Resources
Throughout the years of learning languages I have tried and tested many different language learning resources with different degrees of success. Listed below are all of my preferred resources that cover more than one language. The listed resources here cover many different languages. Because of this I would not have tested every resource in every language that these resources provide; therefore, it is possible that some of these resources for particular languages under the same brand and title will have different authors, and because of this, may not meet the same standards to the book that I had used. There are also some well-known language learning brands that I have tried but I have had little or no success with, because of this, I won’t have added them to this list.
Books
| Resource | Languages | Level | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teach yourself language series | 60+ | Beginner to upper intermediate | www.teachyourself.co.uk |
| Easy reader series | French, Spanish, Italian and Arabic | Intermediate to upper intermediate | www.mhprofessional.com |
| Assimil | 10+ | Beginner to intermediate | en.assimil.com |
| Colloquial series | 64+ | Beginner to upper intermediate | www.routledge.com/languages/ |
| Living languages | 30+ | Intermediate to upper intermediate | www.livinglanguage.com |
| Glossika | 20+ | Upper intermediate to advanced | www.glossika.com |
| FSI | 45+ | beginner to upper intermediate | www.fsi-language-courses.org |
| For dummies series | 10+ | beginner to upper beginner | www.dummies.com |
| Routledge Essential Grammar | 40+ | beginner to upper intermediate | www.routledge.com |
Websites
| Resource | Languages | Level | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yabla | French, Spanish, Italian, German & Mandarin | Intermediate to advanced | www.yabla.com |
| Lingq | 12+ languages | Lower intermediate to advanced | www.lingq.com |
| Antosch-and-lin | 12 languages | All levels | www.antosch-and-lin.com |
| Pod 101 | 30+ languages | All levels | www.innovativelanguage.com |
| Book 2 | 30+ languages | Beginner to lower intermeidate | www.goethe-verlag.com/book2/ |
| Open languages | 8 languages | All levels | openlanguage.com/library |
Listening/Video/Application learning aids
| Resource | Languages | Level | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pimsleur | 50+ languages | Beginner to intermediate | www.pimsleurdigital.com |
| Micheal Thomas | 11 languages | Beginner to lower intermediate | www.michelthomas.com |
| Paul Noble | French, Spanish, Italian and German | Beginner to lower intermediate | www.paulnoblelanguages.com |
| Living languages | 30+ languages | Intermediate | www.livinglanguage.com |
| Teach yourself conversation | 20+ languages | Upper beginner to intermediate | www.teachyourself.co.uk/Languages.aspx |
| @extra series | French, German & Spanish | Intermediate to upper intermediate | |
| L-Pack | 6 languages | Intermediate to advanced | www.l-pack.eu |
| FluentU | 6 languages | Beginner to upper intermediate | http://www.fluentu.com |
| Lingo Video casts | Japanese, Thai and Chinese | Beginner to upper intermediate | www.thaivideocast.com www.chinesevideocast.com www.japanesevideocast.com |
| French in action/Destinos | French and Spanish | Intermediate to advanced | www.learner.org/resources/series83.html www.learner.org/series/destinos/ |
| Rosetta stone | 20+ languages | Upper beginner to upper intermediate | www.rosettastone.co.uk |
| Easy languages | 10+ languages | Upper intermediate to advanced | www.easy-languages.org |
| Slow news series | French, Spanish, Italian, Chinese Mandarin | Upper intermediate to advanced | www.newsinslowitalian.com www.newsinslowfrench.com www.newsinslowspanish.com www.slow-chinese.com |
| Book 2 | 30+ languages | Beginner to intermediate | www.goethe-verlag.com/book2/ |
Resources for finding language partners
| Resource | Website |
|---|---|
| Italki | www.pimsleurdigital.com |
| Verbling | www.verbling.com |
| Shared talk | www.sharedtalk.com |
| Lang-8 | www.lang-8.com |
| We Speke | www.wespeke.com |
| Go Speaky | www.gospeaky.com |
| HelloTalk | www.hellotalk.com |
| Go Speaky | www.gospeaky.com |
| Meet up | www.meetup.com |
| Conversation exchange | www.conversationexchange.com |
| My language exchange | www.mylanguageexchange.com |
| Polyglot club | www.polyglotclub.com |
| Conversation exchange | www.conversationexchange.com |
| Interpals | www.interpals.net |
| Gumtree | www.gumtree.com |
| Language practice hangouts | www.languagepracticehangouts.com |
Advice websites
- www.how-to-learn-any-language.com
- www.language-learning-advisor.com
- www.bbc.co.uk/languages/
- www.omniglot.com
- www.learnlangs.com
- www.freelanguage.org
- www.womenlearnthai.com
- www.polyglotclub.com
- www.about.com/education/
- www.sussex.ac.uk/languages/resources
Language learning blogs
- www.lingholic.com
- www.thepolyglotdream.com
- www.womenlearnthai.com
- blog.thelinguist.com
- www.janvanderaa.com
- www.createyourworldbook.com
- www.omniglot.com/blog/
- www.16kinds.com
- www.mezzoguild.com
- www.everydaylanguagelearner.com
- www.lindsaydoeslanguages.com
- www.fluentin3months.com/blog-home/
- www.languagetsar.com
- www.lindsaydoeslanguages.com