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I guess I just hate the idea of being illiterate so much that it bothers me
to find myself unable to read something, no matter what language it's written in. This,
all my life, I've tried to learn as much as possible about as many languages as
possible and to have a passing knowledge of most languages. Of course, my
best language is my native language, English, but over the years, I've
acquired a reasonable fluency in Spanish, know a fair amount of
Japanese (for an American, at least). The other languages I've studied
formally (at least a bit) are Latin (in high school) and Greek
(in a recent college course). I find it relatively easy to read French,
Portuguese, and Italian. Other languages, well, I've
dabbled in them.
For years, my best source for foreign language practice has been shortwave radio, and
that's still a good way to learn the spoken language, I must say that my foreign
language skills have grown immensely since getting on the Internet.
If your language is
Spanish, I would especially recommend A.B.C. Electrónico, a newspaper from Madrid, Spain, and La Cocina Mexicana, an on-line Mexican cookbook from the University of Guadalajara.
Want to learn some useful phrases in another language? The
list of phrases is generally limited to those of most use to travelers, but the list of languages is quite impressive.
To really get a handle on a foreign language, you need to drill, drill, drill ... and computers are excellent tools for that! Therefore, you should seek some software for the language you want to learn.
If you would like to e-mail me, just send it to: don@shorock.com.
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