Internet Resources - General Resources
The following websites have been evaluated as quality sources for learning about literature, languages, and cultures. This list is not meant to be exhaustive. Please contact the subject librarian (michelle.bishop@oswego.edu) to learn more.
General
- ASL UniversityIncludes some good, free video of some common words.
- Ethnologue: Languages of the WorldComprehensive catalog of language information collected by linguists and other researchers. Find valuable descriptive, statistical, and world literacy data.
French
- French ConnectionGateway to links regarding history, current events, media, language, literature, art, culture, libraries, e-texts, and publishing.
- Femmes Ecrivains et Litteratures AfricaineThis site lists contemporary Francophone African writers, with very brief biographical information. It can also be viewed in English.
- TheatralesGateway site regarding French theatre.
German
- Deutsche Welle, Learn GermanFree language learning programs from Germany's international broadcaster.
- News in Slow GermanPodcasts featuring native speakers discussing news stories.
Italian
- L'Espresso SlangopediaItalian slang and informal language uses.
- News in Slow ItalianPodcasts featuring native speakers discussing news stories.
Portuguese
- Lingua da GentePodcast series featuring everyday Brazilian speech produced at the University of Texas at Austin.
- Ta FaladoBrazilian Portuguese Pronunciation for Speakers of Spanish produced at the University of Texas at Austin.
Spanish
- Literature in Latin America--LANICA gateway site to links varying from author web pages to sites with full text works. Resources also separated into regions and online journals and magazines.
- News in Slow SpanishPodcasts of native speakers discussing weekly news. Also available for French, German, and Italian.
- The PALABRA Archive at the Library of Congress"The PALABRA Archive is a collection of original audio recordings of 20th and 21st century Luso-Hispanic poets and writers reading from their works."