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Free Software for Foreign Language Learning (1)
Shareware & freeware to download & foreign language software
CDs under $10
General / Multiple Languages
MULTI-LANGUAGE
LEARNING SOFTWARE
Before
You Know It (BYKI) Lite
Available for 70 languages: Afrikaans, Albanian, Altai, Arabic,
Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bashkir, Belorussian, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Buriat, Chechen,
Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dari, Dutch, Estonian,
Farsi, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Greek,
Haitian, Hausa, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish,
Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Latin, Latvian, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish,
Macedonian, Malay, Mirandese, Mongolian, Norwegian, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese
(Brazil), Portuguese (European), Romanian, Russian, Scottish (Gaelic), Serbian, Slovak,
Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog (Filipino),
Tajiki, Thai, Turkish, Turkmen, Tuvan, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese,
Zulu.
Quickly learn common words and essential phrases, including both spelling
and pronunciation. The application allows customizable learning, tracks
the user's progress, and helps the learner move from language recognition
to mastery. This flash-card system allows you to master the language
at your own pace, with a method proven to enhance the learning experience.
The free version includes dozens of word and phrase lists and
native speaker audio. There are no time or session limits. Download
free.
For more than 75 word lists with audio-visual enhancement, advanced
pronunciation practice, interactive games, and iPod and MP3 audio
capabilities, try the Deluxe version.
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Minimum requirements: Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/Vista, MAC OS X 10.3.9, Pocket PC 2002, Palm 5.2.1
Instant
Immersion 102 Languages
6 CDs provide animated word-building and speaking activities, vocabulary
building exercises, and memory games for 102 different languages.
Topics are oriented toward travel abroad and include greetings, common
expressions, travel and transportation, food and eating, phrases for
emergencies, and other travel services. Languages included: Afrikaans,
Albanian, Alsatian, American, Amharic, Arabic (Modern & Standard),
Armenian, Assamese, Azeri, Basque, Bengali, Brazilian, Breton, Bulgarian,
Burmese, Cantonese, Catalan, Cornish, Corsican, Croatian, Czech, Danish,
Dutch, English, Estonian, Farsi, Finnish, French, Georgian, German,
Greek, Gujarati, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Igbo,
Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Jerriais, Kannada, Khmer, Korean,
Kurdish, Latin, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malagasy, Malay, Malayalam, Maltese,
Mandarin, Manx, Maori, Marathi, Mexican Spanish, Mongolian, Navajo,
Nepali, Norwegian, Papiamento, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi,
Romanian, Romansh, Russian, Saami, Sardinian, Scottish Gaelic, Serbian,
Sesotho, Setswana, Shona, Sindhi, Sinhala, Slovenian, Somali, Spanish,
Swahili, Swedish, Swiss, Tagalog, Tamazight, Tamil, Telugu, Thai,
Tibetan, Turkish, Ukranian, Urdu, Vietnamese, Welsh, Xhosa, Yiddish,
Zulu. 6 CD set / $29.99 Under
$15
Minimum requirements: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP,MAC
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Languages of the World
Each language is presented in a natural listen, learn, and speak sequence.
Lessons first build your knowledge through interactive listening via
native speaker dialogues and everyday conversations. Then they engage
you in customizable games and comprehension activities that allow
you to develop an ear for the language, build a vocabulary, and practice
pronunciation. Finally, you are given the opportunity to respond orally,
rehearse language needed in everyday situations, and monitor your
pronunciation with speech analysis feature. The CD presents up to
5000 words per language and includes links to online grammar references.
Languages included: Spanish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Chinese,
Arabic, Bengali, Brazilian Portuguese, Canadian French, Dutch, English
for Spanish Speakers, Finnish, Greek, Haitian Creole, Hebrew, Hindi,
Irish, Korean, Latin, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Swahili, Swedish,
Tagalog, Thai, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Yiddish, Zulu. CD / Under $8.
Minimum requirements: Windows 95/98/NT/2000/ME/XP,
MAC
Easy
Language 16
Learn vocabulary and pronunciation for 16 different languages: Arabic,
Traditional Chinese, Creole, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German,
Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish.
With a microphone (not included), users can practice their own pronunciation
and compare it with that of native speakers. Includes bonus video
and photo tours of foreign countries. CD / $29.95
CD free, shipping costs only.
Minimum requirements: Windows 95/98/ME, 2000, XP
Snap! 9 Language Tutor
In Europe, it's no secret that the vast majority of people are either
bilingual or even trilingual. This CD-ROM demonstrates the easy and
simple way many Europeans learn to speak a second language. Languages:
Spanish, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Chinese, Russian,
Portuguese. CD / Under $5.
Minimum requirements: Windows and MAC
Jump
Start Languages (for children)
Interactive program for introducing young children ages 3 to 6 to
French, Japanese, Spanish, and English. The world fair theme allows
children to choose a language pavilion, in each of which 9 activities
can be found. Kids learn a range of vocabulary through observing,
listening, and interacting and become familiar with aspects of the
culture where each language is spoken. Completion of activities is
rewarded with video clips of the countries of study. CD / $29.99
CD free, shipping costs only.
Minimum requirements: Windows 98/ME, 2000, XP, Vista
and MAC
Sebran's
ABC 1.45
(for children)
Sebran's ABC's 12 games and tutorials are designed to teach young
children letters, numbers, simple math, and rudiments of reading through
colorful pictures, pleasant music, and gentle games. Sebran runs in
English, Afrikaans, Bahasa Indonesian, Breton, Catalan, Croatian,
Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian,
Icelandic, Italian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian,
Samoan, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish. Download free.
Minimum requirements: Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP
Note: If
you're looking for more robust bilingual dictionary and translation
software, you may want to check out the selection of software on our
non-free language
learning software page or language
learning audio CDs page.
VOCABULARY
TRAINERS
Personal
Vocabulary Studio MyVoc 8.1
Powerful, flexible and elegant tool for learning any type
of new vocabulary. The program is equipped with voice functions and
a text analyzer. Useful for beginners as well as those who know the
language to some degree but would like to improve and enrich their
active vocabulary and conversational skills. Languages: French, German,
Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, UK English, US English and
Italian. Download free.
Minimum requirements: Windows 98/NT/2000/XP
WordQuiz
5.3.1
Build your own vocabulary documents and use the flashcard, multiple
choice, question & answer or fill-in-the-blank modes to practice
the vocabularies in a random order. Repeat any incorrect answers until
you master all the words. Vocabulary documents are easy to edit and
maintain with search & replace, sort, and shuffle functions. Print
the vocabularies or a quiz on paper. Full context sensitive help.
Download free.
Minimum requirements: Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000
Choice
1.4
Fast multiple-choice test for your vocabulary that adapts to your
knowledge and learning level by automatically discarding easy words
and repeating others. Provides lessons in English, German, French,
Italian, Spanish, and Swedish in different combinations and can be
easily extended with your own lessons. Download free.
Minimum requirements: Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP
Interlex
2.5.0.5
Vocabulary builder offers targeted testing in four modes and informative
feedback using text, color and sound. Includes a selection of ready-to-use
vocabulary files for French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian,
and Spanish. Supports many other languages. Download free.
Minimum requirements: Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP
Vocabulary
Program 1.2
Customizable vocabulary trainer, already contains 90,000 words in
four different languages: Swedish, English, German and Danish. Download
free.
Minimum requirements: Windows 95/98/ME
Selingua
5.2 - Learn Languages
Freeware vocabulary training program with extensive built-in
dictionaries -- more than 2000 words each in: English (both American
and British), German, Spanish, French and Swedish. Can be used by
native speakers of any of these languages since the user can choose
the language of the on-screen instructions. Includes six different
exercise types for practicing vocabulary and verb inflections, including
a crossword exercise. Users can also add their own words to the dictionaries.
Download free.
Minimum requirements: Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP
Note: If
you're looking for more robust bilingual dictionary and translation
software, you may want to check out the selection of software on our
non-free language
learning software page or language
learning audio CDs page.
DICTIONARIES
/ TRANSLATORS
Quickstart
Multilingual Dictionary
Word translator and dictionary containing 25,000 terms in each
of 6 languages: English (US and UK), French, German, Italian, Portuguese,
and Spanish. Definitions in English are also included for about 50%
of the terms. Just type the first few letters of a word or phrase,
and the intuitive dictionary search engine will take you to the nearest
match! Subject filtering allows you to see only those words relevant
to a specific subject area. CD / $19.95
CD free, shipping costs only.
Minimum requirements: Windows 98/ME, 2000, XP, Vista
Lingo
v2.3
Freeware multilingual dictionary for translating single words between
languages. Several languages are included: English, French, German,
Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Swedish, Greek, Arabic, Esperanto.
More languages can be added. Download free.
Pardon
1.6
Free dictionary program for your computer features extensive
dictionaries in many languages including Spanish, French, and Swedish,
and specialized dictionaries such as computer terminology. More dictionaries
are available free of charge from the author's web site. Download
free.
Minimum requirements: Windows 95/98/NT/2000
WordLookup
2.8
WordLookup is a small utility for converting words and phrases between
languages. Supports conversion between English and Chinese, Japanese,
Latin and German.
Minimum requirements: Mac OS X
Freelang.net
Dictionary Tool
Multilingual free dictionaries for Windows. Once the software
is installed, unlimited language word lists can be downloaded. Over
75 languages with English translations are available. Download free.
Note: If
you're looking for more robust bilingual dictionary and translation
software, you may want to check out the selection of software on our
non-free language
learning software page or language
learning audio CDs page.
FUN WITH LANGUAGE,
CULTURE, & WORLD GEOGRAPHY
Selingua
Columns - Learn Languages
Play a Tetris-style game and learn French, German, Spanish or Swedish.
Similar to the Tetris-like game Columns, but uses words instead of
colors. Pieces fall down from the top - you rotate the pieces and
try to match words that mean the same thing. The word lists contain
more than 2000 words in each language. Download free.
Minimum requirements: Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP
Seterra
- Learn Geography
Freeware geography program with 70 different activities. Learn
about countries, capitals, flags and cities in Africa, Europe, South
America, North America, Asia and Australia. Runs in English, German,
French, Italian, Spanish or Swedish. Each exercise has a high score
list to keep track of your progress. Download free.
Minimum requirements: Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP
Where
in the World is Carmen Sandiego? Classic (for
children)
Expand your world geography and critical thinking skills while searching
for Carmen Sandiego. Use the talking translator to hear phrases from
13 different countries. Suitable for ages 8 to 12, learn key facts
on 50 countries around the world, famous landmarks, and world geography.
CD / $29.99 $6.99.
Minimum requirements: Windows 95/98/ME, MAC
Caillou
Counting (for children)
Teach your child preschool counting skills in English, Spanish, or
French. In 25 activities, they learn to identify numbers, numerical
relationships, and sequences. Animation, audio instructions, no reading
necessary. Ages 3 to 6. CD / $14.95
CD free, shipping costs only.
Minimum requirements: Windows 98/Me/NT/2000 and MAC
Caillou
Alphabet (for children)
Teach your child preschool alphabet skills in English, Spanish, or
French. In 26 activities, they learn to identify capital and lowercase
letters, to order letters, and to begin to read. Animation, audio
instructions, no reading necessary. CD / $14.95
CD free, shipping costs only.
Minimum requirements: Windows 98/Me/NT/2000 and MAC
Caillou
Colors & Shapes (for children)
Teach your child about colors and shapes in English, Spanish, or French.
In 24 activities, they learn to identify, associate, and assort colors
and shapes. Animation, audio instructions, no reading necessary. Ages
3 to 6. CD / $14.95 CD free, shipping
costs only.
Minimum requirements: Windows 98/Me/NT/2000 and MAC
Caillou
Thinking Skills (for children)
Teach your child preschool thinking skills in English, Spanish, or
French. In 25 activities, they learn to sort and order, predict, associate,
to recognize patterns and similarity and difference, and to use their
memory. Animation, audio instructions, no reading necessary. CD /
$14.95 CD free, shipping costs
only.
Minimum requirements: Windows 98/Me/NT/2000 and MAC
Multilingual
Speaking Clock 2.52
The Multilingual Speaking Clock mimics a LCD alarm clock and can speak
in different languages via WAV files. The default language is English.
30 additional languages, including Spanish, French, Russian, Italian,
and German are also available. Download free.
Minimum requirements: Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000
Foreign
Language Software
A collection of language games to download. Languages: English, French,
Spanish, German. Download free.
Free Foreign Language Learning
Software:
General or Multiple Languages
Arabic | ASL
| Chinese
| Dutch
| English | Esperanto
| French | German
Greek | Hebrew
| Hindi | Hungarian
| Indonesian | Italian
| Japanese | Korean
| Latin
Persian | Polish
| Portuguese | Russian
| Spanish | Tagalog
| Turkish | Vietnamese
Note:
If you're looking for more robust bilingual dictionary and
translation software, you may want to check out the selection of
software on our non-free language
learning software page or language
learning audio CDs page.
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