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Resources to Use for LanguagesResources to use for foreign language learning are numerous. The Foreign Language Learning Sequence recommended when you are an adult beginning to learn a foreign language with Easiest Languages begins with reading. ---- First: READING Because English and Easiest Foreign Languages share many words that look alike in print, the easiest ability for you to develop will be reading. READING RESOURCES This Easiest Foreign Languages web site. Ten Minutes a Day series of foreign language instruction books are an easy next step after Easiest Foreign Languages. See It and Say It series of foreign language instruction books are a good next step after Easiest Foreign Languages. Many other reading resources have long been available for foreign language learning. Foreign Language Textbooks Simplified Language Readers, such as: Easy Reader Series of foreign language reading books is a good next step after Easiest Languages. Dual-Language Books contain foreign readings along with English translations on pages facing the original text. [for advanced beginners] Vocabulary Builders, such as: Flashcards ----
Second: LISTENING. Listening to understand spoken foreign languages is more difficult than reading and will develop much more slowly. The sounds of foreign languages differ greatly from English. And foreigners seem to speak so fast. However, listening to instructional audio as a second step is a good way to begin learning to understand what all those foreign sounds mean. Many listening resources have become available for foreign language audio learning. LISTENING RESOURCES Foreign Language Phrase Books. Language CD’s Language DVD’s Foreign Language Courses Audio Language Labs. Study Abroad Programs ----- Third: SPEAKING. Speaking foreign languages is more difficult to learn than reading or listening. The pronunciation patterns are different than the ones you are used to in English. Even most of the foreign words spelled identically to English ones are pronounced differently. Audio programs enable you to speak and record so you can replay to hear how well you speak a foreign language. SPEAKING RESOURCES Language CD’s Language DVD’s Foreign Language Courses Audio Language Labs. Study Abroad Programs ------ Fourth: WRITING. Writing a foreign language, the most complex skill, develops last, as it does in your native language. WRITING RESOURCES Bilingual Dictionaries Foreign Language Courses Foreign Penpals ------ READING RESOURCES LINKS
How to Learn Any Language by Barry Farber
What Language Learners Need. Directories of Resources for Language Learning contain links to many various resources to use for foreign language learning. ------- Looking for something else? Use this search feature to find it:  Custom Search -------
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