Hey there! I’ve been getting a lot of questions recently regarding the way that I practice French and learn German at home. I decided to make a masterpost with all of the links I find helpful for learning a language for free!
I don’t like to learn in classrooms, it’s just way too much pressure. My French class last year was too hard for me, and it wasn’t fun at all since we were doing too much vocabulary and not enough fun stuff! I think that learning a language at home is your best option (from my experience), since you can go at your own pace, and not at the fast pace of a class!
I have used all of these links personally, so don’t worry, this isn’t a promotion in any way!
Starting your target language from scratch (beginners)
Duolingo (can be found in the app stores for Android and Apple) is a great place to start learning a language. You can start from the basics of your target language, and build your way up. It provides a good base for the language learning process. I wouldn’t recommend using ONLY Duolingo to learn your target language, as it just goes through vocabulary. You should use other resources to learn the grammar as well.
BBC Languages is also a helpful website for over 40 languages.
MyLanguages allows you to learn the alphabet for your target language.
101 Languages has 167 languages available to learn for free!
Memrise is another helpful app for vocabulary.
Omniglot is kind of like an online language learning encyclopedia. It’s a good place to start!
When you’re ready to start using the language (reading, writing, listening)
Interpals is a really cool website that allows you to have conversations in your target language with a native speaker! It’s really just a pen pal thing, but you can also meet people to travel with!
The Polyglot project is a good place to find things to read in your target language. If you don’t know a word, translate it through the site!
HelloTalk is another good app/website for conversing with speakers of your target language.
Celebrating Multilingualism Through Harry Potter is a section in the University of Calgary website. You can listen to the first part of Harry Potter in over 60 languages!
Resources for studying your target language
Dictionaries are essential for learning a language. Here’s a masterpost with tons of dictionaries for different languages by lets-become-polyglots.
Quizlet is a great flash card making app/website. I use it to practice my vocabulary in my spare time.
Forvo is good for listening to words. Search up a word, and listen to a native speaker of your target language say that word!
Other masterposts regarding language
Learning a foreign language by areistotle
South Asian language resources by reclaimthebindi
Language Learning Collection by cosmogyros
German by studying-for-the-future
French by jenaipassommeil
Italian by studybowie
Maltese by maltese-boy
Latin by learnal
Japanese by nihongogogo
Vietnamese by skopjeisanawesomecityname
Finnish by nimeni-on-hopo-hopo
That’s all of my resources! I hope you all enjoy learning a language!
