How To Learn A Foreign Language With A Little Help From The Web

Have you ever wanted to learn a new language but didn't have the time or the money to take a course? Now, thanks to the power of the Web you have another choice-you can take a free course online when it's convenient for you. That's right, there are several sites that offer free web-based courses and other online tools to help you learn a foreign language.


Here are a few of the free sites worth noting:

• Language courses at UniLang.org - Beginner's courses in Italian, French, Spanish, Russian and more are among the offerings here-and they're all free.


• BBC - Languages - learn Spanish, French, even Mandarin Chinese at This BBC-run site that features audio and video tools as instructional aids.


• Internet Polyglot - Use online language games to help you learn foreign languages at this site, and be sure to check out the audio pronunciation features they offer as well.

These online tools are not intended to replace real world language instruction that's taught by a teacher, but as supplements or starting points to learning foreign languages, they can be valuable resources.