Mango Beta Language Lessons
If you’re already planning a vacation or a business trip to a location where you’re not comfortable with the native language, this awesome site could prove very helpful. Mango is a very well-done language site that can teach you the basics of several common languages (even Pig Latin, which is not particularly useful, but hilarious nonetheless!) right on your computer - completely free of charge.
Right now you can learn Spanish, Russian, French, Italian, Mandarin Chinese, German, Japanese, Brazilian Portugese, Greek, and English for Spanish or Polish speakers. All 11 languages have at least 100 lessons, starting from the simplest essentials like “hello, how are you?” all the way up to informal conversations between friends.
Each lesson includes both the English version and the other language, plus text written in that language. The voices are nice and clear, making it easy to hear each word, and you can replay as many times as you’d like before moving to the next slide. Scattered throughout each lesson are mini-quizzes where you are asked how to say a word or phrase, before clicking to hear the answer to see if you were right.
The site is still in Beta mode, but it’s just unbelievable that it’s free. If you need to learn the basics of another language or want to brush up your skills, this site might be just what you need. While checking it out last night, I accidentally spent 20 minutes reviewing my Spanish when I really only meant to look around for a couple of moments. Oops!
Have fun!
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1 opinion for Mango Beta Language Lessons
mala@traveling-stories-magazine
Sep 27, 2007 at 1:33 am
Hi Sherry,
Thanks, that’s a useful link. I have used Travalang, will try this one too. Yes, trying to learn a phrase in a new language is much like trying to look up one word in the dictionary, it’s so easy to get too absorbed and lost.
Mala Mukunda
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