 August
27th, 2004: Topic "Asia"
Please start getting an idea about
topical and sensible information online-sources offer. The following
web-sites might be quite helpful:
BBC News Asia-Pacific: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/default.stm
BBC News South Asia: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/south_asia/
Both with search functions: country
profiles, facts etc.
CNN Asia News: http://edition.cnn.com/ASIA/
Worldnews Asia: http://www.wnnasia.com/
with various of links to Asian online newspapers, magazines,
geographical information, etc. (at the bottom of the web-page)
TIME Asia Magazine: http://www.time.com/time/asia/magazine/
Background: Useful Information
about countries, facts, statistics, etc. (never trust just one
source, though):
Encarta online: http://encarta.msn.com/
CIA: The World Factbook (search
country) http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
SPIEGEL: Länderlexikon http://www.spiegel.de/jahrbuch/
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Dictionaries:
You can use the
Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus. It is easy to
handle and offers simple definitions.
Surf to the Cambridge
International Dictionary of English that is targeted at
learners of English. The definitions are clear and simple. You can
search for words in the dictionary of idioms and for phrasal verbs,
too.
Visit Merriam-Webster,
which is not only an important dictionary with a thesaurus option,
it also offers a selection of extremely difficult word games,
puzzles, and definition dilemmas.
If you need an online-grammar,
test this one, perhaps it can help you.
Quite simple: Leo
- German-English
Dictionary
Much better: linguadict
- an online-dictionary with more than 2 million words, that's at least
what they say: linguadict
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