Free Online Language Courses

Free Online Language Courses

Here is a masterpost of MOOCs (massive open online courses) that are available, archived, or starting soon. I think they will help those that like to learn with a teacher or with videos.  You can always check the audit course or no certificate option so that you can learn for free.

American Sign Language

ASL University

Arabic

Arabic for Global Exchange (in the drop down menu)

Arabic Without Walls

Intro to Arabic

Madinah Arabic

Moroccan Arabic

Catalan Sign Language

Intro to Catalan Sign Language

Chinese

Beginner

Basic Chinese

Basic Chinese I. II, III, IV , V

Basic Mandarin Chinese I & II

Beginner’s Chinese

Chinese for Beginners

Chinese Characters

Chinese for HSK 1

First Year Chinese I &  II

HSK Level 1

Mandarin Chinese I

Mandarin Chinese for Business

More Chinese for Beginners

Start Talking Mandarin Chinese

UT Gateway to Chinese

Chino Básico (Taught in Spanish)

Intermediate

Chinese Stories

Intermediate Business Chinese

Intermediate Chinese Grammar

Dutch

Introduction to Dutch

English

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Faroese

Faroese Course

Finnish

A Taste of Finnish

Basic Finnish

Finnish for Immigrants

Finnish for Medical Professionals

French

Beginner

AP French Language and Culture

Basic French Skills

Beginner’s French: Food & Drink

Diploma in French

Elementary French I & II

Français Interactif

French in Action

French for Beginners

French Language Studies I, II, III

French:Ouverture

Intermediate & Advanced

French: Le Quatorze Juillet

Passe Partout 

La Cité des Sciences et de Industrie

Frisian

Introduction to Frisian (Taught in English)

Introduction to Frisian (Taught in Dutch)

German

Beginner

Beginner’s German: Food & Drink

Conversational German I, II, III, IV

Deutsch im Blick

Diploma in German

Rundblick-Beginner’s German

Advanced

German:Regionen Traditionen und Geschichte

Landschaftliche Vielfalt

Hebrew

Biblical Hebrew

Know the Hebrew Alphabet

Teach Me Hebrew

Hindi

A Door into Hindi

Business Hindi

Virtual Hindi

Icelandic

Icelandic 1-5

Indonesian

Learn Indonesian

Irish

Introduction to Irish

Italian

Beginner

Beginner’s Italian: Food & Drink

Beginner’s Italian I

Introduction to Italian

Italian for Beginners 1 , 2, 3 , 4 , 5, 6 

Intermediate & Advaned

Intermediate Italian I

Advanced Italian I

La Commedia di Dante

Japanese

Genki

Japanese JOSHU

Japanese Pronunciation

Sing and Learn Japanese

Tufs JpLang

Kazakh

A1-B2 Kazakh (Taught in Russian)

Korean

Beginner

First Step Korean

How to Study Korean

Learn to Speak Korean

Pathway to Spoken Korean

Intermediate

Intermediate Korean

Nepali

Beginner’s Conversation and Grammar

Norwegian

Introduction to Norwegian

Norwegian on the Web

Portuguese

Curso de Português para Estrangeiros 

Pluralidades em Português Brasileiro

Russian

Beginner

Easy Accelerated Learning for Russian

Advanced

Reading Master and Margarita

Russian as an Instrument of Communication

Siberia: Russian for Foreigners

Spanish

Beginner

AP Spanish Language & Culture

Basic Spanish for English Speakers

Beginner’s Spanish:Food & Drink

Fastbreak Spanish

Introduction to Spanish

Restaurants and Dining Out

Spanish for Beginners

Spanish for Beginners 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Spanish Vocabulary

Intermediate

Spanish:Ciudades con Historia

Spanish:Espacios Públicos

Advanced

Corrección, Estilo y Variaciones 

Leer a Macondo

Spanish:Con Mis Propias Manos

Spanish: Perspectivas Porteñas

Swedish

Intro to Swedish

Swedish Made Easy 1, 2, & 3

Ukrainian

Read Ukrainian

Ukrainian Language for Beginners

Welsh

Beginner’s Welsh

Discovering Wales

Multiple Languages

Ancient Languages

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Last updated: March 1, 2017

The reality of Instagram Modeling

Lovely

Inspired by the song Lovely by Billie Eilish and Khalid

Not revised

Resquest here

“Thought I found a way

Thought I found a way out (found)

But you never go away (never go away)

So I guess I gotta stay now”

"Stop it!" she laughed loudly trying to escape his wiggling fingers.

"It's your fault, missy!" he shouted running after her. The empty field giving them all the space and privacy they oh, so loved.

He caught her in less than two minutes, with her help of course, and both of them stumbled down.

"Well, hello there," she smiled cheekily at his figure hovering hers. He stared at her lovingly, his eyes twinkling.

"You're the most beautiful woman I ever laid my eyes on," he breathed out, leaving her speechless for a moment.

Her mouth twitched, then a smile stretched her lips indulging one of his own. Soon their lips connected in that empty wild field.

“Oh, I hope someday I'll make it out of here

Even if it takes all night or a hundred years

Need a place to hide, but I can't find one near

Wanna feel alive, outside I can't fight my fear”

"Why don't you believe in me!" she cried from where she stood in the middle of their living room, watching with blurred eyes him pacing on the other side of it.

"How can I?!" he turned abruptly to look at her with angry eyes. "I know what I saw!"

"You don't know anything!" she was quick to respond. "I told you what happened how can you not believe me?" she sniffed, trying to recompose herself as she tried the tears that had already fallen with the cuffs of her sleeves.

"I can't deal with you right now," he grumbled and like that he left their home, left her a mess on their living room.

“Isn't it lovely, all alone

Heart made of glass, my mind of stone

Tear me to pieces, skin to bone

Hello, welcome home”

"'m sorry, love," he murmured in her ear as he cradled her in his arms. The comfort and warmth he gave her made her melt on his embrace, relishing in the kiss he placed upon her head as he caressed her hair, soothing her after the blown up.

It was their thing. Love, laugh, then fight and cry, then making up and continuing their cycle. She knew, yes she knew how unhealthy it was, everyone around her knew and told her countless times.

But how could she- how could she leave him and live without him when he is all she ever known? All she ever wanted and all she desired. She didn't mind fighting if she knew they would be back at how they used to in a moment.

She didn't mind being torn to pieces if it means him coming back to her, to their home, apologizing for his behavior and being his loving self again.

She didn't mind.

“Walking out of time

Looking for a better place (looking for a better place)

Something's on my mind

Always in my head space”

"Do you think we'll be better someday?" she asked him one day, her voice just above a whisper as to not disturb the atmosphere surrounding them as they laid on the empty field side by side.

"We will," he replied after some time and they went back to being silent. She didn't voice it, but in her mind, she asked, when?

“But I know someday I'll make it out of here

Even if it takes all night or a hundred years

Need a place to hide, but I can't find one near

Wanna feel alive outside I can't fight my fear”

"You need to leave him," she heard, "T-this isn't alright! He steps over you all the time and you let him! That's not how it is supposed to be"

She heard everything her friend told her with a blank expression, the only give away that she was indeed paying attention was the tears accumulating in her sad eyes.

"How?" she whispered and her friend's face fell. "I-I love him"

Sighing, she took her hand, squeezing it in comfort, "This isn't love," she said. "You'll understand someday, but you need to give yourself a chance- t-this isn't a life"

She stared at her friend's exasperated face, she was unconsciously biting the tip of her tongue, as she always did in emotional situations.

"Okay," she whispered, but in her had she added, someday.

.

Two months later she finally had the guts to change. They had just arrived from a party, one that didn't go well.

The silence that surrounded them on their way back and when they entered the house was deafening.

She walked up the stairs and to their room, him following her cautiously. He didn't know what to say, the right words at least. He waited for her to say something when she suddenly stopped in the middle of their bedroom by their bed, but she didn't say anything, instead, she stared at the bed as if it held something extremely important.

After minutes like this, he opened his mouth, "Love-" "I'm leaving"

Her words cut his and his body froze. "W-what?" he managed to crack when he saw her going to their closet.

She was finally doing it. Her heart was clenching and pounding rapidly in her ribcage as she reached for her suitcase. Her mind was running wild but at the same time, she felt empty as she packed.

"What are you doing?" he asked from the door, confusion and desperation lacing his words, "C'mon, l-let's talk it out. Everything will be alright," he tried coaxing her, stepping closer to take her in his arms.

She shook her head softly, her lips pursed to not let a word out as she finished. She passed by him, dodging his hand and went to their bathroom where she picked a few necessities.

The two stood in the middle of their bedroom once again, her suitcase now by her feet, the silence surrounding them uncomfortable. 

"It wasn't like that," he shook his head trying to catch her eyes as he spoke, but she stared intently at the floor as if it was the most interesting thing there. "You know I would never-"

"I don't," she whispered, finally accumulating enough courage to look up at him. "You gave the message very clear, I won't be on your way anymore," her head barely moved from one side to the other, "Be with whoever you want"

“But I love you,” he said looking into her eyes.

She bit her lip, it was so hard to do what she was doing. But she had to be strong now, so, releasing her lip, she spoke quietly, “This is not love”

And she left. She took a cab and she went to the only place she thought at that moment. She knocked on the door and everything washed over her when her friend opened the door, hair messy and face confused at someone knocking at her door so late, but it dissipated when she saw the mess in front of her. And she knew she had finally realized.

“Isn't it lovely, all alone

Heart made of glass, my mind of stone

Tear me to pieces, skin to bone

Hello, welcome home”

A tear rolled down her cheek as she felt the emotion she put in the lyrics. Her eyes met with his on the audience, his sitting figure staring at her with sadness and something similar to remorse perhaps, longing for something he lost and hearing her smooth voice singing her pain, pained him, hurt his heart and destroyed his mind at the outcome of something that began so beautifully.

“Woah, yeah

Yeah, ah

Woah, woah

Hello, welcome home”

The audience applauded her performance and she bowed her head slightly in appreciation, trying her best to hold on when all she felt was as if she was crumbling down.

"We will be together forever," he said as they stared at each other, eyes shining with happiness and love. Their breath still quite uneven after their share of love and trust. Their first time and the moment they most felt connected with each other.

"I love you," she declared caressing his face, a loving smile appearing on her lips.

"And I love you," he smiled back at her, "So, so, so much," he sealed his promise with a kiss.

The memories would last forever in her mind, she had no doubt of that. The love they had, the love she thought they had would be forever imprinted in her heart and soul.

But sometimes love just isn't enough.

Week 1: Masterlist

To celebrate Jungkook’s birthday, this week’s category is a special edition: your favorite characterizations of Jeon Jungkook in Tumblr fics!

Criteria for recommendations:

Jungkook must be an active part of the fic. Whether this is as a side character or the main one, it doesn’t matter! Either way, he has to be in it.

Fics recommended by followers:

NSFW ONE-SHOTS

After Dark by @seokoloqy | vampire + knight 

Bad for You by @yoonia | stripper

Caught Me by @jeonshome | roommate au

Microwave Misadventures by @bymoonchild | roommate 

One Time, In Your Room by @lunyua no longer available

Play Pretend by @seokoloqy | soccer player + fake dating 

Rebound by @ropeseok | enemies to lovers 

Rottenfolk by @junqkook | faerie + royal

Ruin the Friendship by @kpopfanfictrash | friends to lovers 

Since Day One by @gukgalore | werewolf + boxer + tattoo artist

Sleepy by @floralseokjin | domestic

Something in the Water by @vankoya | camping + friends to lovers

Sugarcoated by @guksheart | bakery + neighbors

Sugarplum Elegy by @bymoonchild | college + friends w/ benefits

Waves of Fate by @ttaekimm | lifeguard

SFW ONE-SHOTS

Date in a Box by @jimlingss | dating service

NSFW SERIES + TWO-SHOTS

About Time by @yoonia | time travel + soulmates

Animal by @cutaepatootie | boxer

Blackjack by @kpopfanfictrash | mafia

Bunbun by @jungkookienoona | hybrid

DNA by @btssavedmylifeblr | dystopian

Ego by @suga-kookiemonster | college + fratboy

Falling Skies by @fortunexkookie | friends to lovers

In Motion by @yoonia | masturbation club

Mirrors by @yoonia | friends with benefits

Paralian by @kpopfanfictrash | pirate + merfolk + royalty

Ramen by @dark-muse-iris | professional dominatrix

Room for Dessert by @avveh | waiter

Thesis It by @xherxx | college + roommates

The Turing Test by @fortunexkookie | android

SFW SERIES + TWO-SHOTS

Arranged by @minyoongijjangjjangmanboongboong | arranged marriage

Bangtan Romances Anonymous Part 1 by @uwugalore | idolverse

His Name by @jimlingss | multiple personality

Moonlight Melody by @gukyi | fake dating + college

Take a Chance by @crystaljins | hanahaki

Unexpected by @you-know-bts | idolverse

Thank you to everyone who recommended these fics!

Join us for our next round of recommendations on Monday. Recommendations will open at 8am KST!

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