USEFUL LINKS FOR ALL COMMONLY TAUGHT LANGUAGES

Pronunciation
On-line Language Lab:contains pronunciation samples for various languages
Webpage of the International Phonetic Association.



Media: TV, Radio
"Sunset Radio" - links to radio stations from all over the world
Euro-News (choice of seven European languages) w/Realplayer
"Adeater" - FL commercials w/searchable archive (Quicktime and RealPlayer)
Internet Public Library: Links to on-line newspapers (among other) world-wide.

Dictionaries and Grammar Resources
On-line Children's dictionary in various languages with visuals.
Your dictionary.com: collection of links to on-line dictionaries organized by languages.
Sounds of the World's animals, various languages (Georgetown University)
The universal verb conjugator, click on flag symbolizing your language (Italian site).
Smartphrase.com (multilingual on-line phrasebook, organized by categories)
Internet Picture Dictionary (multilingual, with flash cards, vocab. exercises, etc.)


Other Resources
Send E-cards in French, German, in Spanish (from Mexico, Argentina and Spain)
Web-resources from the Robert Henderson Language Media Center, U of Pittsburgh
Austrian Michael Reck's collection of tongue twisters in various languages
Print out world map and color countries in which Target language is spoken.
Scholastic book publisher's website features on-line activities and lesson plans
Various maps, historical and contemporary (Perry-Castañeda, U of Texas)
Universal Currency Converter
Time Zone Converter
Planning a Class or Language Club Party: EthnicGrocer.com


Background information on myths, legends and folktales
Thomas Bulfinch, Mythology (hyperlinked version of the classic reference text)
Kathleen Jenks' Mythlinks
Various types of legends
Brewer's dictionary on phrase and fable, from 1894
The Encyclopedia of the Celts by Knud Mariboe
Encyclopedia of Greek Mythology from Joel Skidmore's Mythweb
Encyclopedia of Norse Mythology
Wallis Budge's translation of the Egyptian Book of the Dead
Cathy Bell's Mythology of the Constellations
Mythsearch.com - w/search engine
Another mythology resource page, from Canberra, Australia
Fairy tales and fables, w/various illustrations
Bibliography on Vampires in Folkore and Literature
Visit Dracula's castle in Rumania
Snow White links (Kay Vandergrift)
Little Red Riding Hood project (University of Southern Mississippi)
Cinderella project (University of Southern Mississippi)
Sur la lune, Heidi Anne Heiner's annotated fairy tale pages (various tales w/illustrations)
Links to Folktales in Advertising, on Film and in Tourism