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Foreign Language And Culture
Provides for the dissemination of resources in the field of learning and culture in the European community. Offers extensive coverage of issues. the fiveyear culture 2000 programme(2000-2004) language skills are naturally vital if groups of visitors (approximately 35 000 visitors) yearly. The programmes vary from general two-hour
http://www.speakeasy.org/~dbrick/Hot/foreign.html

Extractions: index Speakeasy Google General Foreign stuff Arabic Belgian Bulgarian ... Yugoslavian ABC Melody (learn languages through song, French, English, Spanish, Japanese) Abroad Languages (English, French, German, Italian, Spanish) Abroad Languages (study English, French, German, Italian, or Spanish in a native speaking country) Academy of Languages (Seattle) African Safari Tour (Nairobi) BBC Languages (learn foreign languages with the Britsh Broadcast Company) Benemann Translation Center (Web page translation) Bilingual Books for Kids (publishers of audio magazines on CD and cassette for intermediate to advanced speakers of French, German, Italian or Spanish) CIA World Factbooks Cloze Tests (basic level, in German, English, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch) Comparative Literature and Culture (online journal of comparative cultural studies and literature) Complex Structures Language Tests (English, German, Polish) Concordia Language Villages Cultural Connections (multicultural, multilingual materials) Daily Linguist (learn foreign languages with "phrase of the day") Debbie Rusch (Boston College, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures)
General Language Links
general languagelearning links Any comments, suggestions, new links or other details welcome. a one-stop shop for language and culture products and services. communication and resource sharing between virtual groups. MENTOR - a project
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/langc/general.html

Extractions: Internet for Modern Languages - a free "teach yourself" tutorial on Internet information skills for modern languages for students and tutors, created by Gavin Burnage of the University of Cambridge. BBC Languages includes several self-contained online courses, plus lots of supplementary material for their courses, transcripts etc. Linguascope is a portal for language resources online, at all levels. Linguacentral offers lots of games and exercises for French, German and Spanish, and also acts as a gateway to other interesting resources. Fonetiks - pronunciation guides with native speaker sounds and accents. Goethe Tests - test your English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, Czech, Hungarian and Indonesian vocabulary with gap-fill exercises.
May 1999 Internet Resources
Foreign language, literature, and culture The Internet drastically broadens the type and quantity of information resources ideal for students and scholars of foreign language, literature, and civilizations. Classical Studies (April 1997). Discussion groups. AATGL. Word Online general Dictionaries. Links to online
http://www.ala.org/acrl/resmay99.html
The European Commission - Directorate-General For Education And Culture
The Directorate general responsible for Education and culture.Category Society Government dubbing and subtitling ; * the culture 2000 programme as * the European Label forinnovative language learning initiatives more than 1 100 groups of visitors
http://europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/education_culture/index_en.htm

Extractions: The Socrates programme supports European cooperation in all areas of education. It helps fund a wide range of partnership and exchange schemes, including grants to study, teach, follow a training course or get work experience abroad. The programme is open to everyone in the education sector who is interested in innovative European projects and networks designed to improve teaching and learning. The Tempus programme also provides EU assistance and cooperation in higher education with Central and Eastern European countries, the Balkans, former Soviet Union countries and Mongolia, helping to consolidate economic reform and democracy. Since its inclusion in 1992 in the Treaty on the European Union, cultural cooperation has become a new community competency. In this context, the five-year Culture 2000 programme(2000-2004) aims to encourage creativity and mobility of artists, public access to culture, the dissemination of art and culture, inter-cultural dialogue and knowledge of the history and cultural heritage of the peoples of Europe.
Language & Culture Links: Top Language Groups For LEPs
Pacific cultures in general. Foreign language Teaching Learning for sites relatingto other languages or culture groups. Online Library language culture
http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/links/langcult/toplangs.htm
Language & Culture Links
language culture Links. See our Online Library for related articles, reports, Top language groups for LEP Students and applied linguistics in general, as well as research on
http://www.ncbe.gwu.edu/links/langcult
Alan King Language Land & Culture: General Section
This section of "language Land culture" contains references that are not lists of languagerelated web connections, news groups, and mailing lists. general language Information
http://www.eirelink.com/alanking/general.htm

Extractions: Alan R. King L anguage L and C ulture General Section INDEX This section of "Language Land & Culture" contains references that are not specific to a particular language or culture. However, note that this includes links to several sites which themselves DO contain lists of language/culture-specific sites. This page may therefore provide a research tool of use to those with interests in specific languages and cultures, but you will have to do some of the spadework yourself! Good luck, and please let me know if you have found this page useful, or if you can suggest additions or improvements! (Front Page) "My" Lang uages ... Alan King's Home Page L anguage L and C ulture General Section Index Language-by-language lists and directories General Language Information Linguistics (not ready yet) Country Information Intercultural Relations Minority or Threatened Languages Etc. General Section Language-by-language lists and directories Alan King's Language Links
Italian Language Courses And Lessons At Scuola Leonardo Da Vinci's Italian Langu
weeks Lessons 6 per day, 30 per week Tuition on all 6 (monthly) ability levelsClass size small groups of 2 ITALIAN language AND culture COURSE ITALY
http://www.scuolaleonardo.com/Italian-language-general-courses.html

Extractions: Course schedule: please click here The Standard Course is held throughout the year on 6 (monthly) levels of ability. Duration: 2 to 24 weeks. The 4 lessons are held daily from Monday to Friday, usually beginning at 9am. If there are many participants the Standard Course may also be held in the afternoon at 2pm. There is a maximum of 12 students in each class. ^top Starting dates: every 2 weeks
Kenyalogy: General Info: Population And Culture: Ethnic Groups And Languages
general info about Kenya population and culture The only Nilotic language currently spoken in Kenya is Luo.
http://www.kenyalogy.com/eng/info/pobla4.html

Extractions: Map of language distribution The different ethnic groups or tribes in Kenya may be grouped in three linguistic classes: Bantus, Cushites and Nilotes/Paranilotes. Bantus comprise 65% of the population, Cushites are 3-4% and Nilotes/Paranilotes around 30-31%. Each of these classes may be subdivided according to dialect groups, as shown in the table below. Bantus are classified as Western, Central and Coastal. The Paranilotic languages in Kenya are divided in three groups: Teso, Maasai and Kalenjin. The only Nilotic language currently spoken in Kenya is Luo. The Nilotic languages, also spoken in Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania, belong to the family of Nilo-Saharian languages. Finally, Cushites are mainly shepherds speaking Somali or Galla, languages that belong to the Afro-Asian family of tongues that originated in northern Africa and the Middle East. The Swahili-speaking peoples are grouped in a different category, though their origin is basically Bantu. On the other hand, a separate group includes some hunter-gatherer tribes of ancient origin, today practically extinct.
Mercer County Community College - Approved General Education Courses Part 2
SOC 209, Racial, Ethnic and Minority groups. SPA 110, Hispanic culture.VIS 123, History of Modern Art. Top of page. Communication Foreign language.
http://www.mccc.edu/programs_credit_gened02.shtml

Extractions: Part 2 If a program specifies one or more elective courses in any of the approved categories (below), those electives must be selected from among the courses listed under that category. Students who plan to transfer should also keep the degree requirements of their intended transfer institution(s) in mind. MCCC's General Education Policy General Education Course Categories in Cluster B below include: Society and human behavior CRJ 101 Introduction to the Criminal Justice System CRJ 212 Juvenile Justice ECO 103 Basic Economics ECO 111 Economics I (Macro) ECO 112 Economics II (Micro) EDU 101 Development of Educational Thought EDU 102 Introduction to Exceptional Children EDU 109 Introduction to Education EDU 120 Introduction to Early Childhood Education EDU 201 The Exceptional Child: Birth to Five GEO 101 Geography GEO 102 Cultural Geography PHI 104 Ethics (renamed PHI 204 effective Fall 2001) PHI 204 Ethics PHI 220 Modern Political Theory PSY [all courses] POL 101 The American Political System POL 102 State and Local Government POL 120 Law and Society (renamed POL 203 effective Fall 2001) POL 122 Constitutional Law (renamed POL 205 effective Fall 2001) POL 201 International Relations POL 203 Law and Society POL 205 Constitutional Law POL 220 Modern Political Theory
Secondary And Other Schools - Consulate General Of Japan In Boston
small groups of Japanese students attend Moses Brown for a year. They are accompaniedby a Japanese teacher who offers informal Japanese language and culture
http://www.boston.us.emb-japan.go.jp/secondary.htm

Extractions: Japanese language and culture studies are offered at secondary and other schools in all six of the New England states. Among them, in alphabetical order by state are: Among the private schools in Connecticut to include Japanese in their curriculum are the Taft School in Watertown and the Kent School in Kent. Both are four-year high schools that offer four years of Japanese language instruction. Taft also has as an independent project for those students who have completed this course of study and a one-semester elective course in Japanese history, mainly for seniors. K ennebunk High School offers an elective first-year Japanese language course, which meets once a day. A few public high schools in Massachusetts offer Japanese. Among them are the Boston Latin Academy with three years and the Muriel Snowden International School , also in Boston, with four years. As for private high schools, Thayer Academy in Braintree is an independent day school that has an agreement with the Hokkaido Board of Education. Every 18 months, Hokkaido sends a teacher of English from one of their schools; Thayer supplies this individual with room and board in return for teaching Japanese language and a survey of Japanese culture. New Hampshire Exeter Area High School, a public school in Exeter offers beginning, intermediate, and advanced Japanese language as well as an Asian social studies course. In addition to speaking skills, the first year language program covers hiragana and katakana; at the intermediate level, students learn about 200 kanji; in the advanced class, another 200 are covered. The school also has an extracurricular Japanese club that meets for monthly cultural activities and a Japanese animation club that meets weekly. Exeter's Japanese language instructor, Yuki Minami, sponsors a chapter of the Japanese National Honors Society at the school. In addition, there is a exchange program with an Okinawan high school; in 1998, 10 Okinawan students visited Exeter for three weeks in March and 13 Exeter students spent the summer in Okinawa
Ukrainian Language, Culture And Travel Page
general information about Ukraine and Ukrainians; Great for those interested in traveling to Ukraine Category Society Ethnicity Ukrainian UkrainianAmerican Ethnologue web site lists ethnic groups and languages Yevshan Catalog offers somelanguage aids such renderings of Ukrainian history, culture, science, folklore
http://pages.prodigy.net/l.hodges/ukraine.htm

Extractions: Compiled by Linda Hodges (Last updated April 6, 2003) Ukraine History and Overview Language Folk and Fine Arts ... Updates for those who own the third edition of the Language and Travel Guide to Ukraine Eggs by Gloria Olynyk In 2003 Easter in Ukraine is celebrated on April 27. If you'd like to try to make Ukrainian Easter eggs, check out these great illustrated instructions by Olga Kaczmar and Sherry Pogranichniy's web site. And what's a holiday without special food? Here are some Ukrainian Easter recipes. Welcome - Vitayemo . Ukraine is the largest, but one of the least-known countries entirely within Europe. With great natural beauty, a rich culture and warm and hospitable people, it's a wonderful country to visit. However, many visitors to this newly independent, developing country come for business, educational and medical exchanges, charitable works and missionary activities rather than to sightsee. For them, this web site provides background about the country they'll work in, including information onculture, language, and travel. If your purpose is tourism, you'll find lots of wonderful sights and cultural and recreational opportunities in Ukraine, so be sure to check out the Travel and Tourism section below.
North Wales Index - Web Directory For North Wales
language and culture. CATEGORIES Political Research Lobbying , Pressure groups Campaigns , Welsh language Resources LOCATIONS Wales (general) Parliament
http://www.northwalesindex.co.uk/pages/967.html

Extractions: We are a cross party organisation campaigning for a Welsh parliament with tax-varying powers and the ability to pass primary legislation. We believe this is the only way that devolution will be able to deliver a better Welsh economy and society. Scotland currently enjoys this level of devolution and we believe it is in Wales's best interest to have parity with Scotland.
Study Abroad: Japan - General
All students take a double credit course in Japanese language in small groups ofabout 8 As the nations center of traditional Japanese culture and of
http://www.brown.edu/Administration/OIP/files/programs/japan/

Extractions: Summer Study Brown at Keio Keio University is a private, coeducational institution located in Tokyo. Tokyo is the capital of Japan in every sense, as the center for social, cultural, political and economic activitiy. In addition to a thriving business district, government center and cultural features, Tokyo is also home to over 50 colleges and universities. Keio University was founded in 1858 by Yukichi Fukuzawa, a renowned Japanese intellectual, after he visited Brown. May 15th each year at Keio is celebrated as Francis Wayland Day, in honor of the former Brown president who supported the efforts to found Keio. As the oldest institution of higher education in the nation, Keio holds a prestigious ranking among the universities of Japan, and has been a longtime promoter of international education and cultural exchange. Keio University, International Division
Women, Culture And Development Minor: List 1 - General
Creole language and cultureDavis Examination of the linguistic and cultural consequencesof contact between blacks and other ethnic groups throughout the
http://www.global.ucsb.edu/programs/wcd/list1.php
Laos - General Information
are found all across Lao with each comprising their own culture and traditions. TheHmongIoumen family has two main ethnic groups comprising it - the language.
http://www.asianinfo.org/asianinfo/laos/laos.htm

Extractions: Search Engine Back to Home Laos People Laos' population is increasing at an average of 2.5 percent each year, with the 2000 population estimates at over 5.2 million, with women outnumbering men. It is estimated that if Laos continues to grow at it's current rate, the it's population will almost double in the next 25 years. As life expectancy at birth is 55 years, only a small fraction of the population is over 60 years old and almost half of the remaining population (approximately 45 percent) under the age of 15.
General Catalog 1993-95
502b Impact of European immigration on tribal groups of North America. (Identicalwith ANTH 502a502b) 513. 582. Hopi language in culture (3) II (Identical
http://catalog.arizona.edu/1993-95/ains.html
Info For Teachers, Students And Librarians - Consulate General Of Japan At Vanco
Yukon residents learning Japanese as a foreign language. Contact the culture and PublicInformation Section at to schools, organizations, or groups upon request
http://www.vancouver.ca.emb-japan.go.jp/eng/educational.html

Extractions: The Japanese Language Proficiency Test Students of Japanese can have their language proficiency certified by taking the Japanese Language Proficiency Test. The Japan Foundation and the Association of International Education, Japan have devised and administered this test for non-native speakers both in Japan and abroad, since 1984. Every winter, the test is conducted by Douglas College's Centre for International Education in cooperation with The Japan Foundation, the Association of International Education, Japan, and the Consulate-General of Japan in Vancouver.
General Language And Bilingual-Bicultural Education Courses
general language and BilingualBicultural Education Courses. Prereq Department permission.FLAN 215 The culture of the Latino groups in the United States
http://www.emich.edu/NCATE1997/Docs/G-9/undergrad/coa/flabs/flan_crs.html

Extractions: A study of contemporary life of the principal Latino groups in the United States. Since their language and literature reflect a unique sociocultural situation, they will be used as a point of departure. Topics will include traditional family structure, economic, political, educational, ethnic and religious backgrounds, artistic contributions, and prospects for the future. FLAN 277/278/279 Special Topics (1/2/3 hrs)
General Catalog - Education
The Graduate School of Education includes three academic groups 1) Cognition andDevelopment; 2) language and Literacy, Society and culture; and 3) Policy
http://sis450.berkeley.edu:4500/catalog/gcc_view_req?p_dept_cd=EDUC

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