Google has an amazing machine translation engine which is also available via their mobile translation website.
Google Translate currently covers over fifty languages and can handle words, sentences, paragraphs, websites and documents. Their mobile website is fast and easy to use
Forvo is an interesting project which accumulates recordings of existing words in all languages. A lofty and, indeed, ongoing goal!
Language learners interested in finding out just how a word is actually pronounced by a native speaker of a given language will love this website!
Wikiversity is a great website for learning about all kinds of topics for free! Among the numerous topics you will find quite a lot of wonderful information about foreign language learning. Literally dozens of languages are represented (see list below) and it's truly a goldmine for those interested in getting started with some general information and often even more.
The radio, TV and You Tube are free. Use them to learn languages for free.
Music engages more parts of the brain than language does. Use music to help you learn and remember your new language.
Just turn on your radio, relax and get in the groove of your new tongue. Paying attention to media in your target language introduces you to the phonetical and grammatical structure of your target language. After you get used to the melodies of your new languages, then you can insert the grammar and vocabulary. Listen first. Speak later.
Enjoy the learning process and you will learn much more.
Update on March 16, 2013: This website is no longer online, and this blog post has been left for archive purposes only, with links removed.
For those interested in investing in their Spanish education, Freestyle Spanish is a new project to put together all of the existing Spanish language products in one place so people know what they're looking for.
Also of intrigue is an emergent language learning method, called the Freestyle Spanish Method.
Linguistic needs and motivations vary widely. A wide variety of high-quality resources, tools and exposure empowers language learners to be successful in their goals.
Exposure alone to these tools is not the whole picture. There's a motivation, some kind of reason, behind the effort required to truly achieve. This is where you'll find the reason to keep it up, stay learning and move toward personal language goals.
Much also depends on what language you are learning and how you learn best.
These are part of the factors that make up your personal language profile. If you learn about yourself a little, you can know exactly which resources will be most helpful in your individual case.
Babbel Italian combines multi-media visual and auditory learning, social networking interactivity, sound educational methodology and mobile apps (for iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad and Android) in a one-stop integrated platform for learning Italian.
They're constantly expanding their platform, adding loads of new features to the Web interface as well as mobile to enhance your Italian learning efforts online - and take them mobile.
Babbel English combines multi-media visual and auditory learning, social networking interactivity, sound educational methodology, mobile apps (for iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad and Android - Babbel Mobile) in a one-stop integrated platform for learning English.
Over the years, Babbel has expanded its platform by adding loads of new features to the Web interface as well as mobile and desktop apps to enhance your English learning efforts online - and take them mobile.
Babbel combines multi-media visual and auditory learning, social networking interactivity, sound educational methodology, mobile apps (for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad - Babbel Mobile) and desktop goodies (Babbel Refresh) in a one-stop integrated platform for learning Swedish.
