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.
If you're learning Hausa 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 Hausa entry. There are also some interesting links at the bottom which take you to further resources to explore and learn about Hausa.
The good folks at Live Lingua have put together and made available for free download online the Mongolian Peace Corps Language Course. These free Mongolian 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 Macedonian Peace Corps Language Course. These free Macedonian 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 Hausa Peace Corps Language Course. These free Hausa 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 Georgian Peace Corps Language Course. These free Georgian lessons are just one language among dozens of foreign languages and dialects for which the Peace Corps has developed free language educational materials.
