Language courses? Options & ideas?
Discussion
At the moment my job takes me all over Europe, including the new EU states, quite regularly. I can get around places such as France, Germany and even Italy without too much issue - with my broken language skills - but places like the Czech Republic are way beyond my current abilities.
What I want to do is learn some new languages to help with my work. Nothing serious and it could be a real mixture. I am keen to get the basics and at least have enough knowledge to get by without too much of a problem. I heard that the Rosetta Stone computer based courses were excellent, but since they cost 100+ quid EACH, I cannot really afford to do that.
A local college course would probably be good, but I cannot guarantee that I am around enough to do this, so some sort of home-based course that I can use (listen or read) and learn the basics of various languages would be good.
Anyone got any good ideas or suggestions? Is the computer based stuff worth bothering with? What about just using phrase book stuff? Does it stick?
As a consumate Brit, language is for shouting and pointing - which aint really good enough any more.
What I want to do is learn some new languages to help with my work. Nothing serious and it could be a real mixture. I am keen to get the basics and at least have enough knowledge to get by without too much of a problem. I heard that the Rosetta Stone computer based courses were excellent, but since they cost 100+ quid EACH, I cannot really afford to do that.
A local college course would probably be good, but I cannot guarantee that I am around enough to do this, so some sort of home-based course that I can use (listen or read) and learn the basics of various languages would be good.
Anyone got any good ideas or suggestions? Is the computer based stuff worth bothering with? What about just using phrase book stuff? Does it stick?
As a consumate Brit, language is for shouting and pointing - which aint really good enough any more.
my mate is learning portugese at an alarming rate actually using these people...
http://www.rosettastone.co.uk/offer/language1?s_kwcid=rosetta%20language
apparently it takes you back to basics with learning a language, like as if you are a kid... or something like that... but anyway, he said it is the best one he has ever tried....
http://www.rosettastone.co.uk/offer/language1?s_kwcid=rosetta%20language
apparently it takes you back to basics with learning a language, like as if you are a kid... or something like that... but anyway, he said it is the best one he has ever tried....
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