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Learn a language with podcasts
If you’re interested in learning a language in ‘07, iTunes has a whole section of podcasts devoted to language. To get there, just head to the iTunes Music Store, then go to Podcast -> Education -> Language Courses. Read more…
Continue reading...What is the best way to study a foreign language?
1. January 2008
There are a number of different ways to study a language, each of which has advantages and disadvantages. You may find a combination of these is best for you. * Taught courses * Teaching yourself * Language exchange * Picking it up by [...]
Continue reading...How to Resurrect Your High School Spanish… or Any Language (Plus: Be on the CBS Early Show!)
1. January 2008
How can you possibly maintain fluency in two foreign languages — let alone five or six — if the opportunities to use them are months or years apart? In 20 minutes, I leave from JFK for Iceland, then Scotland, and then a circle in Europe that will include Oktoberfest in Munich. Germany is strategic, as I [...]
Continue reading...How to Learn (But Not Master) Any Language in 1 Hour (Plus: A Favor)
1. January 2008
So far, I’ve deconstructed Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, German, Norwegian, Irish Gaelic, Korean, and perhaps a dozen others. I’m far from perfect in these languages, and I’m terrible at some, but I can converse in quite a few with no problems whatsoever—just ask the MIT students who came up to me last [...]
Continue reading...How to learn Arabic
29. December 2007
PEOPLE learn Arabic for a variety of reasons: for work, for travel, for religious purposes, because of marriage or friendship with an Arab, or simply as a hobby. The motivation to some extent determines the most appropriate learning method. Whatever your motive, we suggest you try to learn a little Arabic at home before committing yourself [...]
Continue reading...Arabic: Random House’s Living Language: Course Book & Audio-CDs
29. December 2007
The authors of the Living Language program understand a fundamental truth about linguistics. That no one learns a language simply by memorizing words and phrases. To truly understand a language, one must know its vocabulary and understand its structure, its grammar, and the why behind each of its rules. Living Language is a forty lesson program [...]
Continue reading...Review: Rosetta Stone Arabic
28. December 2007
There are many different immersive methods available for learning new languages. immersive techniques run the gamut from being rather free-form, to being extremely directive. At the free-form end of the spectrum are approaches that maintain the philosophy that “doing anything in the language is immersive learning.” At the other end of the spectrum, are systems [...]
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1. January 2008
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