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Those are the days when celebrities were really gorgeous, having great fit, wealthy and also glamorous. But now there are a lot of changes happening including the return of witty jokes, cook books and films and also the TV shows about the aliens and supernatural. Lots of geeks are given really encouraging roles which has put the traditional celebs to the back. Let’s look at some celebs who are the upcoming geeks who seek fame and fortune.

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Websites to learn some of the most popular foreign languages

Submitted by admin on Friday, 24 July 2009One Comment

This world no doubt, is diversified in terms of culture and countries it has scattered all around the globe. And the possible mean to interact with each other in this culturally rich world is language. But million dollar question is where you would you learn all these languages.  To help you out of this adverse situation here are presented a good number of websites that can teach you about any of your favorite language.

BBCLanguage: This site is aimed at weekend travelers to teach them “Quick Fix Phrases” in 36 languages to survive when traveling abroad. Aspirants with desire to learn French, Spanish, German or Italian can have 12 week courses in these languages. For teaching purposes, it uses multimedia resources like video as well as audio equipments.
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LiveMocha: It is one of the most interactive language teaching website on the Internet that provides structured lessons for over twenty languages.  It also connects you with around the globe with people who are affluent in learning the language as same as you.  For the teaching purposes, it also encourages its users to submit flashcards and other teaching content and use other learning methods.

Babbel: Based on the concept of community, Babble provides teaching in Spanish, French, German and and Italian. While at teaching, it emphasizes more on vocabulary instead of grammar lessons and writing exercises. It provides more than available methods for improving vocabulary in said languages and run five chat rooms in the said languages.

Foreign Services Institute: Developed by US government, the courses taught at Foreign Services Institute are developed for having verbal command over a language. The languages taught at FSI come as scanned textbooks or large audio lessons. However, this useful hard copy content provided by FSI lacks interactivity and is devoid of live teaching sessions.

For Learning Spanish

Study Spanish – This site is great to learn Spanish with focus on grammar, however, has limited grammar and vocabulary.

Voices in Spanish - It is a Podcast in Spanish for intermediate to advanced level of students.

Chinese

Min Multimedia – At the site, structured lessons are provided in form of embedded audio, practice worksheets and homework.

Chinese Tools – Here Grammar lessons are provided for writing in pinyin.

CRIENGLISH – Difficult points, vocabulary, cultural tips, and more are provided in flash examples.

French

French Language School – Well structured grammar lessons devoid of interactive exercises.

The French Tutorial – It is a printer friendly PDF textbook however lacks interactivity.

Japanese

Learn The Kana – Students are taught to learn Hiragana and Katakana with the help of cute images.

Nihongo o Narau – It consists of resources, Japanese songs for practicing and learning Japanese.

Italian

Italian Language School – It provides one of the best free Italian lessons and does have its podcasts too!

German

Deutsch Lernen – Here you can have total 34 number German grammar lessons, including 10 beginner and 24 advanced levels.

DW-World – It has interactive lessons with increased level of difficulty along with progress meter for each lesson, provided with it.

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