Re: [OT] Rosetta Stone language program on Linux?
On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 8:09 PM, Scott Ferguson
<prettyfly.productions@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 01/01/12 11:07, Lisi wrote:
>> On Saturday 31 December 2011 23:52:56 Scott Ferguson wrote:
>>> I would hope the first thing you would do is a quick search to see if
>>> it's supported before asking if it's worth running. I strongly
>>> suspect/hope you'd also (if you didn't already speak French) try and
>>> find a Linux equivalent.
>>
>> Yes, I am not about to go out and buy it! But I am interested in computer
>> landguage learning programs. Ever since my son (then aged 14 or 15 and now
>> aged 42) wrote a program to help himself to learn French vocabulary for his
>> GCE. He based it on an analysis of how I helped him, which he had found very
>> effective. He then did several adaptations for other languages for his
>> friends.
>>
>>
>> Lisi
>>
>>
> I can highly recommend the BBC courses as a start. Platform agnostic and
> free:-
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/
Thanks for that link; as an English expatriate, I should have thought
of the BBC first!
Patrick
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