28 Languages
General Language Resources
Catalogue of language OER created at the University of Kansas, including resources for Chinese, Croatian, English, French, German, Haitian, Italian, Persian, Portuguese, Quechua, Russian, Slovene, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Turkish, Ukrainian, and Uyghur.
Center for Open Educational Resources and Language Learning
COERLL is a US-based language resource centre, providing materials on Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.
Wiktionary
This website is highly useful when looking up foreign words. The meaning is included as well as any grammatical forms the word may have. This is good for languages, such as Icelandic, which have complex declension and conjugation.
Arabic
OERabic
OERabic is a UK initiative that aims to enhance the mastering of Arabic by creating bespoke creative learning (and teaching) resources.
Aswaat Arabiyya
This website provides listening comprehension materials and accompanying activities for a range of proficiency.
Elementary Arabic I
This is an open textbook on Beginner Arabic for undergraduate students who are taking Arabic in their first semester. It addresses letters and sounds of Arabic along with basic skills in reading, speaking and writing.
Elementary Arabic II
This is an open textbook on Elementary Arabic for undergraduate students who are taking Arabic in their second semester. It addresses language structures in theme-based modules that cover the four language skills.
From MSA to CA: A Beginner’s Guide to Transitioning to Colloquial Arabic
This book is for students who have studied Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) for one year or more and would like to learn colloquial Arabic basics using their knowledge of MSA. It aims at transitioning learners from Novice Mid level to Intermediate Low through presenting situations useful for living in an Arab country.
Includes: Practice dialogues
Chinese
Elementary Mandarin
This course is designed for learners with no background in Chinese. It introduces basic structures of the Mandarin Chinese language with emphasis on listening, speaking, reading and writing skills.
Includes: Homework exercises, writing handouts, word lists
Elementary Chinese I and II
These open textbooks are designed for beginners learning Chinese as a second/foreign language. Book I aims to introduce learners to standard Chinese pronunciation, character knowledge, basic conversational phrases, grammar and vocabulary use, and cultural knowledge. Book II follows with lessons containing dialogue on topics relevant to everyday activities.
Includes: Videos, interactive activities
Chinese (Mandarin)
This book is continually being updated and refined. It assumes no prior knowledge of Chinese.
Gateway to Chinese
This site offers a collection of free interactive language learning resources for beginning Mandarin Chinese. Students now have the option to practice pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, listening, and reading skills at the