World Languages

Learning an additional language is an absolute necessity in today's global society. The links provided below will offer an introduction to some of the world's most widely-spoken languages:

Korean       http://www.langintro.com/kintro
                   http://www.sigmainstitute.com/koreanonline  
                   http://www.learnkorean.com



Mandarin    http://www.chinawestexchange.com/index.htm
                   http://www.csulb.edu/~txie/ccol/content.htm
                   http://www.mandarintools.com

Russian       http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/russian/language
                   http://www.masterrussian.com
                   http://www.learningrussian.com

German      http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/library/german.shtml
                   http://www.deutsch-lernen.com/e-index.htm
                   http://www.learn-german-online.net

Swahili       http://www.africa.uga.edu/Kiswahili/doe/index.html
                   http://www.yale.edu/swahili/learn.html
                   http://www.webkenya.com/eng/kiswahili

Turkish       http://www.onlineturkish.com
                   http://www.turkishlanguage.co.uk

Croatian     http://www.balkanweb.com/kroacia/media.htm
                   http://www.hr/hrvatska/language

The following links will provide some valuable resources for teaching pronunciation:

http://www.sunburstmedia.com/PronWeb.html

http://www.uebersetzung.at/twister (tongue twisters in 104 different languages)

http://esl.about.com/cs/pronounceteach

http://www.soundsofenglish.org/SPLIS   (the Official Site of the TESOL Speech, 
Pronunciation, & Listening Interest Section)

http://www.arts.gla.ac.uk/IPA/ipa.html ( the International Phonetic Association)