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1. WWW Virtual Library: History: Languages
   01-16-2007 : ', akkadian, american standard sign language, arabic, bulgarian, dutch, english, french, german, hindi, indonesian, italian, japanese, languages, latin, persian (farsi), spanish
2. iT's On-Line
   An online periodical for teachers and students of English, with many downloadable, photocopiable lesson plans, ideas, worksheets, etc. and a comprehensive resource centre for interactive learning/teaching with links to hundreds of useful sites.
   01-16-2007 : education, english, lesson plans, teaching resources
3. Teaching and Learning on the Web
   '... examples of how the web is being used as a medium for learning. ...includes sites that range from courses delivered entirely via the web to courses that offer specific activities related to a class assignment or perhaps courses that offer class support materials via the web.' Search by subject.. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
   01-16-2007 : agriculture, anthropology, archaelogy, art, astronomy, biology, business, chemistry, class support materials, computer, economics, education, engineering, english, geography, geology, health, history, humanities, journalism, language, law, literature, management, mathematics, medical, music, nursing, occupational, online courses, philosophy, physics, political science, psychology, religions, sociology, syllabi, teaching resources, technology, writing, zoology
4. The Poetry Archive
   Has audio files of British 'English-language poets reading their own work. Some are historic recordings, some have been made specially for the Archive.' Browse by poet or name of poem. Includes videos of interviews with selected poets, lesson plans, access to the 'Children's Poetry Archive,' and more. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
   01-13-2007 : american, andrew motion, british, english, modern, poetry, poets, sound recordings
5. Behind the Name: Etymology and History of First Names
   Gives the history behind first names from England, Ireland, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Iran, Turkey, India, some parts of Africa, and a number of other countries. Also covers Arabic names, biblical names, and mythological names.
   01-12-2007 : african, albanian, arabic, arabic names, armenian, azerbaijani, basque, biblical names, breton, bulgarian, catalan, chinese, cornish, corsican, czech and slovak, danish, dutch, england, english, esperanto, estonian, etymologies, finnish, first names, france, french, frisian, galician, german, germany, great britain, greek, hawaiian, hungarian, icelandic, igbo, india, indian, iran, iranian, ireland, irish, italian, italy, japanese, jewish, kazakh, khmer, korean, kurdish, latvian, lithuanian, macedonian, manx, maori, modern english, mythological names, names, native american, north korea, norwegian, polish, portuguese, provencal, romanian, russian, scottish, serbian and croatian, slovene, south korea, spain, spanish, swedish, thai, traditional english, turkey, turkish, ukrainian, united kingdom, vietnamese, welsh, yoruba
6. Grammars and Language Courses
   Many languages listed.
   01-11-2007 : ainu, akkadian, albanian, arabic, aramaic, artificial languages, assyrian, aymara, azeri, basque, belarusan, bemba, bengali, blin, brahui, breton, burmese, carrier, catalan, cebuano, chechen, cherokee, cheyenne, chinese, chukchi, common slavic, coptic, cree, creole, czech, dakelh, dakota, danish, dictionaries, dutch, egyptian, english, esperanto, estonian, farsi, finnish, flemish, french, frisian, friulian, gaelic, georgian, german, gilbertese, greek, gujarati, hausa, hawaiian, hebrew, hiligaynon, hindi, hungarian, hupa, icelandic, indonesian, ingush, irish, italian, japanese, jiwarli, kannada, khmer, kiribati, komi, korean, kurdish, language grammars, languages: studying learning, latin, latvian, lithuanian, luganda, lydian, macedonian, maltese, mandinka, manx, marathi, mayan, mon, nahuatl, nenets, norwegian, occitan, ojibwe, omaha, ossetian, pali, persian, polish, portuguese, potawatomi, prussian, punjabi, quechua, romany, russian, samoan, sanskrit, seneca, shona, sinhalese, spanish, swahili, swedish, tagalog, tamil, tatar, telugu, thai, thracian, tibetan, tigre, turkish, tzotzil, urdu, vietnamese, walloon, wolof, zarma
7. Wordreference.com: Translate A Word
   Translate a word to or from French, German, Italian or Spanish.
   01-11-2007 : dictionaries, english, french, german, italian, language dictionaries, machine translation, polyglot, spanish
8. The Thomas Hardy Association
   Has a chronology, information about editions of Hardy's works, maps of the fictional Wessex where his stories take place, and links to related sites (such as one for his home in Dorset). Some material is restricted to member use. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
   11-10-2006 : 'far from the madding crowd', 'tess of the d'urbervilles', authors, authors by region, english, english: 19th centuryenglish literature: 19th century, hardy: thomas (1840-1928), people, yale
9. Best Information on the Net
   An academic site covering resources by major, hot paper topics, student and faculty resources, and more.
   11-09-2006 : accounting, art and photography, astronomy, best information on the net internet web, biology, business, chemistry, communication, computer science, criminal justice, education, english, environmental management, foreign languages, geology, government, history, industrial engineering, irish studies, law, math, medicine, multicultural studies, music, network administration, nursing, occupational therapy, philosophy, physical education, physical therapy, physics, political science, psychology, religions, science, service learning, social work, sociology, special education, theatre, women's studies
10. A Sampling of New Words and Senses
    'Find a sample of the nearly 100 new words and senses that have been added' in 2005 to this well-known dictionary of American English. Terms include 'cybrarian (noun) ... a person whose job is to find, collect, and manage information that is available on the World Wide Web.'. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    11-09-2006 : dictionaries, english, english language: dictionaries, english language: new words
11. Jane Austen
    Critical essay addressing the life and works of 19th-century English author Jane Austen. Includes a discussion of her early writings and of her mature works such as 'Pride and Prejudice' and 'Emma.' Also includes a list of works by Austen, a bibliography, and links to related sites.. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    11-09-2006 : 19th century, austen: jane (1775-1817), authors, authors by region, english, english literature: 19th century, literary movements and periods, people
12. Lawrence of Arabia: The Life, The Legend
    Companion to a 2005 exhibit at the Imperial War Museumabout British military leader T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia). Covers his childhood war years, peace and diplomacy, his book, his time in the Royal Air Force, retirement , and his legacy and reputation after his death. (Librarian's Internet Index). (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    11-09-2006 : arab revolt, conflicts, england, english, great britain, history, lawrence, middle east campaign--wwi, military, people, seven pillars of wisdom, soldiers, soldiers: great britain, t. e. (thomas edward)--1888-1935, thomas edward, united kingdom, wars, world war i (1914-1918)
13. AltaVista World/Translate
    Real-time bi-directional translation from/to English from/to Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. Also will translate Russian to English. You can enter text or a Web site address to be translated.
    11-08-2006 : chinese, english, french, german, italian, japanese, korean, languages, machine translation, portuguese, russian, spanish
14. Transparent Language
    Survival Phrases in nearly 100 languages. Also overviews of the language, with statistics on use, history, and basic grammar information. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    11-08-2006 : afrikaans, albanian, arabic, asturian, aymara, azerbaijani, basque, belarussian, bemba, bengali, blackfoot, brazilian, breton, bulgarian, canadian, catalan, cebuano, chamro, chinese, cornish, croatian, culture, czech, danish, dutch, ecuadorian, english, esperanto, estonian, faroese, farsi, finnish, flemish, french, frisian, galician, german, greek, guarani, haitian creole, hawaiian, hebrew, hindi, hungarian, icelandic, indonesian, inuktitut, irish, italian, japanese, kongo, korean, language learning, languages, latin, latvian, lithuanian, luganda, luxembourgish, macedonian, malay, maori, maya, mohawk, moralagasy, nahuatl, norwegian, papago, phrase books, pidgin english, polish, polyglot glossaries, portuguese, provencal, quechua, romanian, romansch, romany, ruanda, russian, samoan, scottish, sepedi, serbian, shona, sicilian, slovak, slovene, somali, sotho, spanish, swahili, swazi, swedish, tagalog, tahitian, thai, tongan, travel, tswana, turkish, turkmen, ukrainian, urdu, vietnamese, welsh, wolof, xhosa, yiddish, yuba, zulu
15. Internet Picture Dictionary
    Especially for ESL students and beginning English, French, German, Spanish and Italian language learners. Search or browse pictures by letter or category. Also interactive activities: flashcards, fill-in-the-blanks, word scramble, and more.. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    11-08-2006 : dictionaries, english, esl students, french, german, picture dictionaries, polyglot, spanish and italian language learners
16. Free Electronic Resources for Biblical Studies: Bibles and Reference Tools
    42 translations of the Bible in various languages. Also lexica, dictionaries, encyclopedias, commentaries, cross-referencing sources, classic Christian works, church fathers, in-depth biblical materials, and more.. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    11-07-2006 : ancient classics, bible study helps, bible translation, biblical materials, church fathers, classic christian works, commentaries, confessions, creeds, devotional literature, early church documents, english, french, german, greek, greek authors, hebrew, �spanish, jewish documents, korean bible, latin vulgate, lexica, lexicons, louis segond, luther bible, new testament background information, reina valera, roman authors
17. Systran: Language Translation Technologies
    Translates web pages and text you can type or paste into the search box. Translates to and from English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese and Italian. They provide the translation service for AltaVista's Babelfish but allow you to translate two to three times more text.
    11-07-2006 : dictionary: language, english, french, german, italian, language dictionaries, machine translationing, portuguese, spanish, translation technologies
18. Intute: Virtual Training Suite
    '. . a set of free online tutorials designed to help students, lecturers and researchers improve their Internet information literacy and IT skills.' Has a long list of tutorials, both for higher education and adult education.
    11-07-2006 : adult education, adult numeracy, agriculture, allied health, anthropologist, art, arts, beauty, bio-researcher, bioresearcher, business, business management, business manager, catering, chemist, communication technology, computers, construction, continuing education, crafts, design, development, earth scientist, economist, education, engineering. english studies, engineering: aviator, engineering: civil, engineering: electrical, engineering: electronic and communications, english, esol, european studies, food, forestry, gardening, geographer, geography, government, hairdressing, health, health and safety, health visiting, history, hospitality, humanities, ict, information technology, international relations, internet, jobs, language learning, languages, law, lawyers, leisure, life sciences, materials engineer, mathematician, mathematics, mechanical engineer, media, medic, medical, midwifery, modern languages, nature, nursing, offshore engineer, performing arts, pharmacist, photography: digital, physical sciences, physicist, politics, psychology, recreation, religious studies, science, science: history and philosophy, search skills, social policy, social research methods, social sciences, social statistics, social worker, sociologist, sports, theology, tourism, town and country planner, travel, tutorials, urban studies, veterinary services, women's studies, work: health and safety
19. Voice of the Shuttle: Literature (in English)
    A searchable site emphasizing works widely taught in English literature departments. Links are organized by period (e.g. Victorian) and also genre (e.g. poetry), with links to creative writing and cultural studies.
    11-06-2006 : creative writing, creative writing resources, cultural studies, culture historical cultural studies, english, literary periods, literature, poetry, victorian
20. Literature Resources
    A collection of links mainly to English and American literature sources.
    11-06-2006 : american, english, literature resources

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