BILINGUAL RESOURCES ON THE INTERNET
This page is a collection of links to various kinds of resources for those with bilingual children or interested in the phenomena of bilingualism and multilingualism generally. It is my intention to expand the list to be as comprehensive as possible.
General Resources
The Bilingual Pages – excellent resources -
http://www.angelfire.com/ut/henrikholm/bilingual/bilingual01.htmlBilingual Families Webpage -
http://www.nethelp.no/cindy/biling-fam.htmlBilingual Supplies (a huge and helpful catalogue of resources) -
http://www.bilingual-supplies.co.uk/The Bilingual Site -
http://www.pitt.edu/~dpbrowne/bilingual/Index of Bilingual Resources -
http://www.nethelp.no/cindy/resources.htmlMultilingual Munchkins – many resources for parents bringing their children up with more than one language.-
http://www.multilingualmunchkins.comBilingualism Database -
http://www.edu.bham.ac.uk/bilingualism/database/ctlnlg.htmBilingualism FAQ -
http://www.lsadc.org/web2/faq/bilingualism.htmBilingual Mailing Lists and Fora -
http://www.nethelp.no/cindy/talk.htmlBilingual Education Reasources on the Internet -
http://www.as.miami.edu/english/faculty2/bpearson/bsg/default.htmInformation on Bilingualism: links -
http://www.speech.psychol.ucl.ac.uk/survey1/Bi_info.htmlCulture Bytes: site for multicultural families –
http://www.culturebytes.comIt’s International: Culture -
http://www.rice.edu/projects/topics/internatl/center.htm
Academic Resources
Bilingualism Study Group, University of Miami -
http://www.as.miami.edu/english/faculty2/bpearson/bsg/default.htmBilingualism and Speech therapy -
http://www.speechtherapy.co.uk/Speech_Therapy/Bilingualism/Bilingualism_main_menu.htm
Centre for Research on Bilingualism, Stockholm University - http://www.biling.su.se/
The Effectiveness of Bilingual Education - http://www.cal.org/ericcll/faqs/rgos/bi.html
ERIC Digests on Bilingual Education -
http://www.cal.org/ericcll/digest/subject.html#bilingualA Global Perspective on Bilingualismn by G. Richard Tucker -
http://www.cal.org/ericcll/digest/digestglobal.htmlInformation on Bilingualism: links -
http://www.speech.psychol.ucl.ac.uk/survey1/Bi_info.htmlInternational Journal of Bilingualism -
http://www.ncl.ac.uk/speech/research/ijb.htmLanguage, Literature and Culture -
http://bubl.ac.uk/link/lan.htmlLanguage and Cognitive Processing Laboratory -
http://www.psych.ucsb.edu/research/language/html/children___bilingualism.htmlThe Multilingual Mind -
http://www.multi-faceta.com/issues.htmlWhat Teachers need to know about Language -
http://www.cal.org/ericcll/teachers/
Resources on Specific Topics
Bilingualism and ESL -
http://babyparenting.about.com/library/weekly/aa091699b.htmBilingual Parenting in a Foreign Language -
http://www.byu.edu/~bilingua/Bilingualism and supposed delay in speaking -
http://www.expressnews.ualberta.ca/expressnews/articles/news.cfm?p_ID=384The International Couples Homepage -
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/4448/Couples.htmlMyths about Bilingualism -
http://www.nethelp.no/cindy/myth.htmlThe Politics of Bilingualism -
http://www.nethelp.no/cindy/polit.htmlExpat-Moms.com -
http://expat-moms.com/
Educational Resources
Articles
A Double Life: Raising Bilingual Children, by Robert Henderson -
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/world_languages/30284Bilingual Babies -
http://www.kidsears.com/milestones/frmilestone2.htmBilingual and Multilingual Children -
http://www.linguistlist.org/~ask-ling/bilingual-multilingual-children.htmlBilingual Kids Network -
http://hjem.wanadoo.dk/~wan42942/frameset.htmlBilingualism and supposed delay in speaking -
http://www.expressnews.ualberta.ca/expressnews/articles/news.cfm?p_ID=384Bilingual Parenting in a Foreign Language -
http://www.byu.edu/%7Ebilingua/Child Bilingualism: Bibliography -
http://www.cal.org/ericcll/Minibibs/child_bilingual.htmlChildren and Bilingualism –
Children and Bilingualism –
http://www.asha.org/speech/development/Bilingual-Children.cfm
Another link - http://www.kidsource.com/ASHA/bilingual.html
Children and reading - http://www.myparentime.com/articles/article176.shtml
A Idade e o Aprendizado de Línguas -
http://www.english.sk.com.br/sk-apre2.htmlEnfants Bilingues (French, with some English and German) –
www.enfantsbilingues.comHortencia Kayser: Interviewing Bilingual Parents –
http://www.bilingualtherapies.com/Dr-says/Old_articles/02_06_00.htmlThe Joys of Bilingualism -
http://www.familiesonline.co.uk/topics/clubs_classes/clubs_classes_bilingualism.htmLanguage Acquisition and Suntractive Bilingualism -
http://www.eeadopt.org/home/parenting/development/language/acquisition/language_acquisition.htmLanguage learning and the developing brain –
Learning a Second Language -
http://www.familiesonline.co.uk/topics/clubs_classes/clubs_classes_language.htmJill Metzler: Raising Children Bilingually -
http://www.germanlife.com/Archives/1997/9708_01.htmlSelecting Multicultural Literature -
http://www.4children.org/news/9-97mlit.htmTeaching Kids to Speak – in Two Languages –
Annick De Houwer: Two or More Languages in Early Childhood –
http://www.expressnews.ualberta.ca/expressnews/articles/news.cfm?p_ID=384
What can parents do to facilitate their child’s bilingualism? -
http://www.as.miami.edu/english/faculty2/bpearson/bsg/answer1.html
Miscellaneous Resources
Children’s Songs and Games in Latin, German and Spanish -
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/1794/Comptines, Chansons et Poesies -
http://www.momes.net/comptines/index1.htmlBaby vocabulary -
http://babytalk.fluxcapacitor.netAnimal sounds in various languages –
http://www.georgetown.edu/cball/animals/Internet Activities for Foreign Language Classes -
http://hometown.aol.com/maestro12/web/wadir.htmlLanguage Education -
http://www.linguaweb.co.uk/A Non-native speakers’ Guide to Toddler-English -
http://www.tiborgrasser.com/babytalk/Partners in Excellence: Moving languages education forward -
http://www.pie.org.uk/Worksheets - Free, printabke worksheets in various languages -
http://www.happychild.org.uk/freeway/french/index.htm
Supplies
Bilingual Supplies (a huge and helpful catalogue of resources) -
http://www.bilingual-supplies.co.uk/Living Books: Interactive CD Roms -
http://www.livingbooks.com/Multilingual Munchkins – many resources for parents bringing their children up with more than one language.-
http://www.multilingualmunchkins.comSchoenhof’s Foreign Books -
http://www.schoenhofs.com/Sound Beginnings Children’s language tapes -
http://www.soundbeginnings.com/World of Reading Ltd -
http://www.wor.com/Schoolzone: has worksheets, information and links -
http://www.schoolzone.co.ukClickteaching: includes worksheets and stories toprint out -
http://clickteaching.comSite with SATS past papers -
http://learn.co.ukLanguage Camps
Concordia Language Villages -
http://home.cord.edu/dept/clv/index.htmlKansas Wesleyan Language Camps -
http://www.kwu.edu/lang/langdept.htm#langcampLanguage Camps for Children – a searchable directory -
http://www.kidscamps.com/academics/language.html
Specific Languages
The Alphabet in English, French and Spanish: Free software -
http://www.zdnet.com/downloads/stories/info/0,,43739,.htmlLearning Arabic -
http://www.arabica.org.uk/Learn Dutch -
http://www.learndutch.org/Dubbelop: Dutch bilingual website –
http://home.wxs.nl/~stuur013/English as a Foreign Language -
http://www.eflclub.com/French Grammar -
http://www2.lamc.utexas.edu/frgr/Débrouillards (in French) -
http://www.lesdebrouillards.qc.ca/J’apprends avec les animaux -
http://www.lescale.net/petits/Val’s Basic French -
http://www.valsfrench.fsnet.co.uk/Allemand et Informatique pour Apprenants et Enseignants -
http://www.multimania.com/orfanses/German bilingual site –
http://www.lake.de/home/lake/ruban/imfGerman language homepage for Germans abroad –
http://www.imausland.orgFor German Speakers in the USA -
http://www.sprachhexen.com/Bilingual Hebrew Forum -
http://www.geocities.com/jewishgroups/1Bilingual.htmlHebrew for me -
http://www.zigzagworld.com/hebrewforme/Italian for Children -
http://italian.about.com/cs/childrensitalian/Découvrez l’italien en vous amusant -
http://site.voila.fr/bambinissimoJapan Association for Language Teaching Bilingualism Page –
http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/jaltbsig/index.html
Kidsweb Japan - http://jin.jcic.or.jp/kidsweb/
Kid’s Window Japanese -
http://www.jwindow.net/KIDS/Spanish vocabulary (online Spanish Tutorial) -
http://www.studyspanish.com/vocab/Stories of Merpy in both English and Spanish -
http://www.merpy.com/index_stories.htmlA Swedish Language Course -
http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~arubin/swedish.htmlGreetings in More than 800 Languages -
http://www.elite.net/~runner/jennifers/hello.htmSay Hello to the World -
http://www.ipl.org/youth/hello/Sounds of the World’s Animals -
http://www.georgetown.edu/cball/animals/The World’s Top Twenty Spoken Languages -
http://www.cftech.com/BrainBank/COMMUNICATIONS/TopLanguages.html
Personal Pages
Beichen’s Bilingual programme -
http://bilingual4u.home.chinaren.com/Raising our Kids bilingually -
http://home.arcor.de/ktdykes/bilingual.htmDanish/English homepage by Danish/Faroese family –
http://tosprogedeboern.subnet.dk
Discussion Groups
English-Italian bilingual children -
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/italengbilingbabes/Bilingual Mailing Lists and Fora -
http://www.nethelp.no/cindy/talk.htmlImF-Familienkontakt-Forum (German messageboard) –
http://f7.parsimony.net/forum9036/index.htm
Dictionaries
An astounding resource for online dictionaries -
http://www.yourdictionary.com/Cambridge Dictionaries Online -
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/One Look Dictionaries -
http://www.onelook.com/Links to online dictionaries, of particular interest for Iberian languages -
http://www.guai.com/enciclopedia.htmTravlang Translating Dictionaries -
http://dictionaries.travlang.com/
If you have any suggestions for other sites to be included on this page, please e-mail me:
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