Languages

All of the following internet resources are available for free. Other places to look for online language instruction include iTunes, YouTube, and Spotify.

MULTIPLE LANGUAGES

• Duolingo
• Mango Languages - UTampa students who obtain a Hillsborough County Public Library Cooperative card have access to Mango which offers online courses in over 70 languages.
• Foreign Service Institute - Language courses used by professional diplomats. The most thorough language courses in the world.
• OpenLearn - Free online learning from The Open University, including a variety of language courses.
• Reverso - Provides online reference tools including dictionaries, thesauruses, translation, grammar check, conjugation of verbs, etc. in multiple languages.

ARABIC

• Arabic for Beginners 1 - A series of YouTube video lessons from Dalarna University in Sweden.

ASL

• The ASL App – ASL for the People, is a tool which focuses on teaching conversational ASL. It includes over 1,000 signs and phrases for adults as well as ASL with Care Bears for kids to learn ASL.

ESL

• CAELA ESL Resources – Provides a variety of resources on topics of interest to adult ESL practitioners, including bibliographies, books, briefs, online resource collections, digests and Q & As, and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs).
• Center for Applied Linguistics – CAL's resource center offers a comprehensive range of research-based language and cultural education resources and assessment products.
• TESOL Common Core State Standards and English Learners – These resources will help you understand how the CCSS affect preK–12 ESL teachers and their students.

FRENCH

• Francolab – French Canadian site provides resources for language learners and teachers. Includes videos, quizzes, interactive modules, audio-visual presentations, and a wide selection of TV5 Québec Canada programs covering a variety of social and cultural topics.
• French in Action – Cult classic French lessons (52 television episodes) developed by Yale University professor Pierre Capretz in the 1980s, available online from Annenberg Learner.

GERMAN

• Deutsch lernen – This site from Deutsche Welle includes placement tests so users can start at appropriate levels.
• Deutschtrainer – Use the Deutschtrainer to effectively learn basic vocabulary needed for everyday life and to improve your pronunciation. The 100 lessons are bilingual (English-German) and address various situations – from greeting people and going to the doctor, to shopping and finding accommodations.

JAPANESE

• Easy Japanese – A course from the Japanese national broadcaster, NHK. This audio and text-based course of 48 lessons is designed for beginners.
• Marugoto Japanese Online Course – This is a course for learning Japanese language skills comprehensively. It’s operated by the Japan Foundation.

SPANISH

• Dreaming Spanish - This channel has over 1,500 videos (entirely in Spanish) to teach you Spanish from beginner through advanced. Videos include teachers from various regions that will help you learn different accents.
• edX – Offers an open free Spanish course provided by MIT and Harvard. If you’re looking to study abroad in a Spanish-speaking country, they have a unique travel course.