A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO LANGUAGE LEARNING

BY OATMILKBIMBO (´｡• ω •｡`)

hi my loves! I put together this doc for all my language-loving folk! It’s set up

pretty comprehensively, but if you don’t see a langu+age you’re interested in or a study mode,

send me a dm on Instagram and i’ll add it! click here for my insta

happy studying <3

to anybody who is learning a language, please remember this:

it’s okay to lose motivation sometimes. there’s not too much you can do about that, learning a

foreign language is hard and it takes time. sometimes, it takes so much time that you start to forget

why you even started to learn it.

take a deep breath. write out a list of goals to accomplish for the week/month/day. light a few scented

candles, find a place where you won’t get distracted. give yourself breaks.

it’ll be okay. again, learning a language is anything but a piece of cake. you’ll get there, take your

time. it’s okay. go at your own pace, use the strategies that work best for you.

you can do it. keep learning, keep studying, keep making mistakes. it will all pay off in the end.
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Free Online Language Courses

Spotify Language Playlists
Language Learning Apps (paid but have free versions)
Free Language Exchange
Language Tutors
Films and Shows
Intense Language Study Plan
 Free Online Language Courses

ALBANIAN

Learn Albanian online | Free Albanian lessons

Learn Albanian free online - 50LANGUAGES Spanish course

Ebooks with Audios

AFRIKAANS

Learn Afrikaans for free

Learn Afrikaans free online - 50LANGUAGES Afrikaans course

Learn Afrikaans - Free Online Course

AMHARIC

Learn Amharic: Free Amharic Courses Online

Learn Amharic Online – AmharicTeacher.com

ASL

ASL - American Sign Language

Sign Language Structure

App: Sign School

ARABIC

Arabic Course

Learn Moroccan Arabic Online - SpeakMoroccan.com

Learn Arabic Online for Free: 33 Resources and Online Arabic Classes

ARMENIAN

Depi Hayk Armenian Language Tutorial

Beginner Ebook with Audios

BASQUE

Euskal kultura - Learn Basque

Learn Basque | LEARN101.ORG

25 Resources for Learning Euskara Online

BELARUSIAN

Belarusian Language Course - Ebook

BENGALI

Learn Bangla-Write Bangla Online-supriyosen.net

BULGARIAN

Ebook with Audios

CATALAN

Presentació de CAT

Benvinguts a SpeakCat!
CEBUANO BISAYA

Learn Basic Cebuano Bisaya - Memrise

Learn Cebuano

Learn Cebuano: Free Cebuano Courses Online

CHINESE (MANDARIN)

All Chinese edX Courses

Beginner

Chinese For Beginners

Chinese Characters For Beginners

Mandarin Chinese Level 1

Mandarin Chinese Essentials

More Chinese For Beginners

Start Talking Mandarin Chinese

Gateway to Chinese | Practice materials for beginning Mandarin Chinese

Intermediate

Intermediate Business Chinese

Intermediate Chinese Grammar

Mandarin Chinese For Intermediate Learners

AP Chinese - structured course (scroll to find)

HSK

Chinese For HSK 1

Chinese For HSK 2

Chinese For HSK 3

Chinese For HSK 4

Chinese For HSK 5

App: Skritter (paid, but great for vocab and writing)

DANISH

Learn Danish online | Free Danish lessons

International Community - Learn Danish Online

DUTCH

Intro to Dutch

ENGLISH

English Online Courses

English Language Resources

ESTONIAN

Learn Estonian Online

Learn Estonian online | Free Estonian lessons

Learn Estonian free online - 50LANGUAGES Estonian course

FAROESE

Faroese Online
FINNISH

A TASTE OF FINNISH – Learn Finnish – Opi suomea

FRENCH

Beginner

French Language and Culture

Elementary French 1 & 2

Francais interactif

FUN - Vivre en France - A1

FUN - Vivre en France - A2

Intermediate & Advanced

French Intermediate course B1-B2

Passe Partout

FUN - Travailler en France A2-B1

FUN - Vivre en France - B1

GERMAN

Free online German lessons with audio

Deutsch im Blick

German at Work

Deutsch für Dich - Willkommen

GREEK

Learn Greek online | Free Greek lessons

Learn Greek with free online lessons

GWICH’IN

Gwich'in Language – An Introduction

HEBREW

Biblical Hebrew

Hebrew: Welcome!

HINDI

A Door Into Hindi by Afroz Taj

Virtual Hindi | Hindi Teaching and Learning Resources

ICELANDIC

Icelandic Online

IGBO

Beginner Igbo Language Lessons Online

Learn Igbo: Free Igbo Courses Online

INDONESIAN

Bahasakita.com: Learn Indonesian Language and Culture

IRISH

Intro to Irish Language

ITALIAN

All edX Courses

Beginner

Italian Language and Culture

Italian For Beginners

Intermediate & Advanced

AP Italian Language and Culture

Italian Language and Culture Intermediate

Advanced Italian

JAPANESE

edX Japanese Courses

Genki – Self-study Room

Japanese JOSHU

Japanese Pronunciation

JF Japanese e-Learning Minato |The Japan Foundation

Jplang
KOREAN

Beginner

First Step Korean

Learn Korean with HowtoStudyKorean

Intro to Korean

Learn to Speak Korean

Intermediate

Clare You & Eunsu Cho, Intermediate College Korean

KURDISH

Learn Kurdish | learn101.org

Learn Kurdish - Quick Online Learning

LATIN

Getting started on classical Latin - OpenLearn - Open University

6 Best + Free Latin Courses & Classes Online [DECEMBER 2020]

AP Latin - structured course (scroll down to Latin)

MALAYAM

Learn Malayalam - Quick Online Learning

Learn Malayalam | LEARN101.ORG

Learn Malayalam Language- Free Online Malayalam Audio Lessons and Education on Kerala

Culture.

NORWEGIAN

Learn Norwegian - Online Introduction to Norwegian Course

NoW Guide

PERSIAN

Easy Persian

PersianDee: Learn Persian (Farsi) online for free!

POLISH

Po polsku po Polsce

PORTUGUESE

Pluralidades em Português Brasileiro

16 Free Online Portuguese Language Classes

Learn Portuguese online | Free Portuguese lessons

Learn Portuguese with free online lessons

PUNJABI

Learn Punjabi - Quick Online Learning

eLearnpunjabi :: An Online Platform to Learn Punjabi

Learn Punjabi | learn101.org

RUSSIAN

Beginner

Межвузовская площадка электронного образования

I Speak Russian

Intermediate

Russian B1

Russian B1+

Russian B2

Russian B2+

SCOTTISH GAELIC

LearnGaelic Beginners' Course

Learning Scottish Gaelic

SLOVAK

Learn Slovak online | Free Slovak lessons

Learn Slovak Online in Just 10 Minutes a Day

SPANISH

All Spanish edX Courses

Beginner

Basic Spanish 1

Spanish For Beginners

Spanish For Beginners 1

Spanish Vocabulary

Verb Conjugator

Intermediate

Corrección, estilo y variaciones de la lengua española

Leer a Macondo

AP Spanish Language

SWAHILI

KIKO: Kiswahili kwa kompyuta - select unit

SWEDISH

Learning Swedish

Learn Swedish online | Free Swedish lessons

How to Learn Swedish: 37 Lessons from My 6 Months Living in Sweden

TAGALOG

Learn Tagalog (Filipino) - Free Tagalog (Filipino) Lessons

Learn Tagalog: Free Tagalog Courses Online

TAMIL

Learn Tamil - Quick Online Learning

Learn Tamil online - fast, free and easy using book2 by "50 languages"

Tamil classes online -Spoken Tamil & Reading/Writing practice

TELUGU

Learn Telugu Free: Online Telugu Courses

Learn Telugu - Quick Online Learning

TURKISH

Home - Learn Turkish For Free

TWI

Learn Twi: Free Twi Courses Online

UKRAINIAN

Read Ukrainian!

Lingva.Skills

URDU

Learn Urdu - Free Online Course

Free Urdu lessons

VIETNAMESE

Learn Vietnamese - Free Vietnamese Lessons

Learn Vietnamese online | Free Vietnamese lessons

WELSH

Croeso: beginners' Welsh - OpenLearn - Open University

Discovering Wales and Welsh: first steps - OpenLearn - Open University

YIDDISH

Yiddish Resources

YORUBA

Yorùbá Yé Mi Texbook

ANCIENT LANGUAGES

Early Indo-European Online: Introduction to the Language Lessons

Spotify Language Playlists

dirty brazilian funk

arabic bops

old italian music

chill brazilian music

all the languages

italian rap

cute brazilian music

danish & dutch trap

chill spanish music

latin hits

more brazilian funk

mpb (popular old brazilian music)

catalán songs

french songs

Language Learning Apps (paid but have free versions)

Duolingo: game-based learning, comprehensive

LingoDeer: game-based learning, comprehensive, good for listening

Pimsleur: Best for quick learning

Busuu: good for writing

FluentU: good for videos

Drops: good for vocabulary

Memrise: good for vocabulary

 Free Language Exchange

Speaky

Language Share

Lingoglobe

Mixxer

Language Tutors

Italki - as low as $4/hr

Verbling - as low as $8/hr

Films and Shows

SPANISH

Shows: la casa de papel, elite, the club, sin senas no hay paraiso

Films: wakolda, tiempo sin aire, y tu mama tambien

PORTUGUESE

Shows: garotas de ipanema, blood pact, 3%, sintonia

Films: cidade de deus, o dia de desespero

ITALIAN

Shows: baby, luna nera, summertime

Films: malena, la prima notte di quiete, primera eredita ferramonti

FRENCH

Shows: mortel, osmosis, vampires

Films: divines, des hommes et des dieux, venus noire

DANISH

Shows: rita, the rain

ARABIC

Shows: dollar, secret of the nile

Films: amar’s hands, the cell

CATALAN

Shows: merli, welcome to the family

Films; two catalonia

ICELANDIC

Shows: case

GERMAN

Shows: babylon berlin, dark, charite

BASQUE

Films: the giant

NORWEGIAN

Shows: ragnarok

POLISH

Shows: the woods

FLEMISH

Shows: the twelve

TURKISH

Shows: love101, resurrection ertugrul, phi

RUSSIAN

Shows: better than us

YIDDISH

Shows: unorthodox
 FROM BEGINNER TO INTERMEDIATE
Intense Language Study Plan

EVERYDAY:

● Conjugate one verb in present, past and future tenses

● Make a list about 10 - 30 words long

● Create flashcards with them and start learning them (I use Quizlet for flashcards)

● Revise yesterday's set of flashcards

2-3 TIMES A WEEK

 ● Read an article or a few pages from a book

● Write a few sentences about anything in your target language

● Listen to one episode of a podcast (at least one)

ONCE A WEEK OR BIWEEKLY

● Watch a movie in your target language, preferably animated movie as the language used there

is easier. You can watch with subtitles

● Grammar exercises

● Translate some short text

ONCE A MONTH

● Write something longer, like an essay or report, on a chosen topic

ADDITIONALLY

● Talk to yourself, to your friends, to your pets

● Text with someone

● Look at the transcription while listening to the podcast for second time

● Repeat what you hear (in podcast or movie)

● Check words you don't know from the listening and reading

● Read out loud

● Listen to music in your target language - you can even learn the text and sing along

● Watch YouTube in your target language

● Change your phone language to the one you're learning

● Think in your target language!!!