Hi in any tongue
Author: Priyadarshini Nandy
If theres anything stopping you from saying hello to
your French neighbour, its just bon jour. And
online language courses now help you communicate
better
Were not so different, you and I, barring the one
thing that often keeps us apart language.
With the world becoming a melting pot and people from
different countries travelling all over (be it for
work or fun), this barrier too is gradually melting
away.
>From generations, people have relied on translators
to help them communicate with people from other
countries. These days, a lot of people just go
prepared,
with a learning of basics of a foreign language. It
has been proved that, at least on a professional
level, things often get done better and faster. Even
as a traveller, if you speak a few words in the
language of the country youre visiting, your trip
might be more comfortable.
But as we juggle lifes different demands, we dont
always have the time to actually go and attend
language classes. But now, even that excuse is
meaningless.
One can sit right at home and learn almost any
language one wants, on the Internet.
There are many portals that teach you how to speak
foreign languages from French and Chinese to Arabic
and Armenian. While some of these courses are
paid for, most are often available to you free of
cost.
You just have to make sure that the portal youre
visiting is reliable and has a structure to assist the
whole teaching process. Like any other website,
these too, need recommendations and verifications.
While some websites give you the basics of languages,
that are good for quick words and phrases for
communication, there are some that teach you like
any language school would with proper level
training, tests, practice etc.
Live Mocha is one of them. A visit to the website and
youll be able to sign up to learn six popular
languages for free English, Spanish, French, Hindi,
German and Mandarin Chinese. Their learning approach
is structured with lesson plans of over 160 hours.
Consisting of beginner and intermediate level content,
teaching everyday conversational language along with a
full range of practical reading, listening, writing
and speaking exercises.
They also have audio comments, a good way to give
other users tips on how to pronounce words, peer
review that allows your friends to review your
submission
when you submit a written or spoken exercise and much
more.
Another good place to learn is BBCs
www.bbc.co.uk/languages/. It has a basic step-by-step
evaluation process that enables you to test your
proficiency
in a given language and then sign up for a required
course. The best thing about this programme is that
they send all the lessons via email, which you
can learn in your own free time. This course too, come
without any charge.
Other sources:
Arabic: ukindia.mistral.co.uk/zar1.htm
Armenian: cilicia.com/armo_lesson000.htm
Chinese: chinese-tools.com French: french.about.com
German: german.languages4everyone.com/
Hebrew: foundationstone.com.au
Italian: abruzzo2000.com/course
Japanese: learn-japanese.net
Korean: unification.org/ucbooks/kintro/toc.htm
Latin: learnlatin.tk
Portuguese: easyportuguese.com
Russian: masterrussian.com
Spanish: studyspanish.com
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