Sunday, August 21, 2005

Age and Language Learning

Adding a page on age and language learning.

Friday, August 19, 2005

Cornish

I've added a page for Cornish . I've included on the page a download for a pdf ebook with 20 lessons to learn Cornish. The course is called Kernuak Es and is free to use and distribute. It has been available on the internet for a while (I didn't write it). I'll be adding pages for the other Celtic languages soon, as well. Linguashop.com produces and sells a course for learning Cornish as well as many other less commonly spoken languages. I've got the courses for the Celtic languages (Irish, Scots Gaelic, Manx, Welsh, Breton and Cornish) and I'll include a review as soon as I have a better handle on it.

Monday, August 15, 2005

Living Language Review

I've added a review of Living Language Spanish Basic Complete. I've recommended Living Language Basic for a while for a few languages, but I've never included a proper review until now.

Wednesday, August 10, 2005

Penpals and stuff

I've added a page on the merits of language penpals , linked to from the Language Learning Tips page. I'll probably add more pages on language forums, text chats and live chats just for completeness.

While researching affiliate programs, I discovered that RosettaStone actually has a few projects underway developing software for learning some endangered languages. They have projects with the Mohawks and Seminoles and possibly other endangered Native American tribes. They are open to the idea of more projects, too. I think I might look into the cost of sponsoring a project. There a number of organizations that provide some funding for such projects (RosettaStone had many listed) but it takes someone to get the ball rolling. Stuff like that makes me think that maybe you could actually make a difference sometimes. See http://www.rosettastone.com/languagerescue

Friday, August 05, 2005

FriendsAbroad

A review of FriendsAbroad has been added to the Language Learning Product Reviews page. FriendsAbroad is a website for finding language penpals that I have been using successfully recently. There are so many books, websites and methods to review, I don't know where to begin. So much to do, so little time.

Wednesday, August 03, 2005

Language Penpals

I'm revamping the language resources page a little. It's getting a little unwieldy so I've decided to just include a few resources in each category and then have a link to a sub-page with a complete listing for each category. I've started with language penpal resources. There are about 12 or so sites for finding language penpals, forums, text chats, voice chats and language exchanges. These are sites open to any language. There are lots more dedicated to a single language, but those are linked to from the individual language pages.