Sweden Takes Over The EU Presidency

July 1, 2009 by la-admin · Leave a Comment 

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On 1 July 2009, Sweden takes over the presidency of the European Union and its first request is that the governments of the EU tackle climate change head on. However, with the current economic climate, this will be quite a challenge.

If you’ll be attending many of the planned events in Sweden or following the proceedings, you needn’t worry about the language.   Read more

Multilingual Mamma Mia!

March 24, 2009 by la-admin · Leave a Comment 

The stage show Mamma Mia! has been seen by more than 30 million people in over 170 cities in 8 languages around the world, including in Dutch, French, German, Korean, Japanese, Spanish and Swedish.   The foreign language productions keep the essence of the English-language version of the show and the songs while adapting them into local languages – and sometimes even adapting the characters.

Read more about Mamma Mia! in other languages>>

OTHER FOREIGN LANGUAGE MOVIES

November 20, 2008 by la-hellie · Leave a Comment 

Take a look at our selection of foreign language films, read our film reviews and let the movies motivate you to get the language advantage.

We’ve picked out a selection of our top foreign language movies in other, rarer languages, most with subtitles in English. It’ll help you to get more familiar with the foreign language and is a great way to appreciate the culture from various countries.


Arabic Language Films and Movies

++check format, age classification and language combination is appropriate before you buy!++

film title year buy from amazon.com buy from amazon.co.uk
Under the Bombs (2007) DVD DVD
Le Grand Voyage (2004) DVD DVD
Wall (2004) DVD DVD
Divine Intervention (2002) DVD DVD
West Beirut [& French] (1998) DVD DVD
Halfaouine (1990) DVD DVD

Greek Language Films and Movies

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film title year buy from amazon.com buy from amazon.co.uk
A Touch of Spice (2003) DVD DVD
My Big Fat Greek Wedding [& English] (2002) DVD DVD
Captain Morelli’s Mandolin [& English] (2001) DVD DVD
Stella (1955) DVD DVD

Russian Language Films and Movies

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film title year buy from amazon.com buy from amazon.co.uk
Barber of Siberia (1998) DVD DVD
Burnt by the Sun (1994) DVD DVD
Come and See (1985) DVD DVD
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (1980) DVD not available
Stalker (1979) DVD DVD
Dersu Uzala (1975) DVD DVD
Mirror (1974) DVD DVD
Solaris (1971) DVD DVD
War and Peace (1967) DVD DVD
Battleship Potemkin (1925) DVD DVD

More Language Films and Movies

++check format, age classification and language combination is appropriate before you buy!++

film title year buy from amazon.com buy from amazon.co.uk
Polish
The Saragossa Manuscript
DVD DVD
Polish
Blind Chance
(1981) DVD DVD
Portuguese
Linha de Passe
(2008) not available DVD
Portuguese
Foreign Land
(2007) not available DVD
Portuguese
Favela Rising
(2005) DVD DVD
Portuguese
Carandiru
(2003) DVD DVD
Portuguese
Behind the Sun
(2002) DVD DVD
Portuguese
Bus 174
(2002) DVD DVD
Portuguese
City of God
Cidade de Deus
(2002) DVD DVD
Portuguese
Capitaes de Abril
(2000) DVD DVD
Portuguese
Central Station
Central do Brasil
(1998) DVD DVD
Portuguese
Black Orpheus
(1958) DVD DVD
Serbo-Croatian
No Man’s Land
(2001) DVD DVD
Swedish
Everlasting Moments
(2008) DVD not available
Swedish
Frostbite
(2006) DVD DVD
Swedish
The Sacrifice
(1986) DVD DVD
Swedish
Hour of the Wolf
(1968) DVD DVD
Swedish
The Seventh Seal
(1958) DVD DVD
Tamil
The Terrorist
(1998) DVD DVD
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Read our Portuguese and Russian film and movie reviews>>


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LANGUAGES P – S (USA)

November 19, 2008 by la-hellie · Leave a Comment 

Here are our recommended language courses for languages P – S.


These links will take you to our language course stores – click on the TOP COURSES tab and then use the search box to find your language course.

Language Best Bet 1 Best Bet 2 Best Bet 3
  (audio/book) (cd-rom) (ipod/mp3)
      coming soon!
P      
Papiamento   Talk Now!: Papiamento  
Pashto   Talk Now!: Pashto  
Persian (Farsi) Pimsleur: Farsi Rosetta Stone: Farsi Pimsleur: Farsi
Pidgin   Talk Now!: Pidgin  
Polish Michel Thomas: Polish Rosetta Stone: Polish Collins: 40 minute Polish
Portuguese (Brazilian) Pimsleur: Portuguese (Brazilian) Talk Now!: Brazialian Portuguese  
Punjabi Teach Yourself: Panjabi Talk Now!: Punjabi  
       
R      
Romanian Pimsleur: Romanian Talk Now!: Romanian Pimsleur: Romanian
Romansh   Talk Now!: Romansh  
Rwanda   Talk Now!: Rwanda  
       
S      
Saami   Talk Now!: Saami  
Sanskrit Teach Yourself: Sanskrit    
Sardinian   Talk Now!: Sardinian  
Scots Gaelic   Talk Now!: Scots Gaelic  
Serbian Teach Yourself: Serbian Talk Now!: Serbian  
Sesotho   Talk Now!: Sesotho  
Setswana   Talk Now!: Setswana  
Shona   Talk Now!: Shona  
Sindhi   Talk Now!: Sindhi  
Sinhala   Talk Now!: Sinhala  
Slovak   Talk Now!: Slovak  
Slovenian Teach Yourself: Slovenian Talk Now!: Slovenian  
Somali   Talk Now!: Somali  
Spanish (Latin American) Teach Yourself: Latin American Spanish Rosetta Stone: Spanish (Latin American) Collins: 40 minute Latin American Spanish
Spanish (Mexican)   Talk Now!: Mexican Spanish  
Swahili Teach Yourself: Swahili Rosetta Stone: Swahili Pimsleur: Swahili
Swedish Teach Yourself: Swedish Rosetta Stone: Swedish Teach Yourself: Swedish

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IPOD & MP3 LANGUAGE COURSES

November 11, 2008 by la-admin · Leave a Comment 

language advantage brings you our top language courses to help you learn to speak a language on your ipod or MP3 player.

Our recommended language courses  can be  downloaded to your ipod and your mp3 player â?? or even to your mobile phone, PDA or satellite navigation system.


Learn a language on your iPod ® in the UK>>

01 Earworms Rapid

audible-earworms-rapid-frenchlanguages: Arabic, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish

Learn a language on your iPod ® in the UK>>

02 Michel Thomas Method

audible-michel-thomas-method-portugueselanguages: Arabic, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish

Learn a language on your iPod ® in the UK>>

03 Teach Yourself Conversation

audible-teach-yourself-conversation-russianlanguages: Arabic, Bulgarian, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Welsh

Learn a language on your iPod ® in the UK>>

04 Collins 40-minute

audible-collins-40-minute-mandarin-chineselanguages: Arabic, Cantonese Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Spanish (Latin American), Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese

Learn a language on your iPod ® in the UK>>

05 Teach Yourself One-Day

audible-teach-yourself-one-day-spanishlanguages: French, German, Greek, Italian, Mandarin Chinese, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish

Learn a language on your iPod ® in the UK>>

06 Teach Yourself Phone

audible-teach-yourself-phone-germanlanguages: French, German, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Spanish

Learn a language on your iPod ® in the UK>>

07 BBC Quickstart

audible-bbc-quickstart-arabiclanguages: Arabic, French, German, Greek, Italian, Mandarin Chinese, Portuguese, Spanish

Learn a language on your iPod ® in the UK>>

08 In-flight: Learn Before You Land

audible-in-flight-dutchlanguages: Arabic, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese

Learn a language on your iPod ® in the UK>>

09 Learn in Your Car

audible-learn-in-car-japaneselanguages: French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Spanish

Learn a language on your iPod ® in the UK>>


10 The Complete Idiotâ??s Guide

audible-complete-idiot-guide-italianlanguages: French, German, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Spanish

Learn a language on your iPod ® in the UK>>


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LANGUAGE LEARNING SOFTWARE CD-ROMS

November 11, 2008 by la-hellie · Leave a Comment 

language  advantage brings you our top courses from Eurotalk, one of the world’s leaders in language learning software.

There is ground-breaking software at beginners, intermediate and advanced level in over 100 languages (and growing), both on CD-ROM and DVD-ROM (the only language learning DVD-ROMs in the world!), plus a new business language course.


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01 Talk Now!

eurotalk-talk-now-dutchlevel: beginner
languages: Afrikaans, Albanian, Alsatian, American English, Amharic, Arabic, Arabic (Classical), Arabic (Modern Standard), Armenian, Assamese, Azeri, Basque, Bengali, Brazilian Portuguese, Breton, Bulgarian, Burmese, Cantonese Chinese, Catalan, Chichewa, Chuvash, Cornish, Corsican, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Farsi, Finnish, French, Frisian, Galician, Georgian, German, Greek, Gujurati, Hausa, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Igbo, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Jèrriais, Kannada, Khmer, Kirghiz, Korean, Kurdish, Latin, Latvian, Lithuanian, Luganda, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Malagasy, Malay, Malayalam, Maltese, Mandarin Chinese, Manx, Maori, Marathi, Mexican Spanish, Mongolian, Navajo, Nepali, Norwegian, Papiamentu, Pashto, Pidgin, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Romansh, Russian, Rwandan, Saami, Sardinian, Scottish Gaelic, Serbian, Sesotho, Setswana, Shona, Sindhi, Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Swiss German, Tagalog, Tamazight, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Tibetan, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Welsh, Xhosa, Yiddish, Yoruba, Zulu
media: cd-rom
platform: pc, mac

Talk Now! is the world’s bestselling language learning CD-ROM series for beginners, used by more than eight million people to date. It’s ideal for travellers, holiday makers, business people, school children, students and families. This is great as an introduction to a new language for an absolute beginner and leaves you with the basic vocabulary to get by and the first building blocks of your new language. You can have fun learning through playing games and even record your voice to compare yourself to native speakers.   There is an amazing range of languages – perhaps the widest ever available – over 100!

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02 Talk More!

eurotalk-talk-more-polishlevel: intermediate
languages: Afrikaans, American, Arabic (Classical), Basque, Brazilian Portuguese, Bulgarian, Cantonese Chinese, Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Latvian, Luxembourgish, Malay, Maltese, Mandarin Chinese, Marathi, Mexican Spanish, Nepali, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Scottish Gaelic, Serbian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Swiss, Tagalog, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Welsh, Yoruba
media: cd-rom  
platform: pc, mac

Talk More! is the next step up from our best-selling Talk Now! range for lower intermediate learners. Increase your basic knowledge and prepare yourself for World Talk, our intermediate level. With Talk More! you can learn a new language the EuroTalk way using over an hour of broadcast quality video and the latest interactive techniques. Ideal for travellers, holiday makers, business people, students and families.

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03 World Talk

eurotalk-world-talk-greeklevel: intermediate
languages: Afrikaans, American, Arabic, Cantonese Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Maltese, Mandarin, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Scottish Gaelic, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Welsh, Xhosa, Zulu
media: cd-rom
platform: pc, mac

If you’ve mastered the basics in a language and still want to improve your language skills while having fun, then World Talk is the CD-ROM for you. World Talk takes you from intermediate level onwards if you have already built up some confidence listening to and speaking the language. The interactive games and quizzes will help to further develop fluency and understanding of the language.

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04 Movie Talk

eurotalk-movie-talk-frenchlevel: advanced
languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
media: dvd-rom
platform: pc, mac

You can take part in a hugely popular film and learn a foreign language as it’s really spoken. You can become the starring part of the movie, talking in your target language! These are the only language learning DVD-ROMs in the world!

Movie Talk English – Inspector Morse
Movie Talk French – Au Coeur de la Loi
Movie Talk German – Ein Fall Fur Zwei
Movie Talk Italian – Mio Padre e Innocente
Movie Talk Spanish – Querido Maestro

more information and to  buy Movie Talk DVD-ROM language software in the UK>>
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05 Complete 4 disc set

eurotalk-complete-arabiclevel: children, beginner, intermediate, advanced
media: cd-rom, dvd-rom
platform: pc, mac


This pack is just amazing value! It includes the Talk Now! (beginner), World Talk (intermediate), Advanced DVD-ROM and Vocabulary Builder for kids – and is available for just £40 in the UK … even though it has a retail value of over £100. That’s 60% off!!

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06 EURO21

eurotalk-euro-21level: beginner
languages: official languages of the European Union, including Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak
media: cd-rom x 23 or dvd-rom x 1
platform: pc, mac

This pack is just amazing value! It includes 23 of the best selling Talk Now! (beginner) CD-ROMs of the official languages of the European Union. This award-winning series is ideal for absolute beginners who want to get results fast. Used by more than eight million people, the innovative and fun learning method gives you the key words you want and the help you need to remember them. Available as both a single DVD-ROM and a package of 23 CD-ROMs. It is available for just £99 in the UK … even though it has a retail value of many hundreds of pounds. That’s a big celebration of the enlargement of the European Union!

more information and to  buy EURO21 language software in the UK>>
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07 Vocabulary Builder

eurotalk-vocabulary-builder-turkishlevel: children 4 to 12 years
languages: Albanian, American, Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese, Cantonese, Chuvash, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, Frisian, Galician, German, Greek, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Jèrriais, Latin, Latvian, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Malay, Maltese, Mandarin, Manx, Nepali, Norwegian, Papiamentu, Pidgin, Polish, Portuguese, Provençal, Romanian, Russian, Scottish Gaelic, Slovenian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Tamazight, Turkish, Welsh
media: cd-rom
platform: pc, mac

Your kids can learn the basics of a new language in a fun way on the computer. They learn through cartoons and there is even a voice recognition function that records the children saying the words in their new language and plays it back in a show! Adults love Vocabulary Builder too.

more information and to buy Vocabulary CD-ROM language software in the UK>>
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08 Talk Business

eurotalk-talk-business-hindilevel: intermediate
languages:  Afrikaans, American, Arabic (Classical), Basque, Bengali, Brazilian Portuguese, Bulgarian, Cantonese Chinese, Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Malay, Mandarin Chinese, Mexican Spanish, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Scottish Gaelic, Slovak, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Swiss, Tagalog, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Welsh, Yoruba
media: cd-rom
platform: pc, mac

If you want to succeed in business abroad, then Talk Business is for you. Aimed at people who already know the basics, it gives the specialised language you need for doing business abroad. Must-know language ranges from basics like ‘what is your website address?’ to more advanced discussion of exchange rates, product guarantees and marketing budgets.

more information and to  buy Talk Business CD-ROM language software in the UK>>
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TEACH YOURSELF LANGUAGE COURSES

November 10, 2008 by la-hellie · Leave a Comment 

language advantage brings you the top Teach Yourself language packs and culture guides.

The world-famous Teach Yourself series covers over 50 languages and they’ll help you master a language at beginner or intermediate level, plus get you to grips with grammar, verbs, vocabulary and scripts. And you can learn about the culture too. So be where you want to be with teach yourself.


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01 Teach Yourself One-Day

teach-yourself-polish-one-daylevel: complete beginner
languages: French, German, Greek, Italian, Mandarin Chinese, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish
method: audio
media: cd, booklet, dvd (French, Spanish only)

If you’re a complete (and we mean complete) beginner, then these may be the courses that get you started with French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish in just one-day. Perfect for that holiday or weekend break. Much better than just speaking English.

read our Teach Yourself one-day Greek review!
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02 Teach Yourself Starter Kits

teach-yourself-german-starter-kitlevel: complete beginner
languages: French, German, Italian, Spanish
method: traditional with add-ons!
media: book, phrase book, flashcards, cd

If you’re a complete (and we mean complete) beginner, then these may be the courses that get you started with French, Italian and Spanish! A new series by Elisabeth Smith based on learning 5 words a day to give you a confident start. You have everything you need to get going with a language book, phrase book, flashcards and 2 CDs.

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03 Teach Yourself Instants in 35 minutes a Day

teach-yourself-japanese-instantlevel: beginner
languages: French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish
method: traditional with add-ons!
media: book, cd

Never been able to learn a language before? Then try the Instants. They offer a quick solution by teaching you only the words and phrases that really matter and bypass difficult grammar which gets you speaking your new language from the first week. And it keeps you motivated by telling you what you need to do for 35 to 45 minutes each day for 6 weeks!

read our Teach Yourself instants review!
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04 Teach Yourself Conversation

teach-yourself-french-conversationlevel: beginner – intermediate
languages: Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Dutch, French, Gaelic, German, Greek, Hindi, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Welsh
method: audio
media: cd

Where Michel Thomas has not gone, these audio-only Teach Yourself Conversation courses go! Learn to both speak and understand your language.

read our Teach Yourself Japanese conversation review!
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05 Teach Yourself Complete Language Courses

teach-yourself-portuguese-completelevel: beginner – intermediate
languages: over 50 languages from Afrikaans to Zulu
method: traditional
media: book, cd

Great if you’re a beginner or a ‘false’ beginner and you’ve studied a bit of the language before. From Afrikaans to Zulu, the complete courses offer a comprehensive guide to understanding, speaking and writing the language. Takes you from beginner to intermediate and will refresh ‘rusty’ knowledge. The complete course contains a book and CD.

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06 Teach Yourself Improve Your …

teach-yourself-italian-improve-yourlevel: intermediate
languages: French, German, Italian, Spanish
method: traditional
media: book, cd

Ideally suited if you have a good grounding in a language and are early intermediate. These courses will extend your languages skills at the same time as you learn more about the country and its culture. This series includes a book and double cd.

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07 Teach Yourself Beginner’s Scripts

teach-yourself-arabic-beginners-scriptlevel: beginner
languages: Arabic, Chinese, Greek, Hindi, Japanese, Russian, Urdu
media: book

These books help you learn the scripts of non-Roman alphabets from scratch, with the help of examples of real-life text. The ideal companion to one of the Teach Yourself language courses.

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08 Teach Yourself Grammar and Vocabulary books

Teach Yourself Quick Fix Grammar

teach-yourself-spanish-quick-fix-grammarlevel: beginner
languages: French, German, Italian, Spanish
media: book

These pocket-sized books will give instant help to those learning a language and needing to get to grip with the most important grammar points quickly. This series is ideal for the absolute beginner or the intermediate student wanting to check grammar points quickly and easily, with one grammar point explained on each page. The ideal companion to one of the Teach Yourself language courses.

Teach Yourself Complete Grammar

teach-yourself-german-grammarlevel: beginner – intermediate
languages: Dutch, English, French, German, Irish, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Welsh
media: book

These grammar guides are suitable for students of all levels. You can work through them as a course or dip into them to check a grammar point or extend your knowledge. The ideal companion to one of the Teach Yourself language courses.

Teach Yourself Verbs

teach-yourself-italian-verbslevel: beginner – intermediate
languages: French, German, Italian, Spanish
media: book

If you need to refresh your memory on how verbs work, then this is the series for you. It covers 200 frequently used verbs and gives examples of how they can be used in context. The ideal companion to one of the Teach Yourself language courses.

Teach Yourself Vocabulary

teach-yourself-french-vocabularylevel: beginner – intermediate
languages: French, German, Italian, Spanish
media: book

These vocabulary books will take your existing knowledge and build up your vocabulary systematically with the most useful words. The ideal companion to one of the Teach Yourself language courses.

read our Teach Yourself verbs and grammar review!
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09 Teach Yourself World Cultures

teach-yourself-china-world-cultureslevel: all
cultures: China, England, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Wales
media: book

The teach yourself world cultures range gives you everything you need to know about your chosen country in one book. Designed to enrich your course or stay abroad, the topics covered include language, culture, geography, food and drink, fashion and the practicalities of living in the country. Each chapter also includes a list of useful words and phrases, plus contacts and further information. These books give an insight into the customs and ways of each country, touching on subjects such as government, language, arts, festivals and food with fascinating facts and figures. These guides are full of really good information, so you can really get more out of your stay and get to know people more easily.

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10 Teach Yourself Religion

teach-yourself-buddhism-religionlevel: all
religions: Buddhism, Catholicism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Sikhism, World Faiths
media: book

teach yourself religion series presents all the essential information to gain knowledge of particular faiths. Covering everything from the religions’ key texts to dietary requirements, these books raise fascinating questions about specific religious beliefs and practices.

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ROSETTA STONE LANGUAGE COURSES

November 10, 2008 by la-admin · Leave a Comment 

language advantage brings you our top courses from Rosetta Stone, one of the world’s leaders in language learning CD-ROM software.

The Rosetta Stone language software program provides language instruction in over 30 different languages. The program is used by Fortune 500 companies, NASA, the US State Department, over 10,000 schools and more than 5 million people worldwide. The amazing dynamic immersion method teaches you to speak a language using word and picture association, through thousands of real-life pictures and the voices of native speakers. In this way you can learn to understand, read, write and speak a new language.


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01 Rosetta Stone CD-ROM Personal Edition Level 1

rosetta-stone-german-level-1level: beginner
languages: Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), Danish, Dutch, English (British), English (American), Farsi (Persian), French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese,  Korean, Latin, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Russian, Spanish (Latin American),  Spanish (Spain), Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog (Filipino), Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese, Welsh
method: cd-rom (please check operating system requirements)

Build a foundation of fundamental vocabulary and essential language structure. Gain the confidence to master basic conversational skills, including greetings and introductions, simple questions and answers, shopping and much more.

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02 Rosetta Stone CD-ROM Personal Edition Level 2

rosetta-stone-japanese-level-2level: intermediate
languages: Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian,  Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish (Latin American), Tagalog (Filipino)
method: cd-rom (please check operating system requirements)

Navigate your surroundings as you build on the vocabulary and essential language structure in Level 1. Learn to talk about your environment, such as giving and getting directions, using transportation, telling time, dining out, enjoying basic social interactions and much more.

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03 Rosetta Stone CD-ROM Personal Edition Level 3

rosetta-stone-arabic-level-3level: advanced
languages: Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese (Brazilian), Russian, Spanish (Latin America)
method: cd-rom (please check operating system requirements)

Connect with the world around you by building on the language fundamentals and conversational skills you developed in Levels 1 and 2. Learn to share your ideas and opinions, express your feelings and talk about everyday life, your interests, your work, current events, and much more.

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04 Rosetta Stone CD-ROM Value Packs:

rosetta-stone-mandarin-chinese-level-1-2Rosetta Stone  CD-ROM Personal Edition Level 1 and 2 Value Pack
Rosetta Stone  CD-ROM Personal Edition Level 1, 2 and 3 Value Pack

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PIMSLEUR LANGUAGE COURSES

November 10, 2008 by la-admin · Leave a Comment 

language advantage brings you our top courses from Pimsleur, one of the world’s leading methods of learning a new language.

Dr Paul Pimsleur’s purely audio method means you can learn up to 30 languages as effortlessly as children absorb their native language. This is one of the bestselling methods to learn a language in the United States. If you want to learn a language seriously, then take the full course. If you would like a taster in your new language, then try the Pimsleur Quick & Simple courses to give you a start in your new language.


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01 Pimsleur Quick & Simple

pimsleur-italian-quick-simplelevel: beginner taster
languages: Arabic, Chinese (Cantonese), Chinese (Mandarin), French, German, Greek (Modern), Hebrew, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese (Brazilian), Russian, Spanish
method: audio cd

Eight quick and simple audio lessons from Pimsleur to give you a start in conversation in your new language.

read our Pimsleur quick & simple Mandarin Chinese review!
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02 Pimsleur Comprehensive Level I

pimsleur-spanish-comprehensive-level-1level: beginner
languages: Chinese (Cantonese), Chinese (Mandarin), French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese (Brazilian), Russian, Spanish plus Arabic, Spanish (Iberian), Ojibwe, Polish, Ukrainian
method: audio cd

This is a comprehensive audio course at beginner level with 30 lessons, which can be followed by intermediate (Level II) and advanced (Level III) courses.

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03 Pimsleur Comprehensive Level  II

pimsleur-french-comprehensive-level-2level: intermediate
languages: Chinese (Mandarin), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese (Brazilian), Russian, Spanish
method: audio cd

This is the intermediate course of Pimsleur’s comprehensive audio course with 30 lessons. It can be preceeded by beginner (Level I) and advanced (Level III) courses below.

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04 Pimsleur Comprehensive Level  III

pimsleur-german-comprehensive-level-3level: advanced
languages: Chinese (Mandarin), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese (Brazilian), Russian, Spanish
method: audio cd

This is the advanced comprehensive audio course with 30 lessons, which can be preceeded by beginner (Level I) and intermediate (Level II) courses above.

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05 Pimsleur Basic Program

pimsleur-japanese-basiclevel: beginner
languages: Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Farsi, Haitian-Creole, Hindi, Indonesian, Korean, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Continental), Romanian, Spanish (Iberian), Swahili, Swedish, Swiss German, Thai, Twi, Vietnamese
method: audio cd

This is a basic audio course at beginner level with 10 lessons. This is an introductory course, but for a wide selection of languages.

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LEARN TO SPEAK OTHER LANGUAGES

November 7, 2008 by la-hellie · Leave a Comment 

Learning another language? We have language courses for over 100 other languages!   Get the language advantage!


LANGUAGES A – Z: Find the language you are learning and then click through for the best and most innovative language courses.

Top 10 world languages

Languages A – C:  visit UK site | USA site

Afrikaans | Albanian | Alsatian | Amharic | Arabic (Egyptian) | Arabic (Gulf) | Armenian | Assamese |

Azeri | Basque | Bengali | Breton | Bulgarian | Burmese | Chinese (Cantonese) | Catalan | Chichewa |

Chuvash | Cornish | Corsican | Croatian | Czech

Languages D – I: visit UK site | USA site

Danish | Dutch | English (American) | Esperanto | Estonian | Farsi (Persian) | Finnish | Frisian | Gaelic

| Galician | Georgian | German (Swiss) | Greek (Ancient) | Gujurati | Haitian-Creole | Hausa |

Hawaiian | Hebrew | Hebrew (Biblical) | Hungarian | Icelandic | Igbo | Indonesian | Irish

Languages J – O: visit UK site | USA site

Jèrriais | Kannada | Khmer | Kirghiz | Korean | Kurdish | Latin | Latvian | Lithuanian | Luganda |

Luxembourgish | Macedonian | Malagasy | Malay | Malayalam | Maltese | Manx | Maori | Marathi |

Mongolian | Navajo | Nepali | Norwegian | Ojibwe

Languages P – S: visit UK site | USA site

Papiamento | Pashto |   Persian (Farsi) | Pidgin | Polish | Portuguese (Brazilian) | Punjabi | Romanian |

Romansh | Rwanda | Saami | Sanskrit | Sardinian | Scots Gaelic | Serbian | Sesotho | Setswana | Shona |

Sindhi | Sinhala | Slovak | Slovenian | Somali | Spanish (Latin American) | Spanish (Mexican) |

Swahili | Swedish

Languages T – Z: visit UK site | USA site

Tagalog | Tamazight | Tamil | Telugu | Thai | Tibetan | Turkish | Twi | Ukranian | Urdu | Uzbek |

Vietnamese | Welsh | Xhosa | Yiddish | Yoruba | Zulu


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