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Collaborative database of example sentences translated across languages with audio.

"MIMEA is a series of interactive multimedia modules for language learning, practice, and assessment. The modules are based on video clips that show native speakers and nonnative speakers interacting in natural, unscripted situations. Interactive exercises reinforce language and cultural topics that spring from the scenarios. Teachers can use MIMEA modules as part of a language course to demonstrate language use, provide contextual language practice, or as an assessment tool."

A site that lists reviews of language learning software. Although reviews are useful to some extent, their assessments of the effectiveness of the software may not agree with our pedagogy.

Free Language Learning Software available in 70 languages

A little demo of a program that pronounces words in various languages. A good quick reference and definitely fun to play around with!

Search the Web directly for concordances of words and phrases in 34 different languages. This new release (last update: 24 May 2010) adds support for selecting which documents to include in the zipfile, preselection based on document metrics, combining all textfiles into a single document for importing into kfNgram or a concordancer, and conversion from UTF-8 into more widely-supported encodings.

WebCorp - uses the whole internet as a corpus. Can limit by domain, language, etc.

Welcome to the Logos context search facility LOGOS LIBRARY. The LOGOS LIBRARY is a powerful interface with a massive database (currently 707.737.941 words) containing multilingual novels, technical literature and translated texts. Hits are highlighted in context windows that can be expanded up or down. To go to the source web pages (novels, etc.) click on the title - to run a dictionary search click on the highlighted word or phrase.

Self placement test and answer keys from Brandeis University

Listen online or podcast of NHK (from Japan) content in 17 languages.

A library of video clips from real language classes, in a range of languages and at a range of levels, which demonstrates effective applications of various teaching strategies.

Links to a phonetic keyboard layout for Cyrillic, which matches the phonetic keyboard in Mac OS.

LanguageGuide.org offers free sound integrated resources for learning languages. Includes picture dictionary, pronunciation guide, grammar resources, and reading texts with audio.

Includes bilingual and monolingual dictionaries, forums for language questions, and links for plug-ins and iPhone apps.

VoxForge was set up to collect transcribed speech for use in Open Source Speech Recognition Engines ("SRE"s) such as such as ISIP, HTK, Julius and Sphinx. We will categorize and make available all submitted audio files (also called a 'Speech Corpus") and Acoustic Models in GPL format. Users can record themselves reading text excerpts in their native language, or they can access the recordings already recorded in all languages

Bilingual dictionaries, specialized dictionaries, verb conjugation, collaborative dictionary

Gives widgets to add to your website with a word of the day in various languages, including audio, translation in English, example sentences and additional info about the word.