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Language study materials for French, German, Spanish, and Italian, plus some limited materials in other languages such as Japanese, Chinese, Portuguese, Greek, Polish, Russian, Gaelic, Welsh, Irish, and Urdu.

Gives keyboard layout, links to fonts, instructions.

"Welcome to the STARTALK Resource Website, home to information on teaching and learning Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Persian, Turkish, Swahili and Urdu. The purpose of this site is to share information on implementing programs as well as to share resources on curriculum design, instructional materials, assessment tools, and useful links. Information on our site is particularly targeted toward parents and students, teachers, current and future program directors, an"

SASLI offers elementary and intermediate levels of modern South Asian languages, as well as Sanskrit. SASLI prepares students for subsequent training domestically and abroad. SASLI is currently held on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Students may only register for one language per summer. This 8-week program offers the equivalent of two full semesters of academic study.

Opportunity for language instructors to participate in piloting new proficiency tests.

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

"A program of United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, the Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program will offer intensive summer language institutes overseas in thirteen critical need foreign languages for summer 2010. The on-line application for CLS Program awards is now available, and the deadline to apply will be December 18, 2009. "