Star Bright Books is an independent publishing company dedicated to producing the highest quality books for children. Star Bright Books produces books that embrace children of all colors, nationalities, and abilities, and they currently publish books in 16 languages.
A listing of lesson plans and multicultural classroom resources offered in many different languages, from Apache to Yiddish. Some languages require special fonts for correct display. The site is rudimentary but offers a lot of content.
Link: www.awesomelibrary.org/Classroom/English/Languages/Languages.html
OptiLingo is a language learning platform designed by Jonty Yamisha. It combines over 10 years of language learning experience and the scientifically-based strategies that Jonty used to save his ethnic language Circassian from extinction. A very intersting blog can also be accessed through this site.
Link: www.optilingo.com/
With Live Lingua, you sign up and get paired with a live tutor who will evaluate your language learning abilities. After your free 1-hour test, your tutor will customize a lesson for you. Outside of the course itself, you can access their blog that has a ton of great posts about various languages.
Link: www.livelingua.com/
Innovative Language Learning offers fun and easy ways to use language learning system that is designed to get you speaking. The site focuses mostly on audio-visual material.
With LingQ, you’ll have access to a range of interesting materials. Choose from topics such as: Travel, Politics, Food, Culture, Books, and more. You can create a lesson from anything on LingQ: YouTube videos, blog posts, Netflix shows, news articles, whatever interests you. The platform offers vocabulary review tools as part of a Spaced Repetition System and an effective organization system to track and manage your content. Lessons are bite-sized to keep you from feeling overwhelmed, and you can create your own learning path as well.
FluentU is a tool made for for the visual learner. They have a vast collection of visual resources to help you learn a language: movies, TV, and videos. The platform prides itself on a range of available content (cartoons, music videos, news, documentaries, movies, even funny YouTube videos). The videos range in difficulty and use a selection of tools to help learners understand the material.
Link: www.fluentu.com/en/
For the beginning language learner looking to get their hands on 1000s of phrases and words they can review, Living Language is a great tool to help you kickstart your way to fluency. There’s a range of resources you can use from flashcards and games to grammar notes and dialogues.
Link: www.livinglanguage.com
LearnaLanguage.com offers a ton of resources for everyday language-learner. You can start learning right away selecting your language of choice. There’s a dictionary, words, verbs, phrases, and even culture you can study to help get a better feel for the life behind the language you’re learning. And if you’re looking for courses, most languages have several short lessons you can access for free as well.
Link: www.learnalanguage.com
Memrise offers thousands of video clips in their courses. These video clips capture native speakers using their language in their hometowns. This helps familiarize yourself with accents, voices, and culture. You can also use their “mems” to create mnemonic devices that help you remember the words, making it more enjoyable as you go.
Link: www.memrise.com/