Humanities Librarian
Marcia Whitehead
Contact:
Boatwright Library
28 Westhampton Way
804-289-8823
28 Westhampton Way
804-289-8823
Subjects: American Studies, Biography, Book Reviews, Citing Sources, Classical Studies, E-Books, English & Literature, First Year Seminar, French, German, Humanities, International Education, Language and Linguistics, Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Latin American, Latino, and Iberian Studies, Master of Liberal Arts, Primary Resources, Reference Sources, Rhetoric & Communication Studies, Richmond Area , Russian, Scholarly Publications, Spanish, Special Topics
Broadcast Media From Around the World
You can find a lot of media in other languages online. Here are some examples. This is by no means a complete list! It's meant as a starting point.
- BBC World NewsYou can listen to BBC world news in about 3 dozen languages.
- TV5MondePrograms from France, Belgium, Switzerland and Quebec.
- Rai InternationaleItalian TV and radio
- TV GloboPortuguese
- RTV InternationalRussian TV.
- CCTV-4Mandarin
- ATVCantonese from Hong Kong
- ARTArabic TV and radio
Resources from the Global Studio in CWIC
The Global Studio provides access to many language learning resources. Here are a few links to some of the relevant information pages.
- SCOLA Insta-ClassEach SCOLA Insta-Class lesson consists of a video and audio clip of a segment of native language news broadcasts that have been transcribed and translated. It is accompanied by a PDF of the clip's text and, often, a translation and a short quiz.
Mango Languages
- Mango Languages This link opens in a new window*Create an account using your UR email address. Use this database to learn languages like Spanish, French, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, German, Mandarin Chinese, Greek, Italian, Russian and more. (Mango)
