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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Looking for something like Babbel.com's vocabulary trainer
Babbel.com used to have a great vocabulary trainer. They still do, but you can't add your own words anymore. I used to create my own lists. Such as "colors", "days of the week" or whatever. However, ...
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Is Ekapeli useful for an adult learner of Finnish?
Ekapeli is an educational game intended for children, especially those with problems with reading and writing Finnish. There are different versions for native Finnish speakers and for immigrants. The ...
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Graded readers for Swedish?
As several other questions have pointed out, graded readers are a good type of material for extensive reading. Where can I find graded readers in Swedish?
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Where to find and how to learn math vocabulary in Danish?
What are good resources for finding out and learning mathematics vocabulary in Danish? How to learn the words to the level of being able to give lecture courses and supervise bachelor's thesis in the ...
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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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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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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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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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Graded readers for Norwegian?
As several other questions have pointed out, graded readers are a good type of material for extensive reading. Where can I find graded readers in Norwegian? I am interested in finding them both in ...
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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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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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Graded readers for Portuguese?
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. Are there any graded ...
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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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Graded readers for German?
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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Graded readers for Spanish?
Graded readers are a good type of material for extensive reading. Where can I find graded readers in Spanish?
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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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Collection of mnemonics for learning foreign languages?
I recently noticed that some language versions of Wikipedia have a list of mnemonic devices that contains examples that can be used for learning languages. For example:
Mnemonic devices on the ...
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Mnemonics for learning hiragana and katakana (other than Heisig)?
I'm looking for resources that use mnemonics for the hiragana and katakana syllabaries. I am aware of Heisig's book Rememberting the Kana (about which we already have a question), but this book have ...
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List of Chinese "verb plus object" verbs?
In Chinese, many verbs consist of two characters. However, not all two-character verbs function in the same way.
One category of two-character verbs consists of verbs where the two characters cannot ...
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Mnemonics for learning Greek alphabet?
I'm looking for resources that use mnemonics for the Greek alphabet, so I can learn the writing system in less time.
I would prefer a printed or printable resources (ideally small), but an electronic ...
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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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Mnemonics for learning Russian alphabet (Cyrillic)?
I'm looking for resources that use mnemonics for the Cyrillic script,
so I can learn the writing system in less time.
There are several Cyrillic alphabets, but I am only interested in the Russian ...
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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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Are there any interactive language learning resources for Levantine Arabic?
I've used Rosetta Stone to learn basic Spanish. I think it is an extremely effective teaching method for me, it worked great.
Now I wish to learn Levantine Arabic (or Gulf Arabic). I can't find any ...
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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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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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Can I measure my Chinese proficiency without taking an HSK test?
Is it possible to measure my proficiency on Mandarin Chinese without taking an HSK exam?
I recently took a brief exam on EasyMandarin website but it is only about a brief grammar and vocabulary test, ...
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When is Google Translate good for in the learning process?
Google Translate is a fairly well-known online translation service that is fairly notorious for giving out-of-context or just incorrect translations for phrases or sentences. Google Translate does ...
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Any downloadable dictionaries of commonly used words? [duplicate]
I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask this question, but here it goes.
I need a dictionary file (XML, JSON, or any other computer readable format) that contains the most commonly used words ...
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Are there any accurate online resources for learning to write Devanagari?
I recently looked at several YouTube videos that teach you how to write Devaganari, the abugida writing system used by languages such as Hindi, Marathi, Maithili and Sanskrit.
What struck me as ...
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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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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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Why are there so many downvoted entries on Forvo for the Russian word for "Ukraine"? [closed]
Forvo's entries for the Russian word for "Ukraine", Украина include approximately 11 entries with a negative net vote, some of them with a net score of -2, and including pronunciations by Russians and ...
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Seeking West Punjabi learning resources
I wish to learn the Punjabi language.
From what I understand, Western Punjabi (spoken in Pakistan) is the traditional Punjabi language that Punjabis spoke before the Partition of India (which ...
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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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Downloadable recordings of individual Mongolian words
I'm working on an Anki deck for Mongolian. The book "Fluent Forever" suggests including recordings of words if possible. The book suggests using forvo.com for recordings, and it's pretty good, except ...
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Open-source English-French Dictionary
I'm looking for an English to French dictionary in a plain text file (.txt for example).
I already found some dictionaries but a lot of definitions are wrong or incomplete:
know; savons, sache, ...
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Seeking an Arabic dictionary with colloquialisms
There are words in colloquial Arabic that Google Translate won't understand and which are not even an Arabic dictionary!
This problem is noticeably worse than for, say, Spanish or English, where many ...
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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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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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What are the advantages of using physical materials over electronic materials?
I notice that many language learners have many books with materials for studying languages. This question discusses the advantages of a paper dictionary over an online dictionary, however I want to ...
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Through which language can you learn the most other languages online?
Say I'm a native Tagalog speaker wanting to learn German. Seeing as how there's not an abundance of Tagalog --> German language courses online or in person (and that's an understatement!), I would ...
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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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