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Re:Best ways to learn a foreign language by 3oheme on Sunday June 30, 2013 @06:12AM (#5965284)
+1 to watching TV with subtitles, and even better repeating out loud the sentences you find more interesting. That way y * It will be easier to remember and * You will improve your pronunciation
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Re:Best ways to learn a foreign language by dpapathanasiou on Sunday June 30, 2013 @07:44AM (#5965437)
I have a language learning site[1] which started out as text translation, but I'm also experimenting with videos, the idea being it's helpful to see captions in both languages simultaneously as the video plays.

Examples here[2], here[3], and here[4].

[1] http://www.macaronics.com/

[2] http://www.macaronics.com/article/6e9812608f0b4dcdba8cfab3e6...

[3] http://www.macaronics.com/article/9540f24d080241dd9b27f7939c...

[4] http://www.macaronics.com/article/a6ab2c3d8c364ad38401d6dba3...

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Re:Best ways to learn a foreign language by contingencies on Sunday June 30, 2013 @09:17AM (#5965666)
If in Asia, that means Karaoke!
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