Free General learning resources
6 free resources, checked and categorised.
No trials, no paywalls, no sign-up required.
Everything below is free to use — no trial periods and no paywalls. The list covers the main ways people study General: structured courses to build a foundation, dictionaries to look things up, and listening and reading material to spend real time in the language. Start with one course and one dictionary, then add listening once you can follow simple sentences.
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There are HUNDREDS of lessons with audio for each language listed. 41 languages are covered, including several Arabic varieties. You can choose your level of proficiency, the skill you want to improve (reading, listening), the topic and the competence.
Free audio courses in a bunch of languages, notably the Greek and Spanish courses are extremely praised by learners. It's run by ONE MAN named Mihalis who is a Cypriot from the UK living in South America. The whole course and all the materials are free. Super helpful, and on all platforms - YouTube, soundcloud, and everything is downloadable to your computer via mp3 file.
Free courses and lots of resources developed by The Foreign Service Institute (FSI), a United States federal government's primary training institution for the U.S. foreign affairs community employees. 48 languages and over 600 courses in public domain.
"All our lessons are made to be easy to learn and go straight to the point. Most of our languages contain lessons about the alphabet, grammar, vocabulary, exams, audio, and translation".
"Immerse yourself in our vast library of language courses (Books, podcasts, news, business, entertainment, sports, technology, science, travel, politics, food, culture) online and on mobile.". 49 languages are available.
"Test your receptive and productive vocabulary in the languages available. What percentage of the 5000 most frequent words have you mastered?" The test is available for 16 languages
This directory began from a community-built list of free language resources — a year of collecting and checking by Joanna (u/chlebka) and dozens of contributors who suggested links, shared freely. See the original list. We have since expanded, re-checked and re-categorised it, and we keep the per-resource credits where the original list recorded them.