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Free Online Language Courses

Here is a masterpost of MOOCs (massive open online courses) that are available, archived, or starting soon. I think they will help those that like to learn with a teacher or with videos.  You can always check the audit course or no certificate option so that you can learn for free.

American Sign Language

ASL University

Arabic

Arabic for Global Exchange (in the drop down menu)

Arabic Without Walls

Intro to Arabic

Madinah Arabic

Moroccan Arabic

Catalan Sign Language

Intro to Catalan Sign Language

Chinese

Beginner

Basic Chinese

Basic Chinese I. II, III, IV , V

Basic Mandarin Chinese I & II

Beginner’s Chinese

Chinese for Beginners

Chinese Characters

Chinese for HSK 1

First Year Chinese I &  II

HSK Level 1

Mandarin Chinese I

Mandarin Chinese for Business

More Chinese for Beginners

Start Talking Mandarin Chinese

UT Gateway to Chinese

Chino Básico (Taught in Spanish)

Intermediate

Chinese Stories

Intermediate Business Chinese

Intermediate Chinese

Intermediate Chinese Grammar

Dutch

Introduction to Dutch

English

Online Courses here

Resources Here

Faroese

Faroese Course

Finnish

A Taste of Finnish

Basic Finnish

Finnish for Immigrants

Finnish for Medical Professionals

French

Beginner

AP French Language and Culture

Basic French Skills

Beginner’s French: Food & Drink

Diploma in French

Elementary French I & II

Français Interactif

French in Action

French for Beginners

French Language Studies I, II, III

French:Ouverture

Intermediate

French: Le Quatorze Juillet

Passe Partout

Advanced

La Cité des Sciences et de Industrie

Reading French Literature

Frisian

Introduction to Frisian (Taught in English)

Introduction to Frisian (Taught in Dutch)

German

Beginner

Basic German

Beginner’s German: Food & Drink

Conversational German I, II, III, IV

Deutsch im Blick

Diploma in German

Rundblick-Beginner’s German

Advanced

German:Regionen Traditionen und Geschichte

Landschaftliche Vielfalt

Reading German Literature

Hebrew

Alphabet Crash Course

Know the Hebrew Alphabet

Hindi

A Door into Hindi

Business Hindi

Virtual Hindi

Icelandic

Icelandic 1-5

Indonesian

Learn Indonesian

Irish

Introduction to Irish

Italian

Beginner

Beginner’s Italian: Food & Drink

Beginner’s Italian I

Introduction to Italian

Italian for Beginners 1 , 2, 3 , 4 , 5, 6 

Oggi e Domani

Intermediate

Intermediate Italian I

Advanced

Advanced Italian I

Italian Literature

Italian Novel of the Twentieth Century

La Commedia di Dante

Reading Italian Literature

Japanese

Beginner’s Conversational Japanese

Genki

Japanese JOSHU

Japanese Pronunciation

Sing and Learn Japanese

Tufs JpLang

Kazakh

A1-B2 Kazakh (Taught in Russian)

Korean

Beginner

First Step Korean

How to Study Korean

Learn to Speak Korean

Pathway to Spoken Korean

Intermediate

Intermediate Korean

Latin

Latin I (Taught in Italian)

Nepali

Beginner’s Conversation and Grammar

Norwegian

Introduction to Norwegian

Learn The Norwegian Language

Norwegian on the Web

Portuguese

Curso de Português para Estrangeiros 

Pluralidades em Português Brasileiro

Russian

Beginner

Basics of Russian

Easy Accelerated Learning for Russian

Russian Alphabet

Russian Essentials

Russian Phonetics and Pronunciation

Reading and Writing Russian

Advanced

Reading Master and Margarita

Russian as an Instrument of Communication

Siberia: Russian for Foreigners

Spanish

Beginner

AP Spanish Language & Culture

Basic Spanish for English Speakers

Beginner’s Spanish:Food & Drink

Fastbreak Spanish

Introduction to Spanish

Restaurants and Dining Out

Spanish for Beginners

Spanish for Beginners 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Spanish Vocabulary

Intermediate

Spanish:Ciudades con Historia

Spanish:Espacios Públicos

Advanced

Corrección, Estilo y Variaciones 

La España de El Quijote

Leer a Macondo

Spanish:Con Mis Propias Manos

Spanish: Perspectivas Porteñas

Reading Spanish Literature

Swedish

Intro to Swedish

Swedish Made Easy 1, 2, & 3

Ukrainian

Read Ukrainian

Ukrainian for Everyone

Ukrainian Language for Beginners

Welsh

Beginner’s Welsh

Discovering Wales

Multiple Languages

 Ancient Languages

More Language Learning Resources & Websites!

Last updated: March 1, 2017

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My friend sent this to me on Facebook. I thought it was funny, so I thought I’d put in up! 

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is there a language you learn secretly, like, no one really knows you’re learning it (except for internet friends maybe) and why?

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types of study sessions + the rainbow

red - sudden surges of motivation, hardwork, studying to accomplish your goals, doing steady work at a fast pace, plowing through vocabulary lists, reviewing 500+ words all at once, self-encouragement, happily crossing off things from your to-do list, fist pumps & patting yourself on the back after getting through everything

orange - oversized hoodies & sweatpants & a messy bun, sitting criss-cross-applesauce on a cushy surface, pillows, studying right after waking up, making designs on your notebook, sipping at a smoothie, being lazily motivated, enjoying the lessons you study but not being entirely invested

yellow - music in your target language turned up loud, chatting excitedly with international friends, thinking to yourself in your target language, organizing vocab lists, putting designs on your flashcards, smiling & feeling a happy buzz from all the things you’ve learned so far, studying because it’s fun, having a window open & letting in fresh air, snacking & drinking juice, making up silly mnemonics & acting them out, inviting friends over to study together

green - light music in the background, steadily writing notes while humming to self, reading through paragraphs in your target language & feeling relatively good about your comprehension level, discovering new vocabulary, going your own pace & methodically ticking things off your list, feeling accomplished & whole after your session is over but still working ahead

light blue - spacing out while studying, leaning back in your chair & mentally going over the things you’ve learned, spacily looking over vocab lists without really digesting the information, trying to push yourself to focus, napping in your desk chair while a fan blows towards you

dark blue - leaning forward in your chair, turning your lamp on brighter so you can see your textbook better, being slightly unmotivated but working anyway, calculating how much work you’ve done & how much you have left, sighing to yourself, speaking example sentences out-loud to yourself, fighting off the urges to check your phone, having headphones in to try & boost your motivation

purple - hair tied up messily, scrawling sentences after sentences in your target language, whispering to yourself as you write, having a conversation with the textbook material, black ink, curtains closed, having a desk lamp be the only light in the room, going over flash cards again & again until you get them down

pink - washi tape, mildliners, pastel stationery, putting on cute outfits to study, learning just a few words at a time but getting them down so well you memorize them, bite-sized lessons, colorcoding & smiling to yourself as you switch colors, doodling hearts & ribbons & bows sweetly over your notes, taking 5 minute breaks often to check your text messages but still staying focused, sticking positivity post-it notes around your work area, encouraging other friends to study with you & keep up their hardwork

white - finishing one notebook & closing its pages for the very last time, opening a brand new one & outlining an index page, working through questions & problems on your bed, wrapping heavy blankets around yourself, taking sips of hot chocolate, making that very first stroke of heavy black pen on an otherwise completely blank page, neatly hand-printing an entire page of notes for a particularly difficult grammar concept

gray - being in a room of dissatisfying temperature, reading pages & pages without processing a single word, having the hum of your target language in the background of your mind without being able to explain anything or form actual sentences, looking at a page filled with vocab to be learned but dissociating too heavily to put anything into practice

black - working through exhaustion, too many cups of coffee and too many empty mugs, staying up past 4am, dark circles, messy hair & messy makeup, clutter at your workspace, making too many simple mistakes, writing the same thing over & over again; learning by rote, muttering to self incoherently, cramming because you have an important exam coming up, but ending up forgetting about that reason somewhere along the way