The good folks at Live Lingua have amassed quite an archive of the US Foreign Service Institute's (FSI) public domain (free!) language courses. Included and available for instant free download online is the US Foreign Service Institute's Arabic Language Course.
The good folks at Live Lingua have put together and made available for free download online the Zarma Peace Corps Language Course. These free Zarma lessons are just one language among dozens of foreign languages and dialects for which the Peace Corps has developed free language educational materials.
The good folks at Live Lingua have put together and made available for free download online the Turkmen Peace Corps Language Course. These free Turkmen lessons are just one language among dozens of foreign languages and dialects for which the Peace Corps has developed free language educational materials.
The good folks at Live Lingua have put together and made available for free download online the Thai Peace Corps Language Course. These free Thai lessons are just one language among dozens of foreign languages and dialects for which the Peace Corps has developed free language educational materials.
The good folks at Live Lingua have put together and made available for free download online the Kyrgyz Russian Peace Corps Language Course. These free Kyrgyz Russian lessons are just one language among dozens of foreign languages and dialects for which the Peace Corps has developed free language educational materials.
The good folks at Live Lingua have put together and made available for free download online the Kazakhstan Russian Peace Corps Language Course. These free Kazakhstan Russian lessons are just one language among dozens of foreign languages and dialects for which the Peace Corps has developed free language educational materials.
The good folks at Live Lingua have put together and made available for free download online the Romanian Peace Corps Language Course. These free Romanian lessons are just one language among dozens of foreign languages and dialects for which the Peace Corps has developed free language educational materials.
Memrise Hausa is a fun, community-oriented (i.e. 'social') and - gasp! - scientific way to learn Hausa online.
The idea behind the interface is a merging of science, technology, methodology and community that helps increase your ability to effectively memorize and retain new information.
Oh, and it's totally free! At least for the time being. Hopefully this will still be true when you read this article. They do offer a $10/month upgrade which gives you more in-depth reporting and customization of your learning experience (see more on this below).
Anyone with an Android gadget most likely knows about Google Play, as it's become the go-to source for Android apps. That said, I wanted to point out a pre-defined search on the Google Play website that allows users to view available apps for learning Hausa.
Hausa is one language for which there is no shortage of apps to discover, test and use. This is a good thing, but it can also be daunting. Apps with good reviews (and lots of them) are generally a good place to start.
Omniglot.com has an informative page about Hausa which gives an overview of the language, the alphabet and writing system in general.
Sample texts and sound recordings of the Hausa language are provided in this resource. Other materials include a sample translation from Hausa to English.
