Learning a language: a guide to self-learning

Part VI Resources for specific Languages

 

Index | Part I Getting started>> 

Choose the language you are learning:

• Learn English
  
• Learn German
• Learn Russian
  
• Learn French
• Learn Spanish
• Learn Italian
• Learn Portuguese
  
• Learn Croatian
• Learn Slovenian
• Learn Rumanian
  
• Learn Turkish
• Learn Dutch
• Learn Greek
• Learn Czech
• Learn Icelandic
• Learn Norwegian
• Learn Catalan
• Learn Basque
• Learn Polish

 

Learn English

 

• Assimil book series. Very good. You might find it in Barcelona' s free public library system.
• Ororo.tv Subtitled series
• Lingvist Interactive learning
• Duo lingo Very good
• Italki Excellent for sharing languages online
• Easy languages Amazing street dialogues
• Elllo Lots of listenings 
• Taxi Language Created by myself. Multi-language dialogues
• Lanquick Android application
• BBC languages I recommend you download the videos and use VLC player to watch them, in case you have problems with your browser.
• Book box Excellent for pronunciation purposes and language practice.
• Democracy now!  Excellent independent news site, critical. English and Spanish. All the news is transcribed.
• Lyric Training  learn languages with songs.
• Lyric translate learn languages with lyrics translations.
• Fluentu learning languages with real world videos.
• Youtube videos with lyrics.
• TED Talks with transcription
• Owncloud Our own resources. Password is needed.

 

Learn German

 

• Assimil book series. Very good. You might find it in Barcelona' s free public library system
• Colloquial book series. The exercises are very interesting. You might find it in  Barcelona's free public library system.

• Deutsch interaktive Excellent course
• DW deutsch lernen Excellent resources
• Deutsch online lernen Very good material
• Duo lingo Very good
• Italki Excellent for sharing languages online
• Book box Excellent for pronunciation purposes and language practice.
• Easy languages Amazing street dialogues
• Lanquick Android application
• BBC languages I recommend you download the videos and use VLC player to watch them, in case you have problems with your browser
• DLI Language courses
• FSI Language course Good but old material.
• Lyric Training  learn languages with songs.
• Lyric translate learn languages with lyrics translations.
• Fluentu learning languages with real world videos.
• Youtube videos with lyrics.
• TED talks with transcription
• Owncloud Our own resources. Password is needed.

 

Learn Russian

 

• Assimil book series. Very good. You might find it in Barcelona' s free public library system.
• RT: Learn Russian.
• Викисловарь. Russian wikidictionary, excellent.
• Italki Excellent for sharing languages online.
• Megalyrics.ru. Listen songs and read the lyrics. Example: Сплин - Мое сердце.
• Youtube: Союзмультфильм. Soviet animation studio channel at Youtube.
• DLI Language courses
• FSI Language course Good but old material
• Lyric Training  learn languages with songs.
• Lyric translate learn languages with lyrics translations.
• Fluentu learning languages with real world videos.
• Owncloud Our own resources. Password is needed.

Learn French

 

• Assimil book series. Very good. You might find it in Barcelona' s free public library system.
• Lingvist Excellent interactive online course
• Duo lingo Very good
• Italki Excellent for sharing languages online
• Easy languages Amazing street dialogues
• Lanquick Android application
• BBC languages I recommend you download the videos and use VLC player to watch them, in case you have problems with your browser.
• Book box Excellent for pronunciation purposes and language practice.
• Pace corps language courses
• DLI Language courses
• FSI Language course Good but old material.
• Lyric Training  learn languages with songs.
• Lyric translate learn languages with lyrics translations.
• Fluentu learning languages with real world videos.
• Youtube videos with lyrics.
• Owncloud Our own resources. Password is needed.

 

Learn Spanish

 

• Assimil book series. Very good. You might find it in Barcelona' s free public library system.
• Duo lingo Very good
• Italki Excellent for sharing languages online
• Easy languages Amazing street dialogues
• Lengua taxi Created by myself. Multi-language dialogues 
• Lanquick Android application
• BBC languages I recommend you download the videos and use VLC player to watch them, in case you have problems with your browser.
• Book box Excellent for pronunciation purposes and language practice.
• Pace corps language courses
• DLI Language courses
• FSI Language course Good but old material
• Lyric Training  learn languages with songs.
• Lyric translate learn languages with lyrics translations.
• Fluentu learning languages with real world videos.
• Youtube videos with lyrics.
• Owncloud Our own resources. Password is needed.

 

Learn Italian

 

• Assimil book series. Very good. You might find it in Barcelona' s free public library system.
• Duo lingo Very good
• Italki Excellent for sharing languages online
• Easy languages Amazing street dialogues
• Lingua Taxi  Created by myself. Multi-language dialogues
• Lanquick Android application
• BBC languages I recommend you download the videos and use VLC player to watch them, in case you have problems with your browser.
• Book box Excellent for pronunciation purposes and language practice.
• FSI Language course Good but old material
• Lyric Training  learn languages with songs.
• Lyric translate learn languages with lyrics translations.
• Fluentu learning languages with real world videos.
• Youtube videos with lyrics.
• Owncloud Our own resources. Password is needed.

 

Learn Portuguese

• Assimil book series. Very good. You might find it in Barcelona' s free public library system.
• Duo lingo Very good
• Italki Excellent for sharing languages online
• Lanquick Android application
• BBC languages I recommend you download the videos and use VLC player to watch them, in case you have problems with your browser.
• Book box Excellent for pronunciation purposes and language practice.
• Pace corps language courses
• DLI Language courses
• FSI Language course Good but old material
• Learn Languages with songs.
• Learn Languages with lyrics translations.
• Fluentu learning languages with real world videos.
• Youtube videos with lyrics.
• Owncloud Our own resources. Password is needed.

 

Learn Croatian

 

• Assimil book series. Very good. You might find it in Barcelona' s free public library system.
• Colloquial book series. The exercises are very interesting. You might find it in  Barcelona's free public library system.Italki Excellent for sharing languages online
• Easy languages Amazing street dialogues
• Italki Excellent for sharing languages online
• BBC languages I recommend you download the videos and use VLC player to watch them, in case you have problems with your browser.
• Grammar guide
• FSI Language course Good but old material.
• Lyric Training  learn languages with songs.
• Lyric translate learn languages with lyrics translations.
• Fluentu learning languages with real world videos.
• Owncloud Our own resources. Password is needed.

 

Learn Slovenian

   

• I speak slovene
• Italki Excellent for sharinglanguages online.
• Learn Languages with lyrics translations.
• Lyric Training  learn languages with songs.
• Lyric translate learn languages with lyrics translations.
• Fluentu learning languages with real world videos.
• Owncloud Our own resources. Password is needed.

 

Learn Rumanian

   

• Assimil book series. Very good. You might find it in Barcelona' s free public library system.
• Colloquial book series. The exercises are very interesting. You might find it in  Barcelona's free public library system.Italki Excellent for sharing languages online
• Italki Excellent for sharing languages online.
• Pace corps language courses
• DLI Language courses
• FSI Language course Good but old material
• Learn Languages with lyrics translations.
• Lyric Training  learn languages with songs.
• Lyric translate learn languages with lyrics translations.
• Fluentu learning languages with real world videos.
• Owncloud Our own resources. Password is needed.

 

Learn Turkish

• Colloquial book series. The exercises are very interesting. You might find it in  Barcelona's free public library system.Italki Excellent for sharing languages online
• Lanquick Android application
• BBC languages I recommend you download the videos and use VLC player to watch them, in case you have problems with your browser.
• Italki Excellent for sharing languages online
• TURKISH LANGUAGE CLASS FREE ONLINE TURKISH LANGUAGE RESOURCE
• Duo lingo Very good
• Pace corps language courses
• DLI Language courses
• FSI Language course Good but old material.
• Lyric Training  learn languages with songs.
• Lyric translate learn languages with lyrics translations.
• Fluentu learning languages with real world videos.
• Owncloud Our own resources. Password is needed.

 

Learn Dutch

 

• Assimil book series. Very good. You might find it in Barcelona' s free public library system.
• Colloquial book series. The exercises are very interesting. You might find it in  Barcelona's free public library system.Italki Excellent for sharing languages online
• Italki Excellent for sharing languages online
• Easy languages Amazing street dialogues
• Book box Excellent for pronunciation purposes and language practice.
• Lanquick Android application
• BBC languages I recommend you download the videos and use VLC player to watch them, in case you have problems with your browser.
• DLI Language courses
• Lyric Training  learn languages with songs.
• Lyric Translate learn languages with lyrics translations.
• Wikibooks
• Fluentu learning languages with real world videos.
• Youtube videos with lyrics.
• Owncloud Our own resources. Password is needed.

 

 Learn Greek

 

• Colloquial book series. The exercises are very interesting. You might find it in  Barcelona's free public library system.Italki Excellent for sharing languages online
• Italki Excellent for sharing languages online
• Book box Excellent for pronunciation purposes and language practice.
• Lanquick Android application
• BBC languages I recommend you download the videos and use VLC player to watch them, in case you have problems with your browser.
• DLI Language courses
• FSI Language course Good but old material
• Lyric Training  learn languages with songs.
• Lyric translate learn languages with lyrics translations.
• Fluentu learning languages with real world videos.
• Owncloud Our own resources. Password is needed.

 

Learn Czech

 

• Colloquial book series. The exercises are very interesting. You might find it in  Barcelona's free public library system.Italki Excellent for sharing languages online
• Italki Excellent for sharing languages online
• BBC languages I recommend you download the videos and use VLC player to watch them, in case you have problems with your browser.
• DLI Language courses
• FSI Language course Good but old material
• Lyric Training  learn languages with songs.
• Lyric translate learn languages with lyrics translations.
• Fluentu learning languages with real world videos.
• Owncloud Our own resources. Password is needed.

 

Learn Icelandic

 

• Colloquial book series. The exercises are very interesting. You might find it in  Barcelona's free public library system.Italki Excellent for sharing languages online

• Italki Excellent for sharing languages online 
• BBC languages I recommend you download the videos and use VLC player to watch them, in case you have problems with your browser.
• Lyric Training  learn languages with songs.
• Lyric translate learn languages with lyrics translations.
• Fluentu learning languages with real world videos.
• Owncloud Our own resources. Password is needed.

 

Learn Norwegien

 

• Norwegian on the web Very good material
• Norwegian books Without audio
• Colloquial book series. The exercises are very interesting. You might find it in  Barcelona's free public library system.Italki Excellent for sharing languages online

• Italki Excellent for sharing languages online 
• BBC languages I recommend you download the videos and use VLC player to watch them, in case you have problems with your browser.
• FSI Language course Good but old material
• Lyric Training  learn languages with songs.
• Lyric translate learn languages with lyrics translations.
• Learn Languages with lyrics translations.
• Fluentu learning languages with real world videos.
• Owncloud Our own resources. Password is needed.

 

Learn Catalan

• Parla.cat Excellent website to start
• Assimil book series. Very good. You might find it in Barcelona' s free public library system.
• Italki Excellent for sharing languages online
• Llengua Taxi Created by myself. Multi-language dialogues
• BBC languages I recommend you download the videos and use VLC player to watch them, in case you have problems with your browser.
• Vincles is a book and a online web plataform that is a great help introducing the Catalan language. The book can be found in the library of the school.
• Intercat is a collection of electronic resources for learning about Catalan language and culture, specially designed for students on mobility programmes who are visiting Catalan universities.
• Lyric Training  learn languages with songs.
• Lyric translate learn languages with lyrics translations.
• Fluentu learning languages with real world videos.
• Youtube videos with lyrics.
• Owncloud Our own resources. Password is needed.

 

Learn Basque

 

• Ikasbil Online course in Spanish, French and English
• Youtube videos with lyrics. 
• Lyric Training  learn languages with songs.
• Lyric translate learn languages with lyrics translations.

Learn Polish

• Assimil book series. Very good. You might find it in Barcelona' s free public library system.
• Polish videos Interactive videos
• Duo lingo
• Italki Excellent for sharing languages online
• Easy languages Amazing street dialogues
• BBC languages I recommend you download the videos and use VLC player to watch them, in case you have problems with your browser.
• FSI Language course Good but old material
• Learn Languages with lyrics translations.
• Lyric Training  learn languages with songs.
• Lyric translate learn languages with lyrics translations.
• Fluentu learning languages with real world videos.
• Owncloud Our own resources. Password is needed.

 

 

 

 

Index | Part I Getting started>>