American Sign Language resources, including a dictionary, alphabet, cultural and history resources, and classes. Also includes information about international sign languages.
Angela Evelyn Bassett, with her magnetic presence and unparalleled talent, has etched her name in the annals of Hollywood history. A beacon of excellence, her journey in the entertainment world is a testament to her unwavering determination, innate talent, and the resilience to overcome challenges.
Bonjour de France is an « educational website » containing free exercises tests and games to learn French. Teaching aides and materials are also available for those teaching French as a Foreign Language (FLE). Through its various pages, this website serves as a tool for promoting the Francophonie. New interactive sections will appear regularly to ensure this site becomes a place full of resources and a place to share.
Learn facts and history about the Italian language, study tips to maximize your learning experience, greetings and introductions, verbs, and pronunciation. Take quizzes and view lessons to test your knowledge and listen to audio to improve your pronunciation. Also includes one woman's twelve-part journey to fluency.
A sequence of audio and video selections to help intermediate and advanced students improve their oral comprehension skills. It provides the basis for comprehension exercises of increasing difficulty. The topics are extremely varied: the creation of Lalique crystal; winemaking, Van Gogh's genius; the production of sound effects for cinema; Sartre discussing Huis Clos in 1946; cinematographers Pialat and Karmitz describing their work; the history of the Louvre; Alphonse Daudet in a 1927 recording of his famous Provençal story, La Chèvre de Monsieur Seguin.
Les Conversations Mises à Jour is a collection of authentic conversations in French that targets mostly intermediate and advanced learners of French. Each conversation highlights the shared experience of two native or near-native French speakers and provides both an oral history of that experience and a trove of cultural references.
Expressio is a dictionary that offers the significance, history, origin, and etymology of French phrases and tells you how commonly used they are as well as their connotation.
For almost half a century, The Oxford Classical Dictionary has been regarded as the unrivalled one-volume reference work on all aspects of the Graeco-Roman world.It provides both scholars and non-specialists with a comprehensive source of reference which aims to answer all their questions about the classical world. Written by the very best of classical scholars from all over the world, the Dictionary provides coverage of Greek and Roman history, literature, myth, religion, linguistics, philosophy, law, science, art and archaeology, and topics in near eastern studies and late antiquity.