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Guide to Language Learning & Research

Welcome to the Languages Research Guide! The information here will help direct you to key resources, important databases, and helpful reference works for your learning and research.

Key Resources

CBU Language Center
Visit CBU's Language Center for one-on-one help and specialized language resources.
Located in Rosa Deal School of Arts, Room 104.

Transparent Language Online
Offers extensive courses and supplemental resources for over 100 languages for learners of all levels looking to build their listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in a foreign language.
Provided by TEL. NOTE: Transparent Language requires all users to create a free account.

The Complete Guide to Learning a Language (eBook) by Gill James
ISBN: 9781281254115
Publication Date: 2008-08-15
In this book you will discover the various types of courses available, examine your learning style, and find the type of course which best suits you. It was while offering private tuition that the author discovered how to make the learning of languages more effective.

Dictionaries

Credo Reference - Bilingual Dictionaries
Includes dictionaries for French, Latin, Spanish, German, Italian, and more.
Oxford Reference Online - Bilingual Dictionaries
Includes dictionaries for German, Spanish, French, Italian, Welsh, and more.

Videos

Films on Demand
Includes streaming videos on and in Italian, Japanese, Chinese, Spanish, French, and German.
Academic Video Online
Streaming films including studies of languages, cultures, and literary traditions—of French, Spanish, German, Russian, Japanese and more.

Open Educational Resources

Center for Open Educational Resources & Language Learning
The Center for Open Educational Resources & Language Learning (COERLL), funded by the U.S. Department of Education, has a mission of producing and disseminating Open Educational Resources (OER) for foreign language learning--language courses, reference grammars, assessment tools, and more--online for the public. The content and resources offered by COERLL promote collaboration and help to reframe language learning in terms of multilingualism. COERLL has online language learning materials for Arabic, Bangla, Chinese, Czech, English, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, K'iche', Malayalam, Nahuatl, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Sanskrit, Spanish, Tamil, Turkish, Urdu, and Yoruba.