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Free materials
It may take “a little mining”, to find relevant language resources that fulfil your needs and purpose.
It may take “a little mining”, to find relevant language resources that fulfil your needs and purpose.
What resources are here?
Click the relevant box to find what interests you.
By Íslenskunáman
- Both written and interactive
Dictionaries
- Both new and old
Grammar
- PDFs and websites
Audio and Texts
- Several good choices
Speaking
- Six suggestions
Private Tutors
- Just a few of them
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By Íslenskunáman
You have access to a lot of free resources for learning Icelandic as a second language created by Íslenskunáman (the Icelandic Study Mine).
On Quizlet
A big portion are on Quizlet. Here’s a link to an overview of the study sets with direct links to each of them. Note that in these overview are links that lead you directly to an attached assignment.
Learning aids and assignments
The Icelandic Study Mine offers a selection of worksheets in PDFs with learning aids and assignments. Some of them are for free. If you click on the products below, you can read more about selected task.
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Dictionaries
Google Translate is still the most effective dictionary for translating sentences, but sometimes you will need to look up individual words.
NAME | COMMENT |
NEW! | |
NEW! (still in process) | |
6.000 languages | |
The Nordic langauges + Finnish | |
Dictionnaire islandais-français | |
Icelandic – Icelandic (with audio) | |
Official spelling dictionary |
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Grammar
NAME | COMMENT |
User friendly and clarifying grammar blog (in English) | |
NEW! (still in process) | |
Helpful, but its purpose isn’t providing 100% correct grammar | |
Reference booklet in Icelandic (pdf) | |
Overview from Íslenska fyrir alla 1-4 (pdf) |
"You need grammar but don't let perfectionism stop you from
using the Icelandic you do know."
"You need grammar but don't let perfectionism stop you from using the Icelandic you do know."
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Audio and texts
Train your brain by listening to Icelandic.
For example, you can listen to Icelandic:
- music
- movies
- tv-shows
- podcasts
- radio stations
NAME | COMMENT |
categorized texts (A1-C1) with audio and translations | |
audio files and text books | |
audio files and a text book | |
The most popular at the moment | |
ReadSpeaker – digital voice – on news |
"The way to practice what you've learned is to use it in conversations. In the beginning, you need a platform or
tandem partner to do so."
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Speaking opportunities
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NAME | COMMENT |
City Library – Grófin, Spöngin and Gerðuberg (Reykjavík) | |
Bókasafn Kópavogs | |
The Municipal Library of Akureyri / Amtsbókasafnið á Akureyri | |
Ísafjörður | Hólmavík | |
You can search for a speaking partner in Icelandic in this Facebook Group | |
You can search for a Language exchange partner (Icelandic ⇆ X) in this FB Group |
"The way to practice what you've learned is to use it in conversations. In the beginning, you need a platform or a
language partner to do so."
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Private tutors
Various schools offer 40-hour courses in Icelandic as a second language. Many of them also offer distance learning. Some students, however, simply choose to learn the language in private lessons because even though the lessons costs more, they get more out of 1-on-1 study.
TUTORS NAME | LOCATION |
Grafarvogur, Reykjavík (face-to-face tutoring and online) | |
Grafarvogur, Reykjavík (face-to-face teaching in priority) | |
Vesturbær, Reykjavík (face-to-face tutoring and online) | |
London, UK (online) |
Updated January 26. 2024