LANGUAGES AND CULTURES RESOURCES

ROSETTA STONE ONLINE LANGUAGE LEARNING

For Active Duty and DoD Civilians Only -Please click above for more information

LANGUAGE SITES
Air Force Portal

Language and Culture Development Program - Free Pashto, Arabic, and Iraqi  language lessons, available to military members.
 

FSI- Language Courses

Languages courses in 34 different idioms developed by the United States government.

 

Defense Language Institute

DLI - Foreign Language Center-Numerous language and cultural modules.  Click on Language Resources, then on Headstart to begin download.
 

Podcast Directory

Find a foreign language podcast.  You can search by language or country.
 

Multilingual Books (Radio)

Foreign Language Internet Radio.

 

Multilingual Books (Video)

Foreign language Internet Television and Online Video.
 

Google

Google Language Tool allows you to search specific languages or countries.  Use Google preference to set the interface in your chosen language and visit the Google home page in domains of various countries.

 Internet4clasrooms

Resources for K-12 teachers including lesson plans, interactive games, classroom activities, multilingual children's books and coloring pages, picture dictionaries and tons of Web links.

Ediplomat

eDiplomat- Cultural etiquette around the world.



 

Lingvozone

Online dictionaries, courses, translation services, translating chat, foreign language chat.

 

Pimsleur

Lessons in various languages.

 

Mango Language

Free language lessons.  This interactive tool includes English, Spanish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, and Mandarin.
 

Freelanguage

A compilation of links to free language lessons, podcasts, courses, audio & video files, study guides and other learning materials.
 

Mashable

70+ Online Language Communities and Resources.  A gateway to social networking sites for foreign language learners. 
 

My Language Exchange

Find a partner online and practice your second language with a native speaker.  From over 133 countries speaking 115 languages.  Most sites services are free.

www.bbc.co.uk

Downloads, newsletter, tutors, online classes, news in 33 languages, etc.
 

word2word.com

Online dictionaries, courses, translation services, translating chat, foreign language chat.
 

 
CULTURAL SITES


Library PressDisplay

Access English and foreign language newspapers and magazines around the world,  instant translation, table of content, full-color images, and full-page format of over 400 U.S. and International titles.  Available only in the library and military network. 
 

lcweb2.loc.gov

Country Studies Handbooks


 

Countrywatch

P
rovides country specific geopolitical intelligence.  Includes detailed overviews, demographics, general statistics, and a news archive for every country in the world.  Available only in the library and  military network.

www.hodu.com

Cross-Cultural Communication - Knowledge gained from the business world on cultural sensitivity, effective communication and etiquette in foreign countries.
 

Executive Planet

Culture Guides for the International Traveler. Very helpful for PCS or TDY needs.  Includes guides to public behavior, gift giving, entertaining, unacceptable topics of conversation and more.

Teach-nology

Free and easy to use resources include online tutorial, dictionary, vocabulary builder, lesson plans, writing guide, learning material and much more.
 

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