Resources and Services



Canadian Site: Canadian Languages Network
The Canadian Languages Network (CLN/RCL) is a service to assist heritage language teachers to find curriculum and other professional information on the internet.

Canadian Site: Centre AlphaPlus Centre. The Literacy and Language Training Resource Centre
A resource centre and information service for professionals involved in adult literacy and adult immigrant language training. Open Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Canadian Site: Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks (CCLB)
The mission of the Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks (CCLB) is to promote the coherence, effectiveness and consistency of adult English as a second language instruction across Canada by linking all adult ESL stakeholders, maintaining standards in ESL training, and facilitating the implementation and use of the CLB and the CLBA. The CCLB is a non-profit, federally incorporated organization.

Centre for Information on Language Teaching and Research (CILT).
CILT was established in 1966 in London, England to collect and disseminate information on all aspects of modern languages and their teaching. It operates a comprehensive language teaching library, and offers a wide range of information services, publica tions, conferences and courses.

Directory of Resources for Foreign Language Programs
This searchable database of (mainly American) resources provides links to websites, online publications, publishers, instructional materials, programs, listservs, databases, and other resources to support foreign language programs. It is co-sponsored by the National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education (NCBE) and the ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics.

ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics (ERIC CLL)
This site includes information about ERIC CLL publications, newsletters, digests, minibibs, the Center for Applied Linguistics, and the Ask ERIC service.

ERIC/CLL Resource Guides Online
Resource Guides Online have been produced by the ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics on a number of topics related to applied linguistics and second language education. Each guide includes information on relevant ERIC/CLL publications, publications from other sources, web sites, organizations of interest, and conferences. The guides also offer searches of the ERIC database.

Ethnologue
This outstanding site is the online version of Ethnologue, the standard directory of languages of the world. It describes in detail 6700 living languages is searchable by country, language family or language name.

Canadian Site: International/Heritage Language Teaching Materials
A site prepared by the Multilingual Association of Regina which contains a bibliography of teaching materials used in international/heritage language schools in Canada.

Canadian Site: Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC)
The LINC program is designed to provide basic language training to adult newcomers in one of Canada's official languages, and facilitate the social, cultural and economic integration of immigrants and refugees.

Lingua@NET
Lingua@NET describes itself as a virtual language centre on the world wide web. It is organized into three main areas: materials, training, and research.

Canadian Site: Multilingual Translation Technology Centre
The website of the MTTC of the University of Toronto provides access to on-line translation software, many electronic multilingual dictionaries, and other translation tools.

National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education
This agency disseminates information related to the education of linguistically and culturally diverse learners in the U.S. The site includes the full text of NCBE publications, selected journal articles and research reports, and many other electronic do cuments and sources.

Canadian Site: Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages
OCOL provides a range of services, products and information to promote better relations between English-speaking Canadians and French-speaking Canadians.

Canadian Site: The Official Languages Programs
The Official Languages Programs are administered by the Council of Ministers of Education of Canada. They consist of the Official-Languages Monitor Program, and the Summer Language Bursary Program. Both of these programs provide teaching and learning opportunities in English as a second language and French as a second language for Canadian postsecondary students.

Search ERIC
This web page provides links to sites for searching the ERIC database. The ERIC database contains bibliographic records of articles and documents related to the field of education. The ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics contributes the entr ies on second language instruction and learning to the ERIC database.

The Virtual CALL Library
This site aims to be a central point of access to computer assisted language learning (CALL) software on the internet which is available for downloading.

A Web of On-Line Dictionaries
Excellent English dictionary as well as links to more than 350 on line dictionaries of over 100 different languages, including multilingual and specialized dictionaries and thesauri. A very useful site!


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