Foreign language curriculum is one of the more difficult decisions to make for homeschooling. Most states require at least one foreign language credit to receive a high school diploma, so it's not something that we can just skip.
While there are local classes, online tutors, and even printed courses, these can get very expensive very quickly. I have purchased courses before only to find out that they didn't work at all for my child and they ended up not using it. Wasted money!
But I have discovered that there are so many FREE classes on the internet to learn a foreign language. I have collected some of the best for you.
I've only listed the more popular languages, but if you're interested in another language be sure to check the sites directly. Many of them offer far more than what I've listed here.
Sites Offering Multiple Languages
DuoLingo
Description from the website: We believe that anyone can learn a language with Duolingo. Our free, bite-sized lessons feel more like a game than a textbook, and that's by design: Learning is easier when you're having fun. But Duolingo isn't just a game. It's based on a methodology proven to foster long-term retention, and a curriculum aligned to an international standard. Let's explore how language learning happens with Duolingo!
Learn 101
Every lesson here contains an audio portion to help you learn step-by-step. The lessons cover the alphabet, simple grammar rules, common phrases, and vocabulary lists. You can work through the lessons at your own pace, or pick and choose what you'd like to learn.
Georgia Virtual Learning
This site offers numerous free online courses for middle school through high school.
Alison.com
Alison has over 1,000 high-quality courses available across 9 distinct categories, all absolutely free to complete. All our courses are self-paced and have been designed by subject matter experts, to give you an interactive and enriched learning experience.
Learn a Language
This free online course offers free lessons that include fun review games and other activities.
Loecsen
This site offers an entire beginner's course of several languages, completely free. The courses are intended for people who want to manage in most situations of everyday life without having to go through a lengthy learning process. You'll find mostly conversational and speaking lessons.
Live Lingua
This project is the internet's largest collection of free public domain language learning materials. It hosts thousands of free ebooks, audios, and videos for over 130 languages!
Spanish
Learn Spanish Online
https://www.studyspanishlanguage.org/
Our free Spanish lessons are an online adaptation of the Defense Language Institute, Foreign Language Center's Spanish Headstart for Spain program. This Free online Spanish language program includes 4 themes, 12 lessons, 24 dialogues, over 180 exercises & quizzes & around 8h of audio (MP3 format).
Easy Peasy
Easy Peasy All-in-One Homeschool has several levels of Spanish available.
- 6th Grade Spanish
Serves as an introduction to Spanish for middle-school students where they'll learn to listen and to read with awareness in order to discover word meanings and relations. - 7th Grade Spanish
This is a continuation of the 6th-grade Spanish course. The focus will be on learning vocabulary, comprehension, pronunciation, and fluency in speech. Listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills will be developed. - Spanish 1
This high-school level course introduces students to effective strategies for beginning Spanish language learning, and to various aspects of Spanish speaking culture. - Spanish 2
Students will grow in their ability to speak, write, read, and understand Spanish as they study vocabulary, grammar, and culture. - Spanish 3
Students will grow in their ability to speak, write, read, and understand Spanish as they study vocabulary, grammar, and culture.
Spanish for Beginners
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTpetkN815Qyuc2RbC1kxxMQvxjQ3RnYG
Instructor Dr. Danny Evans teaches introductory Spanish (beginners) to his audience and along the way, introduces you to aspects of Hispanic culture.
French
French for Beginners
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFFF017A3B68A9931
This time-tested French language course is based on a course originally devised by Jean and Louis Manesca. It provides an intuitive and effective method for learning the French language - by listening and repeating - not only repeating - you also will learn to answer simple questions in French in the work-out style exercises, called 'mouvements'.
To Learn French
https://www.tolearnfrench.com/
It's not the prettiest website in the world, but it has a LOT to offer if you want to learn French. There are thousands of lessons written by French speakers, vocabulary lists, audio helps, placement tests, and even an online club!
French Lessons Using Games
https://www.french-games.net/frenchlessons
From the website description: Each French lesson consists of four interactive learning activities and includes full audio by a native French speaker plus the written text for every item of vocabulary introduced. There are two levels of French lessons available—beginner and intermediate.
Greek
Learn Greek
http://www.kypros.org/LearnGreek/
This site is (at the time of this writing) composed of one-hundred five audio files (15 mins each), online student notes, a collection of collaborative learning tools, a Greek dictionary, and a Greek spell checker.
Learning Greek While Studying the New Testament
http://www.puritans.net/curriculum/Learning%20Greek%20While%20Studying%20the%20New%20Testament.pdf
Part of the Puritans' Home School Curriculum. While this course will not make students experts in the Greek language, it serves as a start. Its primary goal is to study the New Testament, learning Greek as they go, in order to better understand the original text.
Hebrew
Hebrew for Christians
https://hebrew4christians.com/index.html
Here you'll find basic information about the Hebrew alphabet, vowels, and Biblical Hebrew grammar so that you can better understand the Scriptures.
Learning Hebrew While Studying the Old Testament
http://www.puritans.net/curriculum/Learning%20Hebrew%20While%20Studying%20the%20Old%20Testament.pdf
Part of the Puritans' Home School Curriculum. This course covers beginner Hebrew with the goal of better understanding the original text of the Old Testament.
Foundation Stone Online Hebrew Course
http://foundationstone.com.au/FoundationStone.html?./OnlineHebrewTutorial.html
A complete online course the begins with the Hebrew alphabet and continues through seventeen lessons covering Hebrew grammar. Answers to exercises are included as well as recommendations for further study.
American Sign Language
American Sign Language University
http://www.lifeprint.com/
From the creator: I designed this communication-focused curriculum for my own in-person college ASL classes and put it online to make it easy for my students to access. I decided to open the material up to the world for free since there are many parents of Deaf children who NEED to learn how to sign but may live too far from a traditional classroom.
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