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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.
Hanly is an app for learning Chinese characters through their composition and origin, with origin stories and mnemonics, stroke order and evolution, a reader, and spaced-repetition review. It also lists HSK and frequency levels, writing practice, and reverse recognition cards. It is available on the App Store and Google Play.
Hanzi Grids is a browser-based tool for creating custom Chinese character worksheets and grid paper templates for handwriting practice. Users type Simplified or Traditional Chinese text, including rare characters, and configure grid size, spacing and guide lines with real-time preview. Templates can be downloaded as PDF files or printed directly from the browser.
Helping Hands provides educational videos, lessons, tutorials, or self-learning resources.
Icelandic Online provides educational videos, lessons, tutorials, or self-learning resources.
IELTS Liz is a free IELTS preparation website offering practice lessons, topics, model answers and test tips across listening, reading, writing and speaking. It also provides information about the IELTS test, band scores and test-day advice. Lessons are described as targeting band scores 7, 8 and 9.
Iltyem-iltyem provides educational videos, lessons, tutorials, or self-learning resources.
Immersion Kit provides educational videos, lessons, tutorials, or self-learning resources.
An interactive chart of the International Phonetic Alphabet that plays a sound for each symbol clicked. It covers vowels, pulmonic and non-pulmonic consonants, other symbols and affricates. The page notes it is only a rough guide, as pronunciation varies by language and context, and recommends a browser with HTML5 Audio support.
Korean Trainer provides educational videos, lessons, tutorials, or self-learning resources.
Learn English provides educational videos, lessons, tutorials, or self-learning resources.
A tutorial site presenting basic principles of Japanese grammar and usage for learners who think in a Western language. It compares and contrasts English and Japanese grammar rather than relying on memorized patterns, and Japanese examples are written in romaji rather than kana and kanji. Topics include verbs, particles and sentence structure.
Learn Sanskrit Online describes itself as a simple and complete guide to Sanskrit, with tools and resources for all levels. It includes a beginner's guide and notes on Ambuda, traditional Sanskrit texts with word-for-word analysis and an integrated dictionary, and a grammar series on the Aṣṭādhyāyī. Sanscript converts Sanskrit text between scripts.
Links from Esperanto provides educational videos, lessons, tutorials, or self-learning resources.
lipu tenpo provides educational videos, lessons, tutorials, or self-learning resources.
Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab is a website offering online English listening comprehension activities for ESL and EFL learners, with quizzes at easy, intermediate and difficult levels. It also provides English interviews, grammar lessons and culture videos, and has offered listening activities online since 1998.
Manabi Reader is a native iOS, iPadOS and macOS app for reading Japanese media, with one-tap dictionary lookup, flashcards including Anki, and reading analytics tracking words and kanji. It offers curated web feeds and books, and can bring your own files. General reading features are free; premium features require a subscription.
Many Things provides educational videos, lessons, tutorials, or self-learning resources.
Minato is an online Japanese e-learning site from the Japan Foundation. It offers Japanese courses and a community where learners can interact with fellow students around the world. Courses are listed for levels from A1 upward, in several languages, with free applications open. Beginners are welcomed.
MondeLibrary provides educational videos, lessons, tutorials, or self-learning resources.
My Little Word Land provides educational videos, lessons, tutorials, or self-learning resources.
Nihongo con Teppei is a Japanese podcast for beginners, presented as a way to learn to speak Japanese naturally. The site lists numbered episodes with Japanese titles and downloadable MP3 audio files. No further details are given.
Podcasts in English is a podcast site for learners and teachers of English, offering leveled podcasts, worksheets and transcripts that provide English language lessons. Most podcasts are free, but only members can access the worksheets, vocabulary tasks and transcripts.
PolyglotClub is a language exchange community for practicing languages with native speakers and learners through conversations, events, and language exchange, online or offline. It reports over one million members worldwide.
Read Korean Letters provides educational videos, lessons, tutorials, or self-learning resources.
