Resources
Practice your language and make progress!
Language learners find various resources and collections in the LRC:
• Tip sheets for language learning
• Dictionaries and grammar reference
• Books, films, and cultural enrichment materials
• Games
• Audacity for audio recording
Online Resources
Vocabulary:
• AnkiApp
Electronic flashcards based on spaced repetition
• Memrise—Vocabulary acquisition
Conversation:
• HiNative—App for connecting with native speakers
• HelloTalk—App for connecting with native speakers
• 1,000 Conversation Questions book—In the LRC on the shelf in the lounge
• 6 Billion Others book—In the LRC on the shelf in the lounge
• Story Cubes game—In the LRC on the shelf in the lounge
Dictionaries:
• Word Reference—Dictionaries
• Forvo—Pronunciation dictionaries
RadioGarden
Lyricstraining
Spotify playlists*
- German playlist
- French playlist
- Chinese playlist
- Spanish playlist
- Japanese playlist
*Curated by the U. of Iowa Center for Language and Culture Learning.
Extra practice exercises
Bank of online exercises
Audio-Lingua French
Bank of native speaker audio clips
TV5 Monde: Parlons français
Bank of exercises
TV5 Monde: Langue française
Bank of exercises
Le Point du FLE
Reference and exercises
Tex’s French Grammar
Reference and exercises
A Vos Plumes
Exercises and some reference videos
COERLL French
OER resources
French Practice Exercises
In the LRC; ask the LP
Reprise workbook
In the LRC; ask the LP
Grammar worksheets
In the LRC; ask the LP
COERLL German
OER resources
Grimm Grammar
Reference and exercises
Audio-Lingua German
Bank of native speaker audio
Reverso
Reference
Leo
Dictionary
Targeted Learning Worksheets
In the LRC; ask the LP
Deutsche Wiederholungsgrammatik reference book with exercises
In the LRC; ask the LP
Study Spanish
Reference, including pronunciation, and exercises
Spanish Grammar Strategies
Reference
Spanish Proficiency Exercises
Bank of native speaker videos with exercises
Spanish Language and Culture
Bank of native speaker audio with exercises
Audio-Lingua Spanish
Bank of native speaker audio
COERLL Spanish
OER resources
Basic Spanish Grammar book
In the LRC; ask the LP
Grammar worksheets
In the LRC; ask the LP
Latin Word Study Tool
Parsing help
Latin Library
Collection of Latin texts
Perseus Digital Library
Text finder, sample translations, footnotes
Whitaker’s Words
Latin dictionary
Ketos
Ketos [κῆτος] Greek drills
Arch Chinese
Dictionary, reference and exercises
Chinese grammar wiki
Reference
Pitch Perfect Pinyin
Audio with exercises
Chinese Take-In
Bank of native speaker audio with exercises
Chinese Dialogue Podcasts
Bank of native speaker audio (hard to identify topics)
Audio-Lingua Chinese
Bank of native speaker audio
COERLL Chinese
OER resources