I’ve decided I’m going to try out the free features of the online language learning communities, and report back with my findings (as well as prices for the pay features). But the first challenge is just finding all of the language communities. These are the ones that I plan on reviewing. Can anyone add others [...]
Full Story »I Love Multilingual Lists of Vocabulary and Verbs
For those who also love multilingual vocabulary lists or verb conjugations, I’ve updated the Romance and Germanic lists so they fit better on the screen. Each vocabulary category or verb now has its own page so they won’t take forever to load. The Romance languages include French, Italian, Spanish and some Portuguese for the vocabulary [...]
Full Story »Learning Two Languages Together: Where are the Resources?
Remembering new vocabulary involves a lot of connections between what you already know and what you want to know. This is why I don’t agree with “target language only” classes. Sometimes you need your native language to help you learn a second language, and sometimes a second language can help you learn a third language [...]
Full Story »To Be Like Audrey Hepburn…
She spoke Dutch, French, Spanish and Italian fluently.
Full Story »Self-Study is better than Classroom Learning
Even though I want to be a French teacher, I do not want to teach in a traditional classroom. Why? Because students learn best when they are not in the classroom. I feel that the classroom has a very limited role in language learning, and that teachers are mostly responsible for designing quality lessons and [...]
Full Story »The Gradual Progression
Being able to understand 99% of what people say in French is a huge accomplishment, I feel. I remember constantly struggling to understand movies or songs in French when I was in college and then trying to understand actual conversations when I first arrived in France. Today I have no problems understanding any of those [...]
Full Story »Free Audiobooks in Foreign Languages
Listen, listen, listen! Some of these sites also include the text and translation into English. French: audiocite.net and litteratureaudio.com Italian: radio.rai.it Spanish: albalearning.com and leerescuchando.net German: vorleser.net Dutch: radioboeken.be and biblioo.nl
Full Story »Audio Links Roundup for Language Learning
Books can’t exactly teach you how to speak or understand a language. Listening is the most important skill to master when learning a language. And that is where the internet comes in. So here’s a short list of audio-heavy websites, most of which I’m sure I’ve already posted about, and many of which are multilingual: [...]
Full Story »Talk Out Loud!
It’s vacation time already! I have 11 days off thanks to Toussaint. Then there are only 7 weeks left of the semester (one of which is shortened by the jour férié on November 11) after that. Time flies when you’re having fun, eh? I wish I could do this job forever. I know my next [...]
Full Story »Interpreting for Europe
Want to work as an interpreter? The EU needs native English and French speakers!
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