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.
Welcome to the Japanese Online Self-Help Utility, or JOSHU for short. In Japanese, JOSHU literally means "assistant", or "tutor", which is what this website attempts to do to anyone interested in learning the Japanese language.
Practice katakana, hiragana, kanji, counting, vocabulary, and learn about Japanese culture.
Great program/text book to purchase if you are interested in learning about the Yorùbá-speaking populations of southern Nigeria and learning the basic fundamentals of grammar and word sound in Yorùbá. Digital and hardcopy versions of the book are available. Select sections are available online as a sample.
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.
An Egyptian Arabic dictionary A Levantine Arabic dictionary, including words from the Lebanese, Syrian, and Palestinian dialects A Classical Arabic or Fusha Dictionary Search feathers: Arabic-English by root Arabic-English by word English-Arabic This site is an effort to show Arabic as a living language by allowing users to search in both a Classical Arabic dictionary and a dialect dictionary at the same time.
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.