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Turkish Language Facts, Key Phrases and Alphabet

BBC Languages Turkish offers the key ingredients to get started learning Turkish. Covering the basics, this free service from the BBC takes you through general facts, key phrases and the Turkish alphabet.

Additionally, this resource provides easy links to Turkish radio, an English-Turkish dictionary and BBC Turkish, the BBC's news service in the Turkish language.

If you're interested in learning the key phrases for traveling in Turkey, have a look at the Free Turkish Phrasebook and Turkish Essential Travel Phrases.

Polish Language Facts, Key Phrases, Alphabet and Cartoon Mini-Soap

BBC Languages Polish offers the key ingredients to get started learning Polish. Covering the basics, this free service from the BBC takes you through general facts about Polish, key phrases, the Polish alphabet and offers a mini-soap opera cartoon for fun and additional practice.

Additionally, this resource provides easy links to Polish radio, an English-Polish dictionary and the archives of BBC Polish, a discontinued service containing past programs and reports.

If you're interested in learning the key phrases for traveling in Poland, have a look at the Free Polish Phrasebook and Polish Essential Travel Phrases.

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BBC Spanish's new interactive mystery video course Mi Vida Loca sets a new standard for the direction that BBC Languages is taking with their free, online language learning materials and resources (courses, lessons, phrase books, etc).

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BBC Languages Chinese provides solid learning resources for beginning Mandarin Chinese learners. They have created a short introductory course called "Real Chinese" that teaches basic, practical Chinese for ordering food and drinks, shopping, asking directions, etc.

The BBC has done an amazing job of providing free learning resources for many of the world's languages, including French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and others.

This is a great site for total beginners to start learning basic Mandarin Chinese that for practical use while traveling in China and Taiwan.

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A lively introduction to Mandarin Chinese in 10 short parts.

Follow our introductory online video course in Chinese.

For starters, Introducing yourself, Family introductions, Saying a bit about yourself, Ordering drinks, Ordering a meal, Doing some shopping, Asking for directions, Public transport, Finding and booking a hotel

Visit BBC Languages Mandarin Chinese.

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BBC Languages German provides solid learning resources for beginning and intermediate German learners. There is a self-contained beginner's course, a 12-week newsletter course and multiple video resources, a TV series and a book!

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A really solid site for learning French for beginners to advanced students.

This site also has a self-contained French course for total beginners that is well done.

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French Steps - A self-contained beginners online course

* Topics
* Grammar
* Fast track
* Pronunciation
* Vocabulary
* User guide

Quick Fix
Printable holiday phrases with audio and mp3 download.

Talk French
A video-based online resource with activities plus TV series and book

The French Experience
A longer course with TV series, book and website

For schools
Primary, GCSE Bitesize, AS/A2

Online resources developed to match the UK national curricula
Vingt Minutes

TV transcripts
Books, DVDs, CDs
BBC Active

Information on resources available from online or high-street shops

Ma France - a video introduction to French

Improve your basic French in 24 interactive video units

* Broadband version
* Narrowband version
* Grammar
* Vocabulary

More advanced
Crosswords
Brand new interactive crosswords for intermediates

Cool French
Mp3 audio guide to slang

Le Mensuel
Audio reports with transcripts by topic or language focus

The French Experience 2
A TV course with book and website

La Vie en Creuse
Audio interviews on French rural life

French for Work
Information and practice

The French Connection
A look at French around the world

Tour de France
Essential phrases
French Journey

TV transcripts of an all-French version of travel documentary France Inside Out

Visit BBC Languages French.

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A really solid site for learning Spanish for beginners. There is also some content for intermediate learners, but at that point, you might be better off just reading the news in Spanish and learning that way.

This site also has a self-contained Spanish course for total beginners that is well done.

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Get a Quick Fix of holiday phrases. Find out about Cool Spanish with an audio guide to slang. Follow our beginners' online course. Try the brand new interactive crossword.

Visit BBC Languages Spanish.

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What can I say, it's the BBC! This is a very good resource for English learners at beginner to intermediate levels.

There is quite a lot of variety of content at the BBC Learning English site. Games, quizzes, vocabulary lists taken from the news, grammar info, proficiency tests, audio, video, lesson plans, music, picture, stories... you name it.

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The site is intended to help you improve your learning of the English language. Throughout the site you will find short courses, quizzes, grammar, vocabulary, audio and video that will help you to improve your English.

Visit BBC Learning English.

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