All languages
- GENERAL
- Pronunciation: Acapela Speech to Text Demo Software – choose your language, type in your text and listen to how it’s pronounced – useful for speaking tests
- Online dictionary for French and Spanish: wordreference.com
- Website and app for independent learning: Duolingo.com
- Website and app for independent learning: Memrise
- REVISION
- General revision using interactive activities: languagesonline.org.uk
- BBC Bitesize
- Exam revision using SQA past papers: SQA past papers
- MEDIA: music videos, films, documentaries
- Learning languages using songs: Lyricstraining
- Mary Glasgow – great magazine with lots of online media content – you have to pay for this one, but great for reading for enjoyment [German, Spanish and French]
- Movies and documentaries in several languages: Arte
Spanish
- Spanish Grammar: StudySpanish.com website
- Verb conjugation: ‘4001 Spanish verbs’ available for android only
- Advanced Listening activities: Spanish Proficiency Exercises
- Spanish News: RTVE
- Podcast: Notes in Spanish – beginner/intermediate/advanced levels available – free but you have to pay for transcripts
French
- Verb conjugation app: ‘leconjugeur’ also available for android or iOS or directly on the ‘lefigaro’ website
- Radio France Internationale – RFI is foreign service department of French radio stations. Some days of the week broadcasts are in German.
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