Welsh

Learn Survival Welsh

Wikitravel users have collectively created a free Welsh phrasebook with the goal of making it possible for travelers to "get by" while traveling in areas where Welsh is spoken.

Wikitravel phrasebooks are available in many languages and each one varies in depth and detail. Most of the phrasebooks include a pronunciation guide, a general phrase list, information about dates and numbers, a color list, transportation-related phrases, vocabulary for shopping and phrases for eating and drinking. Some are even more in depth, and all are free!

About Welsh Language

From Wikitravel: Welsh (Welsh: Cymraeg) is a language spoken by around 21% of the population in Wales in addition to English (according to the 2001 Census) but probably more than 21% of the Welsh population can speak the Welsh Language now in 2010. It is also spoken by several thousand people in the Chubut province of Argentina, as well as by substantial numbers of people scattered around the world. All Welsh speakers old enough to attend school in Wales also speak English, while those in Argentina speak Spanish.

Language Learning Tips on Using Free Wikimedia Resources

This article points out six useful ways to use Wikimedia content from Wikipedia, Wikibooks, Wikiversity, Wikinews, Wiktionary and Wikiquotes for learning languages free.

What's highlighted here is also great for teachers because it is licensed via Creative Commons and available to use for free.

Spanish is used as an example here, but the same ideas are applicable to all languages for which content is available.

1) Know General Info about Your Target Language

Find out general information about a language by viewing that language's Wikipedia entry. For example, here's the Spanish language entry on Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_language

It contains loads of general information, as well as specifics about grammar, alphabet, pronunciation, etc.

2) Use Wikibooks and Wikiversity Courses to Get Started

Languages of the World

Ethnologue provides a web and print catalog of the world's known living languages. It's encyclopedic research is available on their site and can be browsed in many ways including by language name, country name, language family and endangered languages.

This website is great for learning about the world's languages.

Share Vocab in Facebook

Q-Kards is a Facebook app for learning and sharing vocabulary lists. You can create your own groups of flash cards or use those that have been prepared already.

The intro video (below) states that the three basic elements of Q-Kards are "Create. Practice. Share." There is some technology and didactics behind how the app works and helps you memorize effectively. Watch the intro video below for more on the method.

Q-Kards integration with Facebook make it a practical solution for facebooking language learners and teachers to share lists, practice vocabulary and measure progress. Or, prep friends on a language before traveling together. Etc...