Free resources

Free language learning Reading

107 free resources across 45 languages.

Revista Kosovarja(opens in a new tab)

Articles about lifestyle and fashion in Albanian.

Comics in Arabic(opens in a new tab)

Free comics in Arabic (only 2 so far).

Mormon Arabic(opens in a new tab)

The Mormon Book in Arabic.

Noor Book(opens in a new tab)

(“Arab world's largest open platform for books”) - Arabic literature to read online or to download as a pdf file for free.

Cantonese Translation Project(opens in a new tab)

Over 60.000 sentences translated from Cantonese to Mandarin and English.

Databook.cz(opens in a new tab)

Books in public domain.

Moje čeština(opens in a new tab)

Exercises for Czech children, but adult learners may also find them useful.

Mijnwoordenboek - Fries(opens in a new tab)

3000 words and 130 West Frisian sayings with their Dutch translation. 100% crowdsourced

dbnl(opens in a new tab)

Lots of free books

BBC(opens in a new tab)

Videos with subtitles. The languages are many and to change from one to another you just need to add the forward slash and the language you want to learn (e.g. /arabic).

Lyricstranslate(opens in a new tab)

More than 1 million translations and transcriptions of song lyrics.

Newspaper Map(opens in a new tab)

You can spin the Earth around and choose news sites from all over the world here!

TED Talks(opens in a new tab)

TED Talks available with subtitles in many languages.

Wikibooks Languages(opens in a new tab)

A virtual library with books related to foreign language learning. Includes some courses directly on the site.

lonweb(opens in a new tab)

Website full of short parallel (bilingual) stories.

ZDF(opens in a new tab)

Movies and series, usually with subtitles.

Ransom(opens in a new tab)

Free editions of ancient Greek texts — Homer, Herodotus, Plato, Euripides and the New Testament — with built-in reading aids that gloss vocabulary and grammar on the page.

Browse Icelandic Online Readings(opens in a new tab)

Texts to readin Icelandic and English simultaneously.

Jónas Hallgrímsson: Selected Poetry and Prose(opens in a new tab)

Jonas Halgrimssons poetry with translations, read in English and Icelandic.

Kæra dagbók 1(opens in a new tab)

Interactive site for children learning Icelandic, part 1.

Kæra dagbók 2(opens in a new tab)

Interactive site for children learning Icelandic, part 2.

Kæra dagbók 3(opens in a new tab)

Interactive site for children learning Icelandic, part 3.

Netútgáfan(opens in a new tab)

Free books in Icelandic.

An introduction to Indonesian linguistics(opens in a new tab)

An introduction to Indonesian linguistics.

Project Gutenberg - Irish(opens in a new tab)

Free books in Irish (most of them are rather old).

Fiabe dei Grimm(opens in a new tab)

Grimm Brothers tales in Italian.

Fiabe di Andersen(opens in a new tab)

Hans Christian Andersen tales in Italian.

Kdramas with Korean subs(opens in a new tab)

Playlist on Viki collecting all the shows available with Korean subtitles.

Korean Hangul in 20 minutes(opens in a new tab)

A comic to learn hangul in a fast and easy way.

En Levende Bok(opens in a new tab)

The New Testament in Norwegian (complete).

Chmura Czytania(opens in a new tab)

“A catalog of free e-books in Polish. Chiefly consists of classic literature in public domain.”

Woblink(opens in a new tab)

“A quite large library of free titles available in the Polish e-book store Woblink. To download the free e-books, you’ll have to create an account (“załóż konto” in the top right corner) and log in.”

Domínio Público(opens in a new tab)

Free books in Brasilian Portuguese.

101 Quenya Phrases(opens in a new tab)

101 Quenya phrases. Includes literal translations and IPA.

1000 Most Common Ukrainian Words(opens in a new tab)

1000 most common Ukrainian words with translation.

Beginning Urdu – A complete course(opens in a new tab)

Beginning Urdu is a first-year textbook that builds students’ skills to intermediate proficiency through 8 thematic units and 41 chapters. It combines grammar, vocabulary, culture, and real-life tasks like shopping or travel. Authentic materials (photos, sayings, poetry) enrich learning, and the book follows ACTFL’s five Cs, encouraging both classroom practice and independent use of Urdu. The book is accompanied by audio files, all of which are available on the drive. If the book file doesn't open, don't worry, just download it and it will be available to you :)

Kitaab Ghar(opens in a new tab)

Collection of several novels, from romantic to religious.

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.