10 Reasons to Learn Brazilian Portuguese

1. Communication with the Locals

Right? Communication is absolutely an essential. You can't get to know someone without it. This is what makes the world go round. It's what drives the universe. You Can't maintain a relationship without communicating. Some people thrive for communication. Can't live without communication. And when you learn to communicate, you open the doors to more challenges, friendships, relationships. The sky's the limit my friend. Sorry to beat this dead horse, but, in my humble opinion, I believe you're quite intelligent. You wouldn't be reading this if you weren't.

2. Discover a New Culture

Duolingo: Learn a Language with the World's Most Popular Education App

Play your language lessons like a video game

Duolingo is a language-learning system with a couple of twists:

1) It plays like a video game.

2) While learning languages, you can also help to "unshackle" content on the Web by translating it from the original language it was published in to any of the other available languages on Duolingo.

This app has become wildly popular for many reasons, and people stick with it because it is quite addictive to "play" your way to fluency!

Update on September 28, 2016: Duolingo is now available for 20+ languages.

Setting language learning free

Endangered Languages Website: Help Document and Preserve Dying Languages

Share and Learn about Languages on the Brink of Extinction

EndangeredLanguages.com is an online project to provide a way for speakers of endangered languages to share about and upload samples of their languages.

It's a beautiful website, and has an intuitive interface for exploring the many languages on the brink of disappearing forever.

If you're a speaker of an endangered language, you can provide content that will help to keep a part of the language "alive" online, even after there are no speakers left.

Both a sad and inspiring project as well as an easy way to share and learn.

About EndangeredLanguages.com

RusPod: A Podcast for Learning Russian by Discovering Russia

Easygoing Audio Lessons plus Grammar Review, Cultural Tips and Exercises

RusPod is a new podcast for learning Russian by learning about Russia and Russian culture.

Each show is hosted by a professional Russian teacher, and co-hosted by someone whose job is to help you remember more easily and to make the learning process fun.

This podcast starts at total beginner level and carries students through an advanced level, and is a good way to learn the real Russian spoken "on the street" and "in the office" rather than often dry textbook-style approaches.

Fixoodle: Learn a Foreign Language for Free While Helping Other Learners

Post, Fix, Request and Socialize your Way to Success in a Foreign Language

Fixoodle is a social network for learning languages while helping others learn as well.

Fixoodle is based on user collaboration to "fix" user content submissions in the form of short texts no longer than 1,000 characters. The interface does the job of effectively showing what has been originally submitted, what has been corrected and what the current version of a piece of content is.

Social networking basics such as groups, messaging, video uploads and friend functions are provided for free by Fixoodle.

About Fixoodle

What is Fixoodle?

Fierce-Easy Language Study Abroad Booking

Free Language Study Abroad Agency

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Learn 21 Languages with Free Podcasts plus Videos and iOS (iPhone + iPad) and Android Apps

An Innovative Blend of Media and Materials for Language Learners

LanguagePod101's blend of podcasting with iPhone and Android apps along with videos was mentioned in the last newsletter, and I wanted to mention it here on the blog.

Use these great, fresh and lively podcasts to learn over twenty languages!

LocalLingo.com: Learn Beginner Czech Online Free

A Website for Learning Czech Free

LocalLingo.com has a nice base of resources for total beginners learning the Czech language.

Covered on the website are such topics as the alphabet, pronunciation (with audio), grammar basics, phrases and beginner vocabulary.

Also available are Czech language tests and exercises for self-assessment of proficiency.

From LocalLingo.com

Local Lingo is an extensive Czech language resource offering an audio pronunciation guide, grammar overview, phrases, vocabulary and online exercises. From travel phrases to grammar instruction and message boards, it is a perfect destination for both travelers and those studying the language.

Free Online Arabic Course for Beginners

Learning Arabic as a Foreign Language with a Study Plan

LAFLWSP (Learning Arabic as a Foreign Language with a Study Plan) offers a free online course for beginner learners of Arabic.

The beginner's course covers a lot of the basics in a 16-lesson introduction. Once you've completed the intro, you can delive into some areas of interest specific to Arabic, including:

  • The Most 107 Important Arabic Verbs
  • The Right Way To Write Letters
  • Syntactic Cases
  • Phrases, Phrases, Phrases
  • Our Romaji System
  • The Five Nouns
  • Keyboard Shortcuts
  • Machine Name In Arabic Language
  • The Difference Between Preventing and Negation