Farsi; French; Greek; Gujarati; Haitian Creole; Hindi; Italian; Korean; Kurdish (Sorani); Pashto; Persian; Quechua; Russian; Somali; Spanish; Tagalog; Turkish; Turkmen; Urdu; and Uzbek. The system is designed for foreign language learners who generally range from advanced beginners to near native speakers (i.e., proficiency levels ILR 1+ to ILR 4). While the materials are developed primarily for maintenance and enhancement of language skills outside an instructional setting, their use is encouraged in conjunction with language courses. To access LangNet, academic users must apply for a username and password.

Deutschland Online: Magazine About Germany
www.magazine-deutschland.de

With 11 language editions and a circulation of 400,000 copies in 180 countries, Deutschland magazine is Germany’s most international periodical. Deutschland provides background analyses, informs its readers about topical issues in Germany and Europe, and reports on bilateral relations between Germany and other regions of the world in its regional editions. Deutschland is published six times a year by Societäts-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, in cooperation with the Federal Foreign Office, Berlin.

Online Latin Challenges at Ludi Seniles
http://lonestar.texas.net/~robison/ludi.htm

If you enjoy a mental challenge, try your skill at one or more of the topically arranged online activities. A score of 85 or higher in any category qualifies you as a medalist and earns the right to post a plaque at your home site. Additional topics will be added periodically, so check back often. Current topics include those related to Roman culture as well as those related to basic language skills.

TPR Source
www.tprsource.com

Are you looking for a method of teaching language that engages multiple intelligences, so your students acquire language quickly, enjoyably, and have excellent short and long-term retention? The Total Physical Response (TPR) approach may be the answer. Teachers around the world have found that their students can acquire language quickly and stay motivated while truly enjoying their language class. This website will give you a thorough understanding of the TPR approach, methods, and materials.

À la Lettre: French Literature Website
www.alalettre.com

This website lists French authors since the 16th century. For each author it lists their works and has summaries of many of the works. The site also features interviews with contemporary authors as well as other literature-related links.

Most Common Spanish Words
www.spanishpronto.com/spanishpronto/spanishglossary.html

This page lists the 175 most common Spanish words alphabetically, for ease of reference. The same words are organized into grammatical categories at a linked site. A printable one-page list of the words themselves in order by frequency of use (de, la, que, y, el, en, a, los, se, no, un, las, etc.) is also available there.

Free Online Arabic Course: MadinahArabic.com
www.madinaharabic.com

This site has been designed to teach English-speaking students the Arabic language, inspired by the Madinah Book Series by Dr. V. Abdur Rahim which is used by Madinah University. This course has been designed to be a comprehensive set of lessons for the teaching of reading, speaking, and writing in Arabic. The website also features a discussion forum about Arabic.

New Latin and Greek Podcast Website
http://lingualatinaetgraeca.mypodcast.com

This new website only has a few Greek readings at the moment, including readings from Rouse’s “A Greek Boy at Home.” However, its owner plans to expand with more podcasts as time goes by and all podcasts are archived.

French Culture Resource
www.frenchculture.org

Frenchculture.org is a website provided by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States. The organization promotes the best of French arts, literature, and education to cultural and academic institutions across the United States, with a strong focus on the contemporary. The website features short articles about art, books, cinema, education, music, performing arts, and TV and radio.

Mi Clase Es Tu Clase
http://mysite.verizon.net/vze4q55t/miclaseestuclase2/index.html

Mi Clase Es Tu Clase is the personal website of Deborah Driskill, a Spanish teacher with 25 years of teaching experience. She writes, “This website is my way of paying it forward. Over the years I have met many teachers who have shared their advice, knowledge, talents, and creativity selflessly and abundantly.” Resources available at the website include communicative and information gap activities, activities to accompany Buen Viaje levels 1 and 2, more fun activities for classes, exercises with Quia.com, and links to other resources.

Slavic Study Trails
www.uncg.edu/~lixlpurc/russian.html

Have fun cyber-surfing the Slavic world using the Slavic Studies Trails from the Department of German and Russian at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. The site contains links to Slavic language, literature and culture resources, popular magazines, libraries, university archives, and other points of interest.

LinguaVista
http://linguavista.casl.umd.edu

The LinguaVista website allows language learners to find highlevel language programs in the United States and abroad. The user can search by language (e.g., “Arabic”) and program type (e.g., “domestic academic year”) and the website will generate a report of programs matching these criteria. The report will display relevant program information, including program location in the United States, point of contact, e-mail address, Internet address, level of language courses offered, degrees offered, and cost and tuition information.