Need help? Click here 0800 141 2210 UK FREEPHONE We ship worldwide
Check out our audio magazines for learners of French, Spanish, Italian and German
Check out our Teacher's Page if ordering for schools, colleges and educational institutions
The place to shop for people with a passion for learning languages
At Languages Direct, we aim to provide you with a selection of carefully chosen products that make learning a foreign language both rewarding and fun!
We’ve got hundreds of carefully selected resources such as audio books, films, games, grammar and parallel-text books, as well as the very best selection of self-study language courses on the market; so with over 1,000 products to choose from there’s bound to be something of interest to help you learn a language, or as a gift for a fellow linguist.
In addition, we’re also exclusive agents for Bien-dire for intermediate to advanced speakers of French, Bien-dire Initial for beginner to intermediate learners of French, Punto y Coma for intermediate to advanced speakers of Spanish, Presse und Sprache for intermediate to advanced speakers of German, and publishers, through Language Passport, of Tutto italiano, for intermediate to advanced speakers of Italian.
Norwegian: Two languages for the Price of One
Although Norway only has 5.5 million inhabitants, it still has two official written languages that everybody has to learn: Bokmål and Nynorsk, "new Norwegian". The Visit Norway website explains the f...
READ MORE | 10 Jan 2026
Belgium’s forbidden language 'at the point of no return'
A recent feature in The Brussels Times shines a spotlight on the disappearing language of Walloon in Belgium. The article charts the history of this overlooked language, its perilous current state, an...
READ MORE | 3 Nov 2025
In this provocative new essay on Aeon, English is not normal, the famous linguist John McWhorter, professor of linguistics and American studies at Columbia University, sets out to demonstrate that Eng...
READ MORE | 19 May 2025