Hello! A lot of you have been asking me where and how I’ve learn multiple languages and well, after a few hours of digging through my browser history and bookmarks, I was able to collect all of these resources. I have personally used all of these, so I can assure you they are useful! If there is something wrong with a website or a link, please let me know. Also, if you have any questions or if you want a learning buddy, my ask box is open. (I speak English and Spanish. I’m learning Korean, German, Japanese, Chinese, Portuguese, Italian, and Esperanto)
Note: Learning a new language requires a lot of dedication, more than you actually think! Especially if you’re learning multiple languages at the same time. It isn’t impossible, but it will take time. And by time I mean months and/or years! So please, be patient. Take your time. Don’t rush. Keep in mind that you will mess up and that’s okay. Practice as much as you can. Practice out loud. Talk to yourself if you can. It doesn’t matter if people think you’re crazy. They won’t be thinking the same when you become a polyglot, so don’t mind them. This is for you and your future.
Get started:
Everything listed below is FREE! Some sites do require you to sign up, but that’s for you to keep track of your own process.
Tips to get you started
Language Hacking tips (blog)
More language hacking tips (blog)
The Polyglot Project (Library with foreign books that lets you translate while reading)
How to Learn Any Language
Effective Language Learning
Ankidroid (flashcard maker)
Multiple languages, one website
Duolingo (Latin American Spanish, French, German, Brazilian Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Irish, Danish, Swedish, Turkish, Norwegian (Bokmål), Ukrainian, and Esperanto)
BBC Languages (40 languages)
Learn A Language (18 languages)
Conjuguemos (French, German, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Spanish)
L-lingo (21 languages)
101languages (167 languages)
Languagepod101 (31 languages)
Foreign Services Institute (44 languages)
My Languages (95 languages)
Surface Languages (43 languages)
Lingualia (Spanish)
Linguanaut (16 languages)
OmniGlot (All languages [basic info for some of them])
Memrise (Various languages) (flashcard system)
Livemocha (Various languages)
Polyglotclub
Sharedtalk
Interpals (specify in your profile you only look for language exchange because there can be some creeps in this one)
Couchsurfing
Babbel
Specific Languages
Korean:
Learn to read Korean in 15 minutes! - Really helpful as well
Learnkoreanlp - Focuses on grammar
k-is4korean
Talktomeinkorean
Learn-korean
korean-flashcards - Focuses on vocabulary
Easytolearnkorean
Korean.go.kr/ - Focuses on pronunciation
Lang-8 - Community to correct your entries
Dongsa - Conjugations for verbs
Howtostudykorean- EXTREMELY helpful when it comes to learning hangul and writing structure!
hangulpractice - This blog has some useful posts.
letstteok-korean
Talktomeinkorea (YouTube channel)
fluentkorean
sweetandtasty
seoulistic - For culture lessons
GenkiKorean
Korean Word Game
English-Korean Vocabulary Quizzes
Hangul Keyboard - This is also EXTREMELY helpful with Hangul/romanization. It also converts any romanized syllables into hangul
Korean - Reddit threat
Chinese/Mandarin:
Hackingchinese
Chinese-tools - Pretty helpful with pronunciation.
Chinese Open courseware
Chinese Language - Reddit threat
Chinese Textbook
Chineasy
Learn Mandarin
Chinese Hacks
yoyochinese
How can I learn Chinese
Why is Chinese so damn hard?
Japanese:
Learn Japanese I / II - YouTube
Guidetojapanese
Free Japanese lesson
Japaneseclass.jp
thejapanesepage
Japanesepod101
Tofugu
Erin’s Challenge!
Jplang
Yesjapan
Marugoto - Includes culture lessons
Kana Invaders - Fun game for learning Kana
Another great masterpost for Japanese - So many resources!!!
Esperanto:
Note: I did a research and supposedly Esperanto is an easy-to-learn language that helps you with other languages.
Esperantofre
Esperanto “library”
Esperanto Grammar
Esperanto (Duolingo)
German:
Learn German Online
German Language Guide
Mission Berlin - Mystery adventure game
Basic German
Deutsch Lernen
Slow German
Kids’ Games - For vocabulary
Italian:
MIT Open Courseware
Italian Language Guide
Italian Grammar
Italian For Beginners - YouTube
Latin:
Some Latin grammar
Latin Course - YouTube
Portuguese:
Oneness
Ta Falado
Portuguese (Duolingo)
French:
Learn French Guide
Coffee Break French
University of Texas: Francais interactif
Podcastfrancaisfacile
French Language Guide
Lingopolo/french
Le Journal en français facile
News in Slow French
Francolab
Cliffs Notes
Native French Speech
French Podcast
Spanish:
Spanish - About.com
@spanishskulduggery
Study Spanish
Cliffs Notes
Destinos
One Minute Spanish
One Minute Spanish (Latin America focused)
Thai:
Learn Thai Podcast
Woman Learn Thai
Let’s Talk Thai
Thai 101
Lingopolo/thai
Arabic:
Books to Learn Arabic
Mandinah Arabic
Arabic Verbs (PDF)
al3arabiya
Arabic Pronouns (PDF)
Arabic Alphabet / Also Here / And Here!
Arabic For Language Exchange
Peace Corps
Hindi:
A Door Into Hindi
Learning Hindi
NYU Hindi Course
Quillpad - Great for typing
Namaste Dosti
SU Hindi Course
ispeakhindi
Hindi Script
Vietnamese:
VietnamesePod101
Survival Phrases
seasite.niu.edu
Learn Vietnamese Online
Greek:
Some Greek Grammar (New Testament)
Romanian:
Rolang
One Minute Romanian
Welsh:
Say Something in Welsh
Welsh Vocab
Dutch:
Lingopolo/dutch
Learn Dutch
Russian:
Speak Russian
Russian Alphabet
Taste of Russian
Master Russian
Russian Open Courseware
Russian Handwriting
Swedish:
Klartext
SwedishLingQ
Survival Phrases
That’s it. That’s all I have right now. I’ll try to search for more and will keep updating this list! If you have a request for a specific language, just send me an ask. Have fun and good luck!
My sister just got me started on Memrise for Japanese a few days ago and wow, it’s amazing. It’s not just flashcards but a combination of audio+visual+writing and uses user-submitted, ranked-by-vote mnemonic devices whenever possible. Plus, the way it keeps track of your progress is like a game, giving you points for doing well and letting you compete with other people. :)
And you get a bunch of extra points for reviewing old material at set intervals to make sure it sticks in your long term memory! Not to mention it has a very cute design, having each character/word/phrase be a ‘plant’ you have to keep ‘watered.’
Duolingo is such a life saver.
