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Courses, dictionaries and reading tools for a new language are grouped under language learning. The listings include full courses, vocabulary apps, flashcard tools, grammar references, pronunciation guides and graded reading. Some entries cover widely studied languages, and others focus on smaller or regional ones. It helps to know which skills each one teaches, the level it starts at and whether you can practise speaking as well as reading. Some services are free and others charge or limit free use, so confirm the cost before you commit time to a course.
Auslan Signbank is a language resources site for Auslan, the language of the deaf community in Australia. It offers a dictionary, searches for signs related to medical and health topics and to educational and teaching topics, videos of deaf people using listed signs, information on the deaf community in Australia, and links to Auslan classes. Users are invited to provide feedback to help improve the dictionary.
Signs is a platform for learning American Sign Language with a webcam and AI, offering real-time feedback. Users can also record signs and contribute them to a growing public dataset of ASL videos. The platform is supported by NVIDIA.
Sogang provides educational videos, lessons, tutorials, or self-learning resources.
TalkToMeInKorean provides educational videos, lessons, tutorials, or self-learning resources.
The Chairman's Bao is an online Mandarin Chinese reading service built around news-based lessons graded to HSK levels, for students and teachers. It also offers a website, iOS and Android apps, reading and listening exercises, a one-tap dictionary with flashcards, and human-recorded audio for each article.
The French Tutorial provides educational videos, lessons, tutorials, or self-learning resources.
The Internet TESL Journal is a free online journal for teachers of English as a second language. It published articles from 1995 through 2010, and the site now serves as an online resource book with articles on teaching techniques for EFL and ESL teachers. Its archives include articles and research papers, articles on teaching techniques, and lessons and lesson plans.
Toki Pona is a constructed language with 120–140 basic words, created by Sonja Lang in 2001. The official site describes it as free for everyone and links to learning resources, videos, texts and community information. It also covers Sitelen Pona, the language's writing system.
Toki Pona is a constructed language with only 120 words, presented on an official site offering videos, courses, a community dictionary and links to speaker communities. The page states the language is highly context-dependent and that speakers number in the thousands. It also lists literature, music, tools and a course available in 15 languages.
Train Chinese provides educational videos, lessons, tutorials, or self-learning resources.
Tōku Reo is the official website for a Te Reo Māori language learning television series based on the Te Whanake course. It covers five series and offers interactive exercises, podcasts and a forum. The half-hour show broadcasts on Māori Television at 7pm Monday to Friday.
A website offering detailed descriptions and explanations of Finnish vocabulary and grammar, with more than 650 articles. It has been online since 2007 and is written by a non-native learner of Finnish. Interactive exercises and extra materials formerly requiring points are free.
A list of Japanese learning resources for beginners and advanced learners, covering dictionaries, vocabulary, grammar, reading, media, podcasts, games, software and an encyclopedia. Some sections are marked as coming soon.
Fsi Languages helps learn languages with dictionaries, reading tools, lessons, pronunciation, or study resources.
A scholarly reference page for the study of J.R.R. Tolkien's invented languages and writing systems. It lists comprehensive reference websites and general information on languages such as Quenya, Sindarin, Adûnaic and Westron, and points to Tolkien's published works and The History of Middle-earth.
The Language Exchange Network points to a Reddit community or thread with discussion, guides, troubleshooting, or shared resources.
A website dedicated to language learners that hosts FSI, DLI and Peace-Corps courses, plus Shtooka audio collections and Cortina courses. It also offers tutorials for importing vocabulary lists, digitizing documents and recording word or phrase lists. The site states the FSI and Peace-Corps parts are finished and DLI is on the way.
Ambuda provides educational videos, lessons, tutorials, or self-learning resources.
BBC English provides educational videos, lessons, tutorials, or self-learning resources.
DuoStories Toki provides educational videos, lessons, tutorials, or self-learning resources.
Elsaspeak provides educational videos, lessons, tutorials, or self-learning resources.
HackingChinese provides educational videos, lessons, tutorials, or self-learning resources.
A site about Jyutping, the standard romanization scheme for Cantonese. It explains that Jyutping helps learners correct Cantonese pronunciations and accents, comparable to Pinyin for Mandarin, and that it enables typing Cantonese with Jyutping keyboards. It also links to related typing, lookup and learning resources.
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