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LearnWithOliver: Swedish
Swedish, Audio Lessons, Flashcards, Multimedia, Vocabulary, Websites, Kids
This flashcards-on-steroids website comes from the company Antosch & Lin, whose online offerings I have now used to practice a good dozen languages. I haven’t yet tested their Swedish in a meaningful way, but I have tried out their…
Memrise for Arabic
Arabic, Apps, Audio Lessons, Flashcards, Multimedia, Vocabulary, Websites, Kids
I am now a hard-core Memrise addict. It is all over for me, but stop reading here and you could be saved from a similar fate. Still reading? Beware, compulsive types! If you try this website—which is free, making…
Korean-Flashcards.com
Korean, Audio Lessons, Flashcards, Multimedia, Vocabulary, Websites, Kids
I love Antosch & Lin Languages’ websites. They are smart, robust, and versatile: the super-super-deluxe-fudge-sundae-with-everything-on-it version of a flashcard product. Although I can’t give their Korean one a rating and full review right now—because I…
French-Flashcards.com
French, Audio Lessons, Flashcards, Multimedia, Vocabulary, Websites, Kids
You know a language website is good when you and your husband spend date night (though I confess I have a visceral aversion to that odd expression) playing around on it. French-Flashcards.com is French flashcards on steroids! This is…
Italian-Flashcards.com
Italian, Audio Lessons, Flashcards, Multimedia, Vocabulary, Websites, Kids
This website from the British-based company Antosch & Lin Languages offers Italian flashcards on steroids. And cheap, too! There is much to do here, so drive your browser on over and check it out. Unlike some other language-learning products with…
Beginning Portuguese with Two Audio CDs
Portuguese, Books, Multimedia
According to the cover of Beginning Portuguese with Two Audio CDs by Sue Tyson-Ward, this book is “ideal for travel to Portugal or Brazil.” The chapters have titles like “Town Amenities: At the Tourist Office,” “Ill Health: Precautions…
Digital Dialects Games
General, Multimedia, Tests, Vocabulary, Websites, Kids
The Digital Dialects website is an unexpected online pleasure full of free language games for 60 languages, from popular ones such as French and German to less widely studied ones such as Zazaki (spoken primarily in eastern Turkey) and Oromo (which…
Transparent Language Online: Free Trial
German, Multimedia, Websites
Nashua, N.H.-based Transparent Language offers a free seven-day trial of its Transparent Language Online products. When I say “products,” I really mean plural: during the trial you can try out any and all languages they have, and…
Talk Irish Online Course
Irish, Multimedia, Websites
This online-learning package from Talk Irish consists of 60 lessons and is an unbelievably good deal. If you are studying Irish, get it. Seriously. First of all, it costs only about $9 per month (you pay in euros through PayPal), and that…