On this site you will find many foreign languages and literatures courses.

A complete, undergraduate level online class on the philosophy of language available from MIT. The course description states, "this course explores the nature of meaning and truth, and their bearing on the use of language in communication."

A complete undergraduate level online course from MIT, originally taught in 2004. This course and its materials are also available in Chinese and Persian.

A complete undergraduate level online course from MIT, originally taught in 2005. A Chinese version of the course is also available.

This is a content-rich interactive site which guides you through the literature of war. Access the history of war literature to take you to a timeline, study authors' writings about war, learn about metaphorical language, and put into...

A series of four video lessons for English language learners, focusing on listening, speaking, and pronunciation in English. The lessons focus on producing accurate sounds, listening to rapidly-spoken English, and understanding idioms...

This MIT course presents the C++ programming language to students that have little or no programming experience.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn to program in the Java programming language. This free course assumes no prior programming knowledge, just a desire to learn to program.

An online course regarding Chinese culture. Links and information concerning the nature of culture, Tiananmen, geography, language and early history, Chinese religions, gender and the World Wars.

University course site on symbolism, figurative language, and elements of myth and ritual includes lecture notes, bibliography, and examples of student work submitted as assignments for course credit.

Seminars, lesson plans, publications, pictures, and poetry make this a very useful resource for language arts or social studies lessons involving World War I and its poetry.

Designed by groups of Nevada teachers, this collection of modules and lesson plans is continually growing. Find suggestions for incorporating good writing practices in non-language arts areas of the curriculum from history to science.

A series of 41 videos lessons focusing on English pronunciation. Videos vary in length.

This is an introductory course on the fundamental design techniques used in parallel programming. The course uses popular gaming consoles to teach the different approach that is required for multicore programming.

This course provides an introduction to the Java programming language. It was designed for students at MIT that lack sufficient Java skills. The course covers a fairly wide range of Java topics in a compact form.

A series of eight videos of an English instructor demonstrating and defining American slang. Videos vary in length.

A series of 20 video lessons focusing on English grammar. Features ESL instructor Jennifer Lebedev.

A series of 19 videos focusing on English vocabulary lessons presented by ESL instructor Jennifer Lebedev.

A series of six short videos of ESL instructor Jennifer Lebedev discussing simple topics in English.

Video lesson focusing on the English pronunciation of the /ae/ sound. [5:01]

Video lesson focusing on the English pronunciation of the /I/ sound. [6:14]

Video lesson of a mock news report focusing on the English pronunciation of the /i/ sound. [7:31]

Video lesson focusing on the English pronunciation of the digraph /sh/ sound. [7:52]

Video lesson on the English pronunciation of the digraph /th/ sound. [10:58]