–This page is under construction going to be revised soon–
I have a geniune interest in languages and language acqusition methods so I’m going to use this page as notes about my favorite resources, methods, books etc - mostly from beginner level resources so that I can use them whenever I need a resource for a language. Shaping this page is going to take some time so please bear with me. I mainly prefer books. Except for a few exceptions, I don’t like studying languages via YouTube, apps, Anki etc. I love to sit in front of a desk and study with a book and audios.
I did a fair amount of researching resources. As a result, the followings look like some quality ones: Nature Method series, Assimil series, The Berlitz Self-Teacher series, FSI series, Linguaphone series, Language Transfer series, Michel Thomas series and Pimsleur series.
A short brief about the Nature Method books by Professor Alexander Arguelles.
Professor Alexander Arguelles is a renowned polyglot and linguist known for his deep, methodical approach to language learning.
With a passion for mastering languages and understanding their structures, he’s inspired countless learners through his disciplined study methods and thoughtful insights. If you have a passion for languages, you are going to love the professor!
A note on knowing French for Assimil series
If you know French enough to use it as the source language, there is a concensus that you will benefit
more from Assimil books that use French as the source language. Also, since Assimil is a French company,
they have many more language learning books that has French as the source language so knowing French
will grant you access to many more languages.
Below is a list of resources that I would use when I start studying any of the languages below.
French
- Le Français Par La Methode Nature(book, there are also audios on youtube)
- Initation a la litterature française
- The First French Book After the Natural Method by Dr. James H. Worman
- New French With Ease - Assimil series
- The Berlitz Self-Teacher - French
- FSI French
- Language Transfer - French
Spanish
- Poco a Poco - NewWorld Spanish Series
- All Spanish Method First and Second Books Metodo directo para aprender el espanol - NewWorld Spanish Series
- Spanish With Ease - Assimil series
- The Berlitz Self-Teacher - Spanish
- FSI Spanish
- Language Transfer - Spanish
- Universala Esperanto Metodo
Modern and Ancient Greek
- Athenaze - Introduzione al greco antico (source language is in Italian tho) Ancient Greek
- Language Transfer - Modern Greek
- Colloquial Greek - The Complete Course for Beginners
Latin
- Lingva Latina Per Se Illvstrata Pars I Familia Romana
- Lingva Latina Per Se Illvstrata Colloqvia Personarvm Second Edition
Arabic
- Language Transfer - Arabic
- Arabic - Assimil series
- Arabic with Ease - Assimil series
Italian
- L’Italiano Secondo Il Metodo Natura
- Language Transfer - Italian
- The Berlitz Self-Teacher Italian
- Italian with Ease - Assimil series
Korean
Chinese
- Chinese with Ease - Assimil series
Russian
- Russian with Ease - Assimil series
- The New Penguin Russian Course
Finnish
- Finnish for Foreginers by Maija-Hellikki Aaltio
German
- The Berlitz Self-Teacher - German
- Deustsch Nach Der Naturmethode
- German with Ease - Assimil series
- Deutsch Für Auslander by Hermann Kessler, Goethe-Institut
If you happen to find any mistakes or have any suggestions, please feel free the message me. I want to build some quality materials of list here.