August 22, 2010

This Blog Again

If you have been keeping up with this blog or are new to it and are getting confused by some previous posts, allow me to explain. This blog's old template was annoying and not very customizable, so I decided to use a different template, one that was supplied by Blogger, just to make life easier. I like it and now the number of comments also show up with every post. Well, I think that there was something else I wanted to mention about this, but I have been trying to remember it for about ten minutes now, so I will just not mention it. Have a nice day. Oh and one more thing, I keep forgetting to post the "Top of Page" thing on the end of

August 5, 2010

The Best Way To Learn A New Language

Many people throughout the world are trying to learn a new language, be it for business, school, travel, or just to say that you are multilingual, but the thing most people are getting stuck on is a class or program that is affordable, or better yet free.  Well today I am going to introduce you to http://www.livemocha.com.  At Livemocha, you can choose to learn from a variety of over 35 different languages with complete ease.  The best part is, it's free!  Livemocha teaches in the same basic fashion as Rosetta Stone, which costs over $200.  At Livemocha, you will hear the word or phrase with a picture to learn the language and to review you on what you learned, you will piece together sentences and match words or phrases with pictures.

When you finish with that, you do two exercises: a writing exercise in which you write a few things with your new knowledge, and a speaking exercise in which you read a pre-written paragraph or sentence.  When you have completed those exercises and submitted them, members of the Livemocha community with read/listen to your submissions and tell you how good...or bad you did in the exercise.