Nuntii Latini (translation: "Latin News" or "Latin Messages") is a one-of-a-kind website offering a weekly wrap-up of world news in Classical Latin. Wow!
Broadcasting in Classical Latin since 1989 and headed by the Finnish Broadcasting Company, Nuntii Latini is curated by Professor Emeritus Tuomo Pekkanen and Docent Reijo Pitkäranta of Helsinki University.
Surface Languages Hebrew offers free tutoring tools online for learning basic Hebrew phrases, ranging from your first words to small talk to general topics for getting by and more. Audio of native speakers is provided to ensure that your pronunciation is correct.
Many people enjoy learning language via phrases because of their inherent use (practicality) and as a means to establish a basic foundation on which to build conversations and personal interactions.
Of course, for the traveler only passing through, a general free Hebrew phrasebook is always handy!
Games for Language (German) offers a variety of free online games and quizzes with audio for learning the German language.
I'd like to point out that the lesson PDFs and audio recordings are also available to download for free! This is great for both German learners as well as teachers seeking fun resources for lesson planning.
Games for Language (German) also offers a free German dictionary with lots of audio recordings of useful phrases.
The Games for Language blog covers language learning, travel and history topics.
Pin Pin Chinese Dictionary is a sweet resource for Mandarin Chinese language learners.
This website combines an English-Chinese dictionary with example sentences, synonyms and a wildcard search for finding related words (see below).
The Chinese dictionary is available in both traditional and simplified characters and can easily be changed. You can insert terms in English, Chinese and Pinyin to get results and the site automatically detects which format your are searching in. Very handy!
No user account is necessary to use the website, but you can create an account in order to bookmark terms and participate in the community.
Games for Language (French) offers a variety of free online games and quizzes with audio for learning the French language.
I'd like to point out that the lesson PDFs and audio recordings are also available to download for free! This is great for both French learners as well as teachers seeking fun resources for lesson planning.
Games for Language (French) also offers a free French dictionary with lots of audio recordings of useful phrases.
The Games for Language blog covers language learning, travel and history topics.
Teach Yourself Hausa, a website by Sam Odiaka, is a good resource for total beginner Hausa language learners. Hausa teachers can use it, too, for lesson planning.
Teach Yourself Hausa includes materials for learning the Hausa alphabet, greetings, common Hausa phrases, useful verbs, food and more.
Sam Odiaka has also included many useful links for those interested in both learning the Hausa language and discovering Hausa culture.
Many thanks, Sam, for this resource!
Surface Languages Dutch offers free tutoring tools online for learning basic Dutch phrases, ranging from your first words to small talk to general topics for getting by and more. Audio of native speakers is provided to ensure that your pronunciation is correct.
Many people enjoy learning language via phrases because of their inherent use (practicality) and as a means to establish a basic foundation on which to build conversations and personal interactions.
Of course, for the traveler only passing through, a general free Dutch phrasebook is always handy!
Ba Ba Dum offers free online games for learning (currently) 1500 words in a baker's dozen languages.
Ba Ba Dum is cartoony and colorful and uses drawings to represent vocabulary. The games use audio spoken by native speakers of the included languages.
You can jump right in and start learning immediately and no account is required. If you want to track your progress, you can create a free account to do so.
Surface Languages Czech offers free tutoring tools online for learning basic Czech phrases, ranging from your first words to small talk to general topics for getting by and more. Audio of native speakers is provided to ensure that your pronunciation is correct.
Many people enjoy learning language via phrases because of their inherent use (practicality) and as a means to establish a basic foundation on which to build conversations and personal interactions.
Of course, for the traveler only passing through, a general free Czech phrasebook is always handy!
Film English provides totally free and in-depth lesson plans for English language education through film/movies.
The Film English website is an excellent ESL/TESL/TESOL (etc) resource for both English learners and teachers.
The lesson plans are guided and completely self-contained so you can jump right in and start learning English or using the free material to teach your students through film.
