Language and Other Learning Links

World Language Dictionaries

  • Your Dictionary.com: 600+ online dictionaries in over 150 languages, plus grammar programs for 70+ languages. This is a great site which lists links to the best online dictionaries for each language including specialty dictionaries for business, medicine, culture, etc.
  • Merriam-Webster Online: An electronic English dictionary and thesaurus. English only.
  • Travlang.com: Language to language translations from a group of ten languages including German, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish. German to Italian, French to Spanish - the possibilities are endless.
  • Word Reference.com: Electronic dictionaries for Spanish, French, and Italian. Translations from English to the world language and vice versa.
  • Spanish Dictionary: Spanish dictionary for Spain and Latin American Spanish.
  • Leo Wörterbuch: An online German dictionary for German-French, German-Spanish, and German-English.
  • Google Translate: A free online tool that translates words, phrases, and more between languages. 
  • DeepL Translate: A neural machine translation service that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to translate text.
  • Jisho Dictionary: A free Japense online dictionary
  • MDBG: A free Chinese online dictionary


W&L Resources

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Languages

Economics

Geology

Photography/Digital Art

Current International Media

Chinese

Periodicals

http://www.xinhuanet.com
http://www.sohu.com

Radio

http://www.baidu.com/ (Chinese search engine to find mp3s)
http://www.multilingualbooks.com/online-radio-chinese.html#about

French

Periodicals

http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/france.htm

Radio

http://multilingualbooks.com/online-radio-french.html#about
http://www.qsl.net/g3yrc/radio-online/Europe/France.htm

German

Periodicals

http://www.spiegel.de/
http://www.zeit.de/news/index
http://www.wienerzeitung.at/

Radio

http://radio.orf.at/
https://de.stars.yahoo.com/
http://www.surfmusic.de/format/volksmusik.html

Italian

Periodicals

http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/italy.htm
http://www.world-newspapers.com/italy.html

Radio

http://multilingualbooks.com/online-radio-italian.html#about

Japanese

Periodicals

http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/japan.htm
http://www.asahi.com/

Radio

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/radio/howto/

Portuguese

Periodicals

http://www.globo.com/
http://thebrazilian.com/

Radio

http://multilingualbooks.com/online-radio-portuguese.html

Russian

Periodicals

http://en.ria.ru/
http://www.pravda.ru/
http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/russia.htm

Radio

http://www.multilingualbooks.com/online-radio-russian.html#russia

Spanish

Periodicals

http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/spain.htm
https://www.telemundo.com/noticias
https://elpais.com/us/

Radio

http://multilingualbooks.com/online-radio-spanish.html#about

TV Links

SCOLA