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Italian

• 06.05.08
  Differences in the difficulty and time required to learn different languages   German, Italian, Cantonese, Portuguese, Mandarin, Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese, French (0)

  The Foreign Service Institute of the Department (FSI) of State has compiled approximate learning expectations for a number of languages based on the length of time it takes to achieve Speaking 3: General Professional Proficiency in Speaking (S3) and Reading 3: General Professional Proficiency in Reading (R3). The list is limited to languages taught […]

• 02.04.08
  Learning a foreign language by reading dual language texts   German, Italian, Spanish, Thai, Mandarin, Vietnamese, French, Japanese, Chinese, English (0)

  I find that I can learn a language much more rapidly once I’m able to read in that language because it allows you to subconsciously pick up grammar and contextual vocabulary and you can sometimes pick up the meaning of a word you don’t already know without having to look it up in a dictionary. […]

• 11.09.07
  Mango Languages software   Italian, Greek, Russian, Spanish, Polish, German, Portuguese, Japanese, French, Chinese, Mandarin, software, English (0)

  I recently ran across a new web site for learning languages called Mango Languages, which like every other web application on the Internet right now is in beta.  But that doesn’t mean it’s broken or useless.  Quite the contrary.  And it’s totally free.  The courses they currently offer are Brazilian Portuguese, French, German, Greek, Italian […]