Homeschool 2.0 » foreign language http://homeschool2point0.com Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:22:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 en Learn Foreign Languages Free Online http://homeschool2point0.com/2007/09/learn-foreign-languages-free-online/ http://homeschool2point0.com/2007/09/learn-foreign-languages-free-online/#comments Tue, 25 Sep 2007 17:04:36 +0000 lynn http://homeschool2point0.com/2007/09/learn-foreign-languages-free-online/ Mango LanguagesI’ve written on this subject before on using podcasts and Skype to learn Chinese or Spanish. But one cannot stop progress; here is another very cool web tool by Mango Languages offering free online instruction in nine languages for English speakers and in English for Polish and Spanish speakers.

I’ve clicked my way through some Spanish and it reminds me very much of high school Spanish I. The site is a beta release so beware of bugs but the price is right for now.

The languages offered are:

  • Spanish
  • Russian
  • French
  • Italian
  • Mandarin Chinese
  • German
  • Japanese
  • Brazilian Portugese
  • Greek

Mango Languages Beta

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iPod+iBook, originally uploaded by philomglol.

Foreign languages have been a frustrating subject to teach at home. We’ve tried several languages and methods at our house with mixed results. The only good, consistent results came from online, real-time courses offered by the Potter’s School. Rosetta Stone is very good but we bogged down because I would have had to learn French myself in order to help my son where he was stuck. That wouldn’t be bad to learn French but it’s one more thing to add to my to-do list.

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