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An repository with language learning (natural approach, comprehensible input and Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling) resources
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An repository with language learning (natural approach, comprehensible input and Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling) resources

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# What is this?

This is just that contains as many language learning resources as possible.

They can be described as using: Natural approach, Comprehensible input or TPRS.



This is made with the help of our fellows here on [r\languagelearning](https://www.reddit.com/r/languagelearning/)



If I made any mistakes, please create a pull request with the needed fixes or create an issue.

I haven't personally verified all of them.

You are more than welcome to make improvements.



# Languages



## English.

[Engvid](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKRBA9XfgzAtJodE4t8cUeg)

Videos. Has more channels, each for other mother tongue.



[English Comprehensible Input for ESL Beginners](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSW8FB6e8tUGEaDsoe7SlWw)

Youtube channel.



[English by The Nature Method](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gpoxZMLb8Q&list=PLf8XN5kNFkhcexaR82V7Y9pCjIl9N8gsJ)

Youtube playlist of a comprehensible book read aloud. Really worth checking both this playlist and the rest of this youtube channel.



## Esperanto

[Learn Esperanto - Direct Method](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5p3lVv0FLmLoExL-_iU2DA)

Videos.



## French



[Le Français Par La Méthode Nature](https://www.patreon.com/posts/le-francais-par-42969399)

An really nice book (over 1100 pages) that uses the natural method.

There is also an [audio version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uS5WSeH8iM&list=PLf8XN5kNFkhdIS7NMcdUdxibD1UyzNFTP) on youtube.



[French in Action](https://www.learner.org/series/french-in-action/)

Video series developed at Yale.



[ILYA FRANK’S READING METHOD](http://english.franklang.ru/index.php/french/5-french-with-the-little-prince)

"Books" with audio, first with explanations and literal translations and then without. Worth checking out. Available for Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese and Russian.



[Alice Ayel](https://www.youtube.com/user/aliceayel/featured)

Videos. Has both beginner and intermediate videos.



[innerFrench](https://innerfrench.com)

Videos and podcasts.



[Duolingo Podcast](https://podcast.duolingo.com/french)

Podcast.



[Duolingo - Stories](https://stories.duolingo.com/)

App/Website. I recommend only the stories part. The main one depends on the user.



[French Comprehensible Input](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-XUpEBvcQcRqMdtLhoXmOA/videos)

Videos.



[Free books vivarionovum.it](https://vivariumnovum.it/risorse-didattiche/propria-formazione/metodo-diretto-applicato-alle-lingue-moderne)

Free natural approach PDFs.



## German

[learn-german-easily](https://learn-german-easily.com/basic-lesson-tprs)

Free online course.



[ILYA FRANK’S READING METHOD](http://english.franklang.ru/index.php/german)

"Books" with audio, first with explanations and literal translations and then without. Worth checking out. Available for Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese and Russian.



[Phoebe Cho - TPRS German](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKX3ce-xRQD2J1AJW_XJdI9R75DXKXRbi)

Youtube series that uses Comprehensible Input Storytelling.



[Stern, S. Studien und Plaudereien. First Series, Henry Holt and company, New York, 1895](http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22160)

Book for english speakers. It is supposed to be read without any outside references.



[Stern, S, Stern, M. Studien und Plaudereien im Vaterland. Second Series, Henry Colt and Company, New York, 1881](http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35797)

Book.



[Free books vivarionovum.it](https://vivariumnovum.it/risorse-didattiche/propria-formazione/metodo-diretto-applicato-alle-lingue-moderne)



[Duolingo - Stories](https://stories.duolingo.com/)

App/Website. I recommend only the stories part. The main one depends on the user.



## Icelandic 

[Icelandic Online](https://icelandiconline.com/courses)

Online courses.



## Interlingue/Occidental

[Salute, Jonathan!](https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Salute,_Jonathan!)

Book. Really understandable, gets gradually harder.



## Italian

[L'Italiano Secondo Il Metodo Natura](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YGwH92yoxI&list=PLf8XN5kNFkhfQonvCySTrKEUV742WzshJ)

Youtube playlist. It is worth checking the channel for more videos on both Italian and other languages (French, Latin, Turkish).



[Free books vivarionovum.it](https://vivariumnovum.it/risorse-didattiche/propria-formazione/metodo-diretto-applicato-alle-lingue-moderne)



[ILYA FRANK’S READING METHOD](http://english.franklang.ru/index.php/italian)

"Books" with audio, first with explanations and literal translations and then without. Worth checking out. Available for Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese and Russian.



## Japanese

[ComprehensibleJapanese](https://www.youtube.com/c/ComprehensibleJapanese/featured) A Youtube channel with a lot of videos with comprehensible input



[DrDru's comprihensible japanese website](https://drdru.github.io/) A website that acts like a book that somehow teaches you japanese for beginners. 



[Tadoku books](https://tadoku.org/japanese/en/free-books-en/) Free japanese books for levels 1 to 5.



[ILYA FRANK’S READING METHOD](http://english.franklang.ru/index.php/japanese)

"Books" with audio, first with explanations and literal translations and then without. Worth checking out. Available for Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese and Russian.



## Latin

[LinguaLatina - read](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Zt19wzsW-c&list=PLU1WuLg45SiyrXahjvFahDuA060P487pV)

Book that is read by ScorpioMartianus on youtube. For the real book check Lingua Latina on Google :)



[Learn Latin Through Conversations with Caesar](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pm7mPv1PxMQ&list=PLf8XN5kNFkhf5zDHVww5xGIxWtQJLiBPs)

Youtube playlist. It is worth checking the channel for more resources on Latin and other languages (French, Turkish, Italian)



## Mandarin



[Coyote Chinese](http://cytchinese.tuxfamily.org/)

NOT ONLY FOR ENGLISH SPEAKERS, read the description on the page. Free courses in the public domain from the Defense Language and Foreign Service institutes in the United States.



[ILYA FRANK’S READING METHOD](http://english.franklang.ru/index.php/chinese/8-den-ze-true-life-real-stories)

"Books" with audio, first with explanations and literal translations and then without. Worth checking out. Available for Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese and Russian.



[Hit Chinese](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv33mxPEDfd_Ee1pz1y8KLw)

Youtube channel. Has stories in slow Chinese.



[Diane Neubauer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gEsjNgq5tU)

Youtube channel. Has beginner reading playlist.



## Modern Hebrew

[Alisa Zingerman - The Hebrew Hub](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUn7wA2GaEITAt4GzBZDbhQ)

I found that Bible Stories in Easy Modern Hebrew series does the trick



## Portuguese

[Duolingo - Stories](https://stories.duolingo.com/)

App/Website. I recommend only the stories part. The main one depends on the user.



## Russian



[Comprehensible Russian](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDNbk-uX4D6nsthi8L03fng)

Videos. Some have links to the PDFs with the text.



[TPRS Russian Podcast](https://realrussianclub.com/tprs-russian-effortless-russian/)

Podcasts. They stream on iTunes, Stitcher and Spotify.



[Russian With Max](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCklUqFEcJqFnWKEBozw5p4g/playlists)

Videos. You can find the PDFs into the description. He also has podcasts.



Short Stories in Russian for Beginners by Olly Richards

Book. You can either find the book or just listen them being read on youtube as there is a number of channels doing that.



[Между нами](https://mezhdunami.org/)

Online course.



[Russian from Russia](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCToc6Wngxhw2jfhvGzS966Q/)

Youtube channel with explanations about the country and the language in Russian.



[Russian Progress](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF0ZeqSkybD1aFtFxjA8z9w)

Intermediate/Advanced channel in Russian with subtitles in Russian, English, French and German.



[Coyote Russian](http://cytrussian.tuxfamily.org/)

Princeton Courses in the public domain. Audio only in Russian. Worth checking out.



[ILYA FRANK’S READING METHOD](http://english.franklang.ru/index.php/russian)

"Books" with audio, first with explanations and literal translations and then without. Worth checking out. Available for Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese and Russian.



[3ears.com](https://3ears.com/)

Videos with translations, Russian subtitles and explanations for every level of comprehension. You can also find TV series, cartoons and ads.



## Sanskrit

[Sanskrit Through Sanskrit](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLudSN7Po9muLeRM6545s68eakbxwZRpEJ)

Youtube series



## Spanish

[Poco a Poco](http://thelixir.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/Spanish_Course.pdf)

Free natural approach book. There is also audio available [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOlErCiNfhE&list=PLf8XN5kNFkhe4D2BPBKaUb2JvDHuzAGPI).



[Destinos: AN Introduction to Spanish](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1bZix5GZZ4&list=PLVnZ9hn7mt30PI4qXZ5o_mYx3l2A-arG2)

Video series.



[ILYA FRANK’S READING METHOD](http://english.franklang.ru/index.php/spanish)

"Books" with audio, first with explanations and literal translations and then without. Worth checking out. Available for Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese and Russian.



[Duolingo - Stories](https://stories.duolingo.com/)

App/Website. I recommend only the stories part. The main one depends on the user.



[Free books vivarionovum.it](https://vivariumnovum.it/risorse-didattiche/propria-formazione/metodo-diretto-applicato-alle-lingue-moderne)



[Dreaming Spanish](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCouyFdE9-Lrjo3M_2idKq1A)

Youtube videos.



## Turkish

[Ali Yılmaz](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUulrH3oLPu41NhMNPubYxQ)

Youtube channel. Has some nice explanations regarding pronunciation, grammar and more. Also has some stories.



[Learn Turkish Through Stories and Tales](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLf8XN5kNFkhexLjYMPPHeVwPdB5acfNUd)

Youtube playlist of comprehensible stories in turkish. There are more to be added.



# Other useful links

[LANGUAGE LINKS DATABASE](https://universeofmemory.com/language-links-database/)

Lots of other resources for many languages.



[FluentU](https://www.fluentu.com/)

Paid app. Has lots of videos translated in Spanish, French, Mandarin Chinese, German, Japanese, English, Italian, Russian, and Korean. Worth getting the trial and then deciding for yourself.



[Beelinguapp](https://www.beelinguapp.com/)

Has texts in many languages, translated into english. Really great resource for reading, listening and translating. It has Spanish, English, German, Portuguese, Korean, French, Hindi, Russian, Turkish, Chinese, Arabic, Italian and Japanese. Has a paid version, but the free one is ok.



[Drops](https://languagedrops.com/)

Learn vocabulary using images. This may be good for more advanced users. I personally don't recommend buying it unless you are more advanced in the target language.



[TED](https://www.ted.com/)

Very useful because you can find transcripts of the talks in the target language. Watching it once in English and then reading in the target language may help you develop comprehension.



Assimil

Both the app and the books may help you a lot. It is worth trying.