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2006-12-28 15:49:42 · 8 answers · asked by branches 2 in Society & Culture Languages

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Immersion is the best way to learn, but also the most disruptive to your life (unless you are lucky enough to work for a company who sends you to another country) audio/video courses are the next best thing. You probably shouldn't restrict yourself to only one website, find several. One with a course, then when you are starting to gain some proficiency, another to find a place to use the language.

I can give you some pointers from my personal experience:

If you want to learn German, there's a really good site from Radio Deutsche Welle

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/0,1595,2548,00.html

It's a site with High Quality MP3 recordings and PDF documents of written work to learn the written language. There are several levels from Beginner to Professional. The courses are far from boring, being based around a cute story about a man who's constant companion is an invisible imp. And best of all, it's free.

If you would like to learn Mandarin Chinese,

http://www.chinesepod.com is an online mandarin course for English speakers.

My personal favorite language is Esperanto. I can't recommend an audio course like the one above, but there is a free computer audio course available here:

http://www.cursodeesperanto.com.br/bazo/index.html?en

and there is a good website to learn Esperanto from:

http://www.lernu.net/

My favorite course, hands-down, is "Muzzy in Gandoland". It's a video based course created by the BBC. It comes in English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Gaelic, and Mandarin Chinese. I've seen it in Esperanto before, but it is not currently available. It's kind of expensive too, but some libraries carry it and you can check it out.

I wish you enjoyment and good luck in your language endeavors.

2006-12-28 23:19:57 · answer #1 · answered by rbwtexan 6 · 0 0

The country where the language comes from

2006-12-29 03:32:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

go to Lingozone.com and sign up. i met a lot of people who are there to find people to help learning foreign languages

2006-12-28 16:24:39 · answer #3 · answered by myluvis4mac 2 · 0 0

It's true a website will only help you learn a language very little.
You need to take a course on your pc ,in a classroom ,and find as much resources in your target-language as you can.
Internet ,nah ,chat rooms... all of them speak English anyway....
I hope you take my advice

2006-12-28 19:35:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

A foreign lanuguage is best learned from a fluent speaker and immersing yourself in the culture.

2006-12-28 15:51:41 · answer #5 · answered by Bonita Applebaum 5 · 0 1

there really isnt a good "site" for learning a language...its learned thru interaction...sorry!

2006-12-28 16:04:36 · answer #6 · answered by james p 3 · 0 1

transparent language

2006-12-28 16:27:38 · answer #7 · answered by pelancha 6 · 0 0

check out these web sites
www.speak7.com
www.byki.com

2006-12-28 16:56:10 · answer #8 · answered by Noor 3 · 0 0

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