by Daniel Manders, International Studies
Useful sites for language or culture study
This section will continue to be updated as new sites are discovered and new language 1010 guides are added.
General Language and Culture Links
How to Learn Any Language
Guides to different language
Stumbleupon
This is a add on for users of the Firefox browser that loads random web pages depending on what you select for as topics. It is very useful for finding random knowledge about anything, especially world cultures and languages.
Omniglot
General information on several languages
Endangered Languages
From National Geographic - Maps, Facts, Photos, and Videos
Glimpse: Your Stories from Abroad
Some cool stories submitted by travelers
2lingual
A search engine that displays results in 2 languages
Palabea
A social site dedicated to meeting other wanting to learn a language
Spanish Links
Spanishpod
Use a search engine for anylanguage+pod, like chinesepod, and you will probably get something for that language
Study Spanish
Contains pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, verb drilles, and features and resources.
SpanishDict
A Spanish – English Dictionary (Remember, all free translation tools are not accurate. They rarely correctly translate any sentence correctly, but can be used as dictionaries)
Japanese
Kanji-A-Day
Learn a new Kanji symbol daily
Chinese
Chinese-Tools.com
Write out Chinese characters