LibGuides: Foreign Language Resources: Internet Resources

General/Multiple-Language Sites

BBC Languages Homepage
Foreign Languages for Travelers
An online translation site covering common phrases for over 20 languages.
iLove Languages
A comprehensive catalog of language-related Internet resources.
Mango Languages
A free online language learning system.
Vocabulix
Another free online language learning site specializing in vocabulary and sentence construction.

BBC Languages: Chinese
A beginners course to Chinese language and characters.
China News
News from Beijing and Hong Kong.
Ren Min Ri Bao
Official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.
Zhong Guo Xin Wen Yu Bao Dao
A gateway to contemporary news, events and web resources. Published in Beijing by the China Internet Information Desk, a government-led initiative.

BBC Languages: French
An interactive multi-media course for beginners.
French Culture
The official site of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy.
Le Monde
An online French newspaper.
Le Parisien
An online French newspaper.
The ARTFL Project
From the University of Chicago. Tools include a French Conjugator and French-English, English-French dictionaries and thesauri.

BBC Languages: German
An interactive multi-media course for beginners.
Dictionary Worterbuch
A searchable English-German dictionary.
Die Welt
A German daily newspaper online.
Die Zeit
A weekly German newspaper online.
Faz.Net
The online version of the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine.
Goethe Institute
An organization for the promotion of German language and culture.
Stern
A German glossy magazine online.

BBC Languages: Spanish
An interactive multi-media course for beginners.
Caretas
A news magazine from Peru.
Cinco Dias
Spain's business and financial daily newspaper.
Ciudad Futura
A Spanish Internet radio station.
Diez Minutos
Spanish tabloid and celebrity gossip magazine.
El Comercio Digitel
A popular news and financial magazine from Spain.
El Pais
An online Spanish newspaper.
El Universal
Newspaper from Mexico City, Mexico. One of the most read papers in Mexico.
Elle - Spanish Version
Spanish version of the magazine for young women.
La Jornada (In English)
An online Spanish newspaper translated into English.
La Jornada (In Spanish)
An online Spanish newspaper.
Learn Spanish
"The internet's most extensive collection of free Spanish learning tools."
Spanish Language and Culture
Written in both Spanish and English, this site provides grammar and sentence practice along with lessons on the Spanish culture. Compiled by Barbara Nelson at Colby College.