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4 Free Online Resources For Learning A New Language

For many residents of Retreat at Park Meadows, learning a new language is an incredibly enriching hobby. There’s a wealth of free online resources for learning or practicing just about any language, which makes it easier than ever to get up to speed. Whether you want to improve your French, Greek or Hindi, check out these useful tools that can help you make progress.

 

Duolingo

There is a paid tier on this incredibly popular mobile language app, but you can learn as much as you want for free. Duolingo is a fun and well-designed tool that uses bite-sized lessons in grammar and vocabulary to help you gradually level up in 35 languages.

 

Forvo

As the largest pronunciation dictionary in the world, Forvo provides high-quality sound clips of native speakers pronouncing words.  The top 15 languages in Forvo’s massive database each have over 100,000 pronunciations. This fantastic resource for improving your accent is free to use on the website itself and you can also download the app for just $2.99.

 

italki

There’s no better way to grow your language skills than having conversations with a native speaker. Signing up for italki is a great way to connect with speakers of your chosen language via Skype. There are professional teachers on the site that you can pay for lessons but there’s also a wide community of users looking for informal language exchange just for the fun of it.

 

MIT’s OpenCourseWare

If you want to take your language self-study to the next level, learn with the best of the best. MIT provides free access to dozens of language courses at every level from beginner to expert. Each class includes a detailed study plan and uploads of the same course materials that will be utilized by MIT students.

 

If you’ve always wanted to learn a new language, the internet’s incredible variety of free online tools will make this hobby more fun and rewarding. You can also find more things to do on our blog. To learn more about the Retreat at Park Meadows community, contact us!

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