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The Tranquilo Traveler is a celebration of voluntourism, slow travel, and other interesting ways to see the world. Travel writer and award- winning Moon Handbooks author Joshua Berman created The Tranquilo Travel as a resource for world trippers and international volunteers, a window to the author’s travels in Nicaragua, Belize, and beyond, and an update of his books and articles.
Learn a language online for free: Travel tips from Brave New Traveler
By Joshua | May 1st, 2008 | 
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Speaking a foreign language while traveling or living abroad — or simply making humiliating, hilarious attempts to speak it — is one of the surest ways to make real connections with your hosts, opening ever deeper doors of travel.
Here’s a great roundup of language instruction programs to help you brush up before your next trip: “Eight Free Online Resources for Learning a New Language.” From the BBC’s online courses in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Mandarin Chinese, Portuguese, and Greek, to MIT’s “open course ware,” in which you can subscribe to RSS feeds from their academic classes, to courses in ancient tongues like Sanskrit — there are many options and no excuses not to learn at least a few phrases. Buena suerte! [LINK]
2 Responses to “Learn a language online for free: Travel tips from Brave New Traveler”
The free courses from LiveMocha.com are pretty good. There’s a few gender inconsistencies in the Spanish track, but there are enough users commenting and clarifying if something isn’t spot on.
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The Rosetta Stone ads are so inviting that I’ve been tempted, but I’ll bet they are really expensive. What a good start you’ve provided.
Claire @ http://travel-babel.blogspot.com