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English and ESL , Dictionaries, Thesaurus , Foreign Languages , Latin , French , Spanish , German ,  Sign Language

English

• Activities for ESL Students
• Bartleby.com  A collection of reference books: dicionay, quotations, English usage....   
• English as a Second Language   Help for ESL students.
• ESL Links Links for students and teachers. 
• Interesting Things for ESL students
• OWL   The Online Writing Lab from Purdue University  has very straight forward assistance with questions of grammar and includes easy guides to citation styles in both MLA format and APA format.   A  really useful site.
  

Dictionaries,Thesaurus

• OneLook Dictionaries     Definitions in Spanish, French and other languages as well as English.
• Merriam-WebsterOnline Dictionary and Thesaurus

ForeignLanguages

• I Love Languages    A comprehensivecatalog of language related Internet resources.
  
• LanguageLinks   This site provides teachers and learners of languages with access to a listing of language links.  Links are divided into the following categories:multi-language sites, African language and literature, Asian studies, Classics, English as a second/foreign language, French, Germanic languages, Hebrew and Semitic studies, Italian, Portuguese, Quechua, Scandinavian studies, Slavic, and Spanish.
• ForeignLanguages for Travelers   Has links to world-wide weather, currency rates and conversion tables, hotel information, car rentals, cultural information and languages.

French and things French

• History of France-Primary Documents   This site provides information about the history of France from the year 987 to the present.  It includes photo facsimiles, sound files, documents, primary artifacts, and historical images.
• Littérature de langue française en ligne
• ARTFLProject    Projectfor American and French Research on the "Treasury of the French Language"at the University of Chicago.

German

• DerSpiegel       The major German weekly magazine.
• Die Welt   Major German daily newspaper.
• Germanfor Travellers
• STERN Online        German weekly magazine.

Latin

• Forum Romanum    Rome'spast through its culture, religion, language, and much more.
• Latin Dictionary and Grammar Aid        Find the Latin Roots of English words and try the Latin Grammar Aid.

Sign Language

• American SignLanguage      Learn ASL finger spelling, use the  dictionary to learn the basic fingertips, see what a word looks like with the finger spelling then try the quiz.
• Handspeak    Lots of signs (approximately3000 and growing) with (regional) variations.

Spanish and things Spanish

• Diccionarios y Gramática   Dictionaries and other translation assistance.  English - Spanish
• Learn Spanish     A free online sitethat lets Spanish language learners study a variety of terms. Access the tutorials, verb drills, vocabulary practice, and idiom generator (try it out if you don't remember what an idiom is.) Easy to navigate, with lots of useful information.
• Literatura en español
• My Spanish Dictionary This great resource was suggested by the students in Ms Friato’s class at Brighter Futures School
• Si, Spain Spanish current affairs and the historical, linguistic and cultural development  of Spain.