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Professional Associations

ACTFL - American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages

AATF - American Association of Teachers of French

AATG - American Association of Teachers of German

ATJ - Association of Teachers of Japanese

ACL- American Classical League 

ACTR - The American Council of Teachers of Russian

The Languages Other Than English/Center for Educational Development

Ñandutí - Ñandutí is your resource on foreign language learning in grades K-8. 

Southwest Conference On Language Teaching

Texas Classical Association

AATSP American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese

Texas Resources

Southwest Educational Development Laboratory - Languages Other Than English - Center for Educator Development

Texas Administrative Code (TAC), Title 19, Part II
Chapter 114. Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Languages Other Than English

TexTesol - (Texas Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages)

Tenet - The Texas Education Network

Tenet - The Halls of Foreign Languages

Texas Public Radio - BBC World Service

University of Texas Online Library

American Sign Language

A Basic Dictionary of ASL Terms

ASL Fingerspelling Alphabet

Hebrew Resources

News
Daily Hebrew news - Font for viewing available at this site

Language and Literature
DaaT - online hebrew resources include a free introductory tutorial
Hebrew games - Online games for learning hebrew
Online learning links - Several links to online learning tools

Culture
HaReshima - An extensive list of links in hebrew and Israeli culture

Hindi Resources

The Devanagari script
Ukindia's Learn to read Hindi page. This site is very good for beginners. Although the lessons eventually aim to teach Hindi, not Sanskrit, both use the same script and these lessons are very helpful. 

Other Resources
UPENN Web based Hindi materials - An excellent source of online practice, including video clips on how to write letters, sound files, and texts.
Open Learning Hindi - Some good lessons from Australia.
Hindi Links - A well-organized collection from Colorado State University
Hindi Songs in Real Audio - For listening practice.
Online Hindi Dictionary - Includes transcription rules for its use.
A Door into Hindi - elementary language instruction

Japanese Resources

Language and Literature
Japanese/English Dictionary
Japanese-Online-Japanese language resource website
Japanese Literature -Texts of classical Japanese literature

Culture
The Osaka Shoin Women's University Japanese Language Research Center Page
Photography
Japanese Myth

Newspapers, Magazines, and Radio
The Japan Times
Akita Sakigake Shimpo
Japanese Media

General
Japanese Internet Resources

 

Latin

BBC.com on The Romans

National Committee for Latin & Greek

Ginny Lindzey's Latin page 1 on Quia.com

Ginny Lindzey's Latin page 2 on Quia.com

Ginny Lindzey's Latin page 3 on Quia.com

Native American

Index of Native American Language Resources

Native Languages of the Americas

Native Web

Russian Resources

Information Networks
Basic Data Base
Russian and East European Network Information Center, U Texas, Austin
Web Library of Russian Resources

Specialized Interest
American Association of Teachers of Slavic
Intensive Language Programs
Russian Bookstore

Language and Culture
Russian 101, Golosa, George Washington University
Little Russia in San Antonio
Russian Archive in Finland
Sites Related to Russian Culture

Swahili Resources

News
AFRICA NEWS ONLINE: News about Africa.
The AfricaNews, (Kampala, Uganda). The Monitor - a daily newspaper with subscription and selected articles from Ugandan Columnist Charles Onyango-Obbo.

Language and Literature
Tuzungumze Kiswahili: contains greetings and some everyday language uses.
Kiswahili Web at UPENN: an interactive Kiswahili webpage with various learning excercises.
The Kamusi Project: the Internet Living Swahili Dictionary and other language resources.
Useful Swahili Words: a list of words used in everyday language.
Swahili-English Dictionary

Culture
Swahili Culture

 

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