Livemocha
I feel like I've been neglecting my study of the Italian language. I really like to practice a little everyday. Something... doing exercises in textbooks, using Rosetta Stone or other software, watching Italian T.V. on RAI, reading an Italian newspaper, listening to opera.... but something! If I miss more than a couple of days, I start to get uncomfortable. And, well, it's been almost a week! No good reason, just that I've been busy. So, yesterday I felt I really needed to get back to practice.
Awhile back, I registered on the Livemocha web site (http://www.livemocha.com/) that a friend had told me about, but I never really used it. I decided yesterday I'd give it a try, as something different to do. It's actually pretty fantastic. The teaching method is somewhat similar to that of Rosetta Stone, though I think Rosetta Stones lessons are much better. But the thing I love about Livemocha is that you can add friends and submit your exercises to them for review. For example, I'm learning Italian, so I've added mostly friends who are native speakers of Italian and who are learning English. Thus, we can give each other feedback and help each other improve and progress in the study of our targeted languages. Awesome!
Another tool in the toolbox... or another weapon in the arsenal, depending how one looks at the study of language, I suppose!
Awhile back, I registered on the Livemocha web site (http://www.livemocha.com/) that a friend had told me about, but I never really used it. I decided yesterday I'd give it a try, as something different to do. It's actually pretty fantastic. The teaching method is somewhat similar to that of Rosetta Stone, though I think Rosetta Stones lessons are much better. But the thing I love about Livemocha is that you can add friends and submit your exercises to them for review. For example, I'm learning Italian, so I've added mostly friends who are native speakers of Italian and who are learning English. Thus, we can give each other feedback and help each other improve and progress in the study of our targeted languages. Awesome!
Another tool in the toolbox... or another weapon in the arsenal, depending how one looks at the study of language, I suppose!