Comments on: Tips to learn a new language online (part 2) http://blog.busuu.com/tips-to-learn-a-new-language-online-part-2/ busuu.com is an online community for learning languages. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:47:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: bernhard http://blog.busuu.com/tips-to-learn-a-new-language-online-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-50 bernhard Fri, 25 Sep 2009 07:58:39 +0000 http://blog.busuu.com/?p=77#comment-50 @OuterSpanish - yes, absolutely agreed as well. Obviously 30 minutes would be perfect but sometimes you simply don´t have that time. Did you have a look on our video lessons? There we have streaming news from sources like CNN for example and you can have your comments being corrected by native speakers of the community (premium function). Anyway, bbc.com is definitely a good source to have a look at! @Jack Askew - absolutely - did you try out our podcasts? They are very short (5 min) and ideal for just immersing in the new language. We are working as well on an iphone application which could be the perfect learning tool while you are commuting. Thanks for your comments! @OuterSpanish – yes, absolutely agreed as well. Obviously 30 minutes would be perfect but sometimes you simply don´t have that time. Did you have a look on our video lessons? There we have streaming news from sources like CNN for example and you can have your comments being corrected by native speakers of the community (premium function). Anyway, bbc.com is definitely a good source to have a look at!

@Jack Askew – absolutely – did you try out our podcasts? They are very short (5 min) and ideal for just immersing in the new language. We are working as well on an iphone application which could be the perfect learning tool while you are commuting.

Thanks for your comments!

]]> By: Jack Askew http://blog.busuu.com/tips-to-learn-a-new-language-online-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-47 Jack Askew Sat, 19 Sep 2009 10:05:22 +0000 http://blog.busuu.com/?p=77#comment-47 I am an English tutor and after teaching company classes I realized that it isn't easy for some of students to find 30 minutes a day. It is possible in most schedules but with some students something has to be given up. Students who have busy schedules and lots of commitments find that having some listening resource in their car is one of the best ways to fit in some language learning. The morning commute changes dramatically if you are immersing yourself in a new language. I am an English tutor and after teaching company classes I realized that it isn’t easy for some of students to find 30 minutes a day. It is possible in most schedules but with some students something has to be given up. Students who have busy schedules and lots of commitments find that having some listening resource in their car is one of the best ways to fit in some language learning. The morning commute changes dramatically if you are immersing yourself in a new language.

]]> By: Tips to learn a new language online (part3) | busuu.com | the language learning community http://blog.busuu.com/tips-to-learn-a-new-language-online-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-39 Tips to learn a new language online (part3) | busuu.com | the language learning community Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:08:52 +0000 http://blog.busuu.com/?p=77#comment-39 [...] is the third installment of our blog series on language learning [...] [...] is the third installment of our blog series on language learning [...]

]]> By: OuterSpanish http://blog.busuu.com/tips-to-learn-a-new-language-online-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-28 OuterSpanish Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:07:41 +0000 http://blog.busuu.com/?p=77#comment-28 I have to agree. As a Spanish tutor and language learner, what I advocate (and practice myself) is to immerse yourself in the language that you are studying at least 5-10 minutes per day. As noted in this blog entry, 30 minutes, more or less, would be ideal, but that's not always possible. The best thing you can do when you cannot sit down and actually study grammar or another aspect of the languages is to just listen to a podcast in the native language your are studying or go to BBC.com and listen to the news in the language you are studying. For example, BBC Mundo offers 15-minute news from around the world summaries in daily podcasts. Anyhow, five minutes a day is much better than a single 3-hour chunk once per week. I have to agree. As a Spanish tutor and language learner, what I advocate (and practice myself) is to immerse yourself in the language that you are studying at least 5-10 minutes per day. As noted in this blog entry, 30 minutes, more or less, would be ideal, but that’s not always possible. The best thing you can do when you cannot sit down and actually study grammar or another aspect of the languages is to just listen to a podcast in the native language your are studying or go to BBC.com and listen to the news in the language you are studying. For example, BBC Mundo offers 15-minute news from around the world summaries in daily podcasts. Anyhow, five minutes a day is much better than a single 3-hour chunk once per week.

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