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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.
Vocabulary
- Mainly basics
Dictionaries
- Both new and old
Grammar
- PDFs and websites
Audio and Texts
- Several good choices
Speaking
- Five suggestions
Private Tutors
- Just a few of them
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Vocabulary
The number of opportunities to build vocabulary and practice the basics of the language has increased significantly. Here are four free resources to help you to do so.
NAME COMMENT Multilingual Picture Dictionary with audio With traslation and audio (as ebook) Vocabulary and more basics interactive tasks Vocabulary, word order and grammar tasks
The Icelandic Study Mine offers a selection of free study materials. You can choose between interactive tasks on Quizlet or Kahoot! and worksheets in PDFs with written assignments and learning aids.
- Read more about interactive tasks on Quizlet and Kahoot!
- Click on the products below to 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. There are many new and very good dictionaries to do so.
NAME | COMMENT |
Icelandic – Icelandic | English | Polish | |
Słownik islandzko-polski | |
The Nordic languages + Finnish | |
Dictionnaire islandais-français | |
6.000 languages | |
Icelandic – Icelandic (with audio) | |
Official spelling dictionary |
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Grammar
NAME | COMMENT |
Grammar Blog (in English) | |
Grammar Guide (in English) | |
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 | |
Learn Icelandic by wathing RUV programs | |
ReadSpeaker – digital voice – on news | |
Icelandic radio stations live | |
The most popular at any giving moment |
"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
NAME | COMMENT |
City Library – Grófin, Spöngin and Gerðuberg (Reykjavík) | |
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 April 3. 2025