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GEOS English Colleges Oceania - study english, learn efl in Australia, New Zealand and Oceania regions
http://www.geos-oceania.com/
Online language learning
Online language learning
Online language resources
Online language resources

How to learn a foreign language

Learning a second language includes many benefits, from career opportunities to increased cultural appreciation. However, it also requires a lot of hard work to learn a foreign language. Try to set aside some time every day for your studies, ideally when your brain is at its most receptive. Make sure to revise what you have learnt regularly so you don't forget it and so you know you have a firm grip on the material before you move on to more advanced lessons. Get to know the fundamentals thoroughly before moving on to more complex lessons.
It is also important to set achievable, timely and measurable goals. Aim for a certain level of proficiency, or to be able to read a certain book or watch a particular movie in that language. Learn how to read, write and speak about things that interest you, and that you are likely to use. This will help you remember the phrases and grammatical constructions more easily. Find ways to make language learning fun and interesting, such as watching cartoons or listening to songs.

Online Language Resources

There are many very helpful online language resources for learning a language, or for just reinforcing what you have already learnt. These include sites that teach pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary through online tutorials. Online bilingual and multilingual dictionaries are also very helpful when learning a second language. Other sites help with verb and grammar drills, while others will translate text for you.

These resources are interactive and use various multimedia for effective learning, such as recording your pronunciation of words for comparison with a native speaker. Some resources are free, while others can be accessed for a subscription fee.



1-language.com - The ESL Site for everyone learning English!
http://www.1-language.com/
Free, comprehensive ESL Site including forums, realtime chat, jobs, grammar, helplines, multi-lingual content - and much more!

One-stop resource site for learning English and other languages.
- Relevant, localised information for International students and people.
- Featured Schools, Language Directory, multi-lingual content and more.
Fostering global communication through a world auxiliary language


Languagegames.org - Free Online Computer Language Games
http://www.languagegames.org/
Have fun playing while learning languages with www.languagegames.org online games! Is it possible to learn while playing games? Of course it is! The games you will find here are much more effective at helping you acquire foreign language skills than other types of exercises. See by yourself!

Have fun playing while learning languages with www.languagegames.org online games! Is it possible to learn while playing games? Of course it is! The games you will find here are much more effective at helping you acquire foreign language skills than other types of exercises. See by yourself!!
Find the hidden words in our word search games . You will be making the repetitions necessary to learn a new word in an effortless and enjoyable way.


Language Penpals - The Language Penpals Website
http://www.languagepenpals.com/
Language Penpals will enable you to learn languages and make friends at the same time. Visit Language Penpals and find people who share your interest in a language

Learn German and study Spanish with LearnPlus
http://www.learnplus.com/
Learn German or study Spanish effectively with LearnPlus online language courses.

Learn & speak a foreign language
http://www.soon.org.uk/
Learning a language? Looking for webpages in your own language? Just wanting to find out more about another country?

Find out about another country. Pages and links in many languages. Pronunciation lessons. Radio. Tourist links, dictionaries, browsers, software, help to make sense of your life


Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies
http://www.llas.ac.uk/
A publicly funded service, providing UK-wide support and services for higher education in Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies. Our mission is to foster world-class education in our subject areas. We do this by supporting our stakeholders and helping them to provide the best possible learning experience for students. LLAS is responsive to the needs of our stakeholders and also offers academic leadership in promoting good practice and identifying emerging issues.
Whom de we serve? Academic and related staff who work in our subject areas in UK higher education. Our services may also be of value to: HE departments and faculties; Policy makers, including funding councils; Subject associations in the UK and internationally; Teachers in sectors other than HE; Students (undergraduate and postgraduate).

Language Learning Resources on italki
http://www.italki.com/
italki.com is where you can find everything you need to learn a language. italki is a social network and an online resource for learning foreign languages. Get recommendations from other members on the best language learning resources and tools. Get a language partner, find a tutor, or just make friends around the world!

Download files like free textbooks, handouts, and learning guides. italki is home to a global community of language learners representing over 90 languages worldwide. This website is one of the first social networks focused on learning foreign languages and continues to be an innovator in this space with features such as multimedia chat, socially-driven questions and answers, open-source file sharing, and collaborative knowledge-based wikis.


Thezaurus.com
http://www.thezaurus.com/
Thezaurus.com was designed as online library of Slovenian language and culture archives to support and stimulate the study of Slovenian. The language sections comprise of useful Slovenian language and learning web resources. The classical name: Thezaurus - treasury or collection, was chosen for the site name, underpinning the concept of a web library for Slovenian studies and public space for a body of continuing web projects.

arm-lingua.com
http://www.arm-lingua.com/
arm-lingua.com

What if you could learn another language as easily as a native speaker? What if you could learn to speak English, German, French, Spanish, Norwegian or Swedish in the same way that children in those respective countries do? Well, now thanks to ARM, you can!
Child's play!
Anyone who has observed small children learning their mother tongue, and maybe even a second language as well, will know that language learning happens orally. Children are fluent speakers long before they start school.
Finally, a better way to learn a language.
On the basis of 10 years of research and development ARM Lingua has produced a series of language courses - six at present - which provide the oral training and comprehension that is difficult to obtain through traditional classroom based teaching.


Center for Applied Linguistics
http://www.cal.org/
The Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) aims to promote and improve the teaching and learning of languages, identify and solve problems related to language and culture, and serve as a resource for information about language and culture. CAL carries out a wide range of activities including research, teacher education, analysis and dissemination of information, design and development of instructional materials, technical assistance, conference planning, program evaluation, and policy analysis.

The smaller the world gets, the more our communication needs grow. That’s why CAL is dedicated to providing a comprehensive range of research-based language tools and resources related to language and culture.
The Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) is a private, nonprofit organization working to improve communication through better understanding of language and culture. Established in 1959, CAL is headquartered in Washington, DC.
CAL has earned a national and international reputation for its contributions to the fields of bilingual education, English as a second language, literacy, foreign language education, dialect studies, language policy, refugee orientation, and the education of linguistically and culturally diverse adults and children.


Free Language Exchange
http://www.ccxccx.com/
Find language exchange partner and friends worldwide.

The ELRA home page
http://www.elra.info/
ELRA: European Language Resources Association

The European Language Resources Association (ELRA) was established as a non-profit organisation in Luxembourg in February, 1995.
ELRA is the driving force to make available the language resources for language engineering and to evaluate language engineering technologies. In order to achieve this goal, ELRA is active in identification, distribution, collection, validation, standardisation, improvement, in promoting the production of language resources, in supporting the infrastructure to perform evaluation campaigns and in developing a scientific field of language resources and evaluation..
These activities are achieved through ELRA's operational body ELDA (Evaluation & Language resources Distribution Agency).


ELSNET
http://www.elsnet.org/
ELSNET

ELSNET is the European Network of Excellence in Human Language Technologies. Its main objective is to advance human language technologies in a broad sense by bringing together Europe's key players in research, development, integration or deployment in the field of language and speech technology and neighbouring areas. The network's role is to offer an environment that allows for optimal exploitation of the available human and intellectual resources in order to advance the field. This environment comprises a number of structures (committees, special interest groups), actions (summer schools, workshops) and services (web site, email lists, newsletter, information dissemination, knowledge brokerage). More about our focus areas here. Our work programme can be found at http://www.elsnet.org/dox/WP2000-2002.html. ELSNET has been funded by the European Commission's ESPRIT and Language Engineering Programmes since 1991, and is now supported by the Human Language Technologies programme.


Indo-European Languages
http://www.ielanguages.com/
Indo-European Languages

Learn Italian Language Online - Tests, online courses, grammar, reading, listening, vocabulary, lessons, interactive exercises
http://www.iluss.it/
ITALIAN LANGUAGE ONLINE - ILUSS offers offline and online access to a wide variety of learning material from beginners to advanced level. Designed for individual studies, as a preparatory course, to integrate existing courses, for maintaining acquired Italian language skills.

ILUSS - ITALIAN ONLINE offers online and offline access to a wide variety of learning material, from beginners to advanced level. Tests, grammar, reading, listening and vocabulary lessons accompanied by notes and interactive exercises.


Kwintessential - Language & Cross Cultural Services
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/
cross cultural and intercultural training, translation, interpreters and multilingual website design from the UK

Intercultural Communication, Cross Cultural Training, Translation Services & Interpreters
In our global and inter-reliant economies intercultural communication is a "must". Business success is now more and more about understanding and nurturing strong relationships with international and multicultural colleagues, customers and clients.
Cross Cultural Communication is paramount in a world full of differences.
At Kwintessential we play a key role in helping individuals, companies and organisations acquire the necessary intercultural skills to succeed in the global market place. We are a one stop solution offering intercultural communication and cross cultural training, translation services, interpreters, multilingual website design, language lessons and much more.....


Get the language advantage! Get the competitive advantage!
http://www.languageadvantage.com/
Get the language advantage. Learn Arabic, Cantonese Chinese, English, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and many more from Afrikaans to Zulu. Get the competitive advantage with language translation, language services and language jobs

We want more of you to get the language advantage! We want to help your business or organisation to use language skills and language services to the full so that they can get their competitive advantage. And we want you to learn a language, become culturally aware and use your language skills at work so that you can get more out of life and get your competitive advantage. Finally, we want you to encourage your kids to learn a language and become culturally aware so they can become global citizens and get their competitive advantage.


Language Resources
http://www.languageresources.com/
Language Resources

Since 1984, Language Resources has built a wide network of experienced, multilingual and multicultural translators, interpreters, and teachers. Whether you're expanding into the global marketplace, preparing Human Resources materials in a second language, dealing with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (formerly INS), or simply want to improve your skills in a foreign language, we will follow you through every step of the process.
Language Resources invites you to take a moment to look through our website and learn how we can become your voice for international communication.


Learn Languages Abroad - Learn Spanish, Learn French, Learn Italian and Learn German!
http://www.learn-languages-abroad.co.uk/
Learn Languages Abroad. Learn Spanish, Learn French, Learn Italian and Learn German Abroad!

It has been proven that culture immersion is the fastest, most effective way to learn a new language. You not only learn to speak a language fluently, but you also have the opportunity of learning about the culture of the language and creating connections with other people that have similar viewpoints and interests. Learning a language may appear difficult when trying to learn by yourself or in a classroom at home. However, learning a language abroad facilitates your ability to learn the language while making the experience fun, memorable and exciting.
There are various other benefits to learning a foreign language abroad:
You will develop a greater awareness and deeper understanding of other cultures and a more positive interaction with people from other nations.
You can explore career opportunities involoving a foreign language.
Acquire an indispensable skill in a global world, facilitating your ability to communicate with others and improving your potential for success in your chosen field.
Prepare for travel for business, education, or pleasure.
Learn to appreciate the aesthetics of literature, music, art, and folklore of other cultures.
Develop more flexibility in thinking processes through problem solving, conceptualizing, and reasoning.
Enjoy the satisfaction of achieving a personal goal---learning another language.


Modern Language Association (MLA): Format, Bibliography, Style, Convention
http://www.mla.org/
Founded in 1883 by teachers and scholars, the Modern Language Association (MLA) promotes the study and teaching of language and literature.

Founded in 1883, the Modern Language Association of America provides opportunities for its members to share their scholarly findings and teaching experiences with colleagues and to discuss trends in the academy. MLA members host an annual convention and other meetings, work with related organizations, and sustain one of the finest publishing programs in the humanities. For over a hundred years, members have worked to strengthen the study and teaching of language and literature.


MHLS - Non-English Resources
http://midhudson.org/
MHLS - Non-English Resources. Add this resource to your library website for your Spanish speaking patrons.

All Foreign Languages Bookshop
http://www.allforeignlanguages.com.au/
Languages open doors to the world's people and culture, both abroad and within our own multicultural Australia. At All Foreign Languages Bookshop we are proud to help you open those doors with resources to suit all individual needs. As a specialist bookshop, we have over 160 languages available ranging from Amharic to Zulu.

For individuals wanting to learn a new language, we have resources such as learning books, bilingual novels, children's learning books and dictionaries. With today's innovative technology you will find that most languages are also available on audio cassettes, CDs and CD Rom. These make it so much easier to learn a new language! For those who already speak a second language, why not pick up a foreign language novel or even a cookbook.


Free Online Pronunciation Guides with Instant Sound
http://www.fonetiks.org/
Pronunciation guides + online dictionary for English and 9 other languages with instant mouseover sound, completely free online: pronunciation guides are provided for English (7 varieties) French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese (Mandarin), Japanese, Indonesian and Thai.

Over 40 native speakers, with a unique ESL "Spoken Grammar". Further English language pronunciation practice is provided using minimal pairs. All 1,000+ pages free. Click on a flag to open a dictionary.


The People's Paths
http://www.thepeoplespaths.net/
TEACHING/STUDYING AMERICAN INDIAN LANGUAGES. First People's Language Resources! "Online, Offline, Commercial & Non-Commercial!"

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