Learn a language by reading

Guides to learning a language by reading great stories at your level: where to start, what to read, and how Lexo helps.

Shqip

  • How to learn Albanian by reading

    Learn Albanian by reading: the alphabet, articles and cases explained, what A2 to C1 Albanian reading looks like, a routine and narrated classics to start with.

العربية

  • How to learn Arabic by reading

    Learn Arabic by reading Modern Standard Arabic: the script, roots and missing vowels explained, what A2 to C1 Arabic looks like, and a daily reading routine.

粵語

  • How to learn Cantonese by reading

    Learn Cantonese by reading: tones, traditional characters and written Cantonese explained, what A2 to C1 reading looks like, and a routine built on listening.

简体中文

  • How to learn Chinese by reading

    Learn Mandarin Chinese by reading, in simplified or traditional characters: tones and characters explained, what A2 to C1 Chinese looks like, and a routine.

Čeština

  • How to learn Czech by reading

    Learn Czech by reading: diacritics, cases and colloquial Czech explained, what A2 to C1 Czech reading looks like, a daily routine, and classics from Kafka on.

Dansk

  • How to learn Danish by reading

    Learn Danish by reading: why Danish is easier to read than to hear, what A2 to C1 Danish looks like, a routine built on listening along, and classics to read.

Nederlands

  • How to learn Dutch by reading

    Learn Dutch by reading: word order, de and het, and separable verbs explained, what A2 to C1 Dutch reading looks like, a routine and the classics to start with.

English

  • How to learn English by reading

    Learn English by reading classic novels at your level: spelling, phrasal verbs and articles explained, what A2 to C1 English looks like, and a plan with audio.

Filipino

  • How to learn Filipino by reading

    Learn Filipino (Tagalog) by reading: focus, aspect and markers explained, what A2 to C1 Filipino reading looks like, a routine and the classics to start with.

Suomi

  • How to learn Finnish by reading

    Learn Finnish by reading: cases, consonant gradation and spoken versus written Finnish explained, what A2 to C1 Finnish looks like, and a daily reading routine.

Français

  • How to learn French by reading

    Learn French by reading: why written French differs from spoken French, what A2 to C1 reading looks like, a daily routine and the French classics to start with.

Deutsch

  • How to learn German by reading

    Learn German by reading: cases, word order and separable verbs on the page, what A2 to C1 German reading looks like, a routine and the classics to start with.

Ελληνικά

  • How to learn Greek by reading

    Learn modern Greek by reading: the alphabet, accents and grammar explained, what A2 to C1 Greek reading looks like, a routine and classics from the Odyssey on.

עברית

  • How to learn Hebrew by reading

    Learn modern Hebrew by reading: the alphabet, niqqud and roots explained, what A2 to C1 Hebrew reading looks like, a routine and the classics to start with.

हिन्दी

  • How to learn Hindi by reading

    Learn Hindi by reading: Devanagari, sounds and grammar explained, what A2 to C1 Hindi reading looks like, a daily routine, and classics like The Jungle Book.

Magyar

  • How to learn Hungarian by reading

    Learn Hungarian by reading: suffixes, cases and vowel harmony explained, what A2 to C1 Hungarian reading looks like, a routine and the classics to start with.

Bahasa Indonesia

  • How to learn Indonesian by reading

    Learn Indonesian by reading: affixes, word order and formal versus everyday style explained, what A2 to C1 reading looks like, and classics to start with.

Italiano

  • How to learn Italian by reading

    Learn Italian by reading: what A2 to C1 Italian looks like, the sounds and grammar that trip readers up, a daily routine, and why to start with Pinocchio.

日本語

  • How to learn Japanese by reading

    Learn Japanese by reading: kana, kanji and text without spaces explained, what A2 to C1 Japanese looks like, a daily routine and the classics to start with.

한국어

  • How to learn Korean by reading

    Learn Korean by reading: Hangul, sound changes and speech levels explained, what A2 to C1 Korean looks like, a daily routine and the classics to start with.

Norsk bokmål

  • How to learn Norwegian by reading

    Learn Norwegian by reading Bokmål: spelling variants, word order and pronunciation explained, what A2 to C1 Norwegian looks like, and a daily reading routine.

فارسی

  • How to learn Persian by reading

    Learn Persian (Farsi) by reading: the script, unwritten vowels and the ezafe explained, what A2 to C1 Persian looks like, a routine and classics to start with.

Polski

  • How to learn Polish by reading

    Learn Polish by reading: spelling, seven cases and verb aspect explained, what A2 to C1 Polish reading looks like, a routine and the classics to start with.

Português

  • How to learn Portuguese by reading

    Learn Brazilian Portuguese by reading: the sounds and grammar that trip readers up, what A2 to C1 Portuguese looks like, a routine and classics to start with.

Română

  • How to learn Romanian by reading

    Learn Romanian by reading: a Romance language with Balkan twists, what A2 to C1 Romanian reading looks like, a daily routine, and classics from Dracula onward.

Русский

  • How to learn Russian by reading

    Learn Russian by reading: Cyrillic, stress, cases and aspect explained, what A2 to C1 Russian reading looks like, a routine and the classics to start with.

Español

  • How to learn Spanish by reading

    Learn Spanish by reading classic novels at your level: what A2 to C1 Spanish looks like, the grammar readers meet, a daily routine and the books to start with.

Kiswahili

  • How to learn Swahili by reading

    Learn Swahili by reading: noun classes and verb building blocks explained, what A2 to C1 Swahili reading looks like, a routine and narrated classics to read.

Svenska

  • How to learn Swedish by reading

    Learn Swedish by reading: spelling, pitch accent and word order explained, what A2 to C1 Swedish reading looks like, a routine and the classics to start with.

ไทย

  • How to learn Thai by reading

    Learn Thai by reading: the script, tones and text without spaces explained, what A2 to C1 Thai reading looks like, a routine and the classics to start with.

Türkçe

  • How to learn Turkish by reading

    Learn Turkish by reading: suffixes, vowel harmony and word order explained, what A2 to C1 Turkish reading looks like, a routine and the classics to start with.

Українська

  • How to learn Ukrainian by reading

    Learn Ukrainian by reading: the alphabet, stress and seven cases explained, what A2 to C1 Ukrainian reading looks like, a routine and classics to start with.

Tiếng Việt

  • How to learn Vietnamese by reading

    Learn Vietnamese by reading: tones, diacritics and syllables explained, what A2 to C1 Vietnamese reading looks like, a routine and the classics to start with.