Omniglot.com has an informative page about Russian which gives an overview of the language, the alphabet and writing system in general.
Sample texts and sound recordings of the Russian language are provided in this resource. Other materials include a sample translation from Russian to English.
If you're learning Russian you may very well want to get an overview of the language, some of its unique features, geographical information about native speakers as well as loads of information on grammar, linguistics, history, diaspora and general language structure.
All of this and more is available in Wikipedia's Russian entry. There are also some interesting links at the bottom which take you to further resources to explore and learn about the language of Russia and parts of Eastern Europe.
Omniglot.com has an informative page about Japanese which gives an overview of the language, the alphabet and writing system in general. Omniglot covers all three Japanese writing systems, hiragana, katakana and kanji as well as the Latin romanization system called rōmaji.
Sample texts and sound recordings of the Japanese language are provided in this resource. Other materials include a sample text in Japanese.
The Wikibook for learning Dutch contains free lessons for several skill levels. There is grammar information including adjectives, adverbs, gender, negation, preposition, pronouns, sentences, tenses and verbs. There are also several texts which are used for instruction.
Wikibooks is a great concept. Like Wikipedia, Wikibooks consists of content that is public domain. That means that anything there is reusable in any fashion, such as for teaching.
If you're learning Hebrew you may very well want to get an overview of the language, some of its unique features, geographical information about native speakers as well as loads of information on grammar, linguistics, history, diaspora and general language structure.
All of this and more is available in Wikipedia's Hebrew entry. There are also some interesting links at the bottom which take you to further resources to explore and learn about the language of Israel.
Kevin Porter's website on expatriating successfully to Brazil, Live in Brazil, has quite a few gems in the form of tips and resources for Brazilian Portuguese learners.
Consisting mainly of tricks gleaned from Kevin's personal journey to becoming fluent, LiveinBrazil.org has some very helpful reads for newbie learners of Brazil's unique variety of Portuguese.
In addition to his personal Brazilian language hacks, Kevin points out a variety of websites and tools that learners will find very useful, including where to get lyrics for Brazilian songs - a great way to immerse yourself in the culture and sing your way to fluency.
Omniglot.com has an informative page about Persian which gives an overview of the language, the alphabet and writing system in general.
Sample texts and sound recordings of the Persian language are provided in this resource. Other materials include a sample translation from Persian to English.
If you're learning Persian you may very well want to get an overview of the language, some of its unique features, geographical information about native speakers as well as loads of information on grammar, linguistics, history, diaspora and general language structure.
All of this and more is available in Wikipedia's Persian entry. There are also some interesting links at the bottom which take you to further resources to explore and learn about the language of modern day Iran as well as Tajikstan and Afghanistan.
Omniglot.com has an informative page about Finnish which gives an overview of the language, the alphabet and writing system in general.
Sample texts and sound recordings of the Finnish language are provided in this resource. Other materials include a sample translation from Finnish to English.
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 Finnish.
Finnish 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.
