Browse our recommendations for general language learning resources as well as resources specific to the languages that we offer
Resources
General Resources
Apps
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Free language learning app offering 43 different languages.
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Language Drop is a website where you can learn languages via fun games.
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If you want to memorize words but struggle to keep them in your head once you learned them, try Anki. It is a flash card memorization app that will remind you to study and keep brining up the words you struggle with.
Check out Anki!
Websites
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Free language learning app offering 43 different languages.
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There are different places where you can learn a language by talking to a native speaker. Some online sites are Italkie or Preply however these are paying and don't work on a "language exchange base". For a free tandem system where two language students learn from each other check out our own tandem system or some other tandem systems offered by initiatives at the institute (AMEF for French).
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Italkie is a platform where you can book a lesson with an online teacher or simply talk to a native speaker across the world. You will have to pay a small fee for each hour and they usually range from 4-8 CHF depending on the certification level of a teacher. It is pretty flexible and a good way to fit conversation practice into your day. Check it out!
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Preply is similar to Italkie. The difference is that you will have to buy Preply points and then trade them in for lessons. In Italkie you pay directly. The platforms otherwise work with the same concept and it depends on the languages where you have the better offer. Check it out!
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https://www.memrise.com/?irclickid=3vaR6DQIgxyPTXIQqW0aHyZuUkHTNL0lVzrYxM0&irgwc=1
Language-specific Resources
Spanish
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Good YouTube Channels that provide you with short effective lessons on useful phrases, grammar elements and much more.
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German
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Real World Spanish (For beginners.)
Thespanishblog. (For more serious content.)
Dreaming in Spanish (For more fun content.)
Speak Spanish Faster (For topic-specific content.)
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Original spanish series on Netflix:
Casa de PapelElite
Las Telefonistas
Movies:
El Barco (Plays in Geneva).
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Mandarin
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Easy Italian: The YouTube Channel Easy Italian is a great and different way of practising the language. It offers subbed daily conversations recorded in Milano.
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Movies:
Atlas (A Swiss-Italian movie produced by the Swiss broadcasting company. Can be streamed for free on Play Suisse.)
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Italian
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For Beginners:
More Advanced:
There are some great German Scifi/Mistery/Thriller series that were produced just recently. We reccomend Dark or 1899 on Netflix. They are original german series but english subtitles are available.
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Beginners
More Advanced:
Some good german agencies that produce podcasts would be ARD.
Highly advanced:
SRF is the swiss german public broadcasting agency. It produces some great podcasts some in high german and some in !swiss german! So if you really wanna master your german skills for switzerland, check it out!
Arabic
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There are various good YouTube channels through which you can learn Mandarin Chinese and practice your listening skills.
Grace Mandarin ChineseUnconventional Chinese(For some subbed comical Mandarin content)
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Following language content on your Instagram helps increasing exposure to the language you practice and is a fun way to learn random words/phrases during the day. It is also great for motivation since it doesn't acquire you to actively sit down and memorize stuff. ;)
Instagram Accounts:
@chineseclass101
@chinesezerotohero
@mandarin_companion (for funny Chinese language learning memes: Keeps the motivation going and helps to sympathize with the struggle of other Mandarin learners.)
@unconventional_chinese
