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The links in this section
of the ILR site are provided for the convenience of language
users, learners, teachers, and other interested people. Please note that
the ILR is not responsible
for the content of external websites.
- Careers in Foreign
Languages - Ohio State University
Find out how to put your foreign language
skills to use in a variety of professions: business, education,
travel, law, government, media, social services.
- Course Offerings for Less Commonly
Taught Languages - Center
for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA),
University of Minnesota.
Searchable databases of Primary,
Secondary, College and University, Summer,
and Study Abroad programs.
- The Language Flagship NEW URL!
The Language Flagship leads the nation in designing, supporting, and implementing a new paradigm for advanced language education. Through an innovative partnership among the federal government, education, and business, The Language Flagship seeks to graduate students who will take their place among the next generation of global professionals, commanding a superior level of proficiency in one of many languages critical to U.S. competitiveness and security.
- Boren Scholarships and Fellowships NEW URL!
Each year, more than 200 of this nation’s most motivated and accomplished college and university students fan out across the globe as Boren Scholars (undergraduates) and Boren Fellows (graduate students). They study languages that few Americans have mastered, and they visit parts of the world we need to understand in order to enhance U.S. security.
- National
Security Language Initiative
The National Security Language Initiative
is designed to dramatically increase the number of Americans
learning critical need foreign languages through
new and expanded programs from kindergarten through university
and into the workforce.
- Title VI
and Fulbright-Hays Programs - U.S. Department of Education
The International Education and Foreign Language
Studies domestic programs are designed to strengthen
the capability and performance of American education
in foreign languages and in area and international studies.
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- Ethnologue
- Languages of the World
From Who We Are: "The Ethnologue database has been an active research
project for more than fifty years. It is
probably the most comprehensive listing of
information about the currently known languages
of the world. Thousands of linguists and
other researchers all over the world rely
on and have contributed to the Ethnologue
database."
- Joint Language University (JLU) NEW!
Available only to USG and military affiliates (with .gov or .mil email addresses), JLU allows single sign-on access to free, leveled, self-study language modules (Transparent Language; Tactical Language & Cultures; LangNet), foreign language news (SCOLA, Library Press Display), and links to a multilingual on-line dictionary/web reader (WordChamp). To register, users may link to the site (above) or contact : JLU_Admin@webtrain.com.
- LangNet NEW!
A repository of more than 6,000 free leaning and assessment modules from ILR levels 1+/2 to 3+/4 in less commonly taught languages and in some major imperial languages from the National Foreign Language Center. Students of accredited U.S. secondary schools and universities may use these for self-study; teachers at these institutions are free to use these materials in their courses. Department chairs, deans or principals must request a free account for their institutions and a password will be provided for school's authorized users. USG and military affiliates may access via JLU above.
- Language Learning Links
- Sussex Language Institute
A collection of links to other websites useful for language study,
divided by language.
- LingNet
"The LingNet web site is a service provided
by the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center.
LingNet hosts materials developed at DLI by the Curriculum
Development Division. These include both the "Countries in
Perspective" series and the Global Language Online Support
System (GLOSS)."
- Lingua
Vista
The Lingua Vista website allows language leaners
to find high-level language programs in the US
and abroad.
- NVTC Languages of the World
From National Virtual Translation Center: "We invite
you to take a tour of the language families of the planet.
Each month, we will take to a different part of the world
in order to explore its linguistic diversity."
- Outreach World - A Resource for Teaching
Kids about the World
From About: "Outreach World is a growing online community of
educators dedicated to showcasing the achievements of its members
and strengthening vital links across the education spectrum, and
between the United States and the world."
- SCOLA NEW!
"SCOLA
is a non-profit educational organization that receives and re-transmits
television programming from around the world in native languages.
These programs are available via satellite, cable TV and the Internet
to students of language study, ethnic communities, and anyone seeking
a global perspective."
- UCLA Language Materials Project
From About: "The UCLA Language Materials Project (LMP)
is an on-line bibliographic database of teaching and
learning materials for over 100 Less Commonly Taught
Languages (LCTLs)."
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