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	Dictionaries and Thesauri Russian Gramota.ru http://slovari.gramota.ru/ portal_sl.html#lop Excellent source for specialized online dictionaries (dictionaries of stress, synonyms, names, etc.). In Russian. English-Russian Online Dictionary http://www.ectaco.com/online/ diction.php3 Online English-Russian/Russian-English dictionary. English A Web of On-line Dictionaries http://www.yourdictionary.com/ Biggest set of dictionaries on the web (more than 1500 dictionaries representing 230 languages); site also offers linguistic "Fun & Games" (From 'Historical Linguistic Games ' to 'On-line Vocabulary Quizzes') .Lexical FreeNet http://www.lexfn.com/ Connected Thesaurus. Easy to use database that allows you to search for relationships between words, concepts and people. Very powerful with features lacking in other thesauri. Links and Resources for Writers http://www.jbwb.co.uk Jacqui Bennett's Writers Bureau. Constantly updated and reviewed very useful reference links: Encyclopedia Britannica, rhyhming dictionaries, on-line English grammar and searchable quotation collections. Merriam Webster OnLine http://www.m-w.com/netdict.htm The reference classic - fast reliable site. Wiktionary http://www.wiktionary.org/ Free multilingual content dictionary Wikipedia http://www.wikipedia.org/ Free multilingual encyclopedia
	CDs, Videos, and Books For a list of CDs, DVDs, videos, etc. available in the CFLC search our online database: http://inside.bard.edu/blrc/database/ Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com Mainstream videos and DVDs, including most available popular foreign feature film titles. Music rbcmp3 www.rbcmp3.com Good, discounted selection of books, music, and films Ruskniga http://www.ruskniga.com/ Wide selection of Russian books affiliated with “Peterburgskij dom knigi” (in Russian) RussianBooks http://russianbooks.safeshopper.com/index.htm?720 Another wide selection of Russian books, posters, music (in English) Film MovieFacts on line http://www.eonline.com/Facts/Movies/ 0,60,71107,00.html Find out about your film's running time, release date, director, reviews etc. FACETS http://www.facets.org The single best source for international cinema on video and DVD. The FACETS catalog includes both feature films and documentary works. Kino International http://www.kino.com A small but important collection of international cinema, including seminal works of Weimar film. Excellent print reproductions; many restored versions. Kino titles are also available through most of general video distributors.
	Language Learning Russian Web Tutor http://www.auburn.edu/~mitrege/ RWT/welcome.html Site includes links to “Learn to Read Russian” (step-by-step guide through the Russian alphabet, with sound files for pronunciation practice), “Grammar Tutorials,” and “Grammar Exercises.” Thorough on-line grammar reference http://russian.dmll.cornell.edu/grammar/toc.htm
	Culture Gramota.ru http://gramota.ru/ls.html Biographies and selected works online of major Russian literary figures The Slavic Reference Sercive http://door.library.uiuc.edu/spx/srs.htm The Slavic Reference Service at University of Illinois: very very helpful for finding anything Slavic! Downloadable Audio Files in Mp3 Format http://odur.let.rug.nl/~houtzage/russdownloadsmp3.html MP3 files of Russian versions of various texts (Alice in Wonderland, The Universal Declaration of Human Rights) being read.
	Literature LiTGloss http://wings.buffalo.edu/litgloss/list-of-texts/shtml The LiTgloss project is a collection of texts written in other languages of literary, cultural, or historical interest to speakers of English, and likely (we think) to be better appreciated if read in the original language. Our goal is to make them accessible by providing semantic and syntactical help, and to provide supplementary materials which help the students see the text in its literary, artistic, historical, cultural context. Russian texts are available from Chekhov. ATHENA E-texts and Literature Resources http://un2sg4.unige.ch/athena/ html/athome.htm Nearly 10, 000 links to books on philosophy, science, classics, literature, history, economics, etc. Multilingual.. Several Search programs on author, title, language, words.
	Bibliography and Citation General Research and Documentation http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/hacker/resdoc/ MLA Bibliography http://www.hcc.hawaii.edu/education/hcc / library/mla.html MLA Citation Examples http://www.hcc.hawaii.edu/education/hcc/ library/mlahcc.html MLA Style Electronic Formats http://www.westwords.com/guffey/mla.htm
	Resources and Quizmakers The Realia Project http://realiaproject.org/ Rich electronic archive for language instruction anywhere: publishes faculty-reviewed media for the teaching and study of modern languages and cultures. Moodle http://moodle.org A free open-source course-management system to help teachers create online communities Russnet http://www.russnet.org/home.php Russnet is a resource guide that provides everything from useful links to a series of Russian language-learning modules (mostly for intermediate- to advanced-level learners). Crosswords and other puzzles in Russian http://www.avalon.net/~emelya/PuzzleFun.html Create your own online vocabulary lists, flashcards, class websites and quizzes! http://www.quia.com Create activites (word lists, flashcards, matching games etc.), class websites, and amazing online quizzes (including multiple choice, pop-up, fill-in, short answer and essay questions with easy links to ANY online source), create class rosters and have easy access to tests, students' scores, time spent on tests etc.; licence fee required for instructors (not for students) Bard has licences for 10 instructors; for information contact kufner@bard.edu Pics Tips and Treats http://www.uiowa.edu/~pics/tips.html Guidelines to work with video in language teaching Software for Learning http://www.cict.co.uk/software/ teaching.htm Downloadable programs for use in the classroom or at home . Interesting: Markin a program which replaces the traditional teacher's red pen with a complete on-screen marking environment, is the latest in marking and annotation software for on-line and electronic teaching environments. Add your favorite exercises to this website. Create exercises, quizzes tests http://eleaston.com/quizzes.html Find many links to a great variety of online exercises and quiz-makers, FL self-test sites and more. Multi,Dicto, Gloss Makers http://lang.swarthmore.edu/ makers/index.htm These pages are intended for use by educational institutions to use as a model. Teachers are encouraged to try out cloze, match and gloss makers, and then save copies locally. The multimaker , for example, allows you to enter as many multiple choice questions in an exercise as you like. Include your own title, instructions and individualized feedback for each answer.
	Placement Tests Test Your Level of Russian http://www.lidenz.ru/testing/Testing.php3? config=data/test1.cfg Multiple choice test developed by Liden and Denz Language Center, St. Petersburg. Must give email to recieve results. Goethe Language Tests http://www.goethe-verlag.com/tests/ FREE tests in 25 languages and 600 language combinations. Multilingual vocabulary exercises / language tests in Arabic Bulgarian Chinese Croatian Czech Danish Dutch English Estonian Finnish French German Greek Hungarian Indonesian Italian Japanese Norwegian Polish Portuguese Russian Serbian Spanish Swedish Turkish
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