Whether you learned Spanish on Sesame Street or studied French at the best school, your skills may have gotten a little rusty over the years. Either you work in an industry where it helps you understand Arabic, Korean or Finnish, or you need someone to speak Italian to help you study your ancestors. Whatever the reason, if you need to learn a new language, there are many free online courses and resources to help you get started. Here is one that teaches courses in 49 languages.
OpenCulture. com is a remarkable repository of free online resources, from open-access movies and audiobooks to public domain art and countless educational courses. The site maintains a page with an up-to-date list of free online language courses.
Currently, free online courses are available covering 49 other languages:
Amharic
ancient greece
Arabic
American Sign Language
Bambara
Bulgarian
Cambodian
Cantonese
Catalan
Chinese (standard)
Czech
Danish
Dutch
English
Farsi/Persian
Finnish
French
Frisian
German
Greek
Hebrew
Hindi
Hungarian
Icelandic
Indonesian
irishwoman
Italian
japanese
Korean
Lao
Latin
Lithuanian
Luxembourgish
Mandarin
Māori
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese
Romanian
Russian
Serbo-Croatian
Spanish
Swahili
swede
Thai
Turkish
Twi
Vietnamese
Welsh
There is a description of each language course, as well as the type of materials available, such as MP3, PDF, streaming videos, and interactive modules. While many courses are introductions to languages, others are more specialized, such as medical Spanish for healthcare providers, Arabic in Jordan, French basics for global communication, and easy-to-learn Japanese. travel. There are also general courses that provide equipment for anyone wishing to improve their foreign language skills.
For more information, you can locate the full list of languages, courses, and resources on OpenCulture. com. And for more language learning tools, check out Lifehacker’s previous articles on how to learn a new language while browsing the internet and how to examine a language to really perceive it.
Dr. Elizabeth Yuko is a bioethicist and assistant professor of ethics at Fordham University. She has written for the New York Times, the Washington Post, The Atlantic, Rolling Stone, CNN and Playboy.