Since there are a (to me) surprising number of excellent German speakers in this comm, I thought some of you might appreciate being recommended a novel that in my opinion does a marvelous job at conveying the language of a particular time and place while being very funny ( Read more... )

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Hi linguaphiles. At my job, a foreign bookstore, I have a client inquiring about materials in English or French for learning Sardinian up to an intermediate level. We have an unbelievably wide array of language learning materials and can supply many more but in my research I'm just not turning up anything besides the Talk Now! CD-ROM series, which I do not ( Read more... )

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Does anyone here have book recommendations for learning to read academic-level Italian? I am not interested in phrasebooks or learning how to order a meal without mushrooms; I need a quick introduction to the fundamentals of the language (much like April Wilson's German Quickly for German).

Thanks!

Anyone want to share their favorite things to watch on TV in Spanish, German, and French? Crime series, game shows, reality TV, whatever ... I'm looking for stuff that's interesting and exciting, where I want to keep watching because it's enjoyable, and not just a language exercise, you know? Anything I can watch online is a bonus. I've just had it ( Read more... )

Hi everyone,

For various reasons I find it necessary that I learn Urdu. However, I haven't found many resources. I've checked the memories and not found much that's helpful. Do you guys have any thoughts?

Thank you!

Hi people. I come with a couple of requests I'm hoping you can help me with. Request one would be a translation, and request two would be some suggestions ( Read more... )

I'm looking for something for my dad, who refuses to use his German with me, so I'm not sure how good he is ( Read more... )