Learn a foreign language on the internet
Published by admin on April 18th, 2009 | Tagged Career and Education, Internet and Web 2
Ever thought of learning a foreign language? Well, Learning a foreign language has many advantages such as career development, better communication with overseas clients, learning about other cultures and entry into foreign colleges. Learning a foreign language also helps people who want to immigrate to another country.
Apart from all the above reasons, it is always good to try something new. The major advantage for online study is that you can learn at your own pace and from the comfort of your home. Below is a list of some websites which provide online foreign language courses. The list is not exhaustive and is not in any particular order.
Mango Languages provides online language classes in many languages including French, Italian, Russian, Japanese, and Mandarin Chinese. Students learn their language with the help of a high quality audio recoring. Mango Languages focuses on the actual conversational skills, grammer concepts, cultural aspects and pronunciation. They have subscribtion options of 3 months, 6 months and 12 months.
Linkua offers online foreign language courses in more than 100 languages including French, Spanish, Japanese, Mandarin, Italian, Russian, Korean, Thai, Arabic and German. Teachers have their class rates but the first lessons are mostly free. Students and Tutors can use webcams, Headphones or VoIP software ( like Skype)
for communication.
Live Mocha is an online learing internet start up. Live Mocha offers free courses in foreign languages such as Spanish, French, German, Mandarin Chinese, Russian, Japanese and Italian. Students learn with the help of pictures, text, audio and exercises. Learners get a better understanding of the language by interacting with
the native speakers at Live Mocha’s online community.
Edufire offers live video learning classes. They offer online courses in many foreign languages classes including Spanish, Italian, Mandarin, French, German, and Japanese. Students can go through the list of the tutors and their prices. After that Students schedule classes with the teacher of their choice. Edufire recommends a webcam and headphones for a better learning experience.
The Praxis Language Personalized Learning System or PLS offers online foreign language courses in Chinese, French, Italian and spanish. They have a learner centric approach and focus on customization. They have basic, premium, guided and executive subscribtion options. There is also the Praxis Pass subscribtion with which one can have premium access to all languages. You can try the free lessons before purchasing a subscribtion.
BBC Languages provides courses in many languages including German, French, Chinese, Greek, Spanish, Portuguese and Italian. They have features such as beginner courses, Vocabulary lists, lists of essential phrases and grammer lists. You can monitor your progress with the help of a learning log. You can also sign up for weekly tips email Newsletter.
My Language Exchange is an online language exchange site having more than 1 million members. Users form small groups to practice and learn each others languages. This way learners can have a better understanding of the actual conversation skills. Learners interact using use text chat, voice chat and the bulletin board. The site featured on Yahoo! Internet Life Magazine, Jan 2001.
Verbal Planet covers a variety of languages including German, French, Chinese, Turkish, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish, Finnish and Norwegian. One can go through the marketplace and then book languages lessons with the teacher ofhis or her choice. You learn the foreign language by interacting with a native speaker. Students connect with tutors with the help of Skype.
elanguageschool offers free online foreign language courses in following 10 languages: Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Korean, Japanese, Italian, Portuguese, spanish and Russian. The courses cover the basics, grammer, words, phrases and exercises.
Vocabulix offers free online foreign language lessons in Spanish, German and English. They cover Vocabulary Building and verb drills. They have a social networking feature with the help of which one can meet other language learners.
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