Free Online Language Courses

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Here is a masterpost of MOOCs (massive open online courses) that are available, archived, or starting soon. Some are short, some are very interactive, some are very in-depth. I think they will help those that like to learn with a teacher or with videos. I checked each link to make sure they are functioning.

Arabic

• Arabic for Global Exchange (in the drop down menu)
  
• Arabic Without Walls
  
• Intro to Arabic
• Lebanese Arabic
• Madinah Arabic
• Moroccan Arabic
  
• Read Arabic

Chinese

Beginner

• Basic Chinese
• Basic Chinese I
• Basic Chinese II
  
• Basic Chinese III
  
• Basic Chinese IV
  
• Basic Chinese V
• Basic Mandarin Chinese I
• Basic Mandarin Chinese II
  
• Beginner’s Chinese
  
• Chinese for Beginners
• Chinese Characters
  
• Chinese for Travelers
• Chinese Made Easy
• Easy Mandarin
  
• First Year Chinese I
• First Year Chinese II
• HSK Level 1
• Introduction to Chinese
  
• Learn Oral Chinese
  
• Mandarin Chinese I
• More Chinese for Beginners
• Speak Chinese like a Native Speaker
• 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

• Entire post here
  

Finnish

• A Taste of Finnish
• Basic Finnish
• Finnish for Beginners
• 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
  
• Elementary French II
• Français Interactif
  
• French in Action
• French for Beginners
• French Language Studies I
• French Language Studies II
  
• French Language Studies III
  
• French:Ouverture
• French Through Stories and Conversation
• Improving Your French
  
• Mastering French Grammar and Vocab

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
• Basic Language Skills
• Beginner’s German: Food & Drink
  
• Conversational German I
• Conversational German II
  
• Conversational German III
  
• Conversational German IV
  
• Deutsch im Blick
  
• Diploma in German
• German Alphabet
  
• German Modal Verbs
• Rundblick-Beginner’s German
  
• Study German 

Advanced

• German:Regionen Traditionen und Geschichte
• Landschaftliche Vielfalt
  
• Reading German Literature

Hebrew

• Hebrew Alphabet Crashcourse
  
• 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
• Oggi e Domani
• Survive Italy Without Being Fluent
  

Intermediate

• Intermediate Italian I
  

Advanced

• Advanced Italian I
  
• Italian Literature
  
• Italian Novel of the Twentieth Century
• La Commedia di Dante
• L'innovazione Sociale (Check language under translation)
  
• Reading Italian Literature

Japanese

• Beginner’s Conversational Japanese
  
• Genki
• Japanese JOSHU

Kazakh

• A1-B2 Kazakh (Taught in Russian)

Korean

Beginner

• First Step Korean
• How to Study Korean
• Learn to Speak Korean 1
• Pathway to Spoken Korean
  

Intermediate

• Intermediate Korean

Latin

• Latin I (Taught in Italian)

Nepali

• Beginner’s Conversation and Grammar

Norwegian

• Learn The Norwegian Language
  
• Norwegian on the Web

Portuguese

• Brazilian Portuguese for Beginners
• 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
  
• Travel 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
  
• How to Self-Study Spanish
• Introduction to Spanish
• Restaurants and Dining Out
  
• Spanish for Beginners
• Spanish Verbs Basics

Intermediate

• Español en línea
  
• 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
• Swedish Made Easy 2

Ukrainian

• Read Ukrainian
  
• Ukrainian for Everyone
• Ukrainian Language for Beginners

Welsh

• Beginner’s Welsh
• Discovering Wales

Multiple Languages

• http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/global-studies-and-languages/ : MIT’s open courseware site has assignments and course material available.
  
• http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/lrc/: Ancient Languages
  
• https://www.fun-mooc.fr/: MOOCs taught in French
  
• http://univesptv.cmais.com.br : MOOCs taught in Portuguese
  
• https://miriadax.net/home:MOOCs taught in Spanish & Portuguese
  
• http://ocwus.us.es/Courses_listing: MOOCs taught in Spanish
  
• http://www5.fgv.br/fgvonline/Cursos: MOOCs taught in Potuguese
  
• http://interneturok.ru/: MOOCs taught in Russian
• http://www.open-marhi.ru/courses/: MOOCs taught in Russian
  
• https://www.rwaq.org/: MOOCs taught in Arabic
  
• http://ocw.nthu.edu.tw/ocw/: MOOCs taught in Chinese
  
• http://ocw.uab.cat/: MOOCs taught in Catalan
  
• https://ocw.tudelft.nl/ : MOOCs taught in Dutch
  
• http://ocw.hokudai.ac.jp/: MOOCs taught in Japanese
  
• http://ocw.tsukuba.ac.jp/: MOOCs taught in Japanese
  
• http://open.agh.edu.pl/ : MOOCs taught in Polish
  

I’ll keep an eye out for new courses and if you know of any, let me know so I can update this list.

Last updated: July 1, 2016

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