Learning a Language

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Click On: Languages and English as a Second Language
Learn a foreign language on sites where you can interact with native speakers. Students of English as a Second Language will find help with the basics as well as conversation, writing and pronunciation.

Live Mocha
Free interactive social online courses. Language partners from all over the world help others and learn new languages in turn.

Accessible from home Mango Languages
Learn a language using Mango online. Choose from 22 different languages, including Spanish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese and Russian. Foreign speakers can use the ESL lessons from a specific language background to help learn English. Just click on “Start Learning” on Mango’s home page.

Visual Link Languages
Free website with language learning flash cards and games that will help you learn basic words and expressions in eight languages: Spanish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Chinese, Russian, and English.


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