Summary

Due to inflated price, Free Language no longer recommends Rosetta Stone. Find out why.

Recommended Language Freeware

Byki has stepped up their freeware. You can literally download and use their software to start learning the basics of over 60 languages in minutes without paying a cent. If you decide to continue learning past the basics, you can upgrade to the full version for a reasonable $49 USD.

Recommended Podcast Subscriptions

Free Language embraces the content-driven, social-based and software-enhanced Web platform brewed up at Praxis Language. Praxis Language's podcast-based system provides a well-rounded online language learning experience. They are real people and the info is current and steady.

Praxis Language's podcasts and community are open to users for free. Subscriptions to gain access to additional materials and instruction start at $5 USD/month. The only unfortunate thing about Praxis Language is that it's only available in four languages!

Have a look at their free podcasts and decide if this might work for you.

Why no Rosetta Stone?

We just don't feel Rosetta Stone is worth it with all the other options available these days.

Rosetta Stone has spent millions advertising their software in magazines, airports and online. They claim it's intuitive, that it "allows you to learn a foreign language like you learned your native language". They've marketed themselves rather effectively and even fancy themselves an international standard for diplomats, companies and organizations wishing to prepare for working and living abroad.

Free Language is not sure about all of that, but we do know it costs an awful lot for Rosetta Stone's software. In recent years the language-learning climate has been stormed with new and innovative ways to teach and learn languages. Many of these new products and services are in the form of websites, some of which are free!

Above you will find some products and services that we do recommend, and that offer enough free materials to get you started for free.