Learning foreign languages ​​via Internet

Knowledge of a foreign language allows to feel more confident in the modern world. You can not wait until the domestic publishers translate the book and television series. In general, for example, the English-speaking world more rich in relevant and useful information. Can the Internet help in learning a foreign language?

I think yes. Here we come to the aid:

news agencies

BBC. English classes are on Russian version of the BBC (In the English version there are lessons and other languages). Here is the idiom, audio and video courses, advice on business correspondence.

"Voice of America". The site "Voice of America" ​​has section for English language learners. Some lessons and rules can not be found here, but you get a huge amount of audio content. VOA peculiarity is that all texts are read carefully, with user-friendly learning speed and are provided with transcription. You can first listen to the text, and then read to learn, "right" Do you understand heard.

Depending on which language you are learning, it is necessary to see the sites of state media companies. Governments often promote the state language.

online courses

There are many sites with language courses. As an example, the resource with the name dissonant LiveMocha. Contained herein courses are divided into several levels. Beginners start standing with "101", giving the basic data. For the English language LiveMocha created 4 courses for a total of 160 hours. The main advantage of the service - an active user community.

Recently opened a resource Mango. Where you can learn French, Italian, German, Chinese, Japanese, Greek and others. languages. For each course has about a hundred lessons.

Podcasts, webcasts and audio books

Podcasts are good because they allow to "get used" to "another's speech." They are also convenient - no need to go and to regularly check the site for updates as to the podcast, you can subscribe. Podcasts better to take on interesting topics.

Download podcasts can be like in iTunes, and on numerous websites. I like podcasts New York Times. They do not often but regularly published (most times a week), convenient to listening (speakers not in a hurry, the background music sounds softly).

If you are a student, you should examine the sites of American universities. They are increasingly making audio versions of public lectures. Consider, for example, the relevant section Berkeley (Berkeley). A large number of articles, lectures and audomateriala.

The scourge of big cities are traffic jams. When it comes to Moscow, the problem is complicated by the scale of the city, some people on the way to work are spending 1.5 - 2 hours. That's pretty much why not spend time with benefit? You can listen to audiobooks in English. One of the largest repositories of audio books is legal AudioBooksForFree.com. Here is a very large set of books - from Wodehouse to Jack London, from classics to thrillers.

Neither the course of the book can be read. One of the largest collections of English literature is the "Project Gutenberg". More than 20,000 books are available free of charge. There is a search for the author and title.

Internet, though not replace live communication and the experience that you get while living in a country whose language is being studied, but still gives a lot. In fact, you need one thing - the desire to learn.