DESGINATED LEARNING MATERIAL
Courses
- “Assimil – L’Ukrainien” (intermediary language is French)
- “Beginner’s Ukrainian with Interactive Online Workbook”
- “Colloquial Ukrainian”
- “Easy Ukrainian Book”
- “Modern Ukrainian”
- “Rozmovliaimo! (Let’s Talk!)”
- “Teach Yourself Complete Ukrainian”
- Series by Yuliya Pozniak
- • “100 Easy Ukrainian Texts with Vocabulary and Online Audio”
• “Ukrainian Language Reader with Vocabulary & Audio”
- “Ukrainian for Speakers of English”
- “Ukrainian Through its Living Culture”
- “Lehrbuch der ukrainischen Sprache” (intermediary language is German)
- “Ukrainisch für Anfänger” (intermediary language is German)
- “Ukrainisch für Anfänger und Fortgeschrittene” (intermediary language is German)
- “Ukrainisch – Einführendes Lehrbuch” (intermediary language is German)
- Series of Ukrainian textbooks issued by the Polish publishing house Petrus
- • “Język ukraiński dla początkujących” (intermediary language is Polish)
• “Język ukraiński dla średniozaawansowanych” (intermediary language is Polish)
- e-mova series of online courses for high school students in Canada hosted by the “Ukrainian Education Virtual Resources Portal”
- Series of Ukrainian lessons issued by the University of Arizona and now under license to Language Canvas as online courses
- Ukrainian: Language Competencies for Peace Corps Volunteers in Ukraine hosted at ERIC
- Learning resources by Prof. Marta Jenkala of University College London
- • A Taste of Ukrainian for Potential Learners
• Communicative Ukrainian for Research and Fieldwork
• Read Ukrainian! – A reading course for beginners
• Ukrainian Words: Supporting Vocabulary Acquisition
• Dealing with (phonological) Stress in Ukrainian
• (British) English-Ukrainian Reference Guide to (British) English Law
- Peace Corps Ukrainian Language Lessons
- Ukrainian Lessons Podcast by Anna Ohoiko
- SpeakUkrainian courtesy the “National Platform for Studying the Ukrainian Language for English-Speaking People” (CEFR A1-B2 - free registration required)
- Доброго дня, Україно! (downloadable monolingual textbook for beginners taking Ukrainian classes)
- Українська мова (Практичний курс для іноземців) (downloadable monolingual textbook for foreigners studying in Ukraine)
- “In Days Gone By: A Reader”
- “In Days Gone By: A Reader – Activity Book”
- “Conflict: A Reader – Collage 1”
- “Conflict: A Reader – Activity Book”
- “Courage: A Reader”
- “Courage: A Reader – Activity Book and Answer Key to Student Activity Book”
- “Decisions: A Reader – Collage 1”
- “Decisions: A Reader – Activity Book”
- “Deeds and Doers: A Reader – Collage 1”
- “Deeds and Doers: A Reader – Activity Book”
- “Fascination with the Unknown: A Reader”
- “Fascination with the Unknown: A Reader – Activity Book and Answer Key to Student Activity Book”
- “Human Nature: A Reader”
- “Human Nature: A Reader – Activity Book and Answer Key to Student Activity Book”
- “It’s Interesting: A Reader – Collage 3”
- “It’s Interesting: A Reader – Activity Book and Answer Key to Student Activity Book”
- “Just Imagine: A Reader – Collage 3”
- “Just Imagine: A Reader – Activity Book and Answer Key to Student Activity Book”
- “Laughter and Tears: A Reader – Collage 3”
- “Laughter and Tears: A Reader – Activity Book and Answer Key to Student Activity Book”
- “Relationships: A Reader”
- “Relationships: A Reader – Activity Book
- “Two Paths: A Reader – Collage 3”
- “Two Paths: A Reader – Activity Book and Answer Key to Student Activity Book”
- Online lessons at the YouTube channel “Speak Ukrainian”
- Online lessons at the YouTube channel “Ukrainian Language with Ira”
- Online lessons at Olga Reznikova’s YouTube channel
Grammar
- Ukrainian: A Comprehensive Grammar
- Praktische Kurzgrammatik der ukrainischen Sprache (intermediary language is German)
- Online summary of grammar with exercises “Добра форма” offered by the Open Language Resource Center of the University of Kansas
Reference material
- Bilingual dictionaries published by the publishing house, Школа
- •“Сучасний англо-українсьский, українсько-англійський словник (100 000 слів)” (English-Ukrainian/Ukrainian-English Modern Dictionary (100,000 words)
•“Сучасний англо-українсьский, українсько-англійський словник (200 000 слів)” (English-Ukrainian/Ukrainian-English Modern Dictionary (200,000 words)
- “Ukrainian-English Collocation Dictionary” published by Hippocrene Books
- “Ukrainian Phrasebook & Dictionary” published by Lonely Planet
- “Ukrainisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch” (Ukrainian to German only)
- Online English-Ukrainian/Ukrainian-English dictionaries hosted by CyberMova
- Online English-Ukrainian/Ukrainian-English dictionary hosted by dict.com
- Online Academic Descriptive Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language (monolingual)
- Словники України online (online monolingual inflectional dictionary with information about placement of stress in addition to the word’s inflection)
- Interviews with Ukrainians from YouTube channel “Easy Languages”
Corpora
- Corpus of the Ukrainian Language
- General Regional Annotated Corpus of the Ukrainian Language
Testing
- Practice tests for Ukrainian ("Ukrán") – ELTE Origó (intermediary language is Hungarian)
- Practice tests for military personnel offered by the University of Public Service (Hungary – instructions are in Hungarian)
- Information about the Ukrainian proficiency exam for citizenship or work (in Ukrainian)
AUDIO-VISUALS
Video
- Суспільне ТБ (formerly: UA: Перший) (national public broadcaster)
- 1+1 (private TV channel)
- ICTV (private TV channel)
- ІНТЕР (private TV channel)
- НТН (private TV channel)
- List of Ukrainian videos with optional subtitles in Ukrainian courtesy Ukrainian Lessons
- • Ukraïner (look for videos with “CC” under the title)
• Лепетуни (channel with cartoons for Ukrainian children)
• Цікава наука (channel with short videos about scientific topics)
• Телебачення Торонто (channel with satirical videos)
• Вся історія України за 10 хв (10-minute video about Ukrainian history)
Cinema
- Playlist of Ukrainian movies on YouTube
N.B. Other Ukrainian movies can be found for purchase or online viewing on YouTube either by typing a specific movie’s name, “український фільм” or similar.
Podcasts
- Подкастер
N.B. Other podcasts in Ukrainian can be found by running a search in Google using a specific podcast’s name, “український подкаст” or similar
Radio
- Громадске радіо
- Українське радіо
- РАДІО.ЄС
- Radio Skovoroda
- Urban Space Radio
Audiobooks
- Слухай. Бібліотека аудіокниг українською мовою
N.B. Other audiobooks in Ukrainian can be found by running a search in Google using a specific audiobook’s name, “українська аудіокнига” or similar.
Pronunciation/Listening
- Ukrainian alphabet
READING
Newspapers and tabloids
- Експрес
- Gazeta
- Уніан
- Урядовий Кур’єр
- Високий Замок
- ZN
- Zbruč
Literature
- Electronic library of Ukrainian literature
- Українська література
- Collection of fiction and non-fiction at Український Центр
- Collection of fairy- and folktales at kazky.org.ua
- Collection of children’s stories at Казка.укр
N.B. Examples of Ukrainian prose and poetry can be found online for reading or purchase by running a search in Google using a specific writer’s name, a title, “українська література” or similar.
Forums
- r/ukrainian
N.B. Forums in Ukrainian on various topics/interests can be found online by running a search in Google using “українська мова форум” or the Ukrainian term of the topic combined with “вебфорум”.
Comics and humor
- Assorted panels at ua.reactor.cc
- Ціанід та щастя (“Cyanide and Happiness” in Ukrainian)
- xkcd українською (“xkcd” in Ukrainian)
N.B. Comic books in Ukrainian are available for purchase through Ukrainian bookstores. Run a search on Google using “український комікс” or similar.
LISTS OF LINKS
- Collection of resources for learners including offline and online courses (in Ukrainian)