Studying the history, influences, and cognates of the English language, this presentation provides students in linguistics and language classes with several charts of information on cognates from languages around the world. The slideshow...

In this grammar worksheet, students match twelve movie genres with their appropriate definitions and examples from two answer banks and then translate the titles into Chinese. Students answer six questions regarding personal movie...

First graders determine that Spanish is the language spoken in Mexico before singing a number of Mexicans songs. They make maracas to use while singing Mexican songs. They sing the song, "La Cucaracha," in English realizing that it is a...

A hypertext annotated English translation of nine of Marie de France's lais or verse romance poems with an introduction.

An encyclopedia article about the second author of the Romance of the Rose, Jean Clopines de Meun (or Meung). The article focuses on classical and medieval sources. Please note that "The Catholic Encyclopedia" is a historic reference...

This site from The Geoffrey Chaucer Page provides the vv.8822-8244 of F.S. Ellis's English translation of the 13th-century novel On Marriage, or Le Roman de la rose (The Romance of the Rose). This is a great site to check out on the...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart shows a mnemonic for the Romance languages, how Latin affects the Romance languages and an example of Latinate words in English.

Scroll down a bit to find the brief explanations of the history of French and some dialects: Provencal, Creole, and Basque, with links to more information.

This site from The Geoffrey Chaucer Page provides information from a 1901 English translation offered as a resource in the Harvard Chaucer curriculum. This article from Le Roman de la rose is medium size in length.

This site is provided for by Spainarts. Paintings of this famous Spanish artist in the Parado Museum, Madrid, plus a short biography.

Gives a background and history of the Catalan language along with a list of the countries where it is the main language spoken.