Foreign Languages, English, ESL, American Sign Language, and Reference Resources

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Pratt's Spanish Pages & Other Spanish Links
Spanish @ Desert Blossom Learning

I have this page on separate pages now at Language Resources and Reference Links.
(They are on my Desert Blossom Learning site too.)

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Learn Spanish Today (Free Online Lessons)

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ChineseforSmartKids : Chinese For Kids | Mandarin For Kids| -- The Best Software Package Designed To Teach Mandarin Chinese To Children

Rocket Languages
Rocket American Sign Language!
Rocket Arabic!
Rocket Chinese!
Rocket French!
Rocket German!
Rocket Hindi!
Rocket Italian!
Rocket Japanese!
Rocket Spanish!

Reciprocal Links
The Writer's Guide to Prepositions A reference book full of the most frequently-used English words and their right prepositions. Over 7,500 examples.
Note: There is a free demo located at the above site.

Viewers Links
Boggle's World: ESL Teacher Resources and Worksheets There are a lot of free resources for teaching ESL to kids.
Chinese Lessons Chinese lessons online for free. Our free Chinese lessons include printable flash cards, audio and PDF lessons, Interactive Practice, puzzles and much more.
English Maze "A web-based learning system for individuals and schools worldwide. It combines leading language learning theories with cutting edge technology to bring users a unique approach to learning English. With the English Maze, students can improve their pronunciation, speaking, reading, listening and writing skills. The site contains hundreds of hours of material, much of which is free."
ESL KidStuff There are some free resources for teachers. Over 800 original flashcards, hundreds of worksheets, games & activities, job postings, discussion forums and much more!
French 4 Tots is a resourse for preschool kids learning French including nursery rhymes, stories, first words, etc.
Learn English with Pictures
Learn German Learn German guide, all about how to learn german and how to speak german.
Marie's Free Spelling Course Free, 30 unit spelling curriculum!! Each of the 30 units includes: Weekly Work Plan, Pre-tests, Exercises, Dictation Sentences, Final Tests and Answer Key. Also Includes: A bonus unit on the rules of spelling! This spelling curriculum used at the middle school level. Developed by a retired English teacher with over 34 years of experience!
Online Dictionaries Includes Spanish (and other languages too).
Spel-Lang Tree (A Word Study Program) Purchase products at this site.

Languages
HappyChild.org: Free English worksheets - for learning from *any* native language

American Sign Lanugage

Chinese
Rocket Chinese!
Chinese Lessons Chinese lessons online for free. Our free Chinese lessons include printable flash cards, audio and PDF lessons, Interactive Practice, puzzles and much more.

French
Rocket French!
French 4 Tots is a resourse for preschool kids learning French including nursery rhymes, stories, first words, etc.

German
Rocket German!
Learn German Learn German guide, all about how to learn German and how to speak German.

Japanese
Japanese Lessons @ about.com Including sound files.

English
Achievementinfo.com Grades 3, 4, 7, and 10 English questions (worksheets)
English-at-home.com A site that has grammar, vocabulary and speaking pages, shockwave games and free newsletter and an English FAQ.
English Maze "A web-based learning system for individuals and schools worldwide. It combines leading language learning theories with cutting edge technology to bring users a unique approach to learning English. With the English Maze, students can improve their pronunciation, speaking, reading, listening and writing skills. The site contains hundreds of hours of material, much of which is free."
Learn English with Pictures
Marie's Free Spelling Course Free, 30 unit spelling curriculum!! Each of the 30 units includes: Weekly Work Plan, Pre-tests, Exercises, Dictation Sentences, Final Tests and Answer Key. Also Includes: A bonus unit on the rules of spelling! This spelling curriculum used at the middle school level. Developed by a retired English teacher with over 34 years of experience!
Real English -- Free Online ESL Lessons -- video and CDROM lessons

English Grammer
EnglishClub.com: English Grammer
HyperGrammar

Bilingual, ESL, and EFL
English As A Second Language Books & More

ABCs & 123s - 17 Children's Songs

Boggle's World: ESL Teacher Resources and Worksheets There are a lot of free resources for teaching ESL to kids.
English as 2nd Language
englishclub.com :: Communities for EFL/ESL Students & Teachers
ESL KidStuff There are some free resources for teachers. Over 800 original flashcards, hundreds of worksheets, games & activities, job postings, discussion forums and much more!
ESL - Songs to learn English
Learn English with Pictures
Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab Easy, Medium, Difficult
Sarah and John's TEFL Pitstop, ESL, English Teaching
The EFL Playhouse -- For teachers of young English Language Learners (ELLs)

Online Dictionaries
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

Foreign Language Dictionaries
Dictionaries @ freedict.com Online dictionary for: Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swahili, and Swedish
Online Dictionaries
WordReference Online German, Spanish, French and Italian Dictionaries

Foreign Languages Links
Foreign Language Lesson Plans and Resources
LiteracyCenter.Net - The Early Childhood Education Network Online activities for children (adults can use it if they want to learn another language) in English, Spanish, German, and French.
Personal Education Press Flashcard Generator This site generates lots of different flashcards, word lists, bingo, study sheet, quiz, tracing sheets, match across, word scramble, and big sign. It includes Spanish, French, German, English, and other subjects that are not dealing with a language.

Foreign Languages Translations
Yahoo! Babel Fish - Text Translation and Web Page Translation

Reference Resources
Biographical Dictionary
"This dictionary covers more than 28,000 notable men and women who have shaped our world from ancient times to the present day." English, Social Studies, History, and other programs.
Britannica.com
CIA World Fact Book Almanac
CountryReports.org Anthems, Flags, Maps, History, Weather, Geography, Government, and Economy Information
Encyclopedia.com
Fact Monster.com
Farmer's Almanac
Information Please
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Thesaurus, and More Also go to this site if you want to learn how to pronounce a word.
Research-It - Your one-stop reference desk Dictionary, Thesaurus, Translator, and More.