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Learn a Foreign Language with Mango

1. January 2008

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Webapp Mango offers 11 free foreign language courses in Spanish, Russian, Greek, German, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, French, Italian and Polish. Simply sign up with your email address and you’re ready to go. Choose any of the available courses and view slideshow presentations instantly. Read more…

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Foreign Language Lesson Podcast Collection

1. January 2008

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Open Culture has collected a pretty extensive list of foreign language lesson podcasts. You can find them here.

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Learn a language with podcasts

1. January 2008

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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…

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What is the best way to study a foreign language?

1. January 2008

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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 [...]

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How to Resurrect Your High School Spanish… or Any Language (Plus: Be on the CBS Early Show!)

1. January 2008

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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 [...]

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How to Learn (But Not Master) Any Language in 1 Hour (Plus: A Favor)

1. January 2008

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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 [...]

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