Resources
‘Use it or lose it’ – this advice applies to many situations and learning a new language is one of them. While many of our students learn under the finest teachers in class, it is still essential to practise speaking the language outside class. Only when one is immersed in a foreign language environment, one will accelerate their mastery of the language.
In the absence of a foreign language speaking environment, one can still supplement ones’ learning from the various resources available on-line. Most are free online academic resources, courtesy of the world’s best universities and other institutions of learning. We will continue to update the list with relevant and reliable links. All viewers are welcome to learn more or to supplement their learning using the resources below. Please respect and abide by their terms and conditions of use. Thank you.
International Languages:
1. A suite of most international languages are available here: www.busuu.com/enc
2. Thai language: www.thai-language.com
3. Google translate: translate.google.com
4. Translation website: translate.reference.com
Academic Courses:
1. Contributions from the world’s top universities: www.coursera.org
2. Free Lectures from Harvard University: www.extension.harvard.edu/open-learning-initiative
3. Courses from MIT :ocw.mit.edu/courses
Other publications and interesting articles
1. Interesting information about languages. See here: www.ethnologue.com
2. INVENTION – Enhancing inventiveness for quality of life, competitiveness, and sustainability Report of the Committee for Study of Invention, sponsored by the Lemelson-MIT Program and the National Science Foundation
web.mit.edu/invent/n-pressreleases/downloads/report.pdf
3. Effects of Dual Language Education: njrp.tamu.edu/2004/PDFs/Collier.pdf