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Tip for viewing non-Western fonts (e.g., Chinese characters) on Internet Explorer
If you see empty squares or garbled font on your page, your browser is probably not set up to view non-Western fonts. To fix it try the following:
Go to the View menu and highlight Encoding. Select the appropriate language
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| BBC Languages |
BBC's online tutorial for Mandarin Chinese, also includes resources on Mainland China. |
| China the beautiful--Chinese art and literature |
Classical Chinese Art, Calligraphy, Music, Poetry, Hisotry. |
| Chinese Character Genealogy |
An Etymological Chinese-English Dictionary which includes pronunciation and stroke counts, as well as character history, from zhongwen.com. |
| Chinese Language News and Magazines |
Links to Chinese language news and magazines from MIT Libraries. |
| Chinese Paper Gods |
An online, digital collection of Chinese Paper Gods from Columbia University's C.V. Star East Asian Library. |
| Chinese text initiative |
University of Virginia's project to make
texts of Chinese literature available on the World Wide Web. |
| Digital Resources for Chinese Studies |
Digital Resources for Chinese Studies from Harvard University Libraries. |
| Google China |
Google's Chinese language search engine. |
| Internet Guide for China Studies |
This site
provides descriptions and evaluations of, as well as links to, a wide range of resources dealing with China and East Asia. |
| Lin Yutang's Chinese-English Dictionary of Modern Usage |
An online dictionary which includes English, Pinyin and Radical indexes. |
| Ming-Qing Women's Writings |
The McGill-Harvard-Yenching Library Ming-Qing Women’s Writings Digitization Project aims to make accessible for scholarly research the valuable collection of writings by women of the Ming-Qing period in the holdings of the Harvard-Yenching Library. |
| Online Chinese-English dictionary |
A collection of links to online Chinese dictionaries. |
| Read Chinese |
An online guide to learning Chinese from the National Foreign Language Center at the University of Maryland. |
| Southeast Asia in the Ming Shi-lu |
An open access resource featuring accounts of various emperor's reigns during the Ming dynasty, each written after that emperor's death. |
| WWW sites related to China |
List of resources relating to Chinese Art, Cinema, Culture, Media, Politics, and Religion from Duke University Libraries. |
| WWW Virtual Library: Hong Kong |
List of resources relating to Art, Business, Culture, Education, Government, Health, Media, and Politics in Hong Kong. |
| Yahoo! China |
Yahoo's! Chinese language search engine |
| Yamada Web Guide to Chinese |
University of Oregon's Yamada Language Center's online guide to learning Mandarin Chinese and Cantonese. |
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French |
Google Français |
Google's French language search engine |
Yahoo! France |
Yahoo's! French language search engine |
Tennessee Bob’s Famous French Links |
Extensive links to websites relating to France
and French language, including history, arts, press, education, more |
UConn's Resources for French & Francophone Literature |
Links to UConn's specific resources (right up the
road!) as well as on the broader internet |
French
Studies Website Links |
Links to scholarly internet resources from the
Association of College and Research Libraries Western European
Studies Section |
French-English Dictionary Online |
Look up words in a simple French English
Dictionary containing about 75,000 terms, from the Project for
American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language
at the University of Chicago |
French Dictionaries Online |
More online French dictionaries, from "yourdictionary.com" |
Unforgettable French |
Learn French from "about.com" |
ARTFL |
Homepage of the American and French Research on
the French Language Project from the University of Chicago |
French Verse |
Scroll down to "Collected French Verse" -
full-text French poetry from Bibliomania |
Le Monde |
French language online newspaper |
Liberation |
Daily newspaper in French |
French Language News & Magazine Links |
More online French reading, from MIT |
| Francophone News & Magazine Links |
Newspaper and magazine sites from the Francophone world |
| French Radio and Television Resources |
Links to French and Canadian radios stations and television channels |
| FranceLink |
A list of Television Sites |
| Radio France International |
Radio Station |
| ClicNet |
An online resource for students and teachers interested in Francophone literature and culture. In French. |
AATF |
American Association of Teachers of French |
ACTFL |
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign
Languages |
| FLTEACH |
Foreign Language Teaching Forum |
ACS |
Association for Canadian Studies |
Bibliotheque Nationale de France |
National Library of France |
Canadian Studies in the U.S. |
National and regional resources relating to
Canadian studies in the United States |
CT Council of Language Teachers |
CT's professional association for world language
teachers |
French Library and Culture Center |
Information about Boston's French Center -
including events, class schedules, links, more |
| CIA World Fact Book |
Statistics and Economic Information on Every Country. Updated every two weeks. |
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Tip for viewing non-Western fonts (e.g., Japanese Kanji) on Internet Explorer
If you see empty squares or garbled font on your page, your browser is probably not set up to view non-Western fonts. To fix it try the following:
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| Dictionaries |
A list of Japanese-English/English Japanese Dictionaries |
| Google Japan |
Google's Japanese Language Search Engine |
| JGUIDE |
A search engine for information on Japanese language and culture, from Stanford University. |
| Japan Related Web Links |
A list of Japanese web sites from Duke University Library. |
| Japanese Language News and Magazines |
Links to Japanese News and Magazines from MIT Libraries. |
| Kanji Writing Tour |
A web site that let users search for the kanji they want to practice. |
| Let's Write Kanji |
A quick reference for writing Kanji |
| ATJ |
The Association of Teachers of Japanese |
| CIA Factbook |
Statistics and Economic Information on Every Country. Updated every two weeks. |
| Japan Poem |
Greeting Cards with Ancient Japanese Poetry |
| Yahoo! Japan |
Yahoo!'s Japanese language search engine. |
Spanish |
Google Español |
Google's Spanish language search engine |
Yahoo! España |
Yahoo's! Spanish language search engine |
Iberian Languages & Literatures |
From Yale University |
Dictionary of Spanish |
This online dictionary has over 56,508 entries
with over 10,369 audio pronunciations |
Spanish Dictionaries Online |
More online Spanish dictionaries, from "yourdictionary.com" |
Spanish Pronto! |
Learning tools - the best online and print
resources, as well as a few suggestions for learning more Spanish |
Learn Spanish |
A free online tutorial |
The Spanish CALL Project |
Some pages are written entirely in Spanish for
educational purposes; pages by Professor Juan Manuel Soto Arrivi of
Indiana University, Bloomington, primarily in support of courses he
teaches there |
Spanish Language News & Magazine Links |
Online Spanish reading, from MIT |
Electronic Spanish Text Collections |
Full-text from the Association of College and
Research Libraries Western European Studies Section |
The Cervantes Project |
A comprehensive reference and research site
dedicated to the study of Cervantes' works and life |
AATSP |
American Association of Teachers of Spanish and
Portugese |
ACTFL |
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign
Languages |
CT Council of Language Teachers |
CT's professional association for world language
teachers |
LANIC |
Latin American Network Information Center |
LASA |
Latin American Studies Association |
| CIA Factbook |
Statistics and Economic Information on Every Country. Updated every two weeks. |
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