A Youtube video channel that "contains Mongolian language lessons for English speakers. These videos are designed to help those who are interested in learning Mongolian".
MongolHel: http://www.youtube.com/user/MongolHel
Here's a sample.
Greetings and Introduction in Mongolian
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Success with Foreign Languages: Seven who achieved it and what worked for them
Success with Foreign Languages: Seven who achieved it and what worked for them, by Earl W. Stevick, a book about learning foreign languages that could be worth a read.
Summary: "This book contains Earl Stevick's analysis of the strategies used by seven successful language learners and the implications for becoming a more successful language learner yourself. There are extensive excerpts from taped interviews with the seven learners, with Stevick's comments on the strategies and beliefs of the various learners. The book ends with Stevick's summary of what we can learn from the experiences of these learners. This book shows the diversity of approaches and beliefs that can be held by successful language learners and can provide suggestions for strategies that may work for you."
Complete table of contents >>
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Summary: "This book contains Earl Stevick's analysis of the strategies used by seven successful language learners and the implications for becoming a more successful language learner yourself. There are extensive excerpts from taped interviews with the seven learners, with Stevick's comments on the strategies and beliefs of the various learners. The book ends with Stevick's summary of what we can learn from the experiences of these learners. This book shows the diversity of approaches and beliefs that can be held by successful language learners and can provide suggestions for strategies that may work for you."
Complete table of contents >>
Download the book (free) >>
Monday, June 8, 2009
Where to promote your translations and interpreting services for free
This is a list of internet sites where a freelance translator or a translations company can advertise its services for free. Although, there are much more sites, this is in only a sample:
- Babelan.net is a languages site. There you can offer for free (not registration required) translations services and languages classes in different cities (New York, London, Toronto, Madrid, Barcelona, Mexico...).
http://www.babelan.net - Language Translation Forum has different topics. Among other interesting ones you can advertise your services in Business - Buy, Sell or Trade > Services.
http://www.translation-services-usa.com/forum/ - Just landed has got a worldwide classifieds service. Go to "classifieds > Services > Editorial / Translation"
http://classifieds.justlanded.com - Craiglist is an online community covering 50 countries worldwide. Go to your target city and then "Services > writing/editing/translation"
http://www.craigslist.org/about/sites - OLX is a clasifieds web page. Select your target country and visit "Services > Writing - Editing - Translating"
http://www.olx.com - Locanto is also a classifieds web page. Select your target country and city and visit "Services > translation"
http://www.locanto.com - This is a UK based classifieds web page:
http://translation-translator.vivastreet.co.uk/translation-classified-ads - The target of Hallo London (a classifieds web page) is London. Go to "services > translation & interpreting"
http://www.hallolondon.co.uk - This is a freelancers web page. Go to "Profession > Look in this skill area > Translation"
http://www.freelancebbs.com - Comunity with a database of translators and interpreters. Some of the features are not free.
http://www.proz.com/
Labels
interpreting,
translations
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Videos to learn Portuguese
A Youtube user has collected a set of videos to learn Portuguese. There are different playlists to learn pronuntation, conversation or vocabulary. In addition, you can find more web pages to learn Portuguese in the Babelan directory.
Watch one of the videos called Learn Portuguese - Conversation 2
Watch one of the videos called Learn Portuguese - Conversation 2
Labels
Portuguese
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