Computing Resources used in CanIL courses

The following resources are freely available on the internet.

How to use MS Word for Linguistics

This is a very useful guide for people who use Microsoft Word to write papers in linguistics. Covers using styles, templates, interlinearizing, cross-referencing and many other useful things. Learning this stuff at the beginning of your academic life will make you more productive and less stressed out.

Bibliography management Tools

These are tools to manage the process of collecting, formatting and producing bibliographies for school papers.

• EazyPaper


Developed by one of our own alumni, eazypaper works as a part of Microsoft Word. Purchase with this promotional code, get a discount AND a portion will also go to the CanIL scholarship fund! Just click on the graphic to get your discounted copy of eazypaper!

• RefWorks - available through the TWU Library website.
• Zotero - a Firefox Bibliography plug-in

IPA Related Resources

Fonts (Windows, Mac)

• Unicode IPA Fonts
  • Doulos SIL home | download
  • Charis SIL - optional home | download
  • Gentium - optional home | download

Unicode IPA data entry

You can install another keyboard to enable you to type in IPA using the Microsoft Keyboard Layout solution (MSKLC) for Windows, Mac, and Linux machines. Check here for the latest information and documentation.

IPA MSKLC keyboarding chart for Win, Mac, and Linux using MSKLC keyboards.
portrait 2 pages | landscape 1 page

Windows:

• IPA keyboard download
  
• Installation video
  

Mac:

• Info
  
• IPA keyboard download
  

Linux (using KMFL):

• KMFL home
  
• IPA keyboard download
  

Tavultesoft Keyman (Windows only)

This application allows the user to use customized keyboards for different languages and writing systems. For the purposes of CanIL courses, it allows the user to use a special IPA keyboard (see below).
A free version of Keyman is available for home use only. You must first create an account on www.tavultesoft.com. You can then download and install the Home Use Edition.

IPA Keyman keyboard (Windows only)

Used with Tavultesoft Keyman. home | download

IPA Help (Windows only)

The Linguist's Toolbox

Audio recording / editing

How to use the Zoom H2 for recording

http://youtu.be/3gnJXd3pVKE

Backup software

Language Learning

The Sounds of English website arranges English words according to their phonemic sound and spelling. This is an interactive website suitable for learning to read and spell English. It can be used for early literacy, remedial reading programs or ESL.

Learn Koine Greek in an enjoyable manner which doesn't rely on memorizing paradigms, but presents simple stories with controlled vocabulary which the user can manipulate.