Learn Languages using Podcasts - great idea!

I have been investigating ways to learn languages and happened on a company called Praxis that has a pretty cool concept... and they have really put together a professional looking package. Bravo to the folks behind these programs.

They offer language training using Podcasts - what's a podcast?? A podcast is a way to send the learning to your iPod or other MP3 player. You can also listen to their programs on the computer, and they have some great supplementary material as well.

The programs have names like FrenchPod, SpanishPod, ItalianPod, etc.

I went and tried the FREE sample lessons thay have available and found them to be engaging and fun. There was a Chinese program, for example, that was only a few minutes long, dealing with how to wake somebody up in Chinese. It was histerical! The voices were of a native English speaker and also a native Chinese speaker... the podcast seemed unrehearsed and had a fun banter between the two that made it engaging and fun.

I also listened to the FREE French program, and the Italian program. Totally fun. The Italian one was about making Moca on the stove, and the native Italian speaker was a riot; totally Italian with a great sense of humor.

I love this learning because it is CHUNKY : it can be learned in small pieces, just a few minutes at a time, so anyone could use it. I recommend you look at the free trials, and please comment about what you think by clicking the comment button here.

Here's the Links

SPANISH: http://tinyurl.com/spanishpod
FRENCH: http://tinyurl.com/frenchpod
ITALIAN: http://tinyurl.com/italianpod
CHINESE: http://tinyurl.com/chinesepod
ENGLISH: http://tinyurl.com/englishpod

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