Resources for Learning Chinese
www.csulb.edu/~txie/online1.htm

Learning Chinese Online is a site created and updated by Dr. Tianwei Xie with the Department of Asian and Asian American Studies at California State University at Long Beach. It features information on pronunciation, conversation, grammar, reading, characters, translation, and testing. There are also learning materials and tools for teachers.

Information about African Languages
http://africanlanguages.com

This site contains information about African languages and African language-related resources. It currently focuses more on the South African languages, although it does include some information on Swahili.

Fairy Tales in German
www.fln.vcu.edu/grimm/grimm_menu.html

Both German and English versions of fairy tales by the Grimm Brothers are available on this website. Among the stories are “Cinderella,” “The Bremen Town Musicians,” “Tom Thumb,” “Sleeping Beauty,” and “Hansel and Gretel.” The site also features a selection of illustrations from 19th century editions and a discussion forum related to the Grimm Brothers’ stories.

Russian Dictionary
http://vidahl.agava.ru

Dahl’s Dictionary, described as the standard of Russian dictionaries, is now available online at this site.

Reasons to Study Italian
www.ritornello.com/whyit.html

The “Why Study Italian?” site offers a number of answers to that question. For example, Italy is a world leader in tool manufacturing; a world leader in culinary arts, interior design, fashion, graphic design and furniture design; a popular country for tourism; and a popular place to move. The site also offers a number of additional Internet links that provide reasons to study the Italian language.

Spanish Booster
www.spanishbooster.com

This site includes resources on culture, such as tips on good manners and an explanation of Spanish proverbs. There are also grammar lessons on subjects such as verb conjugation, adjectives, and conjunctions.

Arabic Poetry Lesson
http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=388

“Arabic Poetry: Guzzle a Ghazal!” is a lesson plan available on EDSITEment, a website of the National Endowment for the Humanities. A ghazal, notes the site, is an intricate poetic form that dates to
pre-Islamic times but forms the base of much popular music in India, Iraq, and Iran.

Portuguese Proverbs
www.sonia-portuguese.com/text/proverbs.htm

This site has many proverbs that it says are frequently used in Brazil along with their English versions. Some of the proverbs, such as “Haste makes waste,” are very familiar, but others are less so, such as
“Only the wearer knows where the shoe pinches.”

South Asia Resources
www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/southasia/cuvl

The SARAI (South Asia Resource Access on the Internet) site of Columbia University Libraries South & Southeast Asian Studies includes a virtual library about South Asia, as well as information on topics
such as culture, language and linguistics, population and demographics, and teaching resources.

The World Factbook
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html

The 2008 World Factbook is published by the Central Intelligence Agency and features reference maps, flags of the world, and country profiles. The country information has been updated to reflect current
geography, resources, and economies. [Note the secure prefix https:// must be used to access the page.]

Spanish TV
www.cervantestv.es

Instituto Cervantes has initiated the first cultural TV channel in Spanish that can be viewed around the world through the Internet. It includes a section on language and education, as well as featuring topics such as music and dance, literature and thought, leisure activities, news, and more.

Multilingual Songbook
www.laukart.de

Lyrics to children’s songs and rhymes in more than 20 languages—from Cantonese to Vietnamese—are available on this site. You can also share songs and note sheets, as well as motions to songs, if the information you have is not yet listed.

Panfu Virtual World
www.panfu.com

Panfu is a friendly, virtual world in which children can play, have fun, and make friends. Each child chooses a panda, gives it an identity and discovers the panda world of Panfu. They can interact and chat with other children, play games, send greeting cards, and learn the basics of Spanish through the immersive learning principle, all while developing their creativity.