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Search the Library Catalog
Language | Related Subjects
Dictionaries | Related Subjects
Literacy Collection | Literacy | Related Subjects

Search the Internet
Google: Languages | English as a Second Language | Literacy
ipl2: Language and Linguistics | English as a Second Language | Literacy

Selected Web Sites

Language
Alta Vista - Babel Fish Translation
Bartleby.com
Ethnologue: Languages of the World
Gate2Home: Multilingual Keyboard Emulator
Language Tools - Google
Language Tools - iTools
Lexicool - Online Dictionaries
LiveMocha

Map of Languages in the United States - MLA
MDBG Chinese-English Dictionary
Merriam Webster's Dictionary and Thesaurus
OneLook Dictionary Search
Roget's Thesaurus
Wordorigins.org
WordReference.com
yourDictionary.com

Literacy
Adult Education and Family Literacy Program Directory by County
Area Literacy Programs
Colorado Department of Education Resources
Early Childhood Colorado
Get Ready to Read!
The Learning Source (Lakewood, Colorado)
Literacy Coalition of Colorado
The Literacy Project - Google
National Center for Family Literacy

PBS Early Childhood Resources, including "Ready to Learn!"
Public Library Association's Every Child's Ready to Read Program
Reading Is Fundamental
Reading Rockets - Launching Young Readers
Statewide Adult Education/ Family Literacy Index
Verizon Thinkfinity - Literacy, Education and Technology

English as a Second Language (ESL)
5 Minute English
Area Literacy Programs
BBC Learning English
Center for Adult English Language Acquisition (CAELA) - Teachers' Resources
Dave's ESL Café
ESL Gold

ESL Handouts and Exercises
Intensive English Institute, University of Illinois
Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary
National Institute for Literacy - ESL Collection
Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab
U.S.A. Learns
Voices of America Special English

Learning a Language
American Sign Language Browser
BBC - Learning - Languages
Destinos: Introduction to Spanish (free registration required)
Free Online Language Courses
French in Action (free registration required)
iLoveLanguages
Learn Spanish

LiveMocha
Omniglot writing systems & languages of the world
Phrase Finder - (French, Spanish, German, Italian)
Spanish Proficiency Exercises
Super Spanish Websites
World Newspapers and Magazines - practice your new language skills by reading newspapers in that language