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[MSE Lawrence]

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[carrie_grace]

Before you know it (www.byki.com) is good

[micko74]

I'm learning Greek vocab on my iPod through language addicts - www.languageaddicts.com/greek.

[nico13ba]

http://www.bitesizedlanguages.com/ for daily emails with lessons in Portugese, French and Spanish. Is free and I have really enjoyed the Portugese daily e-mails. I download the mp3 files of the daily phrase and listen to them in the tube. A really effortless way to keep practising and learning.

Their website says

"Sign-up now to receive:
* Word of the day
* A phrase using the word in context
* Links to MP3 recordings of the phrases being spoken
* Simple, easy-to-read, diary style format
We also send occasional bilingual jokes, film reviews and more to stretch your linguistic skills... all for free!"

[s_pimentel]

Anyone know any good sites for learning American sign language?

[Guapa1]

Kind of online I suppose. If you go to meetups.com and search in your area for your chosen language, you could join a group for free. It is usually a mixture of native speakers and learners and you meet somewhere, usually a bar and chat.

Londoners can go on Gumtree, and there is a glut of posts for intercambio... My Spanish for your English for example.

[hornabythanger]

Last year I found a Podcast called Coffee Break Spanish, which I found to be excellent. It gives you a Free basic 15 minute podcast weekly to build up your language skills around various subjects , you can signup which gives you access to an additional podcast around that weeks subject and a PDF guide. I signed up but to be honest the free podcast was more than enough to give me a good grasp of spanish and be able to have a conversation with the locals.
The team that created also do french, german italian and probably some other stuff.
Anyway I would recommended and I know lots of holiday reps use it as well.

[Nordictat2]

For those interested in Norwegian you can find some useful vocab here!

www.101languages.net/norwegian/basics.html

[Megalomaniac]

Ace. Have been thinking about the Rosetta Stone software. The BBC website is brilliant! I got an A for french at GCSE (should have got an A* if it was not for the listening test), and loved speaking it. Now, almost 10 years later, I would love to become as fluent as I was, and maybe learn another language too. Thanks Lawrence!!

[danwate]

i've recently been using the coffee break spanish podcasts too and although i find them slow, the content is good.

did the bbc spanish course too and its fairly good nice interactive features

[markymoo]

Originally Posted by Megalomaniac

Ace. Have been thinking about the Rosetta Stone software. The BBC website is brilliant! I got an A for french at GCSE (should have got an A* if it was not for the listening test), and loved speaking it. Now, almost 10 years later, I would love to become as fluent as I was, and maybe learn another language too. Thanks Lawrence!!

the beauty about the rosetta stone software, is that it teaches you to think in the language you are learning, by not actually giving you anything in your native tongue... it is amazing software from what i can tell, and i've only done one or 2 polish lessons on it, but the way it is made, i remember it!

M

[dmg24]

Anyone else sensing some SPAM on this thread?

I fancy Rosetta Stone as well, although I have just taken out the Michael Thomas Spanish set from the library so I'll try that first (if I ever stop playing on my Wii!) x

[markymoo]

Originally Posted by dmg24

Anyone else sensing some SPAM on this thread?

I fancy Rosetta Stone as well, although I have just taken out the Michael Thomas Spanish set from the library so I'll try that first (if I ever stop playing on my Wii!) x

you always sense spam... i don't sense any with regards to the post i responded to...

and stop playing on your wii and get something constructive done.... :\

/me goes back to work

[dmg24]

Originally Posted by markymoo

you always sense spam... i don't sense any with regards to the post i responded to...

and stop playing on your wii and get something constructive done.... :\

/me goes back to work

Not your post mm , was looking at the first three (and in particular the first one, who could do with a course in English!) ...

The Wii is constructive - I am currently running a book on how long it will take me to pull a muscle!!! x

[megpt]

Deutsche Welle has a variety of courses at all levels, materials for teachers of German, and slowly-spoken news reports for listening practice. http://www.dw-world.de/dw/0,2142,2469,00.html

Conjugation trainer and vocabulary trainer available from http://www.vocabulix.com/

Excellent online language exercises linked to Themen Neu coursebook
http://www.hueber.de/shared/uebungen...rner/uebungen/

And don't forget to google eTandem and FriendsAbroad for native speakers who can help you learn German in return for help with their English studies.

[SuperSal]

The BBC site is great, Rosetta Stone costs an arm and a leg, I find Micheal Thomas rather monotonous.

Found this, very interactive and loads of differen languages.
Makes learning fun

http://www.busuu.com/enc/home

[keyes]

I would like to learn to read a little amount of Japanese - does anyone know of any free language courses for Japanese

[megpt]

No audio files, as far as I can see, but this one looks OK. http://www.freejapaneselessons.com/

[roxy7699]

Just wanna say thanks for all these links.

[grahamq123]

A great podcast, which in its basic form is free, is Coffee Break Spanish; it took me from zero to a reasonable performer in tourist/shopping situations.
You can subscribe (free) through iTunes, at
www.coffeebreakspanish.com or www.radiolinguamedia.com
Highly recommended!