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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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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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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Is there a typing tutor for Modern Hebrew?
Is there a typing tutor program for Modern Hebrew on the PC that is friendly for Hebrew learners?
I would like to learn to type on the Standard Israeli Hebrew keyboard layout, the one that starts ...
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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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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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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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Mnemonics for learning Hangul?
I have just started learning Korean in an online course and I'm looking for resources that use mnemonics for Hangul or Hangeul, so I can learn the writing system in less time.
Are any such resources ...
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Grammar and language learning books/software for Irish
I am currently learning Irish with the help of the Android application "Duolingo". It doesn't teach me the grammar; it works with translating sentences. I don't think the app is very useful; ...
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Anything similar to Duolingo for learning Tagalog?
I think the way Duolingo executes language learning is great. It's a really fun way to understand the basics/vocabulary and the gamification keeps you interested. Unfortunately, as most users have ...
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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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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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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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Where can I find people to practice Scottish Gaelic with?
I'm learning Scottish Gaelic but without anyone to talk to and practice with it's tricky. Are there any free sites where I can chat to people in Scottish Gaelic to improve?
NOTE: Free is very ...
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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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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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Seeking sources for learning Aramaic
I am interested in learning Aramaic on my own. I would like to be able to have just a basic working usage of the language. I am more interested in learning its pronunciation than being able to read ...
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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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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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Where can I find graded readers for Russian?
Graded readers are a good type of material for extensive reading. But how do you find graded readers in Russian?
The English Wikipedia article graded reader has no link to the same concept in the ...
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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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How can I learn a language with little documentation/resources (Georgian)?
I've been trying to learn Georgian for almost 9 months now but have got no where.
I do know a Georgian, even despite his undeniable skill in English he can't explain Georgian grammar to me.
Georgian ...
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Resources for learning Valyrian besides Duolingo course?
Valyrian is one of the fictional languages in Game of Thrones / A Song of Ice and Fire. Duolingo offers a course in High Valyrian; David J. Peterson, who created both Dothraki and Valyrian is said to ...
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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 ...
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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 watching movies help improve fluency and listening skill?
Poems, songs, and book are usually known to help with your listening skills and clearly, your fluency. With movies, it seems different to me for some reason. Movies have a lot of stuff going on with ...
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Resources for learning Nicaraguan Sign language
I am trying to learn Nicaraguan Sign Language (ISN), but I can't seem to find online resources. I don't have anyone to learn from offline, so online is the only way. I am open to different methods (...
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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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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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What Duolingo-like resources are there for learning Hindi?
I'm looking for free desktop or mobile applications that have an approach to learning Hindi that is similar to Duolingo's, in that it has a primary gamification aspect. I have tried several, but very ...
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Are there any free online resources for learning Tamazight?
I'd like to learn Tamazight or any related Berber language by self-learning, in a first step. As far as I know they are similar to some extent, therefore I'm not excluding the possibility to use ...
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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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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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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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Where can I find graded readers for French?
Graded readers are a good type of material for extensive reading. But how do you find graded readers in French?
The English Wikipedia article graded reader has no link to the same concept in the ...
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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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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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Graded readers for Dutch?
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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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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Graded readers for Italian?
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.
Are there ...
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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 English?
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 speakers of the target language.
We have graded ...
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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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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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Teaching a foreign language resources - The Direct Approach (or Method)
Two friends have told me they want to learn to speak Italian and are interested in paying me to teach them. I have an illness that makes it hard for me to work so I need to find a way to earn some ...
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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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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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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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