Learn languages for FREE!

(and in your pyjamas)

The Language Show, Earl’s Court

• Online Learning Virtual Lessons• Grammar and Vocabulary Support• Conversation Exchange Partners• Social Networking Sites• Multimedia Subscriptions

Learn languages for free using:

Online Learning: Virtual Lessons

Fun beginner lessons: www.bbc.co.uk/languages

Online Courses: www.busuu.com or www.byki.com

Community of language learners: www.livemocha.com

Find out your level: www.testpodium.com

www.bbc.co.uk/languages

byki.com and busuu.comDownload Byki’s free language software or start a course of Busuu’s online interactive language lessons. Both sites have really active and helpful communities of language learners to help and support you.

livemocha.comFree lessons for beginners in over 35 languages, chat with members and get them to mark your written and spoken work, create flashcards. Study offline with free

videos, audio clips and PDFs.

testpodium.comTesting your language skills is a good way to work out your level (are you really

intermediate?) and to find out if you are ready to sit an exam.

Grammar and Vocabulary Support

Online Dictionary: www.wordreference.com

Online Translator: www.frengly.com

Word of the Day: www.transparent.com/wotd

wordreference.comwordreference.com is an online dictionary and language forum where users discuss

word usage, nuances of language, multiple possible translations of a single phrase, etc.

frengly.com

Frengly.com is our favourite quick online translator and covers 36 languages.

transparentlanguage.com/wotdReceiving a Word of the Day straight to your inbox is a great for improving your vocabulary.

Conversation Exchange

Find an exchange partner: www.conversationexchange.com

Join a shared interest group: www.meetup.com

Write to a pen pal: www.penpalparade.com

Chat to friends you meet on your travels: www.skype.com

conversationexchange.com

meetup.comYou’ll find linguists and others with similar interests to you on meetup.com. Join groups for

their themed parties, foreign film nights, and get some conversation practice in too.

penpalparade.com

skype.comDownload Skype for free, create a username and keep in touch with people you’ve met on

your travels and practice your language skills by chatting face-to-face.

Social Networking

Follow foreign friends and get words of the day: www.twitter.com

Get language learning tips from students who learnt the hard way: www.ThirdYearAbroad.com

www.twitter.com/bykiGet your word of the day and fun cultural information on your Twitter feed! Byki.com

have free language learning software too, so check out their website.

ThirdYearAbroad.com

You will find all the information we’ve covered here on our website ThirdYearAbroad.com, plus: advice about accents, dialects, gestures, language courses and exams.

Multimedia Subscriptions

Films, TV channels, cinema and YouTube

Newspaper and magazine subscriptions – on or offline

Audiobooks, podcasts, online radio and free music

Smartphone applications

Audio/Visual Resources…

An unbeatable, comprehensive list of foreignnewspapers and radio stations, all online.

P.S. don’t forget your local language Institutes…

Foreign language cinemasListen to millions of tracks online

Get an RSS feed of online foreign news

Watch foreign films with or without subtitles

For a full list of these resources & many more,

visit ThirdYearAbroad.comOh, and please join us on:

facebook.com/thirdyearabroad

twitter.com/thirdyearabroad