Getting started on learning another language
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LANGUAGE LEARNING TOOLS
For free downloadable lessons developed by the U.S. Foreign Service Institute, visit www.fsi-language-courses.com. Lessons are available in 31 languages.
Free podcasts are available at the Apple iTunes Store. If you already have the software, click on iTunes Store. Go to Podcasts and then Language Courses. To download the software, go to www.apple.com/itunes/download.
For online language classes, try Mango Languages at www.mangolanguages.com or Internet Polyglot at www.internetpolyglot.com. To find free online courses, go to www.distancelearn.about.com (click Free Courses, then Language Courses). Free language tutorials are also available at www.bbc.co.uk /languages.
For electronic dictionaries and translators, go to Franklin Electronic at www.franklin.com; Ectaco, www.ectaco.name; Lingo Corp., lingotranslators.com.
Language courses on CD-Rom can be found at Pimsleur, www.pimsleurapproach.com; Rosetta Stone, www.rosettastone.com; Berlitz, www.berlitz.us; and Power Glide, www.power-glide.com.
The Language Course Finder ( www.language-learning.net) lists more than 10,000 language schools teaching 88 languages in 115 countries.
A SAMPLING OF SPANISH IMMERSION SCHOOLS
Spanish Academy Sevilla in Antigua, Guatemala, www.sevillantigua.com;
Instituto Andalusí de Español, Málaga, Spain, www.andalusi.org;
Amazonas Spanish School, Quito, Ecuador, www.eduamazonas.com.
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