Learn languages for free. Features 37 foreign languages, including Spanish, French, English, Mandarin, Italian, Russian and more. Download lessons to your computer and mp3 player and you’re good to go.
Arabic
- Arabic Language Lessons iTunes Feed Web Site
- The US Peace Corps serves up 10 lessons that will teach you the Arabic spoken in Jordan. The web site includes a useful transcript.
- ArabicPod iTunes Feed Web Site
- Includes mp3 podcasts and PDF transcripts.
- Survival Phrases Arabic iTunes Feed Web Site
- Provides the essentials you’ll need to get around.
- The Arabic Circle – iTunes Feed
- While not offering language lessons per se, the University of Chicago’s Center for Middle Eastern studies offers weekly lectures in Arabic that include social, cultural and academic investigations of the Arabic speaking world. Students will find it handy for practicing their comprehension.
- The Arabic PodClass Feed Web Site
- A fledgling podcast that’s worth a look.
Bookmark our free Arabic lessons section.
Bulgarian
Catalan
- One Minute Catalan iTunes Feed Web Site
- A good way to get going with a language still spoken by some 12 million people, many living in Northeast Spain.
Chinese
- Chinese Learn Online iTunes Feed Web Site
- A dialogue-based introduction to Mandarin Chinese. Load them on your iPod and get up the Chinese curve.
- Chinese Lessons with Serge Melnyk iTunes Feed Web Site
- Weekly lessons in Mandarin that get very strong reviews from iTunes users..
- Chinesepod.com iTunes Feed Web Site
- A series of well-reviewed lessons that will let you learn Mandarin on your own terms.
- CSLPod iTunes Feed Web Site
- Here, native Mandarin speakers teach you Chinese as a second language. Audio and transcripts are available on the website. The podcast also places an emphasis on understanding Chinese culture.
- iMandarinPod.com iTunes Feed Web Site
- A more advanced podcast, this series of lessons teaches Chinese by talking about Chinese culture or what is happening today in China.
- LearnChinesePod.com iTunes Feed Web Site
- A Mandarin language podcast taught by Yao in New York City.
- Mandarin Chinese Feed Web Site
- 10 Lessons by the US Peace Corps. Make sure you visit the site and download the pdf that accompanies the lessons.
- Mandarin Chinese Characters iTunes
- Created by Emory University, this series of video podcasts will help you draw several characters and numbers.
- Mandarin in China Web Site
- Lessons courtesy of the US Peace Corps
- One Minute Mandarin iTunes Feed Web Site
- A quick way to cover the very basics…
- Popup Chinese iTunes Feed Web Site
- Offers lessons for beginners and also students at intermediate and advanced levels. In addition to language lessons, Popup Chinese provides annotated short stories, HSK test prep materials and a variety of speaking and listening exercises. They broadcast out of Beijing, and all voice actors speak the standard northern dialect.
- Survival Chinese iTunes Feed Web Site
- Learn the phrases you need to get by while traveling in China.
- World Learner Chinese iTunes Feed Web Site
- Another in the mix of possibilities.
Bookmark our free Mandarin lessons section.
Danish
- Dare to Danish iTunes Web Site
- This is not your usual series of language lessons. Here, a “dirty Dane” teaches you “stupid phrases and more.”
- One Minute Danish iTunes Feed Web Site
- We get a lot of requests (believe it or not) for Danish. So here’s another useful podcast created by the One Minute series.
Dutch
- Laura Speaks Dutch iTunes Feed Web Site
- A series of podcasts that will help you travel to Holland. It’s worth checking out the accompanying web site.
English
- 6 Minute English iTunes Downloads Web Site
- Learn and practice useful English with the BBC.
- Business English iTunes Web Site
- Learn the English you will need to function effectively in an American business environment.
- English as a Second Language Podcast iTunes Feed Web Site
- A very well liked collection of ESL lessons. Over 100 episodes in the collection.
- English for Spanish Speakers (’Por Fin Aprende Ingles’) iTunes Feed Web Site
- Si usted haya asistido al menos a un curso de ingles, y usted necesita la oportunidad de escuchar al ingles y hablar el ingles, entonces ‘Por Fin Aprende Ingles’ es el podcast perfecto para usted. Presentado por Carla Staufert-Sauvier, una profesora de Mexico, y Jade Lindquist, una profesora de los EE UU.
- ESL Business News iTunes Feed Web Site
- A weekly podcast of international business news read in slow, clear English. Listen to the podcast and follow along in the accompanying script.
- Tu Ingles! iTunes Feed Web Site
- “Tu Ingles” is designed to help Spanish-speakers improve their ear for English. The weekly program features drills of verb conjugation, interviews, advice about idioms, and excerpts of speeches and other recorded spoken material from famous English speakers.
Bookmark our free English lessons section.
Esperanto
- Esperanto-Lecionoj Feed Web Site
- These lessons will help you become familiar with Esperanto, a purely international language.
Finnish
- Special Finnish Feed Web Site
- For listeners with some command of Finnish YLE Radio Finland offers daily broadcasts in “Special Finnish”. The five minute broadcasts cover items of current interest. To ease understanding, we simplify the language and slow down the delivery. Some grammatical forms are not used at all. The level of Finnish used is planned to match the expected ability to understand Finnish shown by persons in Level Two Language Command (ofFinnish) as defined by the Council of Europe.”
French
- Easy French Poetry Podcast iTunes Feed Web Site
- A French as a second language Podcast, using poetry as a topic for discussion using everyday conversational French.
- French for Beginners iTunes Feed Web Site
- Fun, effective lessons for beginners. Provided by the French Ecole.
- FrenchPod.com iTunes Feed Web Site
- A series of well-reviewed lessons that will let you learn French on your own terms. FrenchPod currently offers free podcasts on a schedule of 5 per week with extra shows on the weekend. The podcasts are accompanied by text expansion exercises and other tutoring aids.
- Le Journal en français facile iTunes Feed Web Site
- Nightly news from RFI presented in slowly spoken French to assist you with your comprehension.
- Learn French by Podcast iTunes Feed Web Site
- A well-reviewed series of lessons for beginners and those who want to brush up on their French.
- Learn French with Coffee Break French iTunes Feed Web Site
- The producers of the very popular Coffee Break Spanish now offer a podcast that will teach you French.
- Learn French with Daily Podcasts iTunes Feed Web Site
- These lessons are brought to you by French teachers from Paris. They are best suited for those who already have some beginning French under their belts.
- Ma France Feed Web Site
- The BBC offers 24 video podcasts that will teach you French.
- Mali French Feed Web Site
- The Peace Corps teaches you some of the French spoken in Mali.
- The French Pod Class iTunes Feed Web Site
- A very popular collection that teaches students the French language and different facets of French culture.
- University of Texas: Francais interactif iTunes – Web Site
- UT provides a series of interactive vocabulary lessons. Media can be downloaded from the site.
Bookmark our free French lessons section.
Gaelic
German
- Deutsch – warum nicht?
- An extensive collection of introductory German podcasts put together by Deutsche Welle.
- GermanPod 101 iTunes Feed Web Site
- Offers materials for beginners, intermediate and advanced.
- German Podcast.de iTunes Web Site
- GerGermanGrammar iTunes Feed Web Site
- German grammar lessons aimed at American students.
- Lernen Wir Deutsch iTunes Feed Web Site
- Presented in video, these “vodcasts” get high marks for being not only educational but also very entertaining.
- MyDailyPhrase.com iTunes Feed Web Site
- Learn German phrase by phrase over a course of 20 weeks. The podcasts will cover all the language you need to know to get by on a visit to a German-speaking country. This series is put together by the same people created the popular series “Coffee Break Spanish.”
- One Minute German iTunes Feed Web Site
- Presented by the Radio Lingua Network
- Slow German iTunes Feed Web Site
- Annik Rubens reads slowly and clearly from parts of her popular podcast, Sleepless in Munich (Schaflos in Munchen).
- Slowly Spoken News Feed
- Deutsche Welle provides a nightly news broadcast in German that’s spoken slowly so that you can work on your comprehension.
Bookmark our free German lessons section.
Greek
- Learning Greek iTunes Feed Web Site
- From the Hellenic American Union, these lessons will teach students Modern Greek. For those who already have some foundation in the language.
Hebrew
- Elementary Hebrew iTunes
- The audio and video files come from a course taught in a seminary.
- Hebrew Vocab Pronunciations iTunes Web Site
- Here you get straightforward pronunciations of words in Hebrew.
And, by the way, you can find a good resource to learn Biblical Hebrew vocabulary here.
Hindi
- I Speak Hindi Feed Web Site
- Learn Hindi from Bollywood Movies iTunes Feed Web Site
- This looks like a fun approach to learning a language.
- Namaste Dosti – The Learn Hindi Podcast iTunes Feed Web Site
- There are few options when it comes to learning Hindi via podcast, so the podcast author decided to fill the void.
Hungarian
Indonesian
- Learning Indonesian iTunes Feed Web Site
- A complete online Indonesian course geared towards developing conversational fluency in the Indonesian Language.
Irish
Italian
- ItalianPod.com iTunes Feed Web Site
- A series of well-reviewed lessons that will let you learn Italian on your own terms.
- LearnItalianPod.com iTunes Feed Web Site
- A series of Italian language lessons that will get you up and running. I have personally used them and found them effective.
- Let’s Speak Italian iTunes Feed Web Site
- This collection will help you learn Italian in small, manageable 5-minute bites.
- MyDailyPhrase.com iTunes Web Site
- Learn Italian step by step over a course of 20 weeks. The podcasts will cover all the language you need to know to get by on a visit to a Italian-speaking country. Created by the same people who put together the popular series “Coffee Break Spanish.”
- World Languages Podcasting – Italian Podcast iTunes Feed Web Site
- It’s admittedly a bit of an untraditional way to learn Italian. This podcast lets you listen to conversations about Australian culture in Italian.
Bookmark our free Italian lessons section.
Japanese
- Japanese Class (Video) iTunes Web Site
- These videocasts from the Kyoto Japanese Language School get strong reviews. They use video effectively to demonstrate how to write in Japanese.
- JapanesePod101.com iTunes Feed Web Site
- Over 100 quality lessons aimed at the beginner. Users give it high marks.
- Learn Japanese iTunes Feed Web Site
- Japancast teaches Japanese using lessons from anime and everyday conversation.
- Learn Japanese Symbols iTunes Feed Web Site
- These lessons teach students how to work with Japanese symbols, such as Kanji, Hiragana, and Katakana.
- Survival Phrases iTunes Feed Web Site
- Learn the must-know phrases for traveling in Japan.
Bookmark our free Japanese lessons section.
Korean
- Kimchigirls iTunes Feed Web Site
- An option that looks to have more promise.
- Survival Phrases iTunes Feed Web Site
- Gets the phrases that will get you by.
Latin
- Latinum iTunes Feed Web Site
- The Latin Language Learning Podcast from London.
- Nightly News in Latin Feed Web Site
- “Nuntii Latini – News in Latin – is a weekly review of world news in Classical Latin, the only international broadcast of its kind in the world, produced by YLE, the Finnish Broadcasting Company.
Lithuanian
Luxembourgish
- One Minute Luxembourgish iTunes Feed Web Site
- Another niche language covered by the Radio Lingua Network.
Maori
- Toku Reo Web Site
- Learn Maori, the language of New Zealand’s indigenous people. Although these lessons accompany a television programme that is currently running, the essential bits of the episodes are available to be watched right here on this site. The course starts at square 1. Site includes video podcasts. Another useful site for learning the grammar can be found here.
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese
- Brazilian PodClass iTunes Feed Web Site
- Ta Falado: Brazilian Portuguese Pronunciation for Spanish Speakers iTunes Feed Web Site
- Created by the Texas Language Technology Center in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at UT-Austin.
Romanian
- Learn Romanian iTunes Feed Web Site
- A quick way to learn Romanian survival phrases to help you on your journey.
- One Minute Romanian iTunes Feed Web Site
- Quick lessons by the creators of the One Minute language series.
Russian
- A Spoonful of Russian iTunes Feed Web Site
- Recommended by our readers.
- A Taste of Russian iTunes Web Site
- This “isn’t a boring Grammar course, it is a real chat on different topics which can be heard in everyday life. It is a chance to listen to the native speakers talking at home, at work, at the shop, at the party, etc.”
- Business Russian iTunes Web Site
- Presented by the UCLA Center for World Languages, this series teaches students the essentials of Russian business communication.
- Russian (Kazahk) Feed Web Site
- No Borat jokes. Learn some Kazahk style Russian from the Peace Corps. Be sure to download the accompanying PDF file.
- Russian Literature iTunes Web Site
- Also presented by UCLA, this podcast helps users improve their comprehension and vocabulary by listening to excerpts from Tolstoy, Gogol, Chekhov and other Russian literary greats.
- One Minute Russian iTunes Feed Web Site
- RussianPod101 iTunes Web Site
- Helps you learn Russian and Russian culture at your convenience.
Bookmark our free Russian lessons section.
Spanish
- Cody’s Cuentos iTunes Feed Web Site
- A Spanish-language podcast of classic fairy tales and legends. The fact that you probably already know the story in English will aid your comprehension of understanding the tale in Spanish.
- Coffee Break Spanish iTunes Feed Web Site
- Learn Spanish in a low-key, effective way. Currently the #2 overall favorite in iTunes’ podcast collection. They must be loaded on iPods everywhere.
- Finally Learn Spanish – Beyond the Basics iTunes Feed Web Site
- If you’ve had some Spanish classes and you need experience listening to and speaking the language, then Finally Learn Spanish has a collection of podcasts for you.
- Insta Spanish Lessons iTunes Feed Web Site
- Weekly comprehension and grammar exercises for students of all levels. One of the more popular podcasts on iTunes.
- Learn Spanish at SpanishPod101 iTunes Feed Web Site
- A podcast created by teams from 5 Spanish speaking countries.
- Learn Spanish Survival Guide iTunes Feed
- If you’re planning a trip to a Spanish speaking country, and if you don’t know the language, this will help get you up to speed.
- Learn to Speak Spanish iTunes Feed Web Site
- Learn to speak Spanish in just 15 minutes per day.
- LingusTV iTunes Feed Web Site
- A unique entry into the instructional language podcasts arena. It’s an educational video podcast done in the form of a television sit-com (situation comedy), laugh track included. While the actors speak solely in Spanish, Spanish subtitles are provided and explanations of vocabulary and grammar points are provided on the web site.
- Notes in Spanish iTunes – Feed – Web Site
- Produced by Ben Curtis and Marina Diez, a husband-and-wife team out of Madrid, Spain. Ben is British and Marina is Spanish and they too have built quite a large following for their conversational Spanish podcasts, (for beginners, intermediates and advanced students), which promise to teach listeners “real Spanish” the way it is actually spoken every day in Spain.
- Rojas Spanish Language iTunes Feed
- “No English is spoken here. These podcasts are for the Intermediate and Advanced Spanish Speaker who would like to sharpen their Spanish skills. The fine points of the language will be presented and explored through a variety of topics to include; music, history, culture, food.”
- SpanishPod iTunes Feed Web Site
- A series of well-reviewed lessons that will let you learn Spanish on your own terms.
- SpanishPod101 iTunes Feed Web Site
- Distinguishes itself from other currently available instructional podcasts by providing lessons that feature different accents from around the Spanish-speaking world. Dialogues are repeated multiple times and an English translation is provided, to further aid learning.
- Spanish Podcasts for Beginners iTunes Feed Web Site
- Podcasts recorded by native Spanish speakers with clear explanations in English.
- Voices en Español iTunes Feed Web Site
- Geared toward more advanced students, this podcast features an interview in Spanish with a native speaker from Spain, Latin America or the U.S. It’s also accompanied by a bilingual blog that includes weekly Spanish grammar tips.
Bookmark our free Spanish lessons section.
Swedish
- Klartext Feed Web site
- News in easy-to-understand Swedish.
- Learn Swedish with SwedishLingQ iTunes Feed Web Site
- Our readers have been waiting for Swedish lessons to come along. Here it finally is.
- Swedish Survival Phrases iTunes Feed Web Site
- From the makers of the Survival Phrases series.
Tagalog
- Viloria.com Pinoy Podcast iTunes Feed Web Site
- Learn to speak Tagalog to give you the advantage when you travel to the Philippines.
Thai
- Thai Web Site
- Lessons from the US Peace Corps
- Learn Thai Podcast: Free English Thai Audiolearning Course Feed Web Site
- Apparently the lessons are good, but they’ve been having some technical problems and not all podcasts are always available.
Ukrainian
- Ukrainian Web Site
- More lessons from the US Peace Corps.
Vietnamese
- Survival Phrases iTunes Feed Web Site
- You get the gist from the title. Learn here some phrases that will help you survive in Vietnam.
Yiddish
- Millie’s Yiddish Class iTunes YouTube Feed Web Site
- Learn Yiddish via video, includes link to Youtube.
General How-To
- The WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources Web Site
- This website directory, which is part of the WWW Virtual Library System, features over 2000 carefully selected, annotated links in 37 international affairs categories. The site offers a great way to understand our changing world, but it also includes its own section of language learning resources, and it includes sections dedicated to Spanish, French and German.
- Teach Yourself a Foreign Language iTunes Feed Web Site
- This program discusses how to go about learning a foreign language on your own. Some people liked it, some didn’t. Check it out and judge for yourself.
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ISpeakHindi – Learn Hindi Daily Podcast would be a good addition to this directory for foreign language podcasts. The feed can be found at http://feeds.feedburner.com/ISpeakHindi
and on the website, http://www.ISpeakHindi.com, there are several other Hindi language resources. Also, basic Hindi and Urdu sound the same. So, it can be a good resource for those that want to learn to speak and understand basic Urdu.
Learning and teaching arabic for european people. Free tools, on line courses and bilingual dictionary with sound.
Your list of sites for learning Mandarin Chinese is good, but you are missing my favorite. It is at http://www.imandarinpod.com/hoola/
Their lessons are interesting, funny, very insightful, and totally free. They have lessons appropriate for advanced beginners, intermediate, and advanced students. For these levels, I think they are the best available.
My site caters to people who want to build up their foreign language vocab. There’s a free podcast and some audiobooks. We add new topics regularly – http://www.languageaddicts.com/languages/Greek/Greek.htm
This is the best site for Brazilians learning English, period.
Video podcast in the ‘video-aula’ style, there is nothing like it on the web.
There is a social network also, for members to upload their pictures and share ideas in the forum.
-C
my comment above referred of course to the site: http://verdeamarelo.ning.com
thx,
C
unfortunately is not possible to find Portuguese from Portugal lessons. As the portuguese spoken in Brazil is very different from the one spoken in Portugal the brazilian podcast is not a solution.
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Hi,
I’d like to suggest a Chinese learning site:
http://www.nciku.com, which is a online English Chinese dictionary site designed for foreigners to learn Chinese. It has many features, say Chinese handwriting recognition, pinyin assistance, sound clips, MP3 online making, etc., all are very useful.
I think it’s a great resource you can share with people who would like to improve their Chinese.
Could you add it to your list? Many thanks.
And if you wanna learn more about us, please do feel free to contact me.
Regards,
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If you don’t like podcasts check out these flashcard based sites:
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http://www.german-flashcards.com/
http://www.online-spanish-course.com/
http://www.french-flashcards.com/
Can anyone recommend a Catalan-learning website?
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I want to learn danish language
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I too am looking for an Icelandic podcast. I can’t find it anywhere.
I found a Welsh one though: http://www.learnwelshpodcast.co.uk
YLE’s latin news is great, but in fact they are NOT the only ones broadcasting news in latin. There ist also the German Radio Bremen where you can get monthly news in latin as RSS and podcast:
http://www.radiobremen.de/nachrichten/latein/
http://www.radiobremen.de/podcast/latein/
YLE’s news in latin is great but in fact it ist not the only one. There is also news in latin from the German Radio Bremen which you can get as RSS and Podcast:
http://www.radiobremen.de/podcast/latein/
http://www.radiobremen.de/nachrichten/latein/
For German, please add the iTunes series offered by GermanPod101 (http://www.GermanPod101.com). This is more comprehensive than the other offers, with materials for beginners, intermediate and advanced. I believe there are similar podcasts now for French, Spanish and Italian.
If you are interested in learning a new language i can recommend you the courses at speedlearninglanguages.com. I have downloaded the basic french course yesterday and it’s great so far!
greetings, Max
please add my ZULU podcast. the podcast site is
http://zulumaiden.podbean.com/
you can suscribe via itunes or google reader
thanks
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English language teaching web site for Turkish speaking societies. This eb site has also English Turkish Dictionary with sample sentences and a robot to read sentences or words aloud.
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Thank for collecting these lessons. I found a great resource for leaning foreign languages: http://wwww.langall.com
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for those that can innovate
http://media.libsyn.com/media/survivalphrases/SurvivalPhrases_Arabic_S1L60.mp3
have fun.. good luck!
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Thanks for the lists.
I have a free Chinese learning website.
http://www.learnchineseeveryday.com/
Have fun…
useful list for Chinese learner, and I’d like to add one more to your list, http://www.websaru.com, a online English Chinese dictionary, good
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I was searching for yale university department of teaching” and found this your page (Connecticut Education Jobs Increasing). Not what i actually searched, but your post looked interesting….
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Say Something in Welsh is the only easy way to learn welsh I’ve found. They have both the Northern and Southern dialects. Its free too
Radio Acen puts out a daily podcast in Welsh for Welsh learners. Its done as a pretend new bulletin with difficult vocab explained.
Free “Word of the Day” with audio for 12 languages here:
http://www.declan-software.com/wordoftheday.htm
including Japanese, Chinese, Korean, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian.
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I can recommend the site: http://www.effectivelanguagelearning.com/ for free language lessons and language learning tips.
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[...] 世界不断多元化，学会一门新语言对于每一个人都是日渐重要的一件事情。无论是为了工作、学业、或仅仅是想学另一门语言而已，网络都为你提供了大量可供选择的辅助工具。以下是今天介绍的十五个免费工具： Popling：免费词汇练习软件，会在你的桌面上每隔一段特定的时间弹出flash式的单词卡片。可全屏也可忽略。 Radio Lingua Network：提供免费的语言播客，可提高听力和会话水平，共有二十种不同的语言。时间从一分钟到五分钟不等。 Livemocha：具有网上互动课程，用户创建课程和语伴寻觅功能的语言学习论坛。语伴是个建立自信的好方法。对话练习可选择，且提交文本和音频文件后由母语者为你批改纠错。 Palabea：很大的国际化语言学习中心。可以与母语者交流，寻找音频和可视化教程，提高写作和语法能力，甚至能找到你家乡的人。每个人都可借助这些工具在网上学习外语及技能。 Freelang.net ：提供免费的字典、翻译、博客和论坛服务帮助提高全方位的语言水平，包括阅读、写作和口语技能。同时此网站有相关的翻译软件、语言工具等链接。 ForiegnWord.com：语言学习者运用该网站提供的而四个工具可以翻译文本，找到二百六十五个在线辞典的链接。该网站目前可翻译三十八种语言。 Lingro：免费提供十一种不同开放内容的语言辞典。可通过该网站的翻译、词汇表、游戏、开放协作性辞典等功能提高语言水平。 Babbel：免费学习西班牙语、英语、德语、法语和意大利语的网站。具有多媒体学习方式，简单易用，且有一个四十万注册用户的学习论坛。 Transparent Language：语言学习软件。且网站上有一些免费的资源和工具——软件，博客，游戏，文章和学习社区——提高语言水平。 Open Culture：提供三十七种语言播客，从阿拉伯语到依地语都包括，且为学习者分了初中高三个级别。提供MP3下载。 SharedTalk：在线语言学习社区，提供多种工具学习和实践多种语言。具有语伴、语音聊天、文字聊天和电子邮件等功能。 Lang-8：该网站鼓励人们练习写作技能。由母语者为你编辑和更改。同时也是个在线交流社区，需要你阅读并为他人的作品进行更正。 Digital Dialects：提供五十八种语言互动学习的游戏。游戏为联系者提供初阶的词组来帮助学习。站点定时更新。 Translation2：提供免费在线翻译，是个提高个人语言理解能力的好地方。包括文本翻译，字典，语音翻译，以及即时翻译。语音翻译是个很好的方法，练习发音并可嵌入电子邮件和网页中。 [...]
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anyone got anything for learning turkish?
has anyone got anu websited to suggest for help in learning turkish?
there’s not much to be found out there and nothing at all on this site
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Free Chinese podcast lesson is available here .
For more , one-on-one live Chinese lesson is also available .
live Teacher from Hangzhou
http://www.echineselanguagelearning.com
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You should also add http://www.mandarinnetwork.com to your list of sites to learn Chinese.
Mandarin Network has hundreds of video lessons in their free Chinese language course.
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Suddenly,I feel the world is so wide.
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You can sign up for free Japanese video tutorial lessons at the following sites:
http://speakjapanesefluently.com/
http://talksushi.com/
http://readjapanesefast.com/
Some links for learning Turkish:
http://www.turkishlanguage.co.uk/
http://totally-turkish.com/
and some dictionaries
http://www.turkishdictionary.net/
http://www.sozluk.net/?language=en
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Can anyone recommend a Vasque-learning website?..and a australian/english slang website?
Thank you very much.
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Ive been trying to learn Spanish for over 20 years. With the help I found,I just might take that next step.
Gracias
For those interested in learning Burmese or Myanmar the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) at the University of London offers a free introductory course including audio and text available at http://www.soas.ac.uk/bbe/.
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Free online learning turkish language and grammar.
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