One problem that travelers often have to worry about is getting mail while they’re away. There’s always the risk of missing an important letter. Also, a large amount of uncollected mail sticking out of the mailbox can attract burglars. Some people who would like to become permanent travelers are discouraged by the thought of not […]

Spanish is a very popular language to learn for its musical sound and widespread use, having over 400 million speakers in Spain and Latin America. This is a list of online opportunities to learn Spanish for free, and it will be updated as I become aware of more options.             […]

  The internet offers a wide variety of options for learning just about anything for free or a low cost. This post is a collection of all of the different options of learning French online, and it will be periodically updated. LingQ – As I’ve discussed this option in my review, French is one of […]

In my review of Rocket Japanese, I suggested learning the Japanese writing system before starting Rocket Japanese. Japanese has four alphabets, three of which are used interchangabely. The three which are used interchangeably are Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji. The fourth alphabet is Romanji, which is basically writing Japanese sounds using Roman letters. Hiragana is used […]

Although there are a wide variety of language-learning websites out there, few of them can take you all the way from being an absolute beginner to being fluent. LingQ is one of these few websites.   The teaching method of LingQ is based on texts being displayed on the screen while being read aloud by […]

As I’ve spoken about in a previous post, Memrise is an excellent resource for learning languages or just about anything else. I’ve been using Memrise almost every day for the past two-and-a-half years, and have taken courses in everything from history to biology and the Bible. I’m writing this as an introduction.   First of […]

Take advantage of this opportunity to try Rocket French free for 7 days. No credit card required and no obligation.    

The website Bacdefrancais.net  offers a wide variety of French literature online for free. It’s mainly aimed at French students who are in their last year of secondary school, so it’s only suitable for advanced foreign language students. This website has literature stretching from the 4th century through the 20th, and offers the opportunity to read […]

The Bible story of the Tower of Babel is an explanation of how the people of the world came to be speaking different languages. According to the story in Genesis 11:1-9, which occurs several generations after Noah’s flood, all of the people in the world speak the same language. They decide to build a tower […]

The Rocket Language courses are fairly well-known in the world of language learning. The web-based courses are available in Spanish, French, Italian, Chinese, German, Japanese, Russian, Arabic, Hindi, Korean, Portugese, American Sign Language, and in a number of English courses for speakers of other languages. They’re sold in the form of a one-time payment ranging […]