ASIA FOR KIDS (http://www.AsiaforKids.com) carries many Asian culture-based resources including a variety of Asian language materials for learning Chamorro, Chinese (several dialects), Filipino, Hawaiian, Japanese, Korean, Samoan, Vietnamese, ESL, etc.
CALVERT (http://www.calvertschool.org) provides French (Levels I & II) and Spanish (Levels I & II) courses; recommend for grades 4 - 8; materials include audiocassettes, tape scripts, answer keys, workbooks, lesson manual, etc.
CLARITY carries the Twin Sisters Productions materials for learning French and Spanish; also carries an ESL program.
COMPUTER SOFTWARE VENDORS such as CCV SOFTWARE HOUSE, EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES, EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE INSTITUTE, LEARNING RESOURCES, PARSONS, PROJECTED LEARNING PROGRAMS, SCHOLASTIC, etc. carry a variety of computer-based language learning programs for various age groups.
EARLY ADVANTAGE (http://www.early-advantage.com) carries the BBC's MUZZY language series. They have materials available for English (ESL), French, Gaelic (Irish), German, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish; recommended for ages 1 -12.
EMC/PARADIGM FOREIGN LANGUAGE PRODUCTS (http://www.emcp.com/) carries courses in French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish. The EMC Easy Readers series selections are available in French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish, etc. BBC Learning Kits are available for various languages.
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES (http://www.edresources.com/) carries several foreign language programs including those by TRANSPARENT LANGUAGE. TRANSPARENT LANGUAGE programs include: A+ (ages 10 and up) for French, German, Italian, Spanish, etc.; LANGUAGE NOW! (ages 12 and up) for Arabic, ESL, French, German, Irish, Italian, Latin, Polish, Russian, Spanish, and Swedish; WORDACE! (grades K - 12) electronic bilingual dictionaries and verb conjugators are available for French, Spanish, multilanguage, etc.; COMPLETE LEARNING SUITE (grades 9 - 12) for French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, etc.; KIDSPEAK (grades 1 and up) for English, French, German, Hebrew, Spanish, etc.; etc.
ROSETTA STONE Ltd (http://www.rosettastone.com/homeschool/ ) and ASIA FOR KIDS (http://www.AsiaforKids.com) carry THE ROSETTA STONE, a comprehensive CD-ROM based program which is available for many languages including: Arabic, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, English/ESL (U.S.) , English/EFL (U.K.), French, German, Greenlandic, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Luxembourgish, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swahili, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese, and Welsh; recommended for ages 8 and up. Their EXPLORER series is special beginner's edition of the comprehensive program.
INTERNATIONAL LINGUISTICS
CORPORATION (http://www.learnables.com)
carries THE LEARNABLES foreign language courses (available for
Chinese, English, French, German, Hebrew, Japanese, Russian, and
Spanish); for ages 7 and up.
LIBRARY VIDEO COMPANY (http://www.libraryvideo.com) carries video- and CD-ROM based language learning materials for French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, etc.
LINGO TALK is an electronic language translators for many languages including Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Korean, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbo-Croat, Slovakian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, and Vietnamese. Sold through distributors such as Hammacher Schlemmer (http://www.hammacher.com/) who is not a school vendor.
NORTH DAKOTA (DIVISION OF INDEPENDENT STUDY (http://www.dis.dpi.state.nd.us/) provides high school level courses for French, German, Latin, Norwegian, Russian, and Spanish.
OAK MEADOW (http://www.oakmeadow.com) offers high school level courses for Latin (I, II, III), Spanish (I, II), and French (I,II).
PENTON OVERSEES carries a wide variety of foreign language programs including LINGUA FUN: LANGUAGE LEARNING CARD GAMES (English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish); the LYRIC LANGUAGE audio and video tape series for French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish; the VOCABULEARN (audio tape with book) series is available in 21 languages including: Arabic, Armenian, Chinese (several dialects), Danish, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (South American), Russian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Vietnamese, and Ukrainian. The TEACH ME series has audiocassettes with accompanying coloring/activity books available for Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish. Purchase through Barnes & Noble, Rainbow Resource Center and Teacher Supply Stores.
POWERSPEAK12 (http://www.power-glide.com/ ) carries a foreign language program that is available for a variety of languages including: French, German, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish; Also available from Home Learner's Catalog, Education Connection, etc.
VARIOUS BOOKSTORES carry BERLITZ language materials. Berlitz produces several language courses including the BASIC COURSE HOME STUDY CASSETTE COURSE (audio tapes with accompanying study guide) which is an introductory level program; available for French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish. BERLITZ THINK & TALK (audiocassettes, CD-ROMs, Learner's Guide, etc.) is a multi sensory learning program for French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish; BERLITZ SPANISH TODAY (or for other languages) is a smaller version of BERLITZ THINK & TALK with fewer resources available. BERLITZ'S One-Hour Course is available for learning Arabic, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish, and Swedish. PIMSLEUR method language course materials are available for a wide variety of languages including: Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), French, German, Greek (Modern), Hebrew (Modern), Italian, Japanese, Portuguese (Brazilian), Russian, Spanish, and ESL programs for Japanese, and Spanish speakers. The ENGLISH GRAMMAR FOR STUDENTS OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES series provides resources for Jr. / Sr. high students with a limited grasp of English. They are available for several languages including French, German, Japanese, Latin, Russian, and Spanish.
On-line Resources include:
U.C. BERKELEY'S LINGUISTICS DEPARTMENT (http://www.linguistics.berkeley.edu/) with links to various language and language related groups and programs, information, resources, etc.
FREETRANSLATIONS.COM (http://www.freetranslation.com/) provides on-line text and webpage translators for English, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, and Spanish.