I am specifically interested in learning french.
2006-10-12 05:50:25 · 8 answers · asked by Q&A Queen 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Try http://french.about.com . I use its German equivalent all the time. If the French version is anything like its German counterpart, it will have forums hosted by native French speakers who are willing to help people improve their French. In these forums people can write in or about French.
Another web site that I've heard about, although I haven't tried it myself, is http://www.rosettastone.com .
2006-10-12 15:50:13 · answer #1 · answered by ichliebekira 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Language learning can always be "free" if you have access to the internet (as you obviously do), but it will also be very time consuming and difficult to learn on your own. Simply visit foreign websites and start reading if you already have a basic knowledge of the language you want to learn. If you are able, try to make some close friends or pen-pals who speak the language you want to learn. When translating a source language into English, be very careful...many untranslatable idioms (below) are present in every language.
German- "Gleich und gleich gesellt sich gern" literally translates to "Like and like associate as such gladly", but has a meaning similar to our "Birds of a feather flock together."
Spanish- "En boca cerrada, no entran moscas." - "No moths can enter a closed mouth" means "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all." in English.
Never make ANY assumptions about a word's meaning, always look words up which you are unsure about. Remember that false cognates (words which sound similar to words that you know in your own language, but have a different meaning ) are the devil's playground!
How to access the French internet- simply type .fr instead of .com at the end of a web address
German- .de
Spain- .es
2006-10-12 07:39:16 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The BBC do a good lot of beginners and even Intermediate Free online learning resources
try
www.bbc.co.uk/languages and click on the one which interests you.
2006-10-12 10:02:29 · answer #3 · answered by langsteacher 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know one for French (however I could teach you...) - but I taught myself Italian using this website:
http://www.gwc.org.uk/ModernLang/hotpot/Italian2/GrammarIndex.html
That one I just found when I wanted to learn Italian, by searching for "Italian Grammar" on Google - try searching for something similar for French as once you have the grammar, its quite easy to integrate new vocabulary.
2006-10-12 06:06:05 · answer #4 · answered by Splatt 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I went to freetranslations.com and whatever I wanted to say in a certain langauge, they translated it for me.. I learned another language that way. Might work for you
2006-10-12 05:56:51 · answer #5 · answered by Foxxy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ok here we go
http://fsi-language-courses.com/default.aspx
german, french, italian, all of them
ok bye
10 p. pls
2006-10-12 06:10:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anything good will not be free. You get what you pay for.
2006-10-12 05:57:28 · answer #7 · answered by aint_no_stoppin_us 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you have Limewire you can look up book tapes(or something like that in categories) and download
2006-10-12 06:00:00 · answer #8 · answered by clclc 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋