One of 16 National Foreign Language Resource Centers (LRC's) funded by the U.S. Department of Education. The overall mission of these federally-funded centers is to improve the teaching and learning of foreign languages by producing resources (materials and best practices) that can be profitably employed in a variety of settings.

Overview of global languages and cultures at the elementary level.

Encyclopedic reference work which lists the almost 7,000 known living world languages.

Free online courses and Skype language lessons.

This site contains free online college-level courses focused on foreign languages and cultures.with special emphasis on Asian languages such as Chinese. There are also courses in Spanish, Portuguese, French and German as well as theme-based classes such as a course on French photographhy.

This site offers a plethora of free online courses (1,200 in all), audio files and videos in foreign languages and English on the Web or through Youtube. Be aware that it asks you for a donation.

This Website offers a treasure trove of learning materials from the Open University based in the United Kingdom. You will have access to free online courses, videos, audios, e-books, activities, and articles related to cultures and languages.

A tool for conjugating verbs in many languages (some still under construction).

Bilingual dictionaries of mostly European languages and English. Also includes verb conjugators, dictionaries of definitions and synonyms.