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This Introduction to Homeric Greek series was created by members of the Hour 25 Community in coordination with Professor Graeme Bird as a community-generated, open access educational resource. The series is designed as a gentle introduction for absolute beginners.

Input tools that can be enabled in Gmail to communicate in many languages.

Online Community for Teachers. Create lesson plans.

Social network for language learning based on the premise of living in a town with other learners of that language. Includes various means of communicating, including forums and voice chat. Also includes language learning resources.

Satori Reader provides carefully curated, level-appropriate content with which to practice and grow. With thoughtfully annotated articles spanning a variety of interesting subject matter and a unique system that presents content in a manner appropriate to your knowledge, it bridges the gap between the controlled, textbook Japanese that most students start with and the wide-open world of real-life, native communication.

Language Practice Hangouts is a Google+ Community for people who want to participate in free language practice hangouts by hosting or by learning.

Teacher Community for Sharing Ideas, Advice, Strategies & More

Course by Lovisa Berg, Dalarna University visit www.du.se/arabic for more information. Watch more on youtube.com/dalarnauniversity or download for free on itunes.du.se On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:· recognize, write and correctly pronounce the Arabic alphabet as well as understand the diacritic marks (al-harakaat) that affect the pronunciation of certain vowels and consonants · acquire a basic vocabulary · understand and ask simple questions · communicate in Arabic about simple familiar subjects · use greetings· introduce themselves: family and background, interests · read short texts and write simple texts about familiar topics · recognize simple grammatical constructions and use them.

This French website created for native French speakers is full of dictées - dictations. This site is divided into grade levels based on the French school system. (For a brief run-down of the grade levels in France visit the blog from Transparent Language entitled À l'École!: French and American Grade Levels Compared at http://blogs.transparent.com/french/a-lecole/) Since the ladictee.fr website is targeted toward elementary aged children, the language level works well for beginner and intermediate French L2 learners. Even though a dictée isn't what people would call a "communicative" activity, it does serve the purpose of helping students make connections between spoken language and written language, especially since French spelling is not phonemic. The site includes various dictées for each level, along with a PDF of the written text so student's can check their work. Doing dictées can help students improve their spelling, recognize spelling patterns, and learn to listen for cues in spoken speech that indicate whether the person is speaking in the plural or singular (often tricky in the French language). Note: When doing a dictée, students are focused on writing down what is said word for word, and NOT on comprehension. It would NOT be effective to give a student a dictée and then immediately ask them specific comprehension questions about what they just heard.

Communication app that allows students and instructors to text chat and exchange files. Text transcript can be downloaded. Instructor can delete inappropriate messages. Limitations: All users must create an account.

InfoComm India presents AV systems integrators, as well as business owners and IT managers an excellent opportunity to find out how you can leverage on Pro AV communications technology in your corporate or marketing strategies for your business or organizational success.

Online orientation for anyone who will be doing a homestay in Japan.

Text-based realtime communication. Very similar to the former Google Wave.

Create interactive digital documents or print documents. Collaborate simultaneously with others, and communicate via text chat. All features are free as of 10/2/2013.

a variety of learning material in the following settings: Basic Communications, Culture and Social Life, Necessities,Shopping and Services,Transportation. Material by Amherst College.

Enhancing French skills is a website for intermediate learners of French. It includes authentic language videos from French websites, as well as interviews of French speakers on cultural topics. Videos and activities are organized into five broad themes and tagged by communicative language function with links into Tex's French Grammar for specific grammar explanations and interactive exercises. Each theme includes a pdf of suggested classroom activities and homework.

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Arlecchino, Pulcinella and other masks of the Italian Commedia dell'arte will help you learn the subtleties of Italian grammar, one zany episode at a time. Podcasts are built around dialogs that explain the Italian grammar behind communicative language functions - functions like describing and comparing, recommending and expressing opinions, recounting the past, expressing likes and dislikes, hypothesizing, and talking about the future. You can download pdf files to read dialog transcripts and learn more from additional grammar and cultural notes. You can even ask questions on the discussion blog.

Extensive (2000+) list of tools for learning and teaching. Not language specific. Divided into categories such as communication tools, document and presentation tools, and blogging tools.

Langademy is a language learning social network. Students can learn with language exchanges or pay native speakers to have conversations with them. Teachers and tutors or native speakers can earn some money from home by teaching languages at Langademy. Language exchanges are based on a time bank system, with the aim of building a collaborative language community.