List of language self-study programs

{{short description|none}} Self-study language acquisition programs allow learning without having a teacher present,<ref>{{cite web|title=Studying a Language on Your Own |url=http://www.clas.ufl.edu/llc/selfstudy.shtml |publisher=University of Florida |accessdate=13 Sep 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Self-Study: Tell Me More | date=7 August 2012 |url=http://www.rug.nl/science-and-society/language-centre/language-courses-and-communication-training/online-language-learning-self-study/?lang=en |publisher=University of Groningen |accessdate=13 Sep 2013}}</ref> and the courses can supplement or replace classroom instruction.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Self-Study Centers at the TUM |url=http://www.sprachenzentrum.tum.de/en/self-study-center/ |publisher=Technical University of Munich |accessdate=13 Sep 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130820185222/http://www.sprachenzentrum.tum.de/en/self-study-center/ |archive-date=20 August 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Universities use self-study programs for less-commonly taught languages, where having professors is not feasible.<ref>{{cite web |title=Self-Directed Language Acquisition Program |url=http://globalstudio.richmond.edu/in-person-services/sdlap.html |publisher=University of Richmond |accessdate=13 Sep 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130309140158/http://globalstudio.richmond.edu/in-person-services/sdlap.html |archive-date=9 March 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Directed Independent Language Study |url=http://www.du.edu/ahss/cwlc/language_programs/dils.html |publisher=University of Denver |accessdate=13 Sep 2013}}</ref> Self-study programs are available on paper, audio files, video files, smartphone apps, computers, or any combination.<ref>{{cite web|title= Self-study ideas for students learning German for the first time |url=http://www.lsa.umich.edu/german/hmr/lernstrategien/allein_anfangen.html |publisher=University of Michigan |accessdate=13 Sep 2013}}</ref>

This list is limited to programs that teach four or more languages. There are many others that teach one language.

Alphabetical lists of languages show the courses available to learn each language, at All Language Resources, Lang1234, Martindale's Language Center, Omniglot, and Rüdiger Köppe. (UCLA Language Materials Project has ended.) For the thousands of languages not listed on those sites, for which no course exists, Global Recordings Network has recorded a standard set of Bible stories in 6,000 languages. With effort, learners can study any language by comparing their recordings to the same story in a language they know.<ref>{{cite web|title=Geographic Language Museum|url=http://www.foreignlanguageexpertise.com:80/museum2.html|publisher=Alexander Argüelles |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191225152815/http://www.foreignlanguageexpertise.com:80/museum2.html|accessdate=2018-02-26|archive-date=2019-12-25}}</ref>

The list of self-study programs, below, shows the number of languages taught by each program, the name of the program, and the number of different languages used for instruction. Multiple languages of instruction may be available for some but not all courses. For example, Reise Know-How uses six languages to teach German, but only German to teach the other languages. On the other hand Eurotalk, Pronunciator and 50Languages use all languages to teach all the other languages.

==List== {{Dynamic list|date=February 2026}} {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Self-study program ! Number of languages taught !! Interface languages !Media!!Business Model |- |50Languages | 56 || 56 | Web || Free audio, apps, downloads, sell optional books |- |Alison | 6 || 1 (English) | || Free |- |Assimil | 76 || 12 |Books, USB drive|| |- |Babbel | 14<ref>If you change your interface language except English such as Italian, you can see English as a learning language. So it's totally 14, not 13.</ref> || 9 (English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Ukrainian) |Application|| Subscription |- |BBC Online | 40 || 1 (English) | Web || Free |- | Behind the Wheel by Macmillan Publishers | 9 || 1 (English) |Physical media|| |- |Berlitz Corporation | 23 ||1 (English) |Online classes, offline classes, books, PE (physical media)||Varies |- |Bilingual Books, Inc. | 12 || 2 (English, German) |Physical media|| |- |Busuu | 14 || 15 |Application|| Freemium |- |Central Institute of Indian Languages | 47 || 1 (English) | Physical media|| sell books |- | Colloquial by Routledge | 56 ||1 (English) | Physical media|| Sell books, CDs |- |Cortina Method by Rafael Díez de la Cortina y Olaeta |10 || 1 (English) |Physical media|| |- | Drive Time by Random House | 5 || 1 (English) |Physical media|| |- | Drops | 51 || 24 | Application||Freemium |- |Duolingo | 43 || 25 |Application, Web || Freemium with all learning features free |- | Durium by Durium Records | 4 || 1 (Italian) |Physical media|| |- |Eurotalk | 132 || 119 |Application|| |- |FirstVoices | 82 ||1 (English) | ||Free |- |For Dummies | 17 || 2 (English, German) |Physical media|| |- |Foreign Service Institute | 42 ||1 (English) | Web || Free |- | Gloss by Defense Language Institute | 29 ||1 (English) | Web ||Free |- | Hugo by Dorling Kindersley | 5 || 1 (English) |Physical media|| |- |Idiot's Guide | 10 || 2 (English, Spanish) |Physical media|| |- |L'Harmattan | 167 ||1 (French) |Books|| |- |Langenscheidt | 17 || 2 (English, German) |Physical media|| |- |Language Reactor | 40 || 28 | Browser extension, website || Freemium |- |LingQ | 50 || 17 | Application, Web || Freemium |- |Linguaphone | 16 || 2 (English, German) |Physical media|| |- |Lingvist | 8 || 8 (Arabic, Chinese, English, Estonian, German, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian) |Online, mobile app|| Freemium |- |Living Language (publisher) | 18 || 7 (Arabic, English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish) |Physical media|| |- |Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages | 6 || 1 (English) | || Free |- |Lonely Planet | 6 || 1 (English) |Physical media|| |- | Made Simple by Broadway Books | 7 || 1 (English) |Physical media|| |- |Mango Languages | 71 || 17 | Application|| Free to library patrons if library pays, or monthly subscription |- |Memrise | 35 (official courses)<br> Hundreds (user-created courses) || 15 |Application||Freemium |- |Michel Thomas Method | 12 || 1 (English) |Physical media|| |- |Mondly | 41 || 30 | Application||Freemium |- | Paul Noble Method by Collins | 5 || 1 (English) |Physical media|| |- |Peace Corps | 101 ||1 (English) | Web ||Free |- |Pimsleur Language Programs (company) | 51 || 51 | Application, Web || One-time/subscription |- |Pronunciator | 87 || 50 | ||Free to library patrons if library pays |- |Quizlet | 18 ||8 (Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish) |Online||Freemium |- |Reise Know-How | 200 || 7 |Books|| |- |Rosetta Stone | 25 ||1 (English) |Software||One-time/subscription <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnet.com/news/duolingo-vs-rosetta-stone-how-to-choose-the-best-language-learning-app|title=Duolingo vs. Rosetta Stone: How to choose the best language-learning app|last=Brown|first=Shelby|website=CNET|language=en|access-date=2020-01-13}}</ref> |- |Schaum's Outlines | 6 || 1 (English) |Physical media|| |- |Smigin | 4 || 3 (English, Portuguese, Turkish) | || Subscription |- |Tandem |300+ |1 (English) |App |Freemium |- |Teach Yourself | 58 ||1 (English) |Books, CDs|| |- | Teach Yourself Business by McGraw-Hill Education | 4 || 1 (English) |Physical media|| |- |Transparent Language Online | 130 || 6 |Online, mobile app || Monthly or yearly subscription, or free to library patrons if library pays |}

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