Language Resources
Language Resources in the LRC
LRC provides various resources for students to learn language. The LRC has
- Computers with headphones and microphones for practice.
- Video and audio editing software are installed on the computers.
- DVD digitization and capturing video clips for study, including the ability to add subtitles to video.
- Training workshop for class projects.
- Virtual Listening Lab – Chinese
- Current Course Websites and Online Content
- Elementary Chinese CN125 – CN126
- Third-year Chinese CN321
- “The Chinese Novel” EA231
- ocrat.com
animated characters, pronunciation look-up, and VOA-based Mandarin lessons
- China News Digest
Chinese only
- sina.com
news and web portal
Chinese only
- Virtual Listening Lab – French
- Current Course Websites and Online Content
- French II FR126 Adrianna Paliyenko
- Reading in Cultural Contexts FR128 Adrianna Paliyenko
- LanguageGuide.org
A well-structured repository of grammar guides that includes interactive exercises.
- Verb Conjugator
Type in the French infinitive, and this utility will generate conjugations for present, simple past, future, conditional, imperfect, subjunctive tenses. Very handy.
- Le Portail Radio France
- Le Chateau de Versailles
photos, maps, activities, descriptions
multilingual
- Virtual Listening Lab – German
- Learning German by a step by step.
- Netzspiegel: Landeskunde im Internet
by A. Lixl-Purcell at UNC-Greensboro
presents selected German Studies resources and exercises centered around ten web modules. Each of the modules explores a major aspect of contemporary culture.
- Goethe Institut
everything German
- Neue Zuercher Zeitung Online, Zurich
bilingual
- Südwestrundfunk RealAudio Weltnachrichten
news broadcasts updated daily
German only
- Virtual Listening Lab – Italian
- Italian Language Update School Service
tests, free exercises, grammar, reading, tips
- Libero
portal
Italian only
- la Repubblica, Rome
Italian only
- Corriere della Sera, Milan
Italian only
- La Stampa, Turin
Italian only
- Governo Italiano
Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri
Italian only
- Virtual Listening Lab – Japanese
- Genki Flash Cards
from genki.japantimes.co.jp
quizzes for hiragana, katakana, and basic vocabulary
- Japanese Online
free online language lessons
from Pacific Software company
- Explore Japan
from the Japanese National Tourist Organization
- Yomiuri Shimbun
bilingual
- Asahi.com
Asahi Shimbun online
bilingual
- NHK
Japan’s public broadcasting station
- Studio Ghibli
Miyazaki Hayoa-san’s anime studio
- Virtual Listening Lab – Spanish
- Spanish Grammar Exercises
by B. K. Nelson at Colby
a comprehensive collection of interactive learning activities
- Telling the Time in Spanish
includes written lessons, quizzes and tests
- Learn Spanish – a free online tutorial
includes grammar, vocabulary, cultural, and pronunciation activities. Premium service requires payment.
- lenguaje – the Spanish Language Website
by SIGNUM – Spanish Language Engineering
includes tools such as an online spanish spell checker, verb conjugator, thesaurus, and hyphenator
bilingual
- Harper Collins bi-directional online dictionary (135,000 entries)
- SpanishDICT.com – Dictionary of Spanish and English
- Zona Latina – The Latin American Media Site
the web directory for media and marketing in Latin America
- Terra España | México | Argentina | Estados Unidos – United States
Spanish language Web Portal
bilingual
- La Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes
a virtual library of classical and contemporary hyperdocumentaries from the U de Alicante, Spain
Spanish only
- The Paperboy.com
Select country from dropdown menu
- El País, Madrid
Spanish only
- La NaciON LINE, Buenos Aires
Spanish only
- La Reforma, Mexico City
Spanish only
- Virtual Listening Lab – Russian
- Russian for Everybody
introductory Russian phonetic-grammar course for English speakers
- Gramota
an educational/reference site on the Russian language, supported by the Russian government (In Russian)
- Argumenty i fakty
Russian and Translit
- Russian News
Russian only
- Russian Language Program
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