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Arabic Collections Online (ACO) is a publicly available digital library of public domain Arabic language content. Funded by New York University Abu Dhabi, this mass digitization project aims to expose up to 15,000 volumes from NYU and partner institutions over a period of five years. NYU and the partner institutions are contributing all types of material-literature, business, science, and more-from their Arabic language collections. ACO will provide digital access to printed books drawn from rich Arabic collections of prominent libraries.

Auf Deutsch is a website of the Goethe-Institut London. The mission of the Auf Deutsch website is to provide beginner learners of German with contemporary original language content which helps them lo learn more about the culture of Germany whilst at the same time improving their language skills.

Paideia's Living Latin and Living Greek blogs provide interesting, intermediate content in Latin and ancient Greek to help bridge the gap between textbook Latin and classical authors. With the conviction that in language learning an appeal must be made first and foremost to the ears, every post is accompanied by an audio recording. The reader is advised first to make use of our Chromium browser-based dictionary to read each post, then to listen and reread until the audio can be understood without the text.

Digital storytelling and creation of flipped classroom content. Combine videos, images, titles, and polls. Presentations can be saved to Google Drive: http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2013/11/metta-create-multimedia-presentations.html#.UozHI-L3OJ4

Learning management system that gives students quizzes on grammar and easily confused words. Teachers can track student progress. Grammar questions include content based on students' indicated interests. Intended for native speakers, but may also be useful for ESL.

Follow Lucie at school. Watch short animations, play games, and make your own scenes in French

Web content curation tool.

Video presentation app. Upload a powerpoint and record narration in the browser. Share your presentation on social media or via email.

An evolving resource for web tools and other resources for language learning and teaching that includes a wide range of free and freemium tools that can be easily searched and browsed by skill, type of collaboration possible, and cognitive level (based on Bloom's taxonomy, terms from www.usi.edu/distance/bdt.htm). Limitations are listed in the comments.

RESEARCH AND PROGRAMS Articulation of Language Instruction Assessment of Second Language Content-Based Language Instruction Culture and Language Learning Immersion Education Learner Language Less Commonly Taught Languages Maximizing Study Abroad Pragmatics/Speech Acts Strategies for Language Learning Technology and Language Learning

A website where users can learn about Japanese language and culture alongside the contents of the textbook "Marugoto: Japanese Language and Culture".

Learn languages for free online English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Polish, Turkish, Arabic, Chinese Limitations: Content is limited in the free version.

Online Diary And Personal Journal

Classroom version also available: http://penzu.com/content/products/classroom

Constantly updating list of where to watch German TV shows and movies online. Most of the listed sites are free and each listing contains a detailed description of the content provided. Additonally, the cite features a helpful vocab list for cite navigation.