French learning links

http://www.lire-francais.com/

Improve your French reading skills with online excerpts from actual French press articles.

http://www.littleexplorers.com/languages/Frenchdictionary.html

A picture English-French dictionary, for children and adults alike.

http://www.lemonde.fr/

The definitive French language newspaper online.

Online pronunciation resource  

Fonetiks pronunciation online resource.

http://www.searchlanguage.com 

A languages resources online directory for students and learners. 

http://www.experiencelanguage.co.uk

Provide residential language stays in France. 

http://www.all-translations.com

Professional translation services in a wide range of subjects and languages

Reading & Writing links

http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/magazine/index.asp 

The online British Council 'learn English' magazine. Lots of fun articles to read. 

http://www.lil-fingers.com/storybooks/index.html 

Online picture & text storybooks designed for small children. 

http://www.reading.org/ 

Homepage of the International Reading Association.

http://www.edweek.com/ew/ewstory.cfm?slug=22andrejevic.h20 

Article on the reading phonics method.

http://www.bartleby.com/ 

Online American Heritage Book of English Usage. Includes encyclopaedia, dictionary and thesaurus resources.

http://www.geos-oceania.com

Oceania English Language Colleges offer English courses in modern facilities in the Oceania region - Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and South Africa. 

German learning links

http://dict.leo.org/?lang=en 

English-German online dictionary.

http://www.welt.de/

Prominent German newspaper online.

http://www.goethe.de/

Goethe Institute's official homepage. In German, with English translation available.

http://www.dino-online.de/ 

German search-engine. 

Alpha Sprachinstitut Austria 

Offers German courses in Vienna. 

Maths links

http://www.learner.org/exhibits/dailymath/ 

An exploration of how math helps us in our everyday lives. 

http://www.internet-at-work.com/hos_mcgrane/ancient_numbers/maths_menu.html 

A site describing ancient counting systems, such as those used by the Greeks & Mayans.

http://klingon.cs.iupui.edu/~aharris/chis/chis.html

Chisenbop (Korean finger-counting method) with streaming media & photo guide

Spanish links

http://anacleta.homestead.com/

Spanish and world language links, compiled from the net by an experienced teacher.

Homework Help links

http://www.britannica.com/ 

Online encyclopaedia with detailed articles on many subjects.

Thinking & Information Literacy skills

http://startsomething.target.com/info/flash.htm 

Encourages young people to think in depth about themselves and their future.

http://www.justthink.org/ 

Teaches young people to think for themselves, in relation to what they see and read, especially in the media.

http://www.infolit.org/index.html 

The National Forum on Information Literacy's official homepage. 

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