Phrasemix is an excellent website for learning useful English phrases. We're not talking phrasebookish phrases like "Where is the toilet?", but real phrases that people actually use everyday. Things like "They set a pretty high bar for me" and "Can you fit me in this afternoon?".
Reverso is a free translation website for many languages. It is also a also a dictionary, verb conjugator, grammar helper and spell-checker with a handy toolbar for instant access to these features directly in your browser.
Reverso services are available for French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, Portuguese, Chinese, Arabic, Hebrew and Japanese. This means you can translate between any combination of these languages, such as Arabic to Japanese, Russian to Chinese, Hebrew to Portuguese and so on.
Wikitravel users have collectively created a free Slovak phrasebook with the goal of making it possible for travelers to "get by" while traveling in areas where Slovak is spoken.
SpanishDict.com is a widely-used free Spanish to English dictionary and translator. The website has been around since 1999 and has millions of visitors per month who rely on their fast and accurate translation engine.
123TeachMe.com is a great Spanish language website offering free information and tools for learners and teachers alike. Amongst these resources you'll find interactive Spanish games for kids, Spanish courses for adults, a Spanish verb conjugator, a translation engine, a directory of Spanish schools, daily study resources (words, verbs, phrases with RSS) and more.
Wikitravel users have collectively created a free Serbian phrasebook with the goal of making it possible for travelers to "get by" while traveling in areas where Serbian 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!
Wikitravel users have collectively created a free Romanian phrasebook with the goal of making it possible for travelers to "get by" while traveling in areas where Romanian is spoken.
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.
A free video series for learning the Polish alphabet has been created by the good folks at SolarNet and distributed via YouTube.
This series is an excellent introduction to the Polish writing and pronunciation systems. It's also a chance to learn some vocabulary. Words used to demostrate the sounds of Polish have translations on the upper right of the videos.
This resource is great for learners and teachers.
TheFreeDictionary.com is a great free dictionary available in over a dozen languages.
The English dictionaries are exceptionally broad-reaching and include medical, financial and legal dictionaries.
Also of use to the language learner are their website features, including drag-and-drop rearranging of the interface and double-clicking of any word on the site to see its definition. Word of the day, news, quotations, horoscopes, daily articles and history tidbits provide a flow of updated content to work with.
