These sites are jointly recommended and maintained by librarians at Westminster Public Library and Front Range Community College Library.

LANGUAGES

See also Spanish
 

Chinese	English	French
German	Greek	Italian
Japanese	Portuguese	American Sign Language
Spanish	Other Languages	Practice online
Dictionaries	Fonts	Translation

Chinese

• About.com
  http://mandarin.about.com/
  
• Anderson Language Technology Center, CU Boulder
  http://altec.colorado.edu/Chinese/index.shtml
  
• BBC Languages
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/chinese/
  

English

• About.com
  http://esl.about.com/
  
• Annenberg Media: Connect with English
  http://www.learner.org/resources/series71.html?pop=yes&pid=942
  
• Live Mocha
  http://www.livemocha.com/learn-english
  

French

• About.com
  http://french.about.com/
  
• Anderson Language Technology Center, CU Boulder
  http://altec.colorado.edu/French/index.shtml
  
• Annenberg Media: French in Action
  http://www.learner.org/resources/series83.html
  
• BBC Languages
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/
  
• Live Mocha
  http://www.livemocha.com/learn-french
  

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German

• About.com
  http://german.about.com/
  
• Anderson Language Technology Center, CU Boulder
  http://altec.colorado.edu/German/index.shtml
  
• BBC Languages
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/german/
  
• Live Mocha
  http://www.livemocha.com/learn-german
  

Greek

• BBC Languages
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/greek/
  
• Live Mocha
  http://www.livemocha.com/learn-greek
  

Italian

• About.com
  http://italian.about.com/
  
• Anderson Language Technology Center, CU Boulder
  http://altec.colorado.edu/Italian/index.shtml
  
• BBC Languages
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/italian/
  
• Live Mocha
  http://www.livemocha.com/learn-italian
  

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Japanese

• About.com
  http://japanese.about.com/
  
• Anderson Language Technology Center, CU Boulder
  http://altec.colorado.edu/Japanese/index.shtmlk
  
• BBC Languages
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/japanese/
  
• Live Mocha
  http://www.livemocha.com/study/japanese/1
  

Portuguese

• Anderson Language Technology Center, CU Boulder
  http://altec.colorado.edu/Portuguese/index.shtml
  
• BBC Languages
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/portuguese/
  
• Live Mocha
  http://www.livemocha.com/study/portuguese-portugal/1
  http://www.livemocha.com/study/portuguese-brazil/1
  

American Sign Language

• American Sign Language Browser
  http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/aslweb/index.html
  
• Basic Dictionary of ASL Terms
  http://www.masterstech-home.com/ASLDict.html
  
• Handspeak.com
  http://www.handspeak.com/
  

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Spanish See also separate Spanish page

• About.com
  http://spanish.about.com/
  
• Anderson Language Technology Center, CU Boulder
  http://altec.colorado.edu/Spanish/index.shtml
  
• Annenberg Media: Destinos: An Introduction to Spanish
  http://www.learner.org/resources/series75.html
  
• Annenberg Media: Nuevos Destinos
  http://www.learner.org/resources/series151.html
  
• BBC Languages
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/
  
• Live Mocha
  http://www.livemocha.com/study/spanish/1
  
• Spanish Institute
  http://www.sipuebla.com/spanish-guide.htm
  
• StudySpanish.com
  http://www.studyspanish.com/tutorial.htm
  

Other Languages

• Anderson Language Technology Center, CU Boulder
  http://altec.colorado.edu/liaisonlinks.shtml
  
• BBC Languagesa
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/other/k
  
• I Love Languages
  http://www.ilovelanguages.com/index.php?category=Languages|By+Language
  
• Live Mocha
  http://www.livemocha.com/study-languages
  

Sites that will help match you to a fluent speaker to practice Online

• Italki
  http://www.italki.com/
  
• Live Mocha
  http://www.livemocha.com/
  
• My Happy Planet
  http://www.myhappyplanet.com/
  

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Dictionaries

• Collins Online Dictionaries (Multiple Languages)
  http://dictionary.reverso.net/
  
• Encarta (English)
  http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/dictionary/dictionaryhome.aspx
  
• Oxford Word Reference (Multiple Languages)
  http://www.wordreference.com/
  
• Your Dictionary (English)
  http://www.yourdictionary.com/
  

Fonts

• Redlex
  http://www.redlers.com/downloadfont.html
  
• Vistawide World Languages and Culture
  http://www.vistawide.com/languages/foreign_language_fonts.htm
  

Translation

• Babel Fish
  http://babelfish.yahoo.com/
  
• Google Translate
  http://translate.google.com/#
  
• SDL Free Translation
  http://www.freetranslation.com
  

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Updated: 2/11/10