Learn a language? Try it online.

I feel that my children do not read as much as they should. The books in their library are collecting dust. Since they enjoy going on line, maybe I can lure them to it with this posting of online books and dictionary.

Babel Fish Translation allows you to translate a block of text you enter or from a website address you enter.

Free Language is a free online resource community for learning foreign languages, complete with podcasts, blogs, web feeds, links and more. Maybe I can get them to learn Cantonese, their father's dialect.

English

Howjsay is an English Pronouncing Dictionary with Instant Sound.

Your Dictionary also provides pronunciations for the words they explained. It also provides idioms, synonyms and usage examples. The best way to find the meaning for a word is to type in that word after their website address. For an example, to check the meaning of "snap", type in your browser as follows:

http://www.yourdictionary.com/snap

Visual Thesaurus is an online thesaurus and dictionary of over 145000 words that you explore using an interactive map. It's a tool for people who think visually.

The Parts of Speech in English grammar.

Urban Dictionary is a slang dictionary posted and defined by its readers. They may find it useful when they are older.

At Learn-Spanish Calvin can learn how to speak Spanish. Yes, he is interested.

Word Reference is an Online French, Italian and Spanish Dictionary

Learn 3 languages at a go at Dicts.Info. Just pick the language you are interested for the last 2 columns. Also learn the basic words used in every language and check out other dictionaries available.

Bahasa Malaysia

Basic course in Bahasa Malaysia comprising 64 free lessons with link to a Free English-Malay Online Dictionary.

Mandarin

How To Read Chinese free software by Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry.

Meaning of Chinese Proverbs Compiled by Haiwang Yuan on The Knowledge Network Explorer (KNE).

A collection of Chinese stories in English.

All things Japanese are of my interest.
Japanese Dictionary posted on Trussel's Eclecti City. There are many things to read and learn about on this website.

Japanese-online.com Membership is completely free.

Jeffrey Friedl's Japanese Dictionary

Jim Breen's Japanese Page for links to anything related to Japanese.

So, where can they go to for eBooks? I will cover that in my next posting.