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Free Language Courses Learn English Language

Free English Language Courses

free english lanaguage courses
free english lanaguage courses
  • BBC The English We Speak – iTunes Free – Web Site
    • Each week, the BBC looks at phrases used in the English language.
  • American English Speech from Carnegie Mellon – Web
    •  The OLI American English Dialect course from Carnegie Mellon supplies the necessary reinforcement of dialectical structure, audio, production technique and phonetic representation for each sound.
  • BBC 6 Minute English – iTunes Free Audio – Downloads – Web Site
    • Learn and practice useful English with the BBC.
  • Better @ English – iTunes Free Audio
    • Focuses on conversational English, with an emphasis on idioms and slang.
  • Effortless English – iTunes Free
    • It gets solid reviews with this English Learning Podcast
  • English as a Second Language – iTunes Free
    • Free Lessons from HACC, Central Pennsylvania’s Community College.
  • Grammar Girl English Podcast – Web Site
    • Grammar Girl provides short, friendly tips to improve your writing. Whether English is your first language or your second language, these grammar, punctuation, style, and business tips will make you a better and more successful writer.
  • Tu Ingles! English for Spanish Speakers – Web Site
    • “Tu Ingles” is designed to help Spanish-speakers improve their ear for English. The weekly program features drills of verb conjugation, interviews, advice about idioms, and excerpts of speeches and other recorded spoken material from famous English speakers.
  • USA Learns – Web Site
    • A free website that helps adults learn English online by providing engaging videos and educational activities. Built by the Sacramento County Office of Education, with funding by the U.S. Department of Education and the California Department of Education.
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Free Language Courses

Free Dutch Language Courses

free dutch language courses
  • Duolingo Dutch (for English Speakers) – Web Site  
    • A popular free language-learning and crowdsourced text translation platform. As users progress through lessons, they simultaneously help to translate websites and other documents.
  • Introduction to Dutch (University of Groningen) – Web Site
    • Learn to speak, write and understand basic Dutch, with this free, 3 week, introductory foreign language course.
  • Laura Speaks Dutch – iTunes Free Audio
    • Lessons that will help you travel to Holland. It’s worth checking out the accompanying web site.
  • Learn Dutch from Dutch101 – iTunes Free
    • Culturally relevant lessons that are easy to listen to.
  • Learndutch.org  – Web
    • Online Dutch course – Vocabulary for beginners with Youtube Videos
  • Learn Dutch from Dutch101 – iTunes Free
    • Culturally relevant lessons that are easy to listen to.
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Free Language Courses Learn Chinese Language

Free Chinese Language Courses

  • Chinese Learn Online – Free iTunes Audio
    • A dialogue-based introduction to Mandarin Chinese. Load the lessons on your mp3 player and get up the Chinese curve.
  • Chinesepod.com –iTunes Free
    • A series of well-reviewed lessons that will let you learn Mandarin on your own terms.
  • Livelingua Basic Cantonese – Vol 1 – Vol 2
    • Two textbooks (PDF) and 30 audio lessons (MP3).
  • :Livelingua Foreign Service Institute Standard Chinese: A Modular Approach – Vol 1
    • Designed to give a practical command of spoken standard Chinese with nine situational modules. Each module consists of tapes (MP3), a student textbook (PDF), and a workbook. In addition to the core modules, there is a resource module and eight optional modules.
  • Learn Chinese in Your Car – Spotify Playlist
    • Grammar and vocabulary to beginners, offering guidance in pronunciation and language fundamentals.
  • Learn Chinese on Spotify – Spotify Playlist
    • A collection of audio courses on Spotify, that will take you from beginner lessons to advanced conversations–featuring essential travel phrases and vocabulary.
  • Mandarin Chinese Characters – iTunes Free
    • Created by Emory University, this series of video lessons will help you draw several characters and numbers.
  • US Peace Corps Mandarin in China – Web Site
    • Lessons courtesy of the US Peace Corps
  • Numbers and Radicals – iTunes Free
    • Emory University teaches you the proper form for writing numbers and radicals. In Video.
  • One Minute Mandarin – Free iTunes Audio
    • A quick way to cover the very basics…
  • Popup Chinese – Free iTunes Audio
    • Offers lessons for beginners and also students at intermediate and advanced levels. In addition to language lessons, Popup Chinese provides annotated short stories, HSK test prep materials and a variety of speaking and listening exercises. They broadcast out of Beijing, and all voice actors speak the standard northern dialect.
  • Slow Chinese – iTunes Free
    • A cultural podcast for Chinese learners. Features narratives by native Chinese people read in Mandarin at a slow speed (2~3 characters per second). Topics vary from language, knowledge, tradition and culture to opinions on social phenomena.
  • EDX Tsinghua Chinese Course – EDX.org
    • Introductory Chinese language course from Tsinghua University emphasizes basic language skills for everyday life in Mandarin speaking countries. The course utilizes pinyin, the standard system of Romanized spelling for transliterating Chinese, so learners will find it easy to understand and study the language.
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Free Language Courses Learn Arabic Language

Free Arabic Language Courses

Free arabic language courses
  1. LiveLingua.com – Free Arabic Language Lessons – Online
    The US Peace Corps serves lessons that will teach you the Arabic spoken in Jordan, Tunisia, Morocco, Chad and beyond.
  2. Arabic for Beginners 1 – YouTube Free
    • A series of video lessons from Dalarna University in Sweden.
  3. Arabic in Jordan – Web Site
    • These lessons from the Peace Corps will help you learn normal conversation in Jordan, rather than focusing on formalities.
  4. Foreign Service Institute Written Arabic – Vol 1 – Vol 2
    • Spoken exercises in Arabic and the printed transcriptions. Four textbooks (PDF) and 31 audio lessons (MP3).
  5. Foreign Service Institute Levantine Arabic – Web site
    • Introduction to pronunciation. Textbook (PDF) and 19 audio lessons (MP3). 
  6. Foreign Service Institute Saudi Arabic – Web site
    • Covers the urban Hijazi dialect. Textbook (PDF) and 51 audio lessons (MP3). Scroll down to the third/bottom set of lessons on this page.

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