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By: Tips Pemakaian Internet untuk Belajar Bahasa Tionghoa | Nulis

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By: How to Speak Japanese

How to Speak Japanese — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:55:35 +0000

Nothing beats learning with a native speaker, but you can get a good basic knowledge about a new language with website based training courses or books and audio courses.
Done that myself with a few languages and then started to go to language schools either in my home country or abroad (best experience for language training ever).

By: Steph

Steph — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:23:25 +0000

Honestly, I’ve found that websites are usually great for reference, but not much else. I’ve been learning Mandarin, and since it’s such a visual language, there’s just so much help that any website can give. What really helped me was finding a good book with supplemental stuff (which you should be able to snag at your library). Be sure to grab a few books and see which one looks like the best fit. You’re going to be spending a LOT of time with it. Then, use a flash card program (Anki and Mmemnosyne are the two that I’ve tried), and make your own flash cards or download a deck if the deck goes with the books you’re using.

By: Alex

Alex — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:48:49 +0000

Hey you should use the resource that I have been using for the past 3 years – http://www.wordchamp.com Usually my problem with other websites is that they spend 90% on the vocabulary but if you really want to get fluent at a language you need to know 90% of the grammar.

Wordchamp is my conjugation go to source, with audible translations for most words in like 30 different languages.

They also have a program where you can take lessons from a fluent person. Never used it though… I guess I was always using my spanish teacher for that.

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3 способа изучения второго языка » Обо всём и ни о чём — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:05:37 +0000

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By: Berta

Berta — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:25:09 +0000

Sure you can use lingQ for free, I do.

All the content in the library is free. That is lots of audio with its translated text, read by natives. Then you can use the lingQ interface to study it, looking up the words you don’t understand, saving them…. Download the audio to your mp3 player and listen to it anywhere… etc

You can also earn point to get some tutor correct your writings and sign in for conversations. That is the non-free part of the website, but like I said you can earn points just uploading content (text+audio) and each time someone picks up your content to use it, you get points.

So to use the website is totally free, just the tutoring part isn’t. Which sounds faire, just like Mark said you have to pay the tutors and the servers.

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Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:52:05 +0000

[...] It also wouldn’t hurt to subscribe to a few blogs in your chosen language. See my post here on MUO about Reading Blogs On Your Cellphone With A Java RSS Reader. Also, you might want to check out Angie’s post if you’re looking for online resources to learn foreign languages: 18 Great Sites to Learn a New Language. [...]

By: Michael Schwager

Michael Schwager — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:27:51 +0000

I find the best site to learn a new language is with my S.O.! I get instant grammar and pronunciation correction, and a new vocabulary word every day! LOL Seriously, though, there’s nothing like using a language in order to learn a language.

Sadly, my daughter knew more Spanish at 2 years old than I will probably ever know! :-O Oh, to be young again…

By: marmaraelt

marmaraelt — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:20:59 +0000

very nice list of websites for learning a new language..thanks

By: My First Nihongo Book « Lingophilia

My First Nihongo Book « Lingophilia — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 04:53:59 +0000

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By: Parrish

Parrish — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:38:29 +0000

There are thousands upon thousands of words in the English language. I have heard it said that the average person who grows up under the English language must learn an average of 20-30 words per day beginning with his or her first day in this world and continuing until the age of 18! Wow, how much we have learned and the majority of this learning was probably not in a formal teacher-student environment.
There is a lot to learn in a short amount of time. But one thing we can do to improve our growth in any language is to focus on those vocabulary words which are most commonly used. I found many sources online for free that feature lists of the most commonly spoken words in English. For example, the 250 most spoken words or the 1000 most spoken words.

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Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:25:18 +0000

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By: kevin

kevin — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 08:10:05 +0000

It's also worth checking out italki.com. There are a lot of free community services, like foreign language questions and answers, and of course language exchange. You only pay if you want to book a lesson with a teacher (or to state it in reverse, you can earn money as a teacher).

By: Street-Smart Language Learning

Street-Smart Language Learning — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 10:12:19 +0000

I've got a whole blog devoted to just this topic over at Street-Smart Language Learning. Come check it out!

By: dave

dave — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 01:10:52 +0000

for Chinese, the best site is http://www.skritter.com !!!

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By: Audrey Allleyne

Audrey Allleyne — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:04:22 +0000

Greetings Angelina,

I think your site is quite interesting.Your offers to language students must be pretty helpful. As a writer and educator, I’ve written some language articles, some of which I’d love to have as related links to your site. Here are two of them:
http://www.brighthub.com/tools/createedit.aspx?articleId=35193&returnurl=%2ftools%2farticle-moderate.aspx
http://www.brighthub.com/tools/createedit.aspx?articleId=36837&returnurl=%2ftools%2farticle-moderate.aspx

My penname is ChantalAlleyne2

Please let me know if you are interested and if you would like to have any more. Thanks.

Audrey Alleyne.

By: Mandarin Learner: Best of the Web « mandaringurl

Mandarin Learner: Best of the Web « mandaringurl — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 09:15:16 +0000

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By: Dmitry

Dmitry — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:05:35 +0000

CORRECTMYTEXT.COM – experts will check your text in a foreign language

correctmytext.com Learning to write and speak a foreign language correctly requires having somebody to correct your grammar and usage errors. Otherwise you may learn a substandard version of the language with deep-rooter mistakes and incorrect usages that are hard to get rid of.

A popular and tried-and-true way to learn languages involves writing texts in a foreign language on a daily basis and reading them aloud to a native speaker, who will correct any mistakes.

Our project, http://www.correctmytext.com, offers an absolutely free way for native speakers of different languages to share their knowledge.

The website interface currently supports ten of the most widely used languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Russian, Chinese, Korean, and Japanese. If you are learning any of these languages, feel free to register and upload any text of yours that you need corrected.

Native speakers or language professionals will review your text and correct all errors of style or grammar free of charge. You can also request a sound recording of the spoken version of your corrected text that will let you hear the subtleties of pronunciation by a native speaker.

The website offers opportunities to meet and communicate with native speakers via internal mail.

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Fri, 31 Jul 2009 07:43:45 +0000

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By: Mandarin Learner: Best of the Web | Bill (比尔)

Mandarin Learner: Best of the Web | Bill (比尔) — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:16:22 +0000

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By: Bryan

Bryan — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 07:40:20 +0000

http://www.nciku.com/

I really lament not having known about this resource during prior, more intense periods of Mandarin Chinese study. If one is committed to studying and learning, this site has the capacity to be invaluable.