who doesn’t love languages? or free resources? or free! language! resources!?
i was on duolingo, reading a discussion, and saw a link to a free swedish grammar book! and when i checked the website, there were loads of free language books in downloadable pdf form just waiting to be put in a tumblr post. i even used proper capitalisation for the book names! but that was shortlived, as i have a nonchalant online presence to consider.
Arabic- Grammar of Modern Standard Arabic, Colloquial Arabic (Levantine), Arabic: An Essential Grammar
Cantonese- Basic Cantonese, Intermediate Cantonese
Catalan- Colloquial Catalan
Croatian- Colloquial Croatian
Czech- Czech: An Essential Grammar
Danish- Colloquial Danish
Dutch- Dutch: A Comprehensive Grammar, Dutch: An Essential Grammar
English- Colloquial English, English: An Essential Grammar
Estonian- Colloquial Estonian
French- Colloquial French, Modern French Grammar, (another) Modern French Grammar, Student Grammar: French
Georgian- Georgian: A Learner’s Grammar
German- Basic German, German: An Essential Grammar, Intermediate German, Modern German Grammar, (another) Modern German Grammar, German Synonyms
Greek- Essential Grammar: Modern Greek
Hebrew- Modern Hebrew: An Essential Grammar
Hungarian- Hungarian: An Essential Grammar
Icelandic- Colloquial Icelandic
Irish- Basic Irish, Colloquial Irish, Intermediate Irish
Italian- Basic Italian Grammar, Colloquial Italian, (another) Colloquial Italian, Intensive Italian Workbook, Modern Italian Grammar, Modern Italian Grammar Workbook
Japanese- Colloquial Japanese
Norwegian- Colloquial Norwegian
Polish- Intermediate Polish
Portuguese- Portuguese: An Essential Grammar, Portuguese of Brazil
Romanian- Romanian: An Essential Grammar
Russian- Colloquial Russian, Contemporary Russian, Intermediate Russian, Russian Grammar
Scottish Gaelic- Colloquial Scottish Gaelic
Serbian- Serbian: An Essential Grammar
Swahili- Colloquial Swahili
Swedish- Colloquial Swedish, Swedish: An Essential Grammar
Tamil- Colloquial Tamil
Thai- Thai: An Essential Grammar
Turkish- Turkish: A Comprehensive Grammar
Yoruba- Colloquial Yoruba
obvious disclaimer: i don’t own any of the rights etc etc to any of the above etc etc, i just thought i’d share.
and while i’m here, if you want an actual free online course to do, FutureLearn has some language ones (as well as lots of other disciplines too!) i did a few modules of their Italian For Beginners which i really had fun doing and i learnt a lot of the basics- unfortunately they don’t offer those at the moment, but do check back as they introduce new courses all the time!
Open University offers loads of free courses, including some language ones. i haven’t done any language specific ones through OU, but i have done a few history ones which i enjoyed (although personally, i prefer the format and structure of FutureLearn, if i’m being honest).
Open Culture seems to have lots of language courses (48 languages, to be precise), although i have never personally used their resources they have been recommended to me, and they seem to offer a lot of languages not previously covered by any of the above, so it may be worth a look!
YouTube and Spotify also offer some good visual/aural learning resources which really helps with pronunciation, but you’d have to check for your specific target language. i am currently trying to learn swedish and italian (although i have fallen dreadfully behind in the latter) and i’ve found some useful things on both!
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