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Modern Languages and Literatures

Language Resources

Here you will find:

Online language resources for further study and practice of the featured modern languages.

Websites with background and in-depth information on topics related to the featured modern languages including world literature, music, and art.

Click on the links in the side navigation for specific languages.

Language Lessons and Grammar Guides

Learn a language
Created by the U.S. Institute of Languages; provides free resources for learning Spanish, Italian, German, Russian, French, Japanese, Chinese, and ESL.
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Language Learning Resources
A great compilation of language resources available at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.

Pronounciation Help

Forvo
Web resource featuring native speaker pronunciations of words from over 200 languages.
Digital Dialects
Free interactive games for learning a wide variety of languages.
Google Translate
Online translator

Bilingual books?

Looking for bilingual books so that you can practice your reading skills?

Try a search in Google using this search phrase:

Bilingual OR dual language books

You can also throw in a language. For example:

Bilingual OR dual language books German AND English

Multilingual Keyboards

Lexilogos Keyboard
Allows typing in a variety of languages including Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, and Latin-based languages.
Google Transliteration
Online foreign language keyboards
Keyboard shortcuts for foreign languages
Typing International Accent Marks and Diacritics help