duolingo- a lot of language learners have issues with it but it’s good to get a base on the language and they’re always adding new languages!
memrise- good for vocabulary and memorizing, they have a wide list of languages
babbel- really effective if you want to learn how to communicate with people or get around, costs money for the full version but they have sales all the time
hellotalk- language exchange app, i’ve had really good experiences with this app, the only downside is that you have to pay to select more than one language you want to learn
tandem- similar to hellotalk, i like it slightly less but it allows you to choose as many languages as you want!
forvo- you can listen to native speakers pronounce things! it’s amazing!
ipachart- interactive chart with the international phonetic alphabet
bab.la- another online dictionary with 24 languages
linguee- really great for learning phrases and seeing words in context
omniglot- encyclopedia of writing systems and languages, really great for learning new writing systems & also basic phrases! also has links to other resources!
the great language game- game for testing listening comprehension to several dozen languages!
ba ba dum- fun vocabulary game
easy languages- youtube channel featuring native speakers speaking a variety of languages but mostly spanish, french, and german
wikitongues- youtube channel attempting to document every language in the world
languagepod101- offers podcasts and youtube videos in a wide variety of languages
verbix- verb conjugating website with a wide variety of languages
quizlet- flashcard website that’s great for compiling vocab lists
lingq- i’ve only used it a little but it seems helpful especially for beginners!
tunein- allows you to listen to radio in a variety of languages
wikipedia- they have thousands to millions of articles in various languages so it’s a great place to test your reading skills, and in addition you can read articles about the language you’re learning and get a grasp on the language’s structure and sound system
lyricstraining- allows you to learn languages using song lyrics, really helpful for comprehension
lang-8- you can post things and have native speakers correct them, and correct things from other people!
There are many primers on how to start with Ursula K. Le Guin, all of them perfectly fine, but I haven’t seen any that just go with “Start with what’s available and easily accessible”.
“The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas” is available online, and it’s only four typewritten pages. Confession: I hadn’t read this until today. You may think, as I did, because you know the story through osmosis (as probably many people who are familiar with sci-fi do) you don’t need to read it. You would be wrong.
This website has collated stories that are available online. They all appear to be from free sources like Baen, Lightspeed, and Clarkesworld.
On Le Guin’s personal website there is a great deal of stuff: poetry (original and in translation), book excerpts, interviews, and writing advice.
She blogged pretty extensively for many years, and there’s some lovely stuff in there. Her penultimate entry was about her cat Pard and the Time Machine. (just Ctrl + F for “pard” on the archive index. Trust me.)
Don’t let me stop you from going to the library or your online bookstore of choice to get her books, of course, but there’s plenty of stuff available that you don’t have to go very far to access.
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