Free Language - Learn Mandarin Chinese

GraspChinese.com Multimedia Beginner Chinese Course with Ten Free Lessons

travelinguist — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 23:23:12 +0000

Multimedia Chinese Course for Beginners

Grasp Chinese is a multimedia Mandarin Chinese learning website that offers ten free lessons for Chinese beginners, with an optional subscription to continue studying.

Each Chinese lesson offers listening practice, writing practice and a phrasebook with associated vocabulary. These lessons are delivered through video and audio content, and flow naturally from one step to the next with a clean, user-friendly interface.

The ten free Chinese lessons - appropriate as an introduction for total beginners - cover the following topics:

1. Saying Hello
2. Introduction to Tones
3. Ordering a Coffee
4. Airport - Arriving
5. Taxi - Going to Hotel
6. Hotel - Checking In
7. Numbers 1-10
8. Breakfast
9. Shopping
10. Introducing yourself

TED Talks and Language Learners/ Teachers Rejoice: Be Inspired while Learning a Language using Transcripts and Subtitles

travelinguist — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 20:38:15 +0000

A Hidden Gem for Language Lovers and Learners

This article presents a unique approach for intermediate to advanced (and beyond) learners of many languages to gain exposure to interesting material in their target language(s). It has to do with a very popular website that features short (usually less than ten minutes) presentations by some of the world's greatest and most famous minds (not always both ;) on their specific areas of expertise. It's called, simply, TED, and the presentations are called "TED Talks".

The TED website itself is not geared towards language learners or educators yet is useful for both. It is especially useful for English learners, as all the talks are in English. But it's also useful for anyone learning most of the world's most-spoken languages (as well as numerous lesser-spoken ones) who want to simultaneously watch inspiring, funny, courageous, fascinating, informative, persuasive, ingenious and often jaw-dropping presentations about technology, science, entertainment, design, business and global issues - all while gaining exposure to their target language. Here's how and why...

Reverso Free Online Translation Service, Dictionary, Verb Conjugator, Spell Checker and Grammar Helper

travelinguist — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 05:42:59 +0000

Free Online Translation Service in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, Portuguese, Chinese, Arabic, Hebrew and Japanese

Reverso is a free translation website for many languages. It is also a also a dictionary, verb conjugator, grammar helper and spell-checker with a handy toolbar for instant access to these features directly in your browser.

Reverso services are available for French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, Portuguese, Chinese, Arabic, Hebrew and Japanese. This means you can translate between any combination of these languages, such as Arabic to Japanese, Russian to Chinese, Hebrew to Portuguese and so on.

Plus, the reverso.net website has been localized in English, French, Spanish, German, Russian, Italian, Czech and Romanian, meaning the entire user interface is available in those languages.

The ability for users to give feedback on the translations adds a community feel. Also offered is a free newsletter. For quick and easy translation between all the languages above, Reverso is a great tool!

Teachers can recommend this resource to students, especially their toolbar for quick access to translations on the fly while browsing online material in the target language.

Six Ways to Learn Languages Free

polyglot — Thu, 26 May 2011 19:49:46 +0000

Language Learning Tips on Using Free Wikimedia Resources

This article points out six useful ways to use Wikimedia content from Wikipedia, Wikibooks, Wikiversity, Wikinews, Wiktionary and Wikiquotes for learning languages free.

What's highlighted here is also great for teachers because it is licensed via Creative Commons and available to use for free.

Spanish is used as an example here, but the same ideas are applicable to all languages for which content is available.

1) Know General Info about Your Target Language

Find out general information about a language by viewing that language's Wikipedia entry. For example, here's the Spanish language entry on Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_language

It contains loads of general information, as well as specifics about grammar, alphabet, pronunciation, etc.

2) Use Wikibooks and Wikiversity Courses to Get Started

The Free Dictionary (thefreedictionary.com)

polyglot — Wed, 25 May 2011 17:03:30 +0000

Free Multilingual Dictionary and Word-Related Apps

TheFreeDictionary.com is a great free dictionary available in over a dozen languages.

The English dictionaries are exceptionally broad-reaching and include Financial and Legal dictionaries.

Also of use to the language learner are their website features, including drag-and-drop rearranging of the interface and double-clicking of any word on the site to see its definition. Word of the day, news, quotations, horoscopes, daily articles and history tidbits provide a flow of updated content to work with.

Also available are word games and the ability to track a personal vocabulary list.

If you are language mobile, they maintain numerous dictionary and word-related apps.

Front Page News in Over 20 Languages from Newspapers Around the World

polyglot — Mon, 23 May 2011 18:24:40 +0000

Daily Front Pages from 89 Countries

Thanks to Newseum.org, you can catch a glimpse of today's front page from hundreds of the world's newspapers - in nearly two dozen languages - for free. A great way to gain exposure to news in a language you are learning, the website and iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch app created by Newseum.org are truly outstanding.

Browse the website or use the app to immediately gain access to the front page of hundreds of newspapers around the world, complete with a downloadable, readable PDF version. This is quite useful for language instruction based on lessons from today's world news.

book2: Learn 40 Languages for Free Online

polyglot — Sun, 15 May 2011 23:44:34 +0000

Free Audio Books for 40 Languages

book2 is an outstanding resource for learning the basics of many languages.

This project sticks out by offering around 1600 combinations of languages, such as Japanese to English, Chinese to Arabic, etc, to use for exposure.

The method involves learning a series of short audio sequences to become comfortable in specific situations (introductions, meeting people, getting around, etc) common in daily life.

Free Chinese Phrasebook

polyglot — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 16:19:47 +0000

Summary

Wikitravel users have collectively created a free Chinese phrasebook with the goal of making it possible for travelers to "get by" while traveling in areas where Chinese is spoken.

Wikitravel phrasebooks are available in many languages and each one varies in depth and detail. Most of the phrasebooks include a pronunciation guide, a general phrase list, information about dates and numbers, a color list, transportation-related phrases, vocabulary for shopping and phrases for eating and drinking. Some are even more in depth, and all are free!

From Website

This Chinese phrasebook is not a language tutorial, comprehensive grammar or dictionary. Its goal is to define just enough of the language so that an English-speaking traveller can "get by" in areas where Chinese is spoken.

Mandarin Chinese is the official language of China and Taiwan, and is one of the official languages of Singapore. In English, it is often just called "Mandarin" or "Chinese". In China, it is called Putonghua (普通话), meaning "common speech", while in Taiwan it is referred to as Guoyu (國語) - "the national language." It has been the main language of education in China (excluding Hong Kong) since the 1950's. Standard Mandarin is close to, but not quite identical with, the Mandarin dialect of the Beijing area. Note that while the spoken Mandarin in the above places is more or less the same, the written characters are different. Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau all still use traditional characters, whereas China and Singapore use a simplified derivative.

View the Chinese phrasebook on Wikitravel with Simplified Chinese Characters.
View the Chinese phrasebook on Wikitravel with Traditional Chinese Characters.

Learn Chinese Phrases Essential for Travel, Free from BBC Languages

polyglot — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 17:07:24 +0000

Summary

A collection of the most useful phrases in Chinese for travelers by BBC Languages Quick Fix.

Not to be considered an Chinese course, these simple phrases cover the most essential core necessities and "niceties" travelers ought to know ("Hello", "Goodbye", "Thank you", etc) to show cultural appreciation by speaking Chinese!

Includes an online player to view the phrases as they are written in Chinese and listen as a native speaker says them.

You can also download them to your MP3 player or print out a sheet and take it with you on your trip!

From Website

12 essential holiday phrases in Chinese. Take these phrases with you on your mp3 player and as a print-out!

Visit BBC Languages Chinese.

Free Google Translate, Mobile Translation Website and Translator App for Android Phones

polyglot — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 00:18:50 +0000

Google's Free Translation Engine

Google has an amazing machine translation engine which is also available via their mobile translation website and now available as an android app.

Available in over fifty languages, Google Translate is able to handle words, sentences, paragraphs, websites and documents. Their mobile website is fast and easy to use, and the Android App makes it all available natively on your Android Phone.

From Website

Forvo.com: Thousands of Words in Dozens of Languages Pronounced by Native Speakers

polyglot — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 18:45:32 +0000

Listen to Words in Dozens of Languages

Forvo is an interesting project which accumulates recordings of existing words in all languages. A lofty and, indeed, ongoing goal!

Language learners interested in finding out just how a word is actually pronounced by a native speaker of a given language will love this website!

Have a look at the languages page and you can quickly see which languages have the most words. There is a handy tag cloud on the side of the page which will show you in a visual way which languages have more words already pronounced.

And if you're interested, feel free to contribute to this collective pronunciation effort!

Center for Free Foreign Language Learning from Wikiversity.org

polyglot — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 22:45:56 +0000

Summary

Wikiversity is a great website for learning about all kinds of topics for free! Among the numerous topics you will find quite a lot of wonderful information about foreign language learning. Literally dozens of languages are represented (see list below) and it's truly a goldmine for those interested in getting started with some general information and often even more.

Also of note: The content on Wikiversity is free and made available under a license called the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 License. This is great news for teachers who are interested in finding free materials for their classes and students.

From Website

Hello and welcome to the Wikiversity Centre for Foreign Language Learning. Here you may learn foreign languages and explore their cultures, as well as teach others the languages you speak.

The study of the structure of a language and its development is called linguistics. Wikiversity's School of Linguistics is part of the Faculty of Social Sciences.

Languages

At publish time of this article, the following languages are available:

Germanic languages: Afrikaans, English, German, Swedish, Dutch, Norwegian

Romance languages: Latin, French, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish

Languages of South America: Quechua

Slavic languages: Czech, Polish, Russian

Celtic languages: Irish, Brythonic Celtic Languages Division (Breton, Cornish, Welsh)

Indo-Iranian languages: Hindi, Persian

Finno-Ugric languages: Finnish, Hungarian

Turkic languages: Turkish, Azerbaijani

East Asian languages: Japanese, Korean

Sino-Tibetan languages: Tibetan, Chinese

Austro-Asiatic languages: Vietnamese

Tai-Kadai languages: Thai

South Asian languages: Bengali

Afro - Asiatic languages: Luganda

Niger Congo / Bantu languages: Sesotho

Semitic languages: Arabic, Hebrew

Other languages: Albanian, Basque, Greek (also Ancient Greek)

Constructed languages: Esperanto, Klingon, Novial, Turoke

Tolkienesque languages: Quenya, Sindarin

Lang-8.com Get Free Help with your Foreign Language Writing, including Spanish, French, Chinese and Many More

polyglot — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:38:36 +0000

Summary

Lang-8 is a free, unique and popular website for learners of many languages to come together and correct one another's writing. Native speakers review writing submitted by learners who wish to improve. You can help and be helped!

The free tools provided in the interface are straightforward and tuned in such a way that it's quite easy to correct another user's writing, as well as to see exactly how others have corrected yours.

Lang-8's interface also provides social tools for interacting amongst users, including a way to find language matches to suit your needs.

Lang-8 has a large user community, coming from over 180 countries around the world, and together they provide access to help in some of the more exotic languages for which it's often hard to find resources, much less free help. Yes, there really are plenty of people out there willing to help you improve your writing for free! In turn, you can choose to help others as well.

Also available is a mobile version of the website.

From Website

Real Interactions

Learn from real native speakers excited to help you with the language that you are learning.

International Community

Community members from all over the world make Lang-8 a fun, social experience.

Keep Track

Tag and keep track of the things you learn from native speakers. Refer back and remember!

See Results

By using Lang-8 you will get better, make friends, and see real results. There’s no better help than native speakers.

Lang-8 Intro Video

Visit Lang-8.com

ChineseClass101.com ChineseClass101 Learn Chinese Podcast with Audio+Video Lessons, Flashcards, Quizzes, Cultural Insights

polyglot — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:54:53 +0000

Summary

From beginner to advanced levels, ChinesePod101.com is an excellent, all-around online environment for learning Chinese. The Pod101 platform, method and technology provide the necessary tools to get you immersed in the Chinese language and achieve the goals you desire and/or require.

Since ChinesePod101.com is web-based, you can access your personal Chinese Learning Center from anywhere, and it's really easy to download the podcasts and put them on your mp3 player (iPod, Zune, etc) or mobile phone to take them with you for practice and learning on the go.

One of the most important things when learning a language is good content - and ChinesePod101.com has this, and a steady flow of it. This constant flow of fresh content regards cultural aspects of Chinese you will want to know, interesting tidbits about navigating in Chinese society (whether on vacation or living abroad), practical information about getting by and much more.

Your Chinese Learning Center brings together audio podcast lessons, lesson notes and checklists, transcripts, PDFs, video lessons, vocabulary training with flashcards and quizzes plus a Chinese dictionary, grammar bank, a verb reference and plenty more.

And if you enjoy asking questions and learning from and helping other learners, a forum is available for all users.

It's simple to try it for free and upgrade if it works for you.

From Website

At ChinesePod101.com, our goal is to make learning the Chinese language easy and fun, while also incorporating culture and current issues into our lessons. We believe that the more you speak, the quicker you learn, so we have designed our program to get you speaking right away. Situational Chinese is heavily stressed, and our team role plays various situations to demonstrate the proper form of Chinese to use when speaking with friends, customers, executives, and so-on. Knowing the proper form to use separates good speakers from great speakers.

ChinesePod101.com was developed with the hope of showing the world how fun and easy learning Chinese can be. Here at ChinesePod101.com, we truly believe that learning can be fun, while at the same time convenient. We know how busy you are and that each day brings unexpected surprises. That is exactly why we bring the lessons to you and let you decide when they start.

Our innovative, fun, and easy to use language learning system is designed to get you speaking and interacting from the very first lesson. Learn Chinese at your own convenience and pace with short, effective, fun daily lessons and a comprehensive, state-of-the-art Learning Center that provides you with the tools to take your Chinese to the next level! Our interactive learning system consists of free daily audio podcast lessons, accompanying PDF materials, a Premium Learning Center, and a vibrant user community.

Our Method

ChinesePod101.com offers a unique learning experience that cannot be found in conventional classrooms. In addition to offering lessons that can be completed on your own time, we approve all of the content we release through a government certified Chinese teacher. Here are just a few of the revolutionary advantages of our method:

Exposure to native speakers and many different kinds of voices and speaking styles…

ChinesePod101.com aims to have you speaking Chinese after just one lesson! Our lessons focus on pronunciation and listening comprehension, so that you can start practicing what you learn from our professional teachers. Inside the PDF you will find the necessary tools for reading comprehension, and thorough explanations of phrases and key grammar points, in addition to segments on cultural insight. To address speaking practice, we have state-of-the-art software to allow you to record your own voice so you can compare your pronunciation to our teachers and continue to refine your speaking skills.

When all the aspects of ChinesePod101.com are put together, this program provides students of Chinese with ultimate self-study learning course. In addition, we often provide conversations between three people to more closely simulate real-life situations.

Fresh, up-to-date content...

Many Chinese teachers who live overseas have been out of the country for a long period of time and can be “out of the loop” on current words, culture, etc. This is another major gap that we fill. Lessons are carefully crafted to include current events, words, celebrities, and so-on. This is very dynamic content.

Borderless education on-demand...

We also fill a definite demand in remote locations. Our lessons provide you with a mobile classroom, as we bring you Chinese on Demand. Chinese lessons wherever you may be.

ChinesePod101.com offers our listeners a unique learning experience that delivers cutting-edge, dynamic content to be accessed at your convenience. With the inclusion of our lesson notes and Learning Center, we offer a full solution that provides the material, guidance, exercises, and testing to really make the knowledge your own. And it doesn’t even stop there - our vibrant and extremely helpful community provide each other not only quick answers to questions, but also give each other a sense of encouragement and motivation that is often lacking.

We focus on Chinese, and Chinese only...

Just Chinese! All we do is Chinese. ChinesePod101.com is not a generic package language learning course, such as some of the other big name language learning programs out there. Many other programs “scale” their solutions across several languages, simply recycling the same material over and over - the same pictures, the same conversations, just in a different language. But each language is unique, and at ChinesePod101.com we pride ourselves on developing a system that’s only about the Chinese language and Chinese culture!

One stop studying...

Have you ever found yourself lost on the information highway? Sometimes it’s like trying to drink from a fire hose! Hundreds of bookmarks, all with varying levels of quality and credibility. You finally find a great site, but it only updates once a year! ChinesePod101.com offers users one stop studying. The learning center has been carefully designed to provide you with the resources you will need to take your Chinese to the next level.

Visit ChinesePod101.com.

Video: How to Use the BBC Website to Learn English, Chinese, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, More - Free!

polyglot — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:37:32 +0000

Summary

The BBC is such an amazing resource for learning languages online for free that we've done a 6-minute video showing how you can effectively use this resource to learn at least the basics of 36+ languages.

BBC offers materials for the following languages: Albanian, Basque, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (Mandarin), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, Flemish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Macedonian (FYROM), Maltese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian

Enjoy and please leave comments to help us focus our efforts!

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How to Learn Languages Online for Free, Video Screencast Part 1: General Introduction

polyglot — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:14:07 +0000

10-Minute Intro to Free Online Language Learning

PopupChinese.com: Popup Chinese Language Show w/Free Mandarin Lessons (Audio MP3), Free Online Tools and a Hip Team in Beijing!

polyglot — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:43:27 +0000

Summary

Hailing from Beijing, Popup Chinese offers refreshing, high-quality audio podcast lessons for Mandarin Chinese learners: free! Carefully planned and well-recorded, these lessons are professional, useful and fun. The Popup Chinese team is young, vibrant and eager to guide Chinese learners to true fluency in the language.

Popup Chinese is truly one of the most exciting language podcast resources to hit the scene for any language! In addition to offering free audio lessons for listening and download, they also provide a host of amazinly powerful free software tools including a user-editable English-Chinese-Pinyin dictionary, an excellent Chinese text annotator, a steady flow of annotated news in Mandarin Chinese and a Firefox English-Chinese-Pinyin dictionary plugin. And for those serious about speaking Chinese, a reasonable paid upgrade that includes lesson transcripts, supplemental exercises, a personalized vocabulary training software tool and access to a vibrant user community.

All in all, the Popup Chinese team and user community are incredibly dedicated and helpful! Get started (or keep learning!) now by immersing yourself with this talented, friendly and active Mandarin Chinese learning website: Popup Chinese

From Website

An Institution in Chinese Learning...

Popup Chinese dates back to 2001, when work on our Chinese learning technology began at the University of California, Berkeley. Our service developed rapidly during the SARS crisis in 2003 with the first web-based edition of our distinctive popup annotator going online later that year, hosted from a budget server based in Beijing.

Over the next few years, our learning systems attracted a following among bilingual translators. We began to release data for use by the open source community, and eventually run ancilliary reference services including NewsinChinese, and the Adso Textbook project. By late 2006 our textbook portal was garnering rave reviews as the premiere site for students with a serious interest in advanced mandarin acquisition.

Popup Chinese is our latest step forward, and an effort to bring the same excellence in language acquisition to students at earlier stages in the learning process. From our hutong in downtown Beijing, we produce materials that give foreign speakers the confidence to engage with China in mandarin: the language of the 21st century.

We encourage you to subscribe to the site and accelerate your learning. In addition to our basic subscriptions, we're delighted to offer custom learning packages to individuals and companies with unique training needs.

Visit Popup Chinese.

StudioChinese.com: Studio Chinese Offers Unlimited Live Instruction, One-on-One in a Realtime Mandarin Education Environment

polyglot — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 08:58:58 +0000

Summary

Studio Chinese allows learners to engage instantly a realtime education environment for the Chinese language.

Online tools include audio, video, screencasts, exercises, etc. Live, on-demand sessions are also available.

Currently, Studio Chinese is offering a Free Trial Lesson to get the flow going. You can use this an an opportunity to start communicating in minutes with a real Chinese instructor - especially good if you are a total beginner. If you feel good about the lesson, you can continue with a paid subscription.

One noteworthy detail about Studio Chinese's program is that all subscription packages include unlimited connections with live teachers!

From Website

When it comes to Mandarin, speaking is believing.

1. Discover
Each StudioChinese session starts with you discovering the language through an interactive mix of audio, video and exercises. You’ll learn about how to use Mandarin in a specific situation while preparing the material you’ll use when you connect in the live conversation with one of our tutors.

2. Connect
Connecting to your instructor is easy. Log in, press connect, and that’s it – we’ll be there, ready to start your live session. Having live, relaxed conversations is the key to your progress. Moreover, our tutors will guide you without interrupting the flow of the conversation and help you build your own sentences, so you get the most out of your time online.

3. Review
Hearing yourself back shows you where and how to perfect what you’ve learnt. StudioChinese records your conversations, carefully marking and annotating areas to focus on. Hone in on your individual needs, so you can move on quickly and efficiently. If you want, download your conversations to your computer or mp3 player to improve your skills for the next session.

StudioChinese is designed for:

• Students ready to explore China
• Business travelers working in China
• Travelers preparing for ChinaThree simple steps in each session:
• Discover Chinese with online content
• Connect with a native Mandarin speaker
• Review feedback on conversations

Visit StudioChinese.com

A Round-Up of 45 Mac OSX Language Software Apps: GPL Software, Freeware, Shareware and Demos from Apple's Download Center

polyglot — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 01:58:32 +0000

Summary

This (lengthy) article brings together a pile of Free Software (GNU GPL'd as Public Domain), freeware and shareware for language learning and reference for Mac OS X.

Software descriptions are taken from Apple Downloads. We will be adding more GPL applications soon.

Polyglot Culture: Quick Wikipedia Tip for Multilingual Language Surfing Goodness

polyglot — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:01:55 +0000

Summary

The now-ubiquitious Wikipedia.org has some multilingual gems tucked away in its folds. This article serves to point out one of the most powerful polyglot culture feaures that Wikipedia offers: the myriad articles in a multitude of languages at a single click away.

For instance, while browsing the topic "Language" on Wikipedia in English, down the left navigation bar you will find entries for the same topic in dozens of languages.

Free Language - Learn Mandarin Chinese

GraspChinese.com Multimedia Beginner Chinese Course with Ten Free Lessons

Multimedia Chinese Course for Beginners

TED Talks and Language Learners/ Teachers Rejoice: Be Inspired while Learning a Language using Transcripts and Subtitles

A Hidden Gem for Language Lovers and Learners

Reverso Free Online Translation Service, Dictionary, Verb Conjugator, Spell Checker and Grammar Helper

Free Online Translation Service in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, Portuguese, Chinese, Arabic, Hebrew and Japanese

Six Ways to Learn Languages Free

Language Learning Tips on Using Free Wikimedia Resources

1) Know General Info about Your Target Language

2) Use Wikibooks and Wikiversity Courses to Get Started

The Free Dictionary (thefreedictionary.com)

Free Multilingual Dictionary and Word-Related Apps

Front Page News in Over 20 Languages from Newspapers Around the World

Daily Front Pages from 89 Countries

book2: Learn 40 Languages for Free Online

Free Audio Books for 40 Languages

Free Chinese Phrasebook

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Learn Chinese Phrases Essential for Travel, Free from BBC Languages

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Free Google Translate, Mobile Translation Website and Translator App for Android Phones

Google's Free Translation Engine

From Website

Forvo.com: Thousands of Words in Dozens of Languages Pronounced by Native Speakers

Listen to Words in Dozens of Languages

Center for Free Foreign Language Learning from Wikiversity.org

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Languages

Lang-8.com Get Free Help with your Foreign Language Writing, including Spanish, French, Chinese and Many More

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Lang-8 Intro Video

ChineseClass101.com ChineseClass101 Learn Chinese Podcast with Audio+Video Lessons, Flashcards, Quizzes, Cultural Insights

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Video: How to Use the BBC Website to Learn English, Chinese, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, More - Free!

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Screencast Video

Helpful Links for this Screencast

How to Learn Languages Online for Free, Video Screencast Part 1: General Introduction

10-Minute Intro to Free Online Language Learning

PopupChinese.com: Popup Chinese Language Show w/Free Mandarin Lessons (Audio MP3), Free Online Tools and a Hip Team in Beijing!

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From Website

StudioChinese.com: Studio Chinese Offers Unlimited Live Instruction, One-on-One in a Realtime Mandarin Education Environment

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A Round-Up of 45 Mac OSX Language Software Apps: GPL Software, Freeware, Shareware and Demos from Apple's Download Center

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Polyglot Culture: Quick Wikipedia Tip for Multilingual Language Surfing Goodness

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