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List of language self-study programs
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<h2 id="list">List</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th>Self-study program</th><th>Number of languages taught</th><th>Interface languages</th><th>Media</th><th>Business Model</th></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Reise_Know-How/WhNvKDJ0">Reise Know-How</a></td><td>200</td><td>7</td><td>books</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Qlango</td><td>45</td><td>38</td><td>online and mobile app</td><td>freemium</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Tandem_(app)/hJlHVbA1">Tandem</a></td><td>300+</td><td>1 (English)</td><td>app</td><td>Free</td></tr><tr><td>Lingly</td><td>16</td><td>16</td><td>web</td><td>freemium</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/L%2527Harmattan/YcVtkHP0">L'Harmattan</a></td><td>167</td><td>1 (French)</td><td>books</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Cudoo</td><td>164</td><td>3</td><td></td><td>subscription</td></tr><tr><td>uTalk</td><td>140+</td><td>27</td><td>online and mobile app</td><td>subscription</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Eurotalk/sbyzYKC4">Eurotalk</a></td><td>132</td><td>119</td><td>application</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Transparent_Language_Online/0d8lBkTy">Transparent Language Online</a></td><td>130</td><td>6</td><td>online and mobile app</td><td>monthly or yearly subscription, or free via a participating library</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Peace_Corps/6FWo2THj">Peace Corps</a></td><td>101</td><td>1 (English)</td><td>web</td><td>free</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Pronunciator/aNjoXWSg">Pronunciator</a></td><td>87</td><td>50</td><td></td><td>free to library patrons if library pays</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Assimil/6VWcbAWf">Assimil</a></td><td>76</td><td>12</td><td>books, usb</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Mango_Languages/4Q8wM6Bm">Mango Languages</a></td><td>71</td><td>17</td><td>application</td><td>free to library patrons if library pays, or monthly subscription</td></tr><tr><td>Glossika</td><td>64</td><td>6</td><td>web, books</td><td><a href="/facts/Freemium/ofbqmWgu">freemium</a></td></tr><tr><td>Clozemaster</td><td>60</td><td>33</td><td></td><td>freemium</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Teach_Yourself/bST3hRmk">Teach Yourself</a></td><td>58</td><td>1 (English)</td><td>books, CDs</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/50Languages/cIwW8C3E">50Languages</a></td><td>56</td><td>56</td><td>web</td><td>free audio, apps and downloads, sell optional books</td></tr><tr><td>Colloquial by <a href="/facts/Routledge/aSwcES11">Routledge</a></td><td>56</td><td>1 (English)</td><td>physical media</td><td>sell books and CDs</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Central_Institute_of_Indian_Languages/fbYIEP9t">Central Institute of Indian Languages</a></td><td>47</td><td>1 (English)</td><td>physical media</td><td>sell books</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Duolingo/px8dHhQW">Duolingo</a></td><td>43</td><td>25</td><td>application or web</td><td>freemium with all learning features free</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Foreign_Service_Institute/6PBkj018">Foreign Service Institute</a></td><td>42</td><td>1 (English)</td><td>web</td><td>free</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Pimsleur_Language_Programs_(company)/j4PQ48cK">Pimsleur Language Programs (company)</a></td><td>40</td><td>50</td><td>audio</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/BBC_Online/BVorSKrg">BBC Online</a></td><td>40</td><td>1 (English)</td><td>web</td><td>free</td></tr><tr><td>Readlang.com</td><td>104</td><td>1 (English)</td><td>web (webpages; book/audio upload)</td><td>freemium</td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://lingodeer.com">LingoDeer</a></td><td>20</td><td>16 (English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Mandarin Chinese, Portuguese, Russian, Indonesian, Polish, Italian, Turkish, Thai, Arabic)</td><td>application or web</td><td>subscription</td></tr><tr><td>LingQ</td><td>50</td><td>17</td><td>application or web</td><td>freemium</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/FirstVoices/lNVGbVrA">FirstVoices</a></td><td>82</td><td>1 (English)</td><td></td><td>free</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Rosetta_Stone_(software)/Ruvs46eT">Rosetta Stone</a></td><td>25</td><td>1 (English)</td><td>software</td><td>one-time/subscription <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Mondly/w9S7JRV4">Mondly</a></td><td>41</td><td>30</td><td>application</td><td>freemium</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Memrise/aNnuXnhE">Memrise</a></td><td>35 (official courses) Hundreds (user-created courses)</td><td>15</td><td>application</td><td>freemium</td></tr><tr><td>VocApp</td><td>31</td><td>59</td><td>application</td><td>freemium</td></tr><tr><td>Drops</td><td>31</td><td>31</td><td>application</td><td>freemium</td></tr><tr><td>Gloss by <a href="/facts/Defense_Language_Institute/YLPeRhUl">Defense Language Institute</a></td><td>29</td><td>1 (English)</td><td>web</td><td>free</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Berlitz_Corporation/VAe2Yzd3">Berlitz Corporation</a></td><td>23</td><td>1 (English)</td><td>online classes, offline classes, books and PE (physical media)</td><td>varies</td></tr><tr><td>Ba Ba Dum</td><td>22</td><td>22</td><td>online</td><td>free</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Quizlet/Byr43pmo">Quizlet</a></td><td>18</td><td>8 (Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish)</td><td>online</td><td>freemium</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Living_Language_(publisher)/cfkz3JVW">Living Language (publisher)</a></td><td>18</td><td>7 (Arabic, English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish)</td><td>physical media</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Langenscheidt/dcc91HQc">Langenscheidt</a></td><td>17</td><td>2 (English, German)</td><td>physical media</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/For_Dummies/6WqdHFPn">For Dummies</a></td><td>17</td><td>2 (English, German)</td><td>physical media</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Linguaphone_(company)/zDcJ29lg">Linguaphone</a></td><td>16</td><td>2 (English, German)</td><td>physical media</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Babbel/xCfgJc2J">Babbel</a></td><td>13</td><td>9 (English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Ukrainian)</td><td>application</td><td>subscription</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Busuu/DCeg7smx">Busuu</a></td><td>14</td><td>15</td><td>application</td><td>freemium</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Bilingual_Books%2c_Inc./nRxhbbn3">Bilingual Books, Inc.</a></td><td>12</td><td>2 (English, German)</td><td>physical media</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Michel_Thomas/hrnLvMSg">Michel Thomas Method</a></td><td>12</td><td>1 (English)</td><td>physical media</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Idiot%2527s_Guide/bWjVYcJs">Idiot's Guide</a></td><td>10</td><td>2 (English, Spanish)</td><td>physical media</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Behind the Wheel by <a href="/facts/Macmillan_Publishers/enNEBMM2">Macmillan Publishers</a></td><td>9</td><td>1 (English)</td><td>physical media</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Lingvist/hF0gwNlq">Lingvist</a></td><td>8</td><td>8 (Arabic, Chinese, English, Estonian, German, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian)</td><td>online and mobile app</td><td>freemium</td></tr><tr><td>Speakly</td><td>8</td><td>11</td><td>online and mobile app</td><td>freemium</td></tr><tr><td>Language Transfer</td><td>8</td><td>2 (English for French, Swahili, Italian, Greek, German, Turkish, Arabic, and Spanish, and Spanish for English)</td><td>online</td><td>free</td></tr><tr><td>Dexway</td><td>8</td><td>12</td><td></td><td>subscription</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Schaum%2527s_Outlines/Dpskwhr9">Schaum's Outlines</a></td><td>6</td><td>1 (English)</td><td>physical media</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Lonely_Planet/8zgE7gcl">Lonely Planet</a></td><td>6</td><td>1 (English)</td><td>physical media</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Living_Tongues_Institute_for_Endangered_Languages/kSCPlABI">Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages</a></td><td>6</td><td>1 (English)</td><td></td><td>free</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Alison_(company)/7wRnvFkB">Alison</a></td><td>6</td><td>1 (English)</td><td></td><td>free</td></tr><tr><td>Paul Noble Method by <a href="/facts/HarperCollins/HHLz5lk5">Collins</a></td><td>5</td><td>1 (English)</td><td>physical media</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Made Simple by <a href="/facts/Broadway_Books/kvnyPd5g">Broadway Books</a></td><td>7</td><td>1 (English)</td><td>physical media</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Hugo by <a href="/facts/Dorling_Kindersley/IPpDbWLC">Dorling Kindersley</a></td><td>5</td><td>1 (English)</td><td>physical media</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Drive Time by <a href="/facts/Random_House/NcR9r1F1">Random House</a></td><td>5</td><td>1 (English)</td><td>physical media</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Nextlingua</td><td>4</td><td>4 (English, Spanish, French, Russian)</td><td></td><td>free</td></tr><tr><td>Durium by <a href="/facts/Durium_Records/lQEESAn7">Durium Records</a></td><td>4</td><td>1 (Italian)</td><td>physical media</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Teach Yourself Business by <a href="/facts/McGraw-Hill_Education/oG8VpKJT">McGraw-Hill Education</a></td><td>4</td><td>1 (English)</td><td>physical media</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Smigin/m9PVyj3G">Smigin</a></td><td>4</td><td>3 (English, Portuguese, Turkish)</td><td></td><td>subscription</td></tr><tr><td>Langster</td><td>4</td><td>7 (English, French, German, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish)</td><td>application</td><td>freemium</td></tr><tr><td>Readle</td><td>1 (German)</td><td>6 (English, French, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish)</td><td>application</td><td>freemium</td></tr><tr><td>Nonsense</td><td>5</td><td>5 (English, Spanish, French, Russian, Japanese)</td><td>application</td><td>freemium</td></tr><tr><td>Cortina Method by <a href="/facts/Rafael_D%25C3%25ADez_de_la_Cortina_y_Olaeta/V4kVFge9">Rafael Díez de la Cortina y Olaeta</a></td><td>10</td><td>1 (English)</td><td>physical media</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Language TV Club</td><td>4</td><td>5 (Spanish, French, German, Italian, English)</td><td>online</td><td>subscription</td></tr><tr><td>Think in Italian</td><td>1 (Italian)</td><td>1 (English)</td><td>web</td><td>freemium</td></tr><tr><td>Lingotopia (miraheze wiki)</td><td>10</td><td>12</td><td>web</td><td>free</td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://dasbot.yak.supplies/">Dasbot (der/die/das quiz)</a></td><td>1 (German)</td><td>1 (English)</td><td>application</td><td>free</td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://fluentbuddy.com/">Fluent Buddy</a></td><td>12</td><td>1 (English)</td><td>mobile app</td><td>freemium</td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://ling-app.com/">Ling</a></td><td>67</td><td>67</td><td>mobile app, web</td><td><a href="/facts/Freemium/ofbqmWgu">freemium</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Computer-assisted_language_learning/Hm30fEyI">Computer-assisted language learning</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Studying a Language on Your Own". University of Florida. Retrieved 13 Sep 2013. <a href="http://www.clas.ufl.edu/llc/selfstudy.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.clas.ufl.edu/llc/selfstudy.shtml</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Self-Study: Tell Me More". University of Groningen. 7 August 2012. Retrieved 13 Sep 2013. <a href="http://www.rug.nl/science-and-society/language-centre/language-courses-and-communication-training/online-language-learning-self-study/?lang=en" target="_blank">http://www.rug.nl/science-and-society/language-centre/language-courses-and-communication-training/online-language-learning-self-study/?lang=en</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"The Self-Study Centers at the TUM". Technical University of Munich. Archived from the original on 20 August 2013. Retrieved 13 Sep 2013. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130820185222/http://www.sprachenzentrum.tum.de/en/self-study-center/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20130820185222/http://www.sprachenzentrum.tum.de/en/self-study-center/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Self-Directed Language Acquisition Program". University of Richmond. Archived from the original on 9 March 2013. Retrieved 13 Sep 2013. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130309140158/http://globalstudio.richmond.edu/in-person-services/sdlap.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20130309140158/http://globalstudio.richmond.edu/in-person-services/sdlap.html</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Directed Independent Language Study". University of Denver. Retrieved 13 Sep 2013. <a href="http://www.du.edu/ahss/cwlc/language_programs/dils.html" target="_blank">http://www.du.edu/ahss/cwlc/language_programs/dils.html</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Self-study ideas for students learning German for the first time". University of Michigan. Retrieved 13 Sep 2013. <a href="http://www.lsa.umich.edu/german/hmr/lernstrategien/allein_anfangen.html" target="_blank">http://www.lsa.umich.edu/german/hmr/lernstrategien/allein_anfangen.html</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"Geographic Language Museum". Alexander Argüelles. Archived from the original on 2019-12-25. Retrieved 2018-02-26. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191225152815/http://www.foreignlanguageexpertise.com:80/museum2.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20191225152815/http://www.foreignlanguageexpertise.com:80/museum2.html</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Brown, Shelby. "Duolingo vs. Rosetta Stone: How to choose the best language-learning app". CNET. Retrieved 2020-01-13. <a href="https://www.cnet.com/news/duolingo-vs-rosetta-stone-how-to-choose-the-best-language-learning-app/" target="_blank">https://www.cnet.com/news/duolingo-vs-rosetta-stone-how-to-choose-the-best-language-learning-app/</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>