Languages

Description

As we gather resources for languages, we’ll either create a separate product page (as we did for Compiled Latin Resources) or we’ll list them here. Let us know what else you discover!

(I’ll probably try to list Lutheran sources first so lists will probably not be in alphabetical order.)

Language Resources

Multi-Language Resources

Lutheran

• Small Catechism (LIA) app by Lutherans in Africa offer’s Luther’s Small Catechism in n English, Ekegusii, Swahili, French, Maasai and Finnish.
• Triglotta (German/Latin)

Secular

• COERLL  Materials in Arabic, Bangla, Chinese, Czech, English, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, K’iche’, Malayalam, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Sanskrit, Spanish, Tamil, Turkish, Urud, and Yoruba!
• Hello-World
• Internet Polyglot
• Polly Lingual
• Quiz-Tree
• SurfaceLanguages.com: This site has beginner classes for French, Italian, Polish, and Portuguese, as well as audio, flashcards, and simple word games for a dozens of languages.

ASL (American Sign Language)

• Bill Vicars’ youtube channel: Learn Sign Language
• Singing Savvy

French

• A prayer attributed to St. Francis on ACollectionofPrayers.com.
• Basic French Lessons
• Hello-World immersion
• The French Experiment: online vocabulary & grammar lessons
• A post about 27 best online French courses (but not necessarily geared for children or homeschoolers)
• Complete Homeschool French Curriculum Round-Up
• French Games offers lessons, games, and tests, all free.
• Learn French
• Learn French with Pascal
• Frenglishnews.com

German

• Common table prayer: “Komm, Herr Jesu; sei du unser Gast; und segne, was du uns bescheret hast.” More German prayers can be found here on ACollectionofPrayers.com.
• An article/ blog post, “How to Learn German in Order to Read 16th-17th c. Lutheran Theology”
• If you are looking to practice German by reading it:
  • • You can find Luther’s German Bible online here.
      • • You may want to start with the 1984 version. The 1545 version is advanced, though you can also look for “Lutherbibel letzter Hand.”
        • A bilingual edition of the 1912 Lutherbibel does exist in print.
    • BookofConcord.org has links to the Triglotta (English/German/Latin), as well as Concordia auf Deutsch & the following:
      • • Christliches wiederholtes einmütiges Bekenntnis
          • Vorrede
          • Die Drei Hauptsymbola
          • Bekenntnis des Glaubens
          • Apologia der Konfession
          • Die Schmalkaldischen Artikel
          • Treatise
          • Der Kleine Katechismus
          • Der Große Katechismus
          • Die Konkordienformel
            • Summarischer Begriff der streitigen Artikel
            • Wiederholung und Erklärung etlicher Artikel Augsburgischer Konfession
    • Check out Lutheran Beitreage.
    • Luthers Sprichwortersammlung is available as a Google book download.
    • Wörterbuch zu Martin Luthers deutschen Schriften, ed. Paul Dietz (Leipzig, 1870-1872; repr. Hildesheim: Olms, 1961) [only up to “Hals”]. The original edition appeared in fascicles and stopped part way through the second volume. This work is also available as a free download via Google Book Search: http://books.google.com
• Article: 7 Free German Textbooks for Beginners, including:
  • • Deutsch im Blick, a multimedia 1st year German language program
    • A Foundation Course in Reading German
    • FSI German Basic Course (Audio recordings)
    • Essential German
    • Tom’s Deutschseite
    • Wolkenkratzer Kursbuch & Arbeitsbuch
    • Easy German
• German Dictionaries online:
  • • Collins German Dictionary
    • Dict.cc
    • Langenscheidt
• German for English Speakers
• Grimm Grammar (which is also used with Deutsch im Blick)
• Kinder Books is a subscription plan, where you can rent German children’s books in the US.

Greek

• Memory Tricks for Learning Greek
• Elementary Greek (as in beginning Greek, not Greek for elementary students) from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, taught by Dr. Voelz (Videos & downloadable text)
• ELEM Greek Pronunciation Helps (Audio files)
• Just a non-Lutheran article, but helpful and encouraging: 7 Tips for Starting to Learn Biblical Greek
• Learn the Greek Alphabet in less than 10 minutes: a youtube video by Steve Demme of Math-U-See.
• A list of resources for teaching Ancient Greek at K-12 levels
• Recommended Classical Greek textbooks:
  1. Athenaze
  2. Ancient Greek with Thrasymachus free online or Thrasymachus in book form.
• Although I haven’t seen a copy of this, Khairete O Mathetai is “An Introduction to Ancient Greek for Secondary School Students.

Hebrew

• Elementary Hebrew (as in beginning Hebrew, not Hebrew for elementary students) from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, taught by Dr. Bartelt (Videos & downloadable text)
• Hebrew Readings

Italian

• ILUSS Italian Online

Mandarin Chinese

• Chinese Tools

Russian

• MasterRussian.com: ad-supported site for grades sixth through twelfth

Sauk (Sac and Fox Indian language)

• Talk Sauk

Spanish

• The new Spanish hymnal!  Himnario Luterano
• Spanish for Kids and Beginners (Grades 1 – 4)
• Online Free Spanish
• Spanicity