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Babelfish

Software to translate from language to language is improving, but is unlikely ever to rival the human brain, esepecially in expressing Christian concepts. Nevertheless, the online real-time Babelfish translator will at least give you the rough sense of pasted text or a web-site in another language. You can even make a direct link to it (as VirtualPROMOTE have done) to display your web-page (if it's short) in another language.

The Language Course Finder

Thanks to Tony for the tip for those who need to learn another language! Just visit the Language Course Finder http://www.language-learning.net/ . It lists more than 6000 institutions teaching 70 different languages from Arabic to Zulu in 81 countries. It's free and can be accessed in 22 languages! Great idea... great way to put the web to work! Thanks again, Tony!

Language Impact

For Those Learning Another Language

Check out an excellent website recently developed for language learners (and language teachers and administrators of language schools) at http://www.LanguageImpact.com/ . There are lots of great ideas for making language learning more effective. The developer of the site also offers a language learning email newsletter with lots of helpful tips. To subscribe to this free newsletter, send a blank e-mail to < language-learning-subscribe@onelist.com >

Less Commonly Taught Languages Project

How to find materials for teaching or learning LCTLs

http://carla.acad.umn.edu/lctl/LCTLmaterials.html

The Less Commonly Taught Languages Project does not formally collect information on language teaching materials. From comments and questions we have gotten regarding LCTLs, however, we know that many people want to find out where they can obtain reference materials, such as grammars or dictionaries, as well as texts, computer programs and cassettes for specific languages. Below are some suggestions on how to find such materials.

  1. Contact an institution or teacher for the language you're interested in and ask what is available. Names and addresses for almost all programs are contained in the database we offer at our web site.

  2. Several bookstores specialize in books, tapes, and computer material
    for learning foreign languages. You might want to try:

    Travel Books & Language Center, Inc.
    4437 Wisconsin Avenue NW
    Washington, DC 20016
    800/220-2665
    202/237-1322
    fax: 202/237-6022
    fax: 301/951-8546
    e-mail: travelbks@aol.com

    Schoenhof's Foreign Books
    76A Mount Auburn Street
    Cambridge, MA 02138
    617/547-8855
    fax: 617/547-8551
    e-mail: info@schoenhofs.com
    http://www.schoenhofs.com

    Audio-Forum
    98 Broad Street
    Guilford, CT 06437
    800/243-1234
    203/453-9794
    fax: 203/453-9774
    e-mail: mailto:info@audioforum.com
    http://www.audioforum.com/
    or
    Multilingual Books and Tapes
    4748 University Way NE, Seattle, WA 98105
    206/522-2488
    Fax 206/522-105
    800-218-2737
    esl@esl.net
    www.multilingualbooks.com

  3. This web-based retailer lists thousands of books, tapes, CD-ROMs for foreign language study.
    Amazon.com
    http://www.amazon.com

  4. The LMP database produced and maintained by the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Language Materials Project contains bibliographic references for language teaching materials for more than 11,000 citations covering over 900 less commonly taught languages.
    http://www.lmp.ucla.edu/

  5. Databases of LCTL software

    A searchable database of software in many languages, presented by the
    Language Center at the University of Minnesota.

    http://languagecenter.cla.umn.edu/lc/searchdb.html

  6. Libraries (public and at post-secondary schools) should be able to search for and perhaps lend books on a wide variety of languages.

Lingua House

www.instantweb.com/l/linguahouse/
Offering language learning materials for missionaries and others.

Learning Kazakh?

It just got a bit easier. Now you can get Kazakh Language CD-ROMs from the University of Arizona Press. Beginning Kazakh's double CDROM set contains 20 lessons, 25 video dialogues and readings by native speakers, plus over 10,000 audio recordings.

You can order online at http://www.uapress.arizona.edu/catalogs/spring00/pg34.htm
or call them at 1-800-426-3797 (in the USA or via Net2Phone).

For details, see http://clp.arizona.edu/cls/kaz .

Mission Training International

Mission Training International
Paula Pence
Coordinator of Support Services
PO Box 1220
Palmer Lake, CO 80133
800-896-3710
719-487-0111
Resources@mti.org

New Rosetta Stone Languages Available on CD ROM -- Okay -- so say you don't want to study language only on the web -- you want a real CD that you can pop into your computer. Never fear... Rosetta stone is here. Hindi, Arabic, and Turkish Language CD's are some of the new languages that are available from The Rosetta Stone Language Library. They are available exclusively for missionaries through Mission Training International at a low discount price of $99. plus shipping. This brings the total to 24 languages that are available. To place an order, call 800-896-3710 (if you live in North Am.) or 719-594-0687, or email Resources@mti.org. For more information concerning Mission Training International, go to http://www.mti.org.

Missionary Training Set Offer

Now all nine booklets in the current Missionary Training Service series are available. Jim Yost in Indonesia says, "well refined, concise, practical and easily applicable anywhere." Included: The Missionary Training Guide, Unreached Peoples of the World, The Missionary Team, How to make Disciples in Other Cultures, How to Learn Another Language, The Effective Sending Church, Tentmaking Missionaries, Evangelizing Muslims, Evangelizing Hindus and Buddhists. To order or for more info, contact Ian Benson < coord@missionarytraining.org >.

Pilat Comes To North Carolina

Learn inside secrets of language learning, master effective language learning techniques, train the ears to hear and prepare the mouth to reproduce sounds of other languages, learn to become pro-active in language learning and acquire a Language Learning Kit filled with resources to help master language learning. This PILAT (Program in Language Acquisition Techniques) course is offered by the Center for Intercultural Training in cooperation with Missionary Training International (MTI). To register or for more information, write citmail@cit-online.org or call toll-free from the USA or via Net2Phone from elsewhere 1.800.887.1786 or visit our website at http://www.cit-online.org.

Parlo

Great New Site Teaches Foreign Languages Online! -- What's the sum of two guys who each speak five languages, attended Harvard Business School, and worked as McKinsey consultants? Parlo. http://www.parlo.com that is. The new Web company they started is trying to be a "Berlitz of the Internet," offering foreign-language courses to students worldwide. It hopes to attract students by offering ways to study language and culture using audio and graphics technology, and to create Web communities through chat rooms and email. "It's a lot more than classic textbooks and CD-ROM," says Varun Bedi. Thanks to Neil for the tip. I enrolled in the Spanish class, just to see how far I could go .. . and it was great fun!!! Check it out!!!

Publishers

http://www.lmp.ucla.edu/publishers.cfm

A project represents a national effort funded by the U.S. Department of Education to provide the general public with a source for language teaching materials for the less commonly taught languages. Below is a list of publishers and distributors who are currently participating in this project by providing materials for review. If you are a provider of foreign language instructional materials and would like to be part of our national inventory, please contact them at lmp@isop.ucla.edu

Rivendell Online Language Courses

Learn enough of another language for travel to that country, available for 50 languages. The tutorials are also available in 50 languages, so if you speak any of the languages listed, you can learn any of the other languages through an interface in your language.

Rivendell Online Language Courses - Online courses, dictionaries, translation software, ESL resources, and many other language helps.

The University of Minnesota

This URL: http://carla.acad.umn.edu/lctl/LCTLmaterials.html
National Language Resource Center/CARLA/Office of International

Wycliffe Preview Course

If you are interested in cross-cultural missions, short and long-term, at home or overseas, then a Wycliffe Preview course could be your first step in getting oriented. At Preview you will expand your awareness of other cultures, learn how to hear and accurately reproduce sounds used in other languages, and discover how other languages function. The course runs from Friday evening through until Sunday afternoon and the cost was $70 for tuition, room and board (students $60) in 2000.

For more information send a message to training@wycliffe.org.nz.

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