Questions tagged [electronic-resources]
Language learning materials that are primarily hosted online or in a sort of electronic medium; examples include audiobooks, movies, and songs.
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Resources similar to Nicos Weg for Korean
While learning German, I've found Nicos Weg to be a good resource alongside, and sometimes even more useful than, Duolingo. It's a course provided by the German public international broadcaster ...
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Resources similar to Nicos Weg for Finnish
While learning German, I've found Nicos Weg to be a good resource alongside, and sometimes even more useful than, Duolingo. It's a course provided by the German public international broadcaster ...
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Japanese: Are there computer games that support learning the Genki I and II textbook vocabulary?
Are there computer games that use the Genki I and II textbook vocabulary? Sometimes playing a game allows for better memory formation of vocabulary compared to straight memorizing lists and viewing ...
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Resources to learn Norwegian grammar, conjugation and vocabulary?
I want to learn to write and read Norwegian. And of course to hear and pronounce it.
I would like to do this in a safe way, that is to say, to learn Norwegian as it is currently written and spoken. ...
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Where to find computer aided tools to improve French pronunciation?
I have heard of Elsaspeak which is an AI software to correct English pronunciation. Does something like this exist for French as well? If not, what would be a good computer based method to improve ...
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Vocabulary app for Dutch
I am looking for a mobile app or website that I can create personal vocabulary list for a Dutch. Among my searches in Google Play, I see several apps for language learning, but didn't find a good app ...
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Website offering simulations of the IELTS test
I'm looking for some website offering simulation IELTS tests. When I was planning to present the TOEFL I found a website called Scorte Nexus, that offers simulation TOEFL tests, and I found it very ...
Carlos Beltran
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A platform for writing custom text, then hear it and try to write it down without mistakes?
I am searching for a platform where I can add my custom text (1000 words for example) and the platform should hide this text from me and I should be able to hear it only (slowly) and then write the ...
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Can't find books to learn Romanian
I'm looking for books to learn Romanian. I have used searches such as "Romanian A1", "Romanian verbs", "Romanian vocabulary", but nothing. I mean, there were pages of ...
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Are there any apps for learning Uyghur?
I am looking for apps or possibly websites (if they feature gamification) for learning basic Uyghur. Do such apps/sites exist?
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English words by CEFR level - open source
Are there any open source data that categorizes English words based on CEFR levl and is available to download?
As an example I found https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/wordlists/oxford3000-...
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Is there a language learning log app? (Strava or MyFitnessPal, but for learning languages)
On Strava, you can log your exercise. On MyFitnessPal, you can log your diet. But I want to log my language learning efforts.
I'm learning Chinese so I'd like to be able to:
log time spent reading,...
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Is there a Modern Hebrew chatbot that I can practice with?
An article from 2017 mentions that creating a text chatbot in Hebrew is more difficult than for Indo-European languages due to the morphological complexity of Hebrew verbs. The article then proposes a ...
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Can Siri be used for foreign-language speaking and listening practice?
Siri seems to understand my Chinese, so I'm wondering if it's possible to talk with her in order to get speaking and listening practice. Currently, all I ever do is ask her for the weather. But it ...
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Looking for Personal Lexicon / Dictionary software
I'm trying to find a personal lexicon/dictionary/language study/flash card program - preferably one that makes allowances (ie has a place to enter) all of the forms of a word (noun declensions, verb ...
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Any online discussion forums in a Germanic language other than English or German?
I have found that Stack Exchange, Yahoo Answers, Zhihu and other sites allow you to immerse yourself in major languages by asking and answering questions on multilingual pages. Are there any such ...
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Is there a Russian language equivalent of dict.cc?
I am starting to learn Russian and I am looking for a good dictionary to use. When I learned German, dict.cc was my bible. Along with long lists of every possible meaning for given a given word in ...
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How to learn a language for which very few resources are available?
In the past, people have posted several questions about learning languages for which very few resources are available:
How can I learn a language with little documentation/resources (Georgian)?
How ...
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How can I add an audio to my SRS if it is missing on Forvo?
I like to have an audio file play automatically on my SRS. In fact I found out that most words I have trouble in memorizing lack the audio file, and thus I always add the audio file which I download ...
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What's the difference between Duolingo and Duolingo Kids?
I've recently come across "Duolingo Kids", an app designed for kids learning foreign languages. I tried finding information online about the difference between Duolingo and Duolingo Kids, but couldn't ...
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Free resources for learning Arabic from English or Urdu
I want to learn the Arabic language starting from basics. My native language is Urdu and I also understand English.
Please kindly compare free websites/resources in terms of being user friendly and ...
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Which online English dictionary is good for etymology, British spelling and pronunciation, as well as idioms?
There are several English-English dictionaries online; in addition to Wiktionary and Tatoeba (kind of) and no doubt other folk-edited dictionaries, there seem to be some curated ones: Cambridge, ...
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Is there a similar app to Lernu for learning Korean?
I've recently been interested in Esperanto, and found a highly useful site for learning it. Lernu teaches you Esperanto by telling a story Esperanto with the English translation available by hovering ...
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Seeking Egyptian Arabic dictionary with sort of most common single words top down style
I am looking for a website which has an app for the most common single Egyptian Arabic words, with the ability to sort words from most common to least common, preferably with romanization included in ...
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Complete intro to the structure of Tibetan letters
In order to learn the Tibetan language, I would like to learn to write the characters as seen on Wikipedia:
I would just use it as a reference and zoom into the characters to learn to draw them, but ...
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High-qualilty videos for New Practical Chinese Reader
新实用汉语课本 or New Practical Chinese Reader is a series of textbooks for learning Standard Chinese published by Beijing Language and Culture University Press. There are six textbooks, containing 70 ...
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Is it a good idea to practice American English by listening to radio from the USA?
While I was looking for a better way to practice American English I found a website, where you can find radio channels from all over the world. Do you think it is a good idea to practice your ...
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Resources for autonomous study of Ancient Greek, especially from the Classical period?
Unbeknownst to many, Ancient Greek, spoken roughly from 9th century BCE to the 6th century CE, can be subdivided into several periods, i.e. the Archaic period, the Classical period and the Hellenistic ...
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Resources for learning Greenlandic?
Greenlandic is an Eskimo-Aleut language with approximately 56.200 speakers (according to a survey dating from 2007). It has several dialects, including West Greenlandic or Kalaallisut, which is the ...
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Original source of Arguelles' statement about learning at least six languages
The Reddit thread Alexander Arguelles’ Six Most Important Languages, which started earlier this year ("5 months ago" from October 2018) states that the polyglot Alexander Argüelles once said that an ...
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Spanish audio or video resources to practise shadowing
I am looking for audio and/or video resources in Spanish (as spoken in Spain, not Latin America) to practise shadowing. Shadowing is a technique that involves listening to audio and simultaneously ...
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What's a Japanese language-learning website with interlinear gloss translations?
I've been trying to find one of these for years. I love the wikipedia examples where they have a sentence, a word-by-word gloss, and an English translation. Like this:
太陽が｜東の｜空に｜昇る。
taiyō ga | ...
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Where can I find Arabic grammar exercises?
I'm learning literature Arabic (or what is it called?). I had no trouble finding learning materials, but I want to practice the grammar I have learned.
Where can I find exercises in Arabic grammar ...
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Rigorous Hebrew course for an independent study?
I'm a high-schooler looking to take an independent study course in Hebrew. My previous request was turned down due to not being rigorous enough (Ulpan-Or specifically). Can anyone recommend a decent, ...
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Should I add sentences in puhekieli to Tatoeba? [closed]
If I want to add Finnish sentences to Tatoeba (a database of sentences in different languages and translations among them), then should I stick to kirjakieli, fairly conservative puhekieli, or also ...
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Anki decks for understanding spoken Norwegian
Among the Anki decks that teach Norwegian there are at least three with substantial amount of sound files; they and others can be found at https://ankiweb.net/shared/decks/norwegian. (There might be ...
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Source for text + audio books with normal search
I would like to learn language by reading books in it and listen how native speaker narrator reads it. So I need normal source of audiobooks with the following properties:
1) provides both e-book and ...
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Updated versions of FSI courses
The Foreign Service Institute (FSI) courses (found here, here or here) are free, thorough, and an amazing resource for language learners. But they are quite old - many of the courses are well over 50 ...
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Where to learn Trøndersk?
I am about to move to Trondheim, in Norway. The dialects of Norwegian seem to be quite different from each other, so, for the purpose of understanding speech, it seems relevant to get some exposure to ...
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Graded readers for Hungarian?
As several other questions already mentioned, graded readers are a good resources for extensive reading, at least for people who are not yet sufficiently proficient to read texts written for native ...
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Best way to learn Czech noun declensions
This post is about a technique I thought up for learning Czech (čeština) Declensions
In an attempt to learn Czech declensions, I wonder whether a web page on the internet or standard Android ...
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How can I progress from A1 to B2 on listening skills?
My written Mandarin Chinese is likely B2 while speaking and listening are practically useless, likely A1 on CEFR scale. I'm now trying to improve the listening and speaking fluency, but for me it is ...
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Acquiring mathematics vocabulary in Norwegian
What are good resources for finding out and learning mathematics vocabulary in Norwegian? How to learn the words to the level of being able to give lecture courses and supervise bachelor's thesis in ...
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Taiwan news in English with English dictionary
I had read some Taiwanese articles in English and seen they had some of the English words with meaning of what the words meant at the bottom of the articles.
I tried to find the site again, but haven'...
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How to know the frequency of usage of a German word in speaking?
Are there any apps or websites that show how frequently a German word is used in the spoken language and daily use ?
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What is the difference between a basal reader and a graded reader?
Both basal readers and graded readers are books that contain simpler reading materials to help people develop reading skills. But what exactly is the difference between them?
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Resources for learning to read Chinese newspapers (in simplified Chinese characters)?
Many textbooks for learning Standard Chinese, e.g. New Practical Chinese Reader, focus on conversational Chinese. In these textbooks, the text in the lessons are always dialogues. This type of ...
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Graded readers for Polish?
As I have already mentioned in several other questions, graded readers are a good resources for extensive reading, at least for people who are not yet sufficiently proficient to read texts written for ...
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Graded readers for Korean?
Extensive reading or reading for pleasure is an excellent way of getting a lot of "comprehensible input" in a foreign language. Graded readers provide this type of comprehensible input.
Korean is ...
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Graded readers for Hindi?
Extensive reading or reading for pleasure is an excellent way of getting a lot of "comprehensible input" in a foreign language. Graded readers provide this type of comprehensible input.
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