Master Language Learning Resource List

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This post is the home for all the language learning tools and resources recommended in posts on language_learning. If you want to add something that is not listed here, the best thing to do is mention it in a post or in comments to an active post; that way community members will be alerted as to a new resource they should check out and it will be added here for posterity.



Multi-Language

Comprehensive Learning & Courses

• BBC Languages
  
• Busuu
  
• LiveMocha
  
• Omniglot
  
• Unilang

Dictionaries

• WordReference, dictionary with context, phrases, and forums (best for Spanish and French)

Writing

• Lang-8, journal posting with native-speaker correction

Reading

• Project Gutenberg for free e-books of the classics
  
• BookMooch, a book exchange site with members all over the world

Conversation

• Language Learners' Forum
  
• Skype, popular video and audio chat service among language learners worldwide

Czech

Dictionaries

• Slovnik.cz, multilingual dictionary to and from Czech

German

Dictionaries

• LEO, multilingual dictionary with context

Japanese

Fandom

• Harry Potter Links Page, mostly het links
  
• Behind the Rose Bushes, links including Harry/Draco fic
  
• HariDora Search, a Harry/Draco links/search site

Russian

Fandom

• SnapeTales, Harry Potter fic archive
  
• Hetalia community

Scots Gaelic

Comprehensive

• BBC Learn Gaelic

Vocabulary

• Phrase List

Turkish

Dictionaries

• Seslisozluk, Turkish-English and English-Turkish dictionary (limited context)

Welsh

Comprehensive

• BBC Learn Welsh