Media Resources for Language Learners

There is a great resource I found recently for language leaners. http://langmedia.fivecolleges.edu/lm_collection.html is a collection of videos in a wide variety of languages. They include transcriptions and translations of short videos on different topics like shopping, asking for direction etc. I've expanded the resources page to include one on Media language Resources, as I find more and more good resources (like video, internet radio, audiomagazines etc) for language learners and I don't want to clutter up that main resource page too much.

I've also added a page on Language Learning Vacations. It's sort of a fancy name for an in-country immersion course, but sometimes they include more cultural tours and other activities.

Cornish Article and Newsletter#002

I wrote an article recently called Cornish Never Died . This is one of several coming on the topic of dead (or nearly dead or dying) languages.

Issue #002 of the newsletter went out last week, just before I left on a trip. You can read backissues here.

Learn Latin

After writing a small article on dead languages in the newsletter, I was prompted to add a Learn Latin page to the site. This will be followed (eventually) by pages on Classical Greek, Gothic and other 'dead languages.'

Learn Spanish Online Free

There are probably more and better free resources on the internet to learn Spanish than there are to learn any other language. That's why I put together a http://www.language-learning-advisor.com/learn-spanish-online-free.html page. I already had some resources on the main page and the resources page, but the quantity and quality of free resources has been getting better. I though it might be a good idea to point this out on its own page. A lot of people are put off of learning a language when they find out how much the better methods cost. With some planning, you can put together a pretty good package of free resources to learn Spanish from. More and more people are taking advantage of the resources the internet provides, but sometimes they are difficult to find or people don't even know about them.

Language School Additions

To continue on the language schools theme, I've added a Spanish Language Schools page. There are also a few more resources added to the Language Schools page. There are a lot of language schools, franchises and local schools, so rather than just have a page full of links, I'm taking a representative sampling of schools and making sure I have a few links to sites with a complete and comprehnsive searchable list of schools so people can find exactly what they're looking for.

Language Learning Advisor Newsletter

The first issue of the newsletter went out last week. It's a little behind schedule, but I have lots of material coming. I intend the newsletter (it's reall y more of an e-zine) to be monthly, but since I fell behind, I'm going to publish a few in fairly rapid succession in order to 'catch up.'

If you'd like to see the first issue and you've missed it, you can view it here:
The Language Learning Advisor Newsletter Issue#001

Also, don't forget to sign up for the newsletter!

Italian Language Schools

I recently put up a page on Italian Language Schools. I've been in contact with a few of them recently so it seemed like a good time to put a page up. The problem is - now I need to do that for the other languages, too! So much to do, so little time...

The newsletter is coming along - it's nearly finished. Possibly go out Monday or Tuesday at the latest. The following issue will probably be within two weeks, certainly three.

Also adding resources for Hebrew and French.

Big Layoff

It's been a hideously long time since I posted anything, but I'm about to make up for it with a lot of posts. I've added several more resources to the Language Penpal Resources page. They've also been added to the Language Resources Directory .

I've just added a couple of resources to the Cornish page. I have an enormous backlog of little additions and adjustments to the site. I've been forced way behind schedule. The newsletter has also been behind schedule, but the good news is that I now have an abundance of material for additional pages, articles and the next few issues of the newsletter, which should finally be going out in the next few days!

Newsletter

I'm adding a newsletter feature to the site! I will begin publishing a monthly e-zine, the first of which will go out at the end of January. I will eventually settle on a fairly regular publishing date, probably around the 20th of every month. There will be lots of features, some of which will be unique to the newsletter. Sign up for The Language Learning Advisor Newsletter here.

Language Directory

I've created a language resource directory at http://languageresources.mylinea.com/ There is a link to the directory from the general resources page of the site.

I'm including every link and resource that is on the site, and I will add everything else that I come up with in my net travels. A lot of links aren't appropriate for the site, so I found an easy way to have a directory of language related resources that can have everything that I come across.

Please feel free to take a look at the directory and submit any of your favorite language resources.