Alas, still stuck in self-isolation. By now you’re running out of ideas on how to entertain yourself. You’ve mastered the TikTok dances, watched more than enough Netflix, and books are no longer doing the trick. Practicing self-care has also provided a pleasant mental escape for the time being, but now you’re looking for something more, something new.
Have you ever considered learning a different language? What if we said you could learn Spanish, French, and Italian without compromising the comfort of your home? Well, you totally can — and for free! — with any of these language resources below.
1. Duolingo Spanish Podcast
Martina Castro hosts the most popular language-learning app through Duolingo, and their new podcast teaches English speakers with true stories told in Spanish via easy-to-understand English narration.
2. Italian Podcast
This podcast makes learning Italian so simple with slow, easy-to-follow lessons on comprehension, rapid vocabulary expansion, exposure to Italian grammar and common idiomatic expressions to pronunciation practice and interactive grammar exercises.
3. French Podcast
Learning French online is made easy with this podcast, which discusses weekly news and French grammar and expressions at a pace slow enough so that you can comprehend every word and sentence.
4. Learn Dutch with The Dutch Online Academy
This podcast consists of an archive of episodes — less than 10 minutes each — featuring easy lessons at a comfortable pace that will have you speaking Dutch in no time!
5. Sign Language 101
This free online resource provides an array of instructional videos in American Sign Language (ASL), with lessons covering topics from gesturing and body language to ABCs, colors and pronouns to everyday signs and common phrases.
Photo: Duolingo Spanish Podcast