Languages

There are a number of websites that can help you learn a new language or brush up one you learnt at school. Many of these also have apps that you can use on a tablet or smartphone.

Can I learn a language online?

See this article from The Guardian (February 2014) to see if you think learning a language online is for you.

Some of the best known language learning websites

Language tools

Translation tools

Automatic translation has come a long way but it’s by no means perfect, at times you can get some strange results. However if you are learning a language you will probably find these tools useful.

Google Translate (web version, also available with a Gmail account)
Bing Translator (owned by Microsoft)

Other resources

There are lots of other sites covering grammar, style, history of the language and so on. Here are a few examples to give you a taster, but go into a search engine like Google and Bing and see what’s available.

French

Académie française. The official guardian of the French language. This site is in French.
French Language Guide

German

Duden Online Dictionary. Duden produces guides to the German language which are considered to be the most authoritative sources about German. This site is in German.
German.Net
Goethe Institut: The Goethe Institute is the German government equivalent of The British Council and has a section on their website about the German language

Spanish

Instituto Cervantes of London. A non-profit organisation founded by the Spanish Government to promote Spanish language teaching
Spanish Dict

Various languages

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