Recommended resources by our team and community as well as great projects founded by members of our language exchange community.
Also check our Tip Tuesdays page. If you have any questions or would like to suggest a resource please email us: onlinelanguageexchange@gmail.com
By Members of Our Community:
Sarah and her team love teaching German through group courses and private lessons from beginner to advanced. Classes are online and also in the school in Dublin city centre. Get a fun and friendly learning environment to progress with your German. Corporate training options too. More info: www.germanmind.ie
Ludmila is a Brazilian who loves learning languages and helping people in their language learning process. She has a school, podcast, YouTube and shares lots of very interesting language related content. She speaks Portuguese, English, Spanish, French, Italian and Russian. https://www.instagram.com/brazilianpolyglot/
Toggle ContKerstin has a passion for languages. She’ll help you learn a language through highly effective and fun language learning strategies. Kerstin is the Fluent Show podcast host. She is a co-founder and organiser of the excellent Women in Language Conference. We love her mentoring. More info here.
Our great friends Stephen & Mariana have a thriving international ESL (English as a second language) platform, language learning app and teacher training program. Stephen has been a helper and regular at our events since the first ever language exchange at Dtwo in Dublin (Ireland) in 2012! Learn more about Live Your Dream Education here: www.lydeducation.com
An English language school founded by Icaro & Hector with classes online to boost your language skills. Both Brazilian, they attended our Language Exchange Ireland events many times when they lived in Dublin and are motivated to help people learn languages. https://www.geben.com.br/
Apps:
Yask is an app where native speakers check your writing and pronunciation. Another community of dedicated language learners to join Quick, reliable and free. More info: https://yask.app
Available languages:
(English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Russian, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish and Finnish)
Duolingo is the world’s most downloaded education app with over 300 million users. The bite sized lessons are fun and great for vocabulary building. You can access the courses for free and learn in your own time. More info: https://www.duolingo.com/
Available languages:
(English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Chinese, Russian, Korean, Portuguese, Arabic, Dutch, Swedish, Norweigan, Turkish, Polish, Irish, Greek, Hebrew, Danish, Hindi, Czech, Esperanto, Ukranian, Welsh, Vietnamese, Hungarian, Swahili, Romanian, Indonesian, Hawaiian, Navajo, Klingon, High Valyrian, Latin, Scottish Gaelic, Finnish, Yiddish)
Drops helps you learn new vocabulary through fun, fast-paced games with simple mnemonic images. There are free and paid versions. More info: https://languagedrops.com/
Available languages:
(English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Chinese, Russian, Korean, Portuguese, Arabic, Dutch, Swedish, Norweigan, Turkish, Polish, Greek, Hebrew, Danish, Hindi, Vietnamese, Hungarian, Swahili, Indonesian, Hawaiian, Finnish, Bosnian, Croatian, Estonian, Icelandic, Igbo, Persian, Samoan, Serbian, Tagalog, Thai, Yoruba)
Is an online language learning platform which connects language learners and teachers. You can find teachers of almost all languages. You choose teachers based on your budget, goals and interests. Over 5 million users. More info: https://www.italki.com/
Language Exchange Events:
Organise events in Dublin and Cork for people to practise and improve their target language with native speakers. Since starting in 2012 over 45,000 people have attended the language exchanges. It is so much fun and great for getting more confident and comfortable speaking the language you are learning and helping others.It is run by our experienced and friendly multilingual team. The (offline) events are currently postponed due to the pandemic so join us online.More info: www.languageexchangeireland.com
Dáire, Riccardo and the team host well organised and fun language exchange events on Thursdays in Zurich, Biel and Bern. You learn by speaking with natives at friendly social events. Dáire helped us to start the Online Language Exchange project. More info: https://www.instagram.com/language_exchange_switzerland/
Language Learning Conferences:
Is a unique online event designed to champion, celebrate, and amplify the voices of women in language learning with an incredible line-up of expert speakers from all walks of language life: polyglots, industry veterans, full-time world travelers, teaching experts, academic professors, and innovators.The next event is in March 2022. More info: https://www.womeninlanguage.com/
Is the world’s biggest annual international event for polyglots and language lovers, fully packed with awesome talks and presentations, rich cultural activities and a fun social program. Online Language Exchange sponsored the 2021 event, Brian gave a talk and we hosted a language exchange. More info: https://www.polyglotgathering.com/