Language Learning/Resources

Resources to help you learn languages ...

WikiEducator Resources

 * Template:Languages - enables multilingual pages navigation.
 * Template:Flashcard
 * Example:
 * Using Voicethread for practising speaking skills

General

 * del.icio.us

Flashcards
Install the software, then make or download decks.


 * Anki
 * Mnemosyne - decks (Chinese)
 * jMemorize - ...
 * See language specific flashcards below (e.g. DimSum under Mandarin)

Web-based:


 * CoboCards (non-free)

English

 * Various tools for learning English

Mandarin

 * Chinese grammar
 * Mandarin Tools
 * DimSum - flashcards + Chinese Reading Assistant and Dictionary.
 * Step Into Chinese and other learning tools (maths, music, ...)
 * Make some flashcards and link to them from here. Resources:
 * Template:Flashcard/doc (see example above)
 * http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Stroke_Order_Project
 * http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Chinese_pronunciation
 * Pinyin Annotator
 * Tegaki Project - handwriting recognition software.

Spanish

 * StudySpanish.com
 * An Elementary Spanish Reader - Harrison, Earl Stanley (source: Gutenberg)

Swedish

 * Introduction to Swedish

Browser Tools

 * Chinese Perapera-kun - pop-up translator (Firefox plugin).
 * DimSum: - Chinese Reading Assistant and Dictionary.

Dictionaries

 * ncikuTM - Chinese characters and pinyin dictionary.
 * JLearnIt
 * "a multilingual dictionary sorted by categories ..." - progressive vocabulary building.
 * DimSum - flashcards + Chinese Reading Assistant and Dictionary

Etc..

 * FSI Language Courses - public domain resources which may be copied to and adapted on WikiEducator.
 * Foreign Languages and Literatures (MIT OCW) - license includes the NC clause (restricted to non-commercial use) - not compatible with WikiEducator's licensing.