Pages: 1 2 3  Next -- Posted by winters at 8:27 am on Dec. 29, 2005 The following collections of links that might be very useful resources for foreign language(s) students is copypasted from Wordreference, and I copypasted them in order to share them with you. If you add information to this post, please message one of the moderators and ask them to add it to it to table of contents. Enjoy! German Russian Polish Czech Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian Belarussian Macedonian and Bulgarian Slovak Hebrew Arabic Italian Latin, Ancient Greek, Modern Greek French Gaelic Spanish Portuguese Japanese English Chinese/Mandarin Languages/linguistics in theory Multilanguage tools Language learning tips and courses Multilanguage resources -- Posted by winters at 8:28 am on Dec. 29, 2005 RUSSIAN Dictionaries   English <-> Russian <-> German English -> Russian English/German/Spanish/French/Italian <-> Russian Russian <-> English Grammar Interactive online reference Reference grammar Pronunciation Russian alphabet with pronunciation guide and examples Writing Online convertor both from and in azbuka (English, German, French, Spanish, Italian)  Russian keyboard, layout 1 Transliteration & virtual keyboard Transliterator Press Russian radio BBC Russian Pravda (Russian newspaper) Izvestia (Russian newspaper) Other/General resources Hundreds and hundreds of books in Russian Learn Russian FAQ - loads of really useful information about learning Russian Learn Russian online - lots of useful resources Language tutorial & online phrasebook Online Russian lessons Spoonful of Russian podcast & lessons Taste of Russian podcasts Learning Russian & grammar Russian America Omniglot page on Russian Practice Russian - many resources Listen2Russian -- Posted by winters at 8:29 am on Dec. 29, 2005 POLISH Dictionaries and translators Polish <-> English with Polish diatrical marks English/Georgian/French/Italian/Russian/Spanish <-> Polish, Polish -> Hebrew. Diacritical marks available for all languages involved. Polish monolingual dictionary Polish monolingual dictionary of orthography Polish monolingual dictionary of foreign words Polish <-> English/German/French/Spanish/Italian German/English <-> Polish (many entries accessible to paying users only) English -> Polish Polish monolingual thesaurus English/Russian/German <-> Polish translator Polish <-> English translator Specialised dictionaries Dictionary of Polish slang English -> Polish IT dictionary Vocabulary Common words Grammar Grammar guide (warning: this is a pdf with almost 500 pages and takes a while to load) Grammar guide Pronunciation Guide to pronunciation (warning: this is a pdf with 9 pages and may take a while to load over a slow connection) Polish online courses In French In English Other/General resources Heritage resource centre Wirtualna Francja - French/Polish union (in French) Etymology of common Polish names Common Polish first names -- Posted by winters at 8:30 am on Dec. 29, 2005 all links broken and therefore section removed -- Posted by winters at 8:31 am on Dec. 29, 2005 CZECH Dictionaries Czech <-> English/German/French/Spanish/Italian/Russian Czech <-> English/German/French/Spanish/Italian/Russian English/German/French/Spanish/Italian/Russian/Latin -> Czech English/German/French/Spanish/Italian/Russian/Polish/Romanian <-> Czech Grammar Useful grammar schemes Practical guide   Vocabulary Czech primer in pictures Pronunciation Downloadable audio files (Winnie the Pooh, Alice in Wonderland) Other/General resources Czech language and culture junction Lots of resources for learning Czech Playing with Czech words and curiosities Radio Prague - language and culture taught in English Czech history Czech literature Essential Czech phrases -- Posted by winters at 8:32 am on Dec. 29, 2005 SERBIAN, CROATIAN, BOSNIAN Dictionaries German/English <-> Serbian English <-> Croatian Croatian <-> English dictionary and translator Swedish <-> Turkish/Serbo-Croat, list of technical dictionaries English -> Croatian dictionary of IT terms English <-> Croatian genealogical dictionary Pronunciation Croatian pronunciation guide Language Etymology of the word 'Hrvatska' Croatian/Serbian tongue twisters For tourists Useful phrases in Croatian and English Press BBC in Croatian Croatian news Croatian music Folk songs 'Silent Night' in Croatian Literature Croatian poetry Croatian literature Croatian literature Grammar Bosnian language resources Learn Bosnian -- Posted by winters at 8:33 am on Dec. 29, 2005 BELARUSSIAN Vocabulary Basic phrases (Belarussian, Russian, Bulgarian and English) Writing Alphabet Dictionaries and translators Belarussian translit -> Cyrillic alphabet. Grammar Fundamentals of modern Belarussian Press Svaboda Belarussian news Belarussain radio Other/General resources Virtual guide to Belarus Omniglot page on Belarussian Wikipedia article on Belarussian A collection of links Useful phrases -- Posted by winters at 8:34 am on Dec. 29, 2005 MACEDONIAN AND BULGARIAN Bulgarian Dictionaries English <-> Bulgarian Writing Guide to alphabet and pronunciation Pronunciation Guide to alphabet and pronunciation   Macedonian Dictionaries  English/German/French/Italian/Albanian/Greek <-> Macedonian Downloadable Macedonian <-> English dictionary and font (freeware, Windows 9x/Me/NT/2K/XP) Writing Alphabet Alphabet 2 Pronunciation  Reading and pronouncing - interactive tutorial History and culture History of Macedonia Current cultural life in Macedonia  Macedonian culture Media  BBC news Macedonian news and radio Other/General resources Introduction to Macedonian Romanisation of Macedonian Online exercises Information about the Republic of Macedonia More information about the Republic of Macedonia Wikipedia page about Macedonian -- Posted by winters at 8:36 am on Dec. 29, 2005 SLOVAK Dictionaries English/German/French/Spanish/Russian/Italian/Hungarian <-> Slovak English <-> Slovak English <-> Slovak English <-> Slovak Grammar Words/grammar exercises (in Slovak only) Press Cassovia Other/General resources Learn Slovak - dictionary, grammar, chat, lessons Slovak literature -- Posted by winters at 8:38 am on Dec. 29, 2005 HEBREW Dictionaries/translators Hebrew <-> English dictionary (vowelized spelling) A selection of Hebrew -> English dictionaries (only partly available for free use) English -> Hebrew dictionary, arranged by category English ->Hebrew Arabic <-> Hebrew dictionary Alphabet and writing Wikipedia article about the Hebrew alphabet Wikipedia article about Hebrew diactritics Rules for spelling Hebrew without vowels (in Hebrew) Rules for Hebrew puntuation (in Hebrew) Hebrew keyboard Another Hebrew keyboard All about the Hebrew writing system Press Israeli newspaper Israeli newspaper Hebrew Today (has vowels, written in simple Hebrew) Israeli TV Israeli radio Israeli radio Israeli radio Other/General resources Lots of resources (click on 'Hebrew') -- Posted by galeharoldishot at 8:40 am on Dec. 29, 2005 Whoa, thanks for taking the time to make this topic ..It's great although you might wanna edit some parts and I think they might sticky it. -- Posted by winters at 8:42 am on Dec. 29, 2005 ARABIC Pronunciation Writing and pronouncing Arabic names Pronunciation Arabic alphabet with audio Alphabet About the Arabic alphabet Writing Arabic calligraphy Arabic keyboard   Other/General resources Transliteration of some names into Arabic [French site] Grammar Wikipedia article about Arabic grammar Guide to Arabic grammar Arabic grammatical terminology Grammar tutorials Learning Arabic Learn to read Arabic Basic vocabulary, grammar and culture Apprendre l'arabe (in French) -- Posted by Romani 16 at 8:47 am on Dec. 29, 2005 I bet you had loads of fun compiling all those links together...thanx this is gonna help a lot of people i imagine..if the mods sticky it -- Posted by winters at 8:50 am on Dec. 29, 2005 ITALIAN Pronunciation Survival phrases Pronunciation Pronunciation basics Grammar Grammar Basic Grammar Rules Italian Grammar Wikipedia article on Italian grammar Basic Italian Grammar Culture/History Culture, customs and etiquette Wikipedia article on culture of Italy Brief Italian history Other/General resources Italian flashcards -- Posted by winters at 8:59 am on Dec. 29, 2005 ANCIENT GREEK/MODERN GREEK Dictionaries/translators Greek <-> English translator Greek <-> English dictionary Greek <-> English translator Culture/history General history Culture Culture again Wikipedia history of Greece Biblical Greek/New Testament Greek Grammar Grammar and explanations Elementary Greek NT Greek.net   Ancient Greek Vocabulary and grammar Pronunciation Pronunciation and vocabulary with audio Phrases Learning tools   Modern Greek Learning Greek Greek lessons Basic Greek grammar Greek basic course with audio Vocabulary and grammar Greek alphabet with audio Pronunciation Writing Greek letters Modern Green resources Learn Modern Green Introduction to modern Greek Wikipedia article on the Greek language -- Posted by winters at 9:06 am on Dec. 29, 2005 FRENCH Dictionaries French -> English Dictionary English <-> French Dictionary English <-> French Translator Dictionary English <-> French Dictionary Free Online Translator Grammar French Grammar Help French Basic Grammar French Grammar Real French Net Pronunciation About.com French Pronunciation Pronouncing French Language Guide Pronunciation Radio France Culture Basic French Culture French Embassy Cultural Site Wiki Culture Of France French Customs, Culture, Etiquette and Business Protocol French Culture Wikipedia article on France News & current affairs Le Parisien French News; French Life Le Monde Forums Forum des ados French chat France jeunes Other/General resources Omniglot page on French BBC languages - French French assistant French language course Grammar and other resources Online course including lots of vocabulary Learn and practise French French flashcards -- Posted by katkatkat at 9:27 am on Dec. 29, 2005 Multilanguage: [url]http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/lss/lang/multilang.html[/url] Spanish: [url]http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/lss/lang/spanish.html[/url]   Portuguese: [url]http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/lss/lang/portuguese.html[/url] African Languages: [url]http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/lss/lang/african.html[/url] Asian Studies: [url]http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/lss/lang/asian.html[/url] Classics: [url]http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/lss/lang/classics.html[/url] ESL/EFL: [url]http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/lss/lang/esl.html[/url] Slavic and Baltic: [url]http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/lss/lang/slavic.html[/url] Scandinavian Studies: [url]http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/lss/lang/scandinavian.html[/url] Quechua: [url]http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/lss/lang/quechua.html[/url] Italian: [url]http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/lss/lang/italian.html[/url] Hebrew and Semitic: [url]http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/lss/lang/hebrew.html[/url] (Edited by Katerie at 12:29 pm on Dec. 29, 2005) -- Posted by nikki at 11:36 am on Dec. 29, 2005 I'm glad this topic was made...it must have taken hard work, but it's a great resource. -- Posted by Eric 15 05 at 12:10 pm on Jan. 3, 2006 interesting -- Posted by tuttifruity at 10:22 am on Jan. 31, 2006 Japanese: www.thejapanesepage.com -- Posted by winters at 11:48 am on Feb. 10, 2006 Links: Languages/Linguistics in theory Language families Wikipedia - list of basic linguistic topics Glossary of linguistic terms   Article about language and thought The linguist list Language/linguistics links Indo-European resources Ancient scripts Proto-Info-European - the earliest ancestors of English -- Posted by Me nique at 6:56 pm on Feb. 25, 2006 This is really cool and useful! Thanks to everyone who put stuff on here! -- Posted by winters at 12:44 am on Feb. 26, 2006 http://static.unilang.org/resources/articles/art_fourlatinlanguages.txt A wonderful resource for comparison of Romance languages; must-see for a student! -- Posted by winters at 9:33 am on April 20, 2006 More Italian resources (essentially I compiled some of things I found online for my friend, and then I decided to share them with you as well): http://static.unilang.org/resources/courses/learnitalian_en.php - Basic Italian language course online, part 1 http://static.unilang.org/resources/courses/learnitalian2_en.php - Basic Italian language course online, part 2 http://home.unilang.org/main/wiki2/index.php/Italian_grammar - Italian grammar reference http://www.uvm.edu/~cmazzoni/3grammatica/grammatica/ - Italian grammar site http://www.clic.net/~lasallej/italiano/index.html - Click on "grammatica italiana" to see grammar stuff, and check the collection of the links there! http://www.zacinto.it/errori.htm - view some errors commonly made (warning: the site explains everything in Italian!) http://www.dialettiitaliani.com/ - Various stuff in Italian dialects (warning - Italian is one of the languages very rich of dialects, which can be quite far from the standard Italian - from what I've seen, though, they are translated as well in standard) http://www.unb.br/il/let/abpi2000/antoniani.htm - "Lingua e dialetti in Italia" - an interesting reading, but iit is entirely in Italian http://xoomer.virgilio.it/hqsgia/ - A site about Italian proverbs http://web.tiscali.it/proverbiitaliani/ - Another site of Italian proverbs http://giavelli.interfree.it/proverbi_ita.html - And one more... http://www.locuta.com/indirizzi.html - This is THE site, with a bunch of useful links - when I found it, I wanted to delete all the previous and just leave this ;) Spero che vi piaceranno :) Enjoy. -- Posted by minus at 11:44 am on April 21, 2006 I want to add a forum where you can speak french with french teen. I login here. :D http://www.france-jeunes.net -- Posted by AgentQ at 4:00 pm on April 21, 2006  Gàidhlig (Scottish Gaelic): http://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/gaidhlig/gaidhlig.html This is a page with many links. www.savegaelic.org/ Online course: http://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/gaidhlig/ionnsachadh/bac/ Will add more later.  Thanks to everyone who has contributed to this thread.   -- Posted by RatzingerRocks at 3:59 pm on June 13, 2006 Thanks! -- Posted by Medwed at 1:09 am on July 18, 2006 Long words in different languages: http://members.aol.com/gulfhigh2/words11.html -- Posted by denise 15 at 2:05 am on July 24, 2006 Quote: from winters at 6:59 pm on Dec. 29, 2005 13.LATIN, ANCIENT GREEK, MODERN GREEK LATIN & ANCIENT GREEK http://www.textkit.com  - enjoy! http://classics.mit.edu - the Internet classics archive MODERN GREEK (about) http://www.greece.org http://www.kypros.org http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language http://langintro.com/greek/ http://www.xanthi.ilsp.gr/filog/default.htm http://www.cogsci.indiana.edu/farg/harry/lan/greek.htm -- Posted by winters at 1:02 pm on Aug. 1, 2006 Euharisto, Denise! (cannot type Greek here... ) By the way, do you know any good Greek forums (on literature, philosophy, languages, whatever; something like LW, but, if possible, with more serious atmosphere?)? Pages: 1 2 3  Next