List of language self-study programs

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Self-study programs allow learning without having a teacher present, [1] [2] and the courses can supplement or replace classroom instruction. [3] Universities use self-study programs for less-commonly taught languages, where having professors is not feasible. [4] [5] Self-study programs are available on paper, audio files, video files, smartphone apps, computers, or any combination. [6]

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This list is limited to programs that teach four or more languages. There are many others that teach one language.

Alphabetical lists of languages show the courses available to learn each language, at All Language Resources, Lang1234, Martindale's Language Center, Omniglot, and Rüdiger Köppe. (UCLA Language Materials Project has ended.) For the thousands of languages not listed on those sites, for which no course exists, Global Recordings Network has recorded a standard set of Bible stories in 6,000 languages. With effort, learners can study any language by comparing their recordings to the same story in a language they know. [7]

The list of self-study programs, below, shows the number of languages taught by each program, the name of the program, and the number of different languages used for instruction. Multiple languages of instruction may be available for some but not all courses. For example, Reise Know-How uses six languages to teach German, but only German to teach the other languages. On the other hand Eurotalk, Pronunciator and 50Languages use all languages to teach all the other languages.

List

Self-study programNumber of languages taughtInterface languagesMediaBusiness Model
Reise Know-How 2007books
Qlango 4538online and mobile appfreemium
Lingly1616webfreemium
L'Harmattan 1671 (French)books
Cudoo1643subscription
uTalk140+27online and mobile appsubscription
Eurotalk 132119application
Transparent Language Online 1306online and mobile appmonthly or yearly subscription, or free via a participating library
Peace Corps 1011 (English)webfree
Pronunciator 8750free to library patrons if library pays
Assimil 7612books, usb
Mango Languages 7117applicationfree to library patrons if library pays, or monthly subscription
Glossika646web, books freemium
Clozemaster6033freemium
Teach Yourself 581 (English)books, CDs
50Languages 5656webfree audio, apps and downloads, sell optional books
Colloquial by Routledge 561 (English)physical mediasell books and CDs
Central Institute of Indian Languages 471 (English)physical mediasell books
Duolingo 4325application or webfreemium with all learning features free
Foreign Service Institute 421 (English)webfree
Pimsleur Language Programs (company) 4050audio
BBC Online 401 (English)webfree
LingQ5017application or webfreemium
FirstVoices 821 (English)free
Rosetta Stone 251 (English)softwareone-time/subscription [8]
Mondly 4130applicationfreemium
Memrise 35 (official courses)
Hundreds (user-created courses)		15applicationfreemium
VocApp3159applicationfreemium
Drops3131applicationfreemium
Gloss by Defense Language Institute 291 (English)webfree
Berlitz Corporation 231 (English)online classes, offline classes, books and PE (physical media)varies
Ba Ba Dum2222onlinefree
Quizlet 188 (Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish)onlinefreemium
Living Language (publisher) 187 (Arabic, English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish)physical media
Langenscheidt 172 (English, German)physical media
For Dummies 172 (English, German)physical media
Linguaphone 162 (English, German)physical media
Babbel 139 (English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Ukrainian)applicationsubscription
Busuu 1415applicationfreemium
Bilingual Books, Inc. 122 (English, German)physical media
LingoDeer1613 (Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Russian, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Italian, Thai, Turkish)application or websubscription
Michel Thomas Method 121 (English)physical media
Idiot's Guide 102 (English, Spanish)physical media
Behind the Wheel by Macmillan Publishers 91 (English)physical media
Lingvist 88 (Arabic, Chinese, English, Estonian, German, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian)online and mobile appfreemium
Speakly811online and mobile appfreemium
Language Transfer82 (English for French, Swahili, Italian, Greek, German, Turkish, Arabic, and Spanish, and Spanish for English)onlinefree
Dexway812subscription
Schaum's Outlines 61 (English)physical media
Lonely Planet 61 (English)physical media
Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages 61 (English)free
Alison 61 (English)free
Paul Noble Method by Collins 51 (English)physical media
Made Simple by Broadway Books 71 (English)physical media
Hugo by Dorling Kindersley 51 (English)physical media
Drive Time by Random House 51 (English)physical media
Nextlingua44 (English, Spanish, French, Russian)free
Durium by Durium Records 41 (Italian)physical media
Teach Yourself Business by McGraw-Hill Education 41 (English)physical media
Smigin 43 (English, Portuguese, Turkish)subscription
Langster47 (English, French, German, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish)applicationfreemium
Readle1 (German)6 (English, French, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish)applicationfreemium
Nonsense55 (English, Spanish, French, Russian, Japanese)applicationfreemium
Cortina Method by Rafael Díez de la Cortina y Olaeta 101 (English)physical media
Language TV Club45 (Spanish, French, German, Italian, English)onlinesubscription
Think in Italian1 (Italian)1 (English)webfreemium
Lingotopia (miraheze wiki)7 + 26 work-in-progress courses9 (Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese, Meitei, Russian, Spanish, Thai)webfree
Dasbot (der/die/das quiz) 1 (German)1 (English)applicationfree
Fluent Buddy 121 (English)mobile appfreemium


See also

References

  1. ↑ "Studying a Language on Your Own". University of Florida. Retrieved 13 Sep 2013.
  2. ↑ "Self-Study: Tell Me More". University of Groningen. 7 August 2012. Retrieved 13 Sep 2013.
  3. ↑ "The Self-Study Centers at the TUM". Technical University of Munich. Archived from the original on 20 August 2013. Retrieved 13 Sep 2013.
  4. ↑ "Self-Directed Language Acquisition Program". University of Richmond. Archived from the original on 9 March 2013. Retrieved 13 Sep 2013.
  5. ↑ "Directed Independent Language Study". University of Denver. Retrieved 13 Sep 2013.
  6. ↑ "Self-study ideas for students learning German for the first time". University of Michigan. Retrieved 13 Sep 2013.
  7. ↑ "Geographic Language Museum". Alexander Argüelles. Archived from the original on 2019-12-25. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
  8. ↑ Brown, Shelby. "Duolingo vs. Rosetta Stone: How to choose the best language-learning app". CNET. Retrieved 2020-01-13.
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