Aside from taking actual courses in learning any particular language, are you familiar with any good computer CD’s out in the market that you can plop in and can give you lots of interactive exercises, including like a little voice that can pronounce words and sentences for you (like audio, visual, and written lessons all tied into one)?
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try this… http://www.linguaphone.co.uk/index.cfm
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great website Orpheus
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gupshup!! lol, no I'm serious, I'm learning urdu there!!
and I am improving my english too, especially the colloquial one used by native english speaking guppies!!
so basically internet is a good place to learn languages!
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now i have forgotten all that i knew before
parle bien la anglain!
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orpheus thanx a lot for telling about this website.
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best way to learn a language is immersion: just go into the culture and absorb as much of it as you can; e.g. if you wanna learn German go to Germany, join an immersion course for 3 months, and you'll come out with a good knowledge of the language.
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I went to linguaphone usa site and selected a course to purchase. However on the checkout page where I would submit my card info, there was no SSL encryption lock visible. So I called the sales number listed on the site and got an answering machine. Hmm.
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Internet is a great way to learn languages but it is not sufficient. I am learning Chinese fore the last year or so and ultimately I do have to practice with real Chinese to understand them and to be understood by them. It is hard but it is such a thrill when I talk Chinese to an unspsecting Chinese person and they can'y believe that a desi speaks Chinese!
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^ 
expato, I can’t believe that. Post something in the audio forum 
Anyone who would like French study material, PM me.
I’ve got grammar notes, short lessons/articles and some audio/video from a good self-study course. The difficulty level is 8 on a scale of 1-10.
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what u want to hear ?
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haha - I know what you mean about the chinese. The other day I went to pick up my order from the chinese restaurant and a white boy (southern fella) was speaking chinese. It was the Oddest thing I saw that day
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Dada Abba = expato??
Something proper. I’m gonna ask the chinese intern to translate.
Rukhsar, I don’t know why but when I go to the chinese place across the street, I find myself ordering in a chinese accent. My friend noticed it last time and brought it to my attention and I was like And when I take a cab, if the guy’s hispanic, I’ll slip into spanglish. Maybe it’s the New Yorker in me?
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I've started learning Mandarin chinese.
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nope
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你 学 中文 多久了？
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Ok, here is a sample: 中国 吃的 非常 好， 可是 我 向 印度的 (zhong-guo chi de feichang hao, keshi wo xiang yindu de)
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ni shi wo pengyou?
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Of course, you can be my friend. 当然 你 可哟 我 朋友。