This collection is part of an initiative to create a language learning resource at LibriVox. The LibriVox Language Learning Collections contain readings from various language learning books, grammars, primers, phrasebooks, dictionaries, readers and even other works which contain information on various languages, recount experiences of language learning and encountering new languages or provide guides for correct pronunciation, writing or discourse in a language. These works could describe English or any other language whatsoever, from Latin to Sumerian, Chinese to Wampanoag, Esperanto to Swahili (etc.).
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Anything related to language learning, grammars, primers, textbooks, phrasebooks, dictionaries, etc.
For example (for various languages):
Greek Self-Taught by Nicolaos Anastassiou,
http://www.archive.org/details/GreekSelfTaught
Dutch, German, Norwegian, Hindustani and Russian Self-Taught also all by Thimm, Carl A. (Carl Albert),
http://www.archive.org/details/dutchselftaughtw00thimrich
http://www.archive.org/details/germanselftaught00thimiala
http://www.archive.org/details/norwegianselftau00thimrich
http://www.archive.org/details/hindustaniselfta00thimiala
http://www.archive.org/details/russianselftaugh00thimiala
Turkish Self-Taught by Abu Said
http://www.archive.org/details/turkishselftaugh00abusrich
Italian at a glance. A new system on the most simple principles for universal self-tuition ([1884] by Thimm, Franz J. L.
http://www.archive.org/details/italianatglancen00thimrich
Portuguese Self-Taught by Cunha, Euclides da,
http://www.archive.org/details/portugueseselfta00cunhiala
Latvian Self-Taught by Kratins, Ojars,
http://www.archive.org/details/latvianselftaugh00kratuoft
Tamil Grammar Self-Taught by Wickremasinghe, Martino de Zilva,
http://www.archive.org/details/tamilgrammarself00wickrich
Swedish Self-Taught by E. G. Geiger,
http://www.archive.org/details/swedishselftaug00geiggoog
Spanish with or without a master a thorough and easy course for self-instruction or schools (1898)
http://www.archive.org/details/spanishwithorwit01berl
The Cortina Method Intended for Self-study and for Use in Schools: Spanish in Twenty Lessons ... (1889)
http://www.archive.org/details/cortinamethodin00cortgoog
Latin for Beginners by Benjamin Leonard D'Ooge (1909)
http://manybooks.net/titles/doogeb1825118251-8.html
Pro patria: a Latin story for beginners, being a sequal to 'Ora Maritima', with grammar and exercises (1910)
http://www.archive.org/details/propatrialatinst00sonnrich
Beginner’s Greek Book by Weir & Benner
http://www.archive.org/details/beginnersgreekb00smytgoog
How to learn Welsh, being an English-Welsh vocabulary & phrase-book, for the use of travellers and students = Llyfr ymddiddanion a geir-lechres gyflawn Saesneg a Chymraeg, a wasanaeth teithwyr ac elfrydwyr (1900)
http://www.archive.org/details/howtolearnwelshb00wrex
Arabic grammar of the written language by G.W. Thatcher
http://www.archive.org/details/arabicgrammarofw00harduoft
Arabic Reading Lessons by Duncan Forbes
http://www.archive.org/details/arabicreadingle00salegoog
Arabic reading lessons: consisting of extracts from the Koran, and other sources, grammatically analysed and translated; with the elements of Arabic grammar by N. Davis
http://www.archive.org/details/arabicreadingles00daviuoft
A grammar of the Persian language. To which are subjoined several dialogues; with an alphabetical list of the English and Persian terms of grammar, and an appendix on the use of Arabic words by Muhammad Ibrahim
http://www.archive.org/details/grammarofpersian00ibrauoft
Swahili grammar and vocabulary, drawn up by Mrs. F. Burt
http://www.archive.org/details/swahiligrammarvo00burtiala
Swahili tales : as told by natives of Zanzibar (1870) by Edward Steere
http://www.archive.org/details/swahilitalesasto00stee
The Elements of Hebrew (1922) by Enoch Price
http://www.archive.org/details/elementshebrew00pricgoog
The Indian Grammar Begun: Or, an Essay to Bring the Indian Language Into Rules, for Help of Such as Desire to Learn the Same, for the Furtherance of the Gospel Among Them [Wampanoag] by John Eliot
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vz3IoF-bRi8C
First lessons in Chinese (1871) by Yates
http://www.archive.org/details/firstlessonsinch00yaterich
Chinese without a teacher (1872) by Giles
http://www.archive.org/details/chinesewithoutte00gilerich
Chinese made easy by Brouner
http://www.archive.org/details/chinesemadeeasy00brourich
Easy Lessons in Chinese, Or, Progressive Exercises to Facilitate the Study of that Language ... (1842) by Samuel Wells Williams
http://www.archive.org/details/easylessonsinch00willgoog
A Mandarin primer (1911) by Baller
http://www.archive.org/details/mandarinprimer00balluoft
Chinese without a teacher, being a collection of easy and useful sentences in the Mandarin dialect, with a vocabulary (1901) by Giles
http://www.archive.org/details/chinesewithoutte00gileuoft
For example (for English):
The Grammar of English Grammars (1851) by Goold Brown
http://manybooks.net/titles/browng11611161511615-8.html
Graded Lessons in English – An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room by Alonzo Reed and Brainerd Kellogg (1896) http://manybooks.net/titles/reedalonetext04ggram10.html
Higher Lessons in English – A Course of Practical Lessons Carefully Graded, and Adapted to Every-Day Use in the School-Room by Alonzo Reed and Brainerd Kellogg (1896) http://manybooks.net/titles/reedalonetext04hiles10.html
A Handbook of the English Language by Robert Gordon Latham (1864)
http://manybooks.net/titles/lathamr2843628436-8.html
How to Teach Phonics by Linda M. Williams (1916)
http://manybooks.net/titles/williamslm1811918119.html
Connectives of English speech : the correct usage of prepositions, conjunctions, relative pronouns and adverbs explained and illustrated (1904) by Fernald
http://www.archive.org/details/connectivesofeng00fernuoft
A primer of English for foreign students (1916) by Thorley
http://www.archive.org/details/primerofenglishf00thor
Language primer : beginners' lessons in speaking and writing English (1874) by Swinton
http://www.archive.org/details/languageprimerbe00swinrich
A primer of spoken English by Sweet
http://www.archive.org/details/primerofspokenen00sweeuoft
The Art of Writing & Speaking the English Language – Word-Study and Composition & Rhetoric by Sherwin Cody (1903)
http://manybooks.net/titles/codysh1971919719-8.html
How to Write Clearly – Rules and Exercises on English Composition by Edwin A. Abbott (1883) http://manybooks.net/titles/abbotted2260022600-8.html - Please claim sections (the numbers in the first column below)!
If this is your first recording, please let me know under which name or pseudonym you'd like to appear in the LibriVox catalogue. We can also link to a personal website/blog.
Many more possibilities (in many languages) can be found here: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=21482
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