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Shows a cross-section diagram of the speech organs, and allows you to use buttons to change voicing, nasality, lip position, and tongue position, showing the IPA character for the resulting sound.

WALS is a large database of structural (phonological, grammatical, lexical) properties of languages gathered from descriptive materials (such as reference grammars) by a team of more than 40 authors (many of them the leading authorities on the subject). WALS consists of 141 maps with accompanying texts on diverse features (such as vowel inventory size, noun-genitive order, passive constructions, and "hand"/"arm" polysemy), each of which is the responsibility of a single author (or team of authors). Each map shows between 120 and 1370 languages, each language being represented by a symbol, and different symbols showing different values of the feature. Altogether 2,650 languages are shown on the maps, and more than 58,000 datapoints give information on features in particular languages.

Enjoy popular dramas and music in Asia (including Korea, China, Thailand etc.) for free. You can choose subtitles in over 15 languages.

"Digital_Humanities is a compact, game-changing report on the state of contemporary knowledge production. Answering the question, "What is digital humanities?," it provides an in-depth examination of an emerging field. This collaboratively authored and visually compelling volume explores methodologies and techniques unfamiliar to traditional modes of humanistic inquiry--including geospatial analysis, data mining, corpus linguistics, visualization, and simulation--to show their relevance for contemporary culture." Open Access PDF version available for free download

"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."

Tutorial that shows how to install a free Hangul (Korean) typing tutor program on Windows - explains how to trick the installer into thinking it's a Korean-language system.

Shows step-by-step how to set up an online appointments page for your Google Calendar, using "You Can Book Me" (a free service).

The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, MA is showing how the "City of Lights" is portrayed through transitions from gas lamps to electric lighting--and how Parisianskept up, just as modern in technology as in society.

Shows tweets/Twitter users graphically on a map.

Searchable map that shows Twitter users who are tweeting with GPS-enabled devices.

Interesting data visualization showing the number of speakers for wide range of world languages

"Canal plus" is a television station in France.  "Zapping" [roughly meaning channel surfing] is a show that is a montage of TV clips collected over the week.  It's a great way to get exposure to French and familiarize yourself with certain aspects of French culture.  The website will have "Zapping" from recent weeks as well.

Wiki used by a Japanese instructor from the University of Wisconsin for several Japanese courses at varying levels. All students required to participate in a certain number of assignments contributing to wiki. Includes detailed rubric showing grading criteria

Highly customizable RSS reader to spice up your Google IG page with color and functionality. Tons of options! Capable of showing inline pictures and HTML formatting. Add the module multiple times to have color coded feeds! Recommended for advanced users only: there are lots of HTML/CSS type options ...

The National Institute for Literacy develops tools and guidance to strengthen the teaching and learning of reading in adult education and literacy programs. An online diagnostic reading assessment, based on the ARCS Study, shows instructors how to identify students' reading strengths and weaknesses. Instructors can use this knowledge to target their instruction more effectively.

A website set up with sections on background info needed to understand spectrograms, explanations about how to read them, and a set of example spectrograms showing phonemes in English.

rikaichan is a popup Japanese-English/German/French/Russian dictionary extension for Firefox. Features: * Simple to use, just hover the mouse on top of a Japanese word. * Automatically de-inflects verbs and adjectives. * Has an optional toolbar that allows you to manually type the word to lookup. * Detailed kanji view shows meaning/keyword in English, on/kun readings, and other information. * Hiragana, katakana and half-width katakana are treated the same making it possible to lookup stylized/emphasized words.

Company also offers interactive whiteboards. Based in China.

Windows only. Has 2 versions with increasing options for language lab features.

XCLASS is a Multimedia Classroom Management Software tailor-made for a networked environment. With the latest Teacher Show feature, XCLASS provides teachers and students the perfect learning environment that disciplines, interacts and involves everyone.

A VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to leave comments in 5 ways - using voice (with a mic or phone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam). Share a VoiceThread with friends, students, and colleagues for them to record comments too.\nUsers can doodle while commenting, use multiple identities and pick which comments are shown through moderation. VoiceThreads can even be embedded on web sites and exported to MP3 players or DVDs as archival movies.\nWith VoiceThread, group conversations are collected and shared in one place from anywhere in the world. All with no software to install.

Video from digital ethnographer showing how the web has evolved into Web 2.0 and some of its implications.