About: French Language: French for
Beginners
http://french.about.com/cs/beginning1/ a/begin.htm

Part of the About.com family of sites, this Web site offers a blend of original content and a gateway to French language resources elsewhere on the Internet. The centerpiece of the site's original content is its French-language tutorial for beginning students, which offers a sound introduction to the fundamentals of the language. In addition to covering such basics as the French alphabet, rules of grammar and pronunciation, and vocabulary, the tutorial includes articles on the influence of French on English and advice on how to type French accents.

ClicNet, a gateway site based at Swarthmore college, features many links to sites of interest to students of French. They are organized into three main categories and several subcategories and are ranked by level (beginner, intermediate to advanced, and fluently bilingual). Topics include French vocabulary, grammar, verb conjugation, dictionaries, oral and written expression, and literary and linguistic activities. Beginning French speakers may need assistance navigating the site, which is written completely in French, by teachers and more advanced French students will find valuable resources here.

E-Learning @Foreign Language Centre
http://www.nyp.edu.sg/FLC/web_fr.htm

Test your knowledge of French using these exercises created by the Nanyang Polytechnic in Singapore. Interactive quizzes cover conjugation; use of articles, adjectives, and pronouns; numbers; telling the time; and various syntax challenges. There also are crosswords to solve. Take the time to learn how to make accents on your keyboard as your answers will be counted as wrong if the accent is not recognized. Multimedia plug-ins may be required to hear audio lessons.

First Year French @ UT Austin
http://www.laits.utexas.edu/fr/

From the University of Texas at Austin comes this activity-rich site created especially for first-year French students. Entertaining Web activities, such as visiting the recipes pages of Elle magazine (dossier 7) and planning a dream vacation (dossier 12), make learning and using your French fun. In addition to these Web exercises, you can practice and test your skills in the site's interactive grammar section, which features the epic love story of Texan armadillos Tex and Tammy.

Momes.net
http://www.momes.net

French language students of all ages will enjoy this all-French site intended for children. Special sections are featured on the homepage, while multiple sections can be accessed from the frame on the left side of the page. In the Histories section, you'll find many illustrated stories. Try the stories of Belinda la petite baleine or Le petit dinosaure vert qui avait mangé trop de bonbons rouges. The Comptines area brings you hundreds of poems and songs divided into specific categories (elephants, farm animals, water, and more). There are special sections for parents and educators.

Parlez-Vous Français?
http://www.parlez-vous.org/

This gateway to French language and culture resources is the creation of Suzy Seraphine-Kimel, a language teacher at Astronaut High School in Titusville, Florida. This impressive collection of links is divided into separate categories that cover France, Paris, monuments, artists, Francophone nations, pen pals/writing, language resources, dining, and teacher resources.

Tennessee Bob's Famous French Links
http://www.utm.edu/departments/
french/french.html

Bob Peckham, professor of French at the University of Tennessee at Martin, developed this impressive gateway to online resources related to French language and culture. An ongoing project, Peckham's gateway now provides links to more than 10,000 Web sites. The links are divided into the following categories: finding New Francophone Sites; Books and Literature; Art, Music, Film, and General Culture; History of France and the French-Speaking world; Virtual Francophone Tourism; French Language; Press, Radio/TV, Telephone; Education in French-Speaking Schools; and French Across the Curriculum.

Japanese-Online.com
http://www.japanese-online.com/

Created by language utility software developer Pacific software Publishing, this site offers many resources for students interested in learning Japanese. The centerpiece of the site is its package of 16 online lessons, which covers not only the basics of Japanese, but cultural information about Japan, as well. The lessons include vocabulary words and sample Japanese conversations. Other features of the site include a dictionary and a message board. Although early lessons use the Roman alphabet to spell Japanese words, some of the later lessons require Japanese-language software. To fully enjoy the site's multimedia features, you'll also need the Quick Time plug-in.

The Japanese Writing Tutor
http://members.aol.com/writejapan/

Learning to write Japanese characters may be a challenge to many students. Blake Sterzinger, a serious student of the Japanese language, has created this useful tutorial to help you learn to write Japanese. This site introduces you to the four main scripts used in writing modern Japanese --hiragana, kanji, katakana, and romaji -- in easy-to-use online tutorials. Of these four scripts, the least complicated is hiragana, the first character set taught to Japanese children. Animations show how various characters are formed.

Japster 2000!
http://library.thinkquest.org/C007972/

Part of the ThinkQuest library of student-created Web sites, Japster 2000 is designed to help students learn the Japanese language. The tutorial has 20 lessons that each include conversation, vocabulary, grammar rules, and practice questions. The site also offers an introduction to writing Japanese and a small Japanese-English dictionary. Because the Japanese characters at this site are presented as graphics,, no special character software is required.

Language Room
http://www.kids-japan.com/jproom.htm

Part of Kid's Japan, a site created by McGill University of Tokyo professor Charles Hirst to teach young students about Japan, this site introduces not only the basics of Japanese, but also familiarized students with the Japanese katakana and hiragana character sets., To help beginning Japanese students perfect their pronunciation, the site offers audio clip;s of words and phrases spoken by native Japanese speakers. You also can learn how to write Japanese characters. No special software is required to view the Japanese characters.

Supplements for Your Japanese
http://www.ajalt.org/sfyj/

Presented by the Association for Japanese-Language Teaching and based on the book, Japanese for Busy People, this site offers an excellent introduction to basic Japanese for elementary school students. Attractively designed with eye-catching graphics, the site covers parts of speech, including verbs and adjectives, as well as words and phrases related to dates, time, money, the telephone, and family. You'll also find sections devoted to numbers and counting.

Learn Spanish: A Free Online Tutorial
http://www.studyspanish.com

Maintained by spanish Learning Resources of Alaska, this Web site is a wonderful resource for anyone who wishes to learn Spanish. There are more than 40 lessons, starting with basic information on gender, numbers, and plural forms, and progressing to comparisons, superlatives, and irregular verbs. Audio clips give pronunciation of the important words in each tutorial. Additional lessons are under construction. YOu can test yourself after each tutorial, and the site will grade lessons for free. Cultural notes five background on such topics as Dali, El Greco, Madrid, paella, Lima, and the Yucatan. Vocabulary lists are divided into subject areas. Within each list, you'll find four games to test your knowledge -- flashcards, matching words, a word search, and concentration.

Spanish Grammar Exerciese
http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/ exercises/

This virtual primer on Spanish grammar, created by Colby College professor Barbara Kuczun Nelson, covers nearly every conceivable aspect of the Spanish language. One may browse through the grammar exercises by category or link directly to those most requested. New exercises are added regularly. 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