African American Linguists

To remain current in the field of world languages, a spirit of inquiry is fundamental. As language learners, we must continuously revamp our skills. Search the links below for empirical research and language learning aids that will assist you in the language acquisition process. (AAL is obliged to Charity Dell, NJ for her imput on this page.)

Review our booklist for more information.

1. www.SpanishDict.com A comprehensive Spanish learning resource center.  This site includes many free educational materials as well as Spanish-to-English translation.
2. National Museum of Language: The mission of The National Museum of Language is to enhance understanding of all aspects of language in history, contemporary affairs, and the future. By fostering the study of the nature of language, its development, and its role and importance in society, and by exploring linguistic problems and ways of overcoming them, the Museum will serve as a resource for people in all walks of life, and will contribute to better understanding and communication among individuals and among the peoples of the world.
3. Language Acquisition Resource Center: Our mission is to develop and support the teaching and learning of foreign languages in the United States through research, technology, and publications. Particular attention is paid to less commonly taught languages, cross-cultural issues, language skills assessment, and teacher training. 
4. Center for Applied Linguistics:  CAL is a private, non-profit organization: a group of scholars and educators who use the findings of linguistics and related sciences in identifying and addressing language-related problems. CAL carries out a wide range of activities including research, teacher education, analysis and dissemination of information, design and development of instructional materials, technical assistance, conference planning, program evaluation, and policy analysis.
5. Language Experts: Language Experts, LLC is a people-orientated company which offers comprehensive language services to business and working professionals, travelers, students, and anyone with a desire to learn another language. Classes, which are held on site for your convenience, are tailored to your interests and work profession. Group sessions provide an opportunity for greater practice and quicker learning. Moreover, all programs allow for flexible scheduling suitable to your needs.  
6. National Capital Language Resource Center:  Since its inception in 1990, the NCLRC has conducted activities in the areas of testing, learning strategies, materials development & methodology, technology, professional development, and dissemination of information on commonly and less commonly taught languages.
7. Annenberg: Teaching Foreign Languages K-12: Annenberg Media uses media and telecommunications to advance excellent teaching in American schools. This mandate is carried out chiefly by the funding and broad distribution of educational video programs with coordinated Web and print materials for the professional development of K-12 teachers. It is part of The Annenberg Foundation and advances the Foundation's goal of encouraging the development of more effective ways to share ideas and knowledge.
8. National African Language Resource Center: The Center's mission is to serve the entire community of African language educators and learners in the United States by sponsoring a wide range of educational and professional activities designed to improve the accessibility and quality of African language instruction in the United States. The Center encourages a variety of pedagogical approaches to accommodate learner diversity, and advocates the integration of language and culture learning and the acquisition of fluency in these areas. It facilitates dialogue among teachers, learners, and administrators from a wide variety cultural and institutional perspectives, and promotes the profession of African language teaching.  
9. Spanish Embassy Programs:  This program enables young Spanish graduates to further their education and broaden their horizons through an internship at an American school as a conversation assistant. The American schools that are interested in having conversation assistants during the academic year can get further information on the program and access the application form to be sent to the Office of Education and Science.
10. Concordia Language Villages:  "The mission of Concordia Language Villages is to prepare young people for responsible citizenship in our global community." Concordia Language Villages reflects the mission of Concordia College, which is to influence the affairs of the world by sending into society thoughtful and informed men and women dedicated to the Christian life. The college's mission is inclusive in composition, global in scope and reconciling in intention.
11. E.L. Easton Materials for Teaching & Learning: This website offers a plethora of materials for those studying or teaching world languages. 
12. Online World Language Dictionary:  The WordReference Dictionaries are free online translation dictionaries.  The most popular dictionaries are the Spanish Dictionary, French Dictionary and the Italian Dictionary. Search with the form below or the box above.
13. American Bilingual Child: Since its founding in 2002, ABC has been involved in helping children to learn a second language. ABC is an organization that promotes early language learning. We provide foreign language instruction to children (and their parents) of all ages.

 SOME GOOD GENERAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE WEBSITES

http://shambles.net/mfl
http://www.ilovelanguages.com
http://www.word2word.com/course.html
http://www.vts.rdn.ac.uk/turorial/languages/index.htm

JIM BECKER'S "MONSTER FOREIGN LANGUAGE WEBSITE"
http://www.uni.edu/becker/
Jim has compiled links, that have OTHER links, to useful websites for almost any world language you may need!


WEBSITES TO LEARN/PRACTICE SPANISH
                               
I. BASIC LANGUAGE LESSONS
         
http://www.spanishunlimited.com
http://www.ilovelanguages.com
http://www.learnspanish.com
The learnspanish.com website also has links to hundreds of Spanish language schools, listed by country. Click on the "schools" link on the left side.

http://spanish.about.com
Check this one out, as well as its sister websites--Italian.about.com, French.about.com, and German.about.com. They have a FREE e-mail newsletter you can sign up for.

http://www.learnspanishtoday.com
http://www.spanish.com
http://www.readspanish.com
http://www.spanishromance.com
http://www.studyspanish.com
http://www.june29.com/Spanish/index.html
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Thebes/6177
http://www.spanish.sbc.edu/Language_sites.html
http://www.elemadrid.com/spanish_language.htm
http://www.sispain.org/english/course/calgary/index.html
http://www.lingolex.com/spanish.htm
http://www.edb.utexas.edu/coe/depts/ci/bilingue/resources.html
http://www.bbc.co/uk/languages/spanish/index.html
http://spanish.allinfo-about.com
http://link.bubl.ac.uk/spanish
http://spanish.about.com/library/beginning/bl-beg-index.html
http://home.earthlink.net/~chepibe/spanish.html

               
II. GRAMMAR, VERBS AND ASSORTED TOPICS
         
http://www.verbix.com
http://conjuguemos.com
http://conjuemos.com
http://www.drlemon.net/Grammar101.html
http://www.spaleon.com
http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/exercises/index.html
http://www.mld.ursinus.edu/~jarana/Ejercicios/index.html
http://www.studyspanish.com/tutorial.htm
http://www.gedlc.ulpgc.es/investigacion/scogeme02/flexver.htm
     
III. SPELLING AND ORTHOGRAPHY
http://www.indiana.edu/%7Ecall/reglas.html
       
IV. SLANG
http://www.jergasdehablahispana.org
                     
V. COLLECTION OF LINKS TO SPANISH LANGUAGE AND CULTURES
     
http://www.uni.edu/becker/Spanish3.html
Truly, the "Mother of All Spanish Language Websites". Fourteen pages of links, and even the links have links!

     
The next website gives extensive information on the history and dialectology of Spanish world-wide:
       
http://www.staff.ncl.ac.uk/i.e.mackenzie/
http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/lss/lang/spanish.html
http://www.elcastellano.org
http://globegate.vtm.edu/spanish

http://www.rae.es The "Mother Website" of the Royal Academy of Spanish (Real Academia Espanola),located in Madrid, Espana.
http://www.sgci.mec.es/usa/promocion.shtml
http://www.uta.fi/FAST/US8/SPAN/mockspan.html
http://employees.oneonta.edu/smalle/links.html
             
VI. GOOD WEBSITES FOR SPANISH TEACHERS AND STUDENTS

http://www.teachspanish.com
http://www.linguascope.com
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/espanol
http://www.espanole.org
http://www.edsitement.neh.gov
http://www.cortland.edu/flteach
http://homepage.mac.com/albodespanish/bode/quickindex.html
http://homepage.mac.com/albodespanish/bode/levelonematerials.html
http://homepage.mac.com/albodespanish/bode/leveltwomaterials.html
http://www.calvin.edu/academic/spanish/class/about.htm
http://www.cuyamaca.net/ddetwile/Resources/spanish
http://www.aug.edu/langlitcom/mexico/oaxaca.htm
http://www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/eslsp.html
http://www.ethnologue.com
http://www.spanishlanguage.co.uk
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/6580/cubonics.html
http://www.teachnology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/languages/spanish/
http://eleaston.com/why.html
http://www.ciudadseva.com
http://www.comedias.org
http://home.earthlink.net/~apousada/index.html
http://www.phschool.com/foreign_languages/ya_veras/index.html
http://eduhound.com/espanol/defaultE.cfm

These three websites contain resource materials (beginner through advanced)for the teaching and learning of several languages, including Spanish, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Russian, Latin and ESL:

http://www.applauselearning.com
http://www.continentalbook.com
http://www.teachersdiscovery.com

All their catalogues are FREE, and EXTENSIVE, and service is very prompt!

VII. COLLECTION OF WEBSITES ABOUT EQUATORIAL GUINEA
   
Most students of Spanish are startled to learn that Spanish is the principal language of an African nation! Educate yourself and your students with this set of websites about La Republica de Guinea Ecuatorial:
   
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equatorial_Guinea
http://usembassy.state.gov/malabo
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ek.html
http://www.ceiba-guinea-equitorial.org
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/eqg.html
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Country_Specific/Eq_guinea.html
http://www.politicalresources.net/equatorial_guinea.htm
http://www.africaguide.com/country/eguinea
http://www.loc.gov/lawe/guide/equatorialguinea.html
http://www.afrika.no/index/Countries/Eguatorial_Guinea/index.html
http://www.equatorialoil.com
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/eqguinea.html
http://www.afrol.com/countries/Equatorial_Guinea/eqg_history.htm
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/web/indiv/africa/cuv/EqGuinea.html

Here's a fascinating look at the languages of Equatorial Guinea:
 
http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=Equatorial+Guinea
 
This website offers a wealth of information about the ecology and natural history of Equatorial Guinea, including the work of the Gulf of Guinea Islands Biodiversity Network:

http://www.ggcg.st/
   
VIII. SOME USEFUL LANGUAGE ASSOCIATIONS
 
1. http://www.aatsp.org  Home of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese.
2. http://www.actfl.org  Home of the American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages.
3. http://www.cal.org  Home of the Center for Applied Linguistics.
4. http://www.mla.org  Home of the Modern Language Association.
5. http://www.nflc.org  Home of the National Foreign Language Center.
6. http://www.spu.edu/orgs/nacfla/index.htm  Home of the North American Christian Foreign Language Association.
7. http://nflrc.iastate.edu/homepage.html Home of the National K-12 Foreign Language Resource Center.
         
IX. BUSINESS SPANISH
http://www.businessspanish.com
               
X. MEDICAL SPANISH SITES
http://nhsc.bhpr.hrsa.gov/ambassadors/training-us.cfm
http://nursingpower.net/spanish/Spanish.html
     
XI. SOME SPANISH ONLINE DICTIONARIES
     
http://spanish.realdictionary.com
http://www.yourdictionary.com
http://www.spanishdict.com
http://www.diccionarios.com
http://www.libraryspot.com/dictionaries
http://www.spanishnewyork.com/spanish-translators-spanish-dicctionaries-online.html
http://www.online-directory.net/spanish/index.php

XII. WEBSITES FOR CHILDREN/YOUTH

http://www.anacleta.com
http://www.muzzyonline.com
http://www.allo-languages.org.uk/spanish_sites.htm
http://www.uni.edu/becker/children.html
http://www.vivaspanish.org
http://www.casarowenna.net
http://www.hevanet.com/dshivers/juegos
http://www.geocities.com/senoragonzalez_espanol
http://www.linguaweb.ndirect.co.uk/pages/spanlev1.htm
http://www.my-spanish-dictionary.com
http://www.multiculturalkids.com
An excellent website and FREE CATALOGUE with everything to teach children, youth and adults about other cultures and languages.