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Arabic
- Arabic Language Lessons iTunes Feed Web Site
- The US Peace Corps serves up 10 lessons that will teach you the Arabic spoken in Jordan. The web site includes a useful transcript.
- ArabicPod iTunes Feed Web Site
- Includes mp3 podcasts and PDF transcripts.
- Survival Phrases Arabic iTunes Feed Web Site
- Provides the essentials you’ll need to get around.
- The Arabic Circle - iTunes Feed
- While not offering language lessons per se, the University of Chicago’s Center for Middle Eastern studies offers weekly lectures in Arabic that include social, cultural and academic investigations of the Arabic speaking world. Students will find it handy for practicing their comprehension.
- The Arabic PodClass Feed Web Site
- A fledgling podcast that’s worth a look.
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Chinese
- Cantonese Lessons Feed Web Site
- This is a very fledgling Cantonese language series. It has one lesson so far. So we’ll have to see if this is for real. In the meantime, please let us know if you find a richer collection of Cantonese lessons.
- Chinese Learn Online iTunes Feed Web Site
- A dialogue-based introduction to Mandarin Chinese. Load them on your iPod and get up the Chinese curve.
- Chinese Lessons with Serge Melnyk iTunes Feed Web Site
- Weekly lessons in Mandarin that get very strong reviews from iTunes users..
- Chinesepod.com iTunes Feed Web Site
- A series of well-reviewed lessons that will let you learn Mandarin on your own terms.
- iMandarinPod.com iTunes Feed Web Site
- A more advanced podcast, this series of lessons teaches Chinese by talking about Chinese culture or what is happening today in China.
- LearnChinesePod.com iTunes Feed Web Site
- A Mandarin language podcast taught by Yao in New York City.
- Mandarin Chinese Conversation iTunes Web Site
- A language series put together by TimesOnline.
- Mandarin Chinese Feed Web Site
- 10 Lessons by the US Peace Corps. Make sure you visit the site and download the pdf that accompanies the lessons.
- Survival Chinese iTunes Feed Web Site
- Learn the phrases you need to get by while traveling in China.
- Think and Talk Like (the) Chinese iTunes Web Site
- Cathy Lu takes a look at the Chinese language, while introducing students to China’s history and culture.
- World Learner Chinese iTunes Feed Web Site
- Another in the mix of possibilities.
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Danish
- Dare to Danish iTunes Web Site
- This is not your usual series of language lessons. Here, a “dirty Dane” teaches you “stupid phrases and more.”
Dutch
- Laura Speaks Dutch iTunes Feed Web Site
- A series of podcasts that will help you travel to Holland. It’s worth checking out the accompanying web site.
English
- Business English iTunes Web Site
- Learn the English you will need to function effectively in an American business environment.
- English as a Second Language Podcast iTunes Feed Web Site
- A very well liked collection of ESL lessons. Over 100 episodes in the collection.
- English for Spanish Speakers (’Por Fin Aprende Ingles’) iTunes Feed Web Site
- Si usted haya asistido al menos a un curso de ingles, y usted necesita la oportunidad de escuchar al ingles y hablar el ingles, entonces ‘Por Fin Aprende Ingles’ es el podcast perfecto para usted. Presentado por Carla Staufert-Sauvier, una profesora de Mexico, y Jade Lindquist, una profesora de los EE UU.
- ESL Business News iTunes Feed Web Site
- A weekly podcast of international business news read in slow, clear English. Listen to the podcast and follow along in the accompanying script.
- On Demand English iTunes Feed Web Site
- Daily podcasts that will teach you English and American customs. Well done.
- The Bob and Rob Show: Weekly English Lessons from a Yankee and a Brit iTunes Feed Web Site
- Taking a more unconventional approach to teaching English, this program uses humor to teach intermediate-to-advanced students idioms, grammar, and slang in both American and English flavors.
- Tu Ingles! iTunes Feed Web Site
- “Tu Ingles” is designed to help Spanish-speakers improve their ear for English. The weekly program features drills of verb conjugation, interviews, advice about idioms, and excerpts of speeches and other recorded spoken material from famous English speakers.
Esperanto
- Esperanto-Lecionoj iTunes Feed Web Site
- These lessons will help you become familiar with Esperanto, a purely international language
Finnish
- Special Finnish Feed Web Site
- For listeners with some command of Finnish YLE Radio Finland offers daily broadcasts in “Special Finnish”. The five minute broadcasts cover items of current interest. To ease understanding, we simplify the language and slow down the delivery. Some grammatical forms are not used at all. The level of Finnish used is planned to match the expected ability to understand Finnish shown by persons in Level Two Language Command (ofFinnish) as defined by the Council of Europe.”
French
- Easy French Poetry Podcast iTunes Feed Web Site
- A French as a second language Podcast, using poetry as a topic for discussion using everyday conversational French.
- French for Beginners iTunes Feed Web Site
- Fun, effective lessons for beginners. Provided by the French Ecole.
- FrenchPod.com iTunes Feed Web Site
- A series of well-reviewed lessons that will let you learn French on your own terms. FrenchPod currently offers free podcasts on a schedule of 5 per week with extra shows on the weekend. The podcasts are accompanied by text expansion exercises and other tutoring aids.
- Le Journal en français facile iTunes Feed Web Site
- Nightly news from RFI presented in slowly spoken French to assist you with your comprehension.
- Learn French by Podcast iTunes Feed Web Site
- A well-reviewed series of lessons for beginners and those who want to brush up on their French.
- Learn French with Coffee Break French iTunes Feed Web Site
- The producers of the very popular Coffee Break Spanish now offer a podcast that will teach you French.
- Learn French with Daily Podcasts iTunes Feed Web Site
- These lessons are brought to you by French teachers from Paris. They are best suited for those who already have some beginning French under their belts.
- Ma France iTunes Feed Web Site
- The BBC offers 24 video podcasts that will teach you French.
- Mali French Feed Web Site
- The Peace Corps teaches you some of the French spoken in Mali.
- The French Pod Class iTunes Feed Web Site
- A very popular collection that teaches students the French language and different facets of French culture.
- The Verbcast - French Verbs by Relaxation iTunes Feed Web Site
- A four-week series of lessons that will allow you to refine your knowledge of French verbs.
Learn French Quickly with Rosetta Stone
German
- Deutsch - warum nicht?
- German Podcast.de iTunes Web Site
- GerGermanGrammar iTunes Feed Web Site
- German grammar lessons aimed at American students.
- Lernen Wir Deutsch iTunes Feed Web Site
- Presented in video, these “vodcasts” get high marks for being not only educational but also very entertaining.
- MyDailyPhrase.com iTunes Feed Web Site
- Learn German phrase by phrase over a course of 20 weeks. The podcasts will cover all the language you need to know to get by on a visit to a German-speaking country. This series is put together by the same people created the popular series “Coffee Break Spanish.”
- One Minute German iTunes Feed Web Site
- Presented by the Radio Lingua Network
- Slow German iTunes Feed Web Site
- Annik Rubens reads slowly and clearly from parts of her popular podcast, Sleepless in Munich (Schaflos in Munchen).
- Slowly Spoken News iTunes Feed
- Deutsche Welle provides a nightly news broadcast in German that’s spoken slowly so that you can work on your comprehension.
Learn German Quickly with Rosetta Stone
Greek
- Learning Greek iTunes Feed Web Site
- From the Hellenic American Union, these lessons will teach students Modern Greek. For those who already have some foundation in the language.
Hebrew
- Elementary Hebrew iTunes Web Site
- The audio and video files come from a course taught in a seminary.
- Hebrew Vocab Pronunciations iTunes Web Site
- Here you get straightforward pronunciations of words in Hebrew.
Hindi
- I Speak Hindi Feed Web Site
- Learn Hindi from Bollywood Movies iTunes Feed Web Site
- This looks like a fun approach to learning a language.
- Namaste Dosti - The Learn Hindi Podcast iTunes Feed Web Site
- There are few options when it comes to learning Hindi via podcast, so the podcast author decided to fill the void.
Hungarian
Indonesian
- Learning Indonesian iTunes Feed Web Site
- A complete online Indonesian course geared towards developing conversational fluency in the Indonesian Language.
Irish
- Learn Irish Feed Web Site
- As the title says, here’s a quite new podcast that will teach you Irish. Hopefully, it will continue to grow.
- One Minute Irish iTunes Feed Web Site
Italian
- ItalianPod.com iTunes Feed Web Site
- A series of well-reviewed lessons that will let you learn Italian on your own terms.
- LearnItalianPod.com iTunes Feed Web Site
- A series of Italian language lessons that will get you up and running. I have personally used them and found them effective.
- Let’s Speak Italian iTunes Feed Web Site
- This collection will help you learn Italian in small, manageable 5-minute bites.
- MyDailyPhrase.com iTunes Web Site
- Learn Italian step by step over a course of 20 weeks. The podcasts will cover all the language you need to know to get by on a visit to a Italian-speaking country. Created by the same people who put together the popular series “Coffee Break Spanish.”
- World Languages Podcasting - Italian Podcast iTunes Feed Web Site
- It’s admittedly a bit of an untraditional way to learn Italian. This podcast lets you listen to conversations about Australian culture in Italian.
Learn Italian Quickly with Rosetta Stone
Japanese
- Japanese Class (Video) iTunes Web Site
- These videocasts from the Kyoto Japanese Language School get strong reviews. They use video effectively to demonstrate how to write in Japanese.
- JapanesePod101.com iTunes Feed Web Site
- Over 100 quality lessons aimed at the beginner. Users give it high marks.
- Learn Japanese iTunes Feed Web Site
- Japancast teaches Japanese using lessons from anime and everyday conversation.
- Learn Japanese Symbols iTunes Feed Web Site
- These lessons teach students how to work with Japanese symbols, such as Kanji, Hiragana, and Katakana.
- Survival Phrases iTunes Feed Web Site
- Learn the must-know phrases for traveling in Japan.
Learn Japanese Quickly with Rosetta Stone
Korean
- Easy Quick Learn Korean iTunes Feed Web Site
- One of the newer and seemingly more robust options for learning Korean.
- Learn Korean iTunes Feed Web Site
- A little new and “rough around the edges,” according to reviewers, but perhaps worth a look.
- Kimchigirls iTunes Feed Web Site
- An option that looks to have more promise.
- Survival Phrases iTunes Feed Web Site
- Gets the phrases that will get you by.
Learn Korean Quickly with Rosetta Stone
Latin
- Latinum iTunes Feed Web Site
- The Latin Language Learning Podcast from London.
- Nightly News in Latin Feed Web Site
- “Nuntii Latini - News in Latin - is a weekly review of world news in Classical Latin, the only international broadcast of its kind in the world, produced by YLE, the Finnish Broadcasting Company.
Lithuanian
Luxembourgish
- One Minute Luxembourgish iTunes Feed Web Site
- Another niche language covered by the Radio Lingua Network.
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese
- Brazilian PodClass iTunes Feed Web Site
- Brazilian Portuguese iTunes Feed Web Site
- A conversation-oriented introduction to Brazilian Portuguese. You’ll also get introduced to Brazilian culture, and learn about the differences between the language spoken in Brazil and Portugal. NOTE: Mp3s for the first 16 lessons can be found here.
- Ta Falado: Brazilian Portuguese Pronunciation for Spanish Speakers iTunes Feed Web Site
- Created by the Texas Language Technology Center in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at UT-Austin.
Romanian
- Learn Romanian iTunes Feed Web Site
- A quick way to learn Romanian survival phrases to help you on your journey.
Russian
- A Spoonful of Russian iTunes Feed Web Site
- Recommended by our readers.
- A Taste of Russian iTunes Feed Web Site
- This “isn’t a boring Grammar course, it is a real chat on different topics which can be heard in everyday life. It is a chance to listen to the native speakers talking at home, at work, at the shop, at the party, etc.”
- Business Russian iTunes Feed Web Site
- Presented by the UCLA Center for World Languages, this series teaches students the essentials of Russian business communication.
- Russian (Kazahk) Feed Web Site
- No Borat jokes. Learn some Kazahk style Russian from the Peace Corps. Be sure to download the accompanying PDF file.
- Russian Literature iTunes Feed Web Site
- Also presented by UCLA, this podcast helps users improve their comprehension and vocabulary by listening to excerpts from Tolstoy, Gogol, Chekhov and other Russian literary greats.
- One Minute Russian iTunes Feed Web Site
- RussianPod101 iTunes Web Site
- Helps you learn Russian and Russian culture at your convenience.
Learn Russian Quickly with Rosetta Stone
Spanish
- Coffee Break Spanish iTunes Feed Web Site
- Learn Spanish in a low-key, effective way. Currently the #2 overall favorite in iTunes’ podcast collection. They must be loaded on iPods everywhere.
- Finally Learn Spanish - Beyond the Basics iTunes Feed Web Site
- If you’ve had some Spanish classes and you need experience listening to and speaking the language, then Finally Learn Spanish has a collection of podcasts for you.
- Insta Spanish Lessons iTunes Feed Web Site
- Weekly comprehension and grammar exercises for students of all levels. One of the more popular podcasts on iTunes.
- Learn Spanish at SpanishPod101 iTunes Feed Web Site
- A podcast created by teams from 5 Spanish speaking countries.
- Learn Spanish Survival Guide iTunes Feed
- If you’re planning a trip to a Spanish speaking country, and if you don’t know the langugage, this will help get you up to speed.
- Learn to Speak Spanish iTunes Feed Web Site
- Learn to speak Spanish in just 15 minutes per day.
- Rojas Spanish Language iTunes Feed Web Site
- “No English is spoken here. These podcasts are for the Intermediate and Advanced Spanish Speaker who would like to sharpen their Spanish skills. The fine points of the language will be presented and explored through a variety of topics to include; music, history, culture, food.”
- SpanishPod iTunes Feed Web Site
- A series of well-reviewed lessons that will let you learn Spanish on your own terms.
- Spanish Sense iTunes Feed Web Site
- Another set of podcasts that lets you learn Spanish on your own terms.
- Spanish Podcasts for Beginners iTunes Feed Web Site
- Podcasts recorded by native Spanish speakers with clear explanations in English.
- Voices en Español iTunes Feed Web Site
- Geared toward more advanced students, this podcast features an interview in Spanish with a native speaker from Spain, Latin America or the U.S. It’s also accompanied by a bilingual blog that includes weekly Spanish grammar tips.
Learn Spanish Quickly with Rosetta Stone
Swedish
- Klartext Feed Web site
- News in easy-to-understand Swedish.
- Learn Swedish with SwedishLingQ iTunes Feed Web Site
- Our readers have been waiting for Swedish lessons to come along. Here it finally is.
Tagalog
- Viloria.com Pinoy Podcast iTunes Feed Web Site
- Learn to speak Tagalog to give you the advantage when you travel to the Philippines.
Thai
- Learn Thai Podcast: Free English Thai Audiolearning Course Feed Web Site
- Apparently the lessons are good, but they’ve been having some technical problems and not all podcasts are always available.
Vietnamese
- Survival Phrases iTunes Feed Web Site
- You get the gist from the title. Learn here some phrases that will help you survive in Vietnam.
Yiddish
- Millie’s Yiddish Class iTunes YouTube Feed Web Site
- Learn Yiddish via video, includes link to Youtube.
General How-To
- Teach Yourself a Foreign Language iTunes Feed Web Site
- This program discusses how to go about learning a foreign language on your own. Some people liked it, some didn’t. Check it out and judge for yourself.
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ISpeakHindi - Learn Hindi Daily Podcast would be a good addition to this directory for foreign language podcasts. The feed can be found at http://feeds.feedburner.com/ISpeakHindi
and on the website, http://www.ISpeakHindi.com, there are several other Hindi language resources. Also, basic Hindi and Urdu sound the same. So, it can be a good resource for those that want to learn to speak and understand basic Urdu.
Learning and teaching arabic for european people. Free tools, on line courses and bilingual dictionary with sound.
Your list of sites for learning Mandarin Chinese is good, but you are missing my favorite. It is at http://www.imandarinpod.com/hoola/
Their lessons are interesting, funny, very insightful, and totally free. They have lessons appropriate for advanced beginners, intermediate, and advanced students. For these levels, I think they are the best available.
My site caters to people who want to build up their foreign language vocab. There’s a free podcast and some audiobooks. We add new topics regularly - http://www.languageaddicts.com/languages/Greek/Greek.htm
This is the best site for Brazilians learning English, period.
Video podcast in the ‘video-aula’ style, there is nothing like it on the web.
There is a social network also, for members to upload their pictures and share ideas in the forum.
-C
my comment above referred of course to the site: http://verdeamarelo.ning.com
thx,
C
unfortunately is not possible to find Portuguese from Portugal lessons. As the portuguese spoken in Brazil is very different from the one spoken in Portugal the brazilian podcast is not a solution.
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For Korean, check out http://www.koreanclass101.com/ The hosts are very entertaining and they explain the subject matter very well. It’s from the Chinesepod family.
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please can someone do one of these for Polish please?
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Actually Koreanclass101 is from Japanesepod101.
And if you’re looking for Polish podcasts there’s One Minute Polish:
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and Mission Krakow:
http://www.missioneurope.eu/
Here are some more podcasts.
Naked Cantonese. An informal podcast between a teacher and a student:
http://www.rthk.org.hk/podcast/audio_content_radio_eng.htm
Learn Japanese with Beb and Alex:
http://japanese.libsyn.com/
JEdutainment. Japanese vocab over music beats.
http://www.jedutainment.com/jedu/index.php
Sparkling Korean. Lots of lessons and nice explanations.
http://www.sparklingkorean.com/
The Kimchi girl’s Korean podcast:
http://www.thekimchigirls.com/
One Minute Russian:
http://coffeebreakspanish.typepad.com/oneminutelanguages/one_minute_russian/index.html
One Minute Irish:
http://coffeebreakspanish.typepad.com/oneminutelanguages/one_minute_irish/index.html
Learn Hebrew pod:
http://www.learnhebrewpod.com/
Hit Greece:
http://hitgreece.com/
Arabicpod. Looks like it’s modelled from Chinesepod.
http://www.arabicpod.net/
World Nomads. Multiple languages, survival phrases.
http://journals.worldnomads.com/language-guides/
Love Lingo. Learn how to say ‘I love you’ and more in different languages.
http://www.lovelingo.net/
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You can learn Hebrew at your leisure by using this language course of conversational Hebrew.
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Just want to suggest another spanish one good for intermediate levels:
http://www.spanishpodcast.org/
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can anyone recommend a Gujarati podcast?
Thanks
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I’m a Shanghainese girl studying English. Here is my favorite podcasting website for learning the language. http://www.china232.com
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anything for Czech? Anything at all…
is there a free learn danish that i can put on my ipod