SMC Resources
Audio and Video
For the most part, the audio and video files available to students in the Language Lab correspond to the resources provided by the publishers of the first year textbook adopted for each language:
- Arabic: Arabic Without Walls
- ASL: Signing Naturally
- French: Contacts
- German: Kontakte
- Hebrew: Brandeis Modern Hebrew
- Italian: Prego!
- Japanese: Genki
- Korean: Integrated Korean
- Persian: TBA
- Portuguese: Ponto de Encontro
- Russian: TBA
- Spanish: Tu mundo
- Turkish: TBA
Culture and Country
- Country Watch provides the most current and comprehensive source of socio-demographic, cultural, historical, economic, political, environmental and investment information, along with news, analysis, maps, data and statistics on all of the world’s 192 countries and many non-sovereign nations.
- Culture Crossing
- Every Culture
Listening
- Tune-In Radio: Listen to Radio from Around the World!
- Foreign Service Institute Language Courses: An older resource with audio for listening.
Extra-curricular Language Courses
- Mango Languages
- Duolingo Language Courses
- Busuu Language Courses
- Live Lingua Project
- BBC Languages
- Digital Dialects: Vocabulary Building Games
Online Tools
- Google Input Tools: Type in Different Characters
- Quizlet Flash Cards
- Anki Flash Cards
- Cram Flash Cards
- Word Reference Dictionaries
Language Exchange
- My Language Exchange: Make online friends with whom to practice your language. (Be safe with your personal information!)
Fun
- Children's Books Forever: Small collection of children's books translated into a variety of languages