--- title: How to Learn Any Language description: Language learning works best with the right method. You will learn comprehensible input, spaced repetition, shadowing, tutoring and immersion strategies, and how to build a routine that reaches fluency. category: languages subcategory: other-languages difficulty: beginner, intermediate, advanced url: /subject/language-learning-methods --- # How to Learn Any Language Language learning works best with the right method. You will learn comprehensible input, spaced repetition, shadowing, tutoring and immersion strategies, and how to build a routine that reaches fluency. ## Available Resources 4 Courses • 8 Websites ## Websites ### 1. StoryLearning by Olly Richards **Author:** Olly Richards Olly Richards' site on learning languages through stories and reading, with free articles, podcast episodes and guides on method, motivation and study routines, plus paid courses. Readers learn how to use graded stories and extensive input to build vocabulary and comprehension. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://storylearning.com/ **Tags:** comprehensible-input, story-based-learning, extensive-reading, study-routines, self-study ### 2. LingQ **Author:** Steve Kaufmann Reading and listening platform where learners import or choose texts with audio, look up unknown words inline and track vocabulary as it moves from new to known. It supports daily comprehensible-input practice and steady vocabulary growth across dozens of languages. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://www.lingq.com/ **Tags:** comprehensible-input, extensive-reading, vocabulary-acquisition, listening-practice ### 3. HelloTalk **Author:** HelloTalk Mobile language-exchange app that pairs learners with native speakers for text chat, voice messages and calls, with built-in translation and correction tools. Regular exchanges give speaking and writing practice and feedback from native speakers outside a classroom. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://www.hellotalk.com/en/ **Tags:** language-exchange, speaking-practice, native-speakers, conversation-practice, mobile-app ### 4. Glossika **Author:** Glossika Subscription platform that trains languages through repeated listening to and speaking of full sentences recorded by native speakers, scheduled with spaced repetition. It builds listening fluency, pronunciation and intuitive command of common sentence patterns, though it offers little explicit grammar instruction. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid **Link:** https://ai.glossika.com/ **Tags:** spaced-repetition, sentence-mining, shadowing, listening-practice, pronunciation ### 5. Dreaming Spanish **Author:** Pablo Román A video platform and YouTube channel teaching Spanish through comprehensible input: thousands of hours of native-speaker videos graded from super-beginner to advanced, with no explicit grammar instruction. Learners track input hours and acquire the language through sustained, understandable listening. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** Spanish | **Price:** Paid **Link:** https://www.dreaming.com/spanish **Tags:** comprehensible-input, spanish, listening-practice, graded-video, immersion ### 6. italki **Author:** italki Online marketplace connecting language learners with professional teachers and community tutors for paid one-to-one video lessons. Learners book sessions for conversation practice or structured instruction in many languages, building regular speaking practice and feedback into their study routine. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid **Link:** https://www.italki.com/ **Tags:** tutoring, speaking-practice, conversation, online-lessons ### 7. OpenCulture Language Lessons **Author:** OpenCulture Index of free audio and video language courses gathered from universities, public broadcasters, and government programs, spanning dozens of languages including French. Each entry links out to the original host, making it a starting point for finding no-cost course material. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://www.openculture.com/freelanguagelessons **Tags:** website, languages, romance-languages ### 8. ReadLang **Author:** Steve Ridout Browser extension and web reader that lets you click unfamiliar words in any online text for an instant translation, then converts those lookups into spaced-repetition flashcards. Suited to learners moving from textbooks to native articles and books. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://readlang.com/ **Tags:** website, languages, romance-languages ## Courses ### 1. Pimsleur **Author:** Pimsleur Audio-based language course built on graduated-interval recall and prompted call-and-response drills. Lessons introduce core vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation through spoken dialogue, giving learners basic conversational speaking and listening ability in the target language without reading-heavy study. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid **Link:** https://www.pimsleur.com/ **Tags:** audio-course, spaced-repetition, speaking-practice, pronunciation, conversational-fluency ### 2. Language Transfer **Author:** Mihalis Eleftheriou Free audio-only courses built on the Thinking Method, in which a teacher guides a student to construct sentences by reasoning from English. Courses cover Spanish, French, Italian, German, Greek, Arabic, Turkish and Swahili, building spoken grammar and early conversational confidence. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://www.languagetransfer.org/ **Tags:** audio-course, thinking-method, spoken-grammar, self-study, beginner-languages ### 3. Assimil **Author:** Assimil French self-study language method built on short daily dialogues with parallel translations, native-speaker audio and progressive exercises. Learners first absorb the language passively, then actively produce it, reaching roughly intermediate reading, listening and speaking ability in the chosen language. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid **Link:** https://www.assimil.com/en/ **Tags:** self-study, audio-course, graded-dialogues, assimil-method, comprehensible-input ### 4. Coffee Break Languages **Author:** Radio Lingua Network Podcast-driven lessons where a teacher coaches a learner through dialogue, correcting pronunciation and unpacking grammar as it comes up. Seasons progress from single phrases to extended conversation, with French, Spanish, German, Italian and other languages covered. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://coffeebreaklanguages.com/ **Tags:** course, languages, romance-languages --- *This content is part of Dantes.io - Your Treasure Map to Knowledge* *Curated by humans at Dantes.io. Personal study use welcome; republishing this curation requires permission (team@dantes.io).* View this page online: https://dantes.io/subject/language-learning-methods