Persian, sometimes called Farsi, is a very important language to learn if you plan to travel in or work in the Middle East or Central Asia. It is one of the world’s 20 most widely spoken first languages, with more than 60 million native speakers and another 50 million secondary speakers.
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Are you thinking about learning Czech? There are many resources that exist online, but it can be challenging to figure out which courses offer the best in terms of strategy and instruction.
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News in Slow German is one of the most fun resources around. Each week, they release a new 30-minute episode that’s ideal for those with an intermediate level of German. While that may not sound like much content, their grammar and expressions catalogs are massive and can provide countless hours of study materials. The current events part of the program is interesting and the grammar and expressions parts are much more fun than you’d expect, while aging very well. Overall, I was impressed with the natural, engaging, and effective way that they teach German.
An all-around well-designed resource.
Great for intermediate levels, but beginner and advanced students should look elsewhere.
Somewhat expensive, but there’s more content than you initially expect.
7-day free trial, then $14.90/month. You also have the option to prepay for any amount of months at a time, which doesn’t change the monthly price.
News in Slow German is a resource that offers material that’s especially good for intermediate level learners.
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News in Slow French offers three different levels of content (beginner, intermediate, and advanced) with lots of different features for each. I’m a huge fan of what’s included at the intermediate level but a bit less enthusiastic about the content at the beginner and advanced levels. That’s not to say those levels are bad, they aren’t by any means, but the material available for intermediate level learners is really fantastic. Much more than simply current events narrated at a slower pace, News in Slow French is comprensive, engaging, fun, and effective.
It often doesn’t feel like you’re studying without sacrificing on quality.
The depth and unique manner in which they teach grammar and expressions is really impressive.
Although it’s not cheap, there’s more content than you may initially realize.
There’s a 7-day free trial for new subscribers, then the price is $22.90/month. There’s also an option to prepay for up to 12 months at a time, which doesn’t affect the monthly price.
News in Slow French is an online program that aims to provide useful content for French language learners of all levels. Some of these levels are better than others.
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If you’ve been looking for an Asian language to learn, but you’re a bit intimidated by languages like Chinese or Japanese, then consider Indonesian. Free from tones, tenses and foreign alphabets, Indonesian is one of the simpler Asian languages to learn for native English speakers.
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Hungarian is spoken heavily throughout Eastern Europe, not just in Hungary, but also in Slovakia and Romania as well. You’ll find more than 14 million Hungarian speakers throughout Europe, making this an excellent language to learn whether you’re just visiting the area for the first time as a leisure traveler, or you need to do some business in Eastern Europe.
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Interested in learning Lithuanian? One of the oldest languages in the world, Lithuanian comes with its own unique set of challenges due to its age. Many aspects of its grammar, vocabulary and structure are no longer used in similar languages, meaning that even if you do know other historically important European languages, that might not help you learn Lithuanian any easier.
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If you’ve been considering learning Serbian, you’ll be glad to know you’ll be in good company as a Serbian speaker. The language, derived from old Slavic and similar to many other languages you’ll find around Eastern Europe, has about 9.5 million speakers.
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While you may have met plenty of individuals from Ireland, watched television shows set in Ireland and even visited the country, it’s totally possible that you could’ve not even realized that Irish is its own language.
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Not only does Urdu have more than 100 million speakers across the Middle East and Asia, but it’s also a very useful language to learn if you’re studying the history of the Middle Ages. The classical language got its start in the 12th century and was used widely in literature and other areas by the 1300s. Urdu has heavily influenced and been influenced by languages such as Arabic, Hindi, Turkish and Sanskrit. As such, if you’re learning one of these languages, then Urdu could likewise be helpful.
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