Reply to: Language Tapes/Cds?

[Durbs]

As would goose stepping, shouting "Deutschland, Deutschland über alles, über alles in der Welt".

Thats where my last interview started to go wrong.

[TimberWolf]

Carry a black backpack and practice your Arabic. People will make way for you.

As would goose stepping, shouting "Deutschland, Deutschland über alles, über alles in der Welt".

[Ignis Fatuus]

You could switch your satnav to a foreign language and learn it that way. At least then if you had a contract with a foreign company and they asked you to do something you didn't want to you could tell them where to go.

I have mine set to Klingon:

Ar ddiwedd y ffordd yn mynd i uffern!

[Sysman]

You could switch your satnav to a foreign language and learn it that way.

The vocabulary won't be comprehensive, but it is a great way to get thinking in the language. It's also excellent for equipping yourself in giving taxi drivers directions or asking for directions when on foot (or when the satnav doesn't know about some new road, which happened to me last summer).

[Twilkes]

I tried doing the Michael Thomas Italian course in the car on the way to and from work. It's not easy to concentrate properly while driving. I also found that his voice made me quite sleepy, which was concerning.

You could switch your satnav to a foreign language and learn it that way. At least then if you had a contract with a foreign company and they asked you to do something you didn't want to you could tell them where to go.

[Qdos Contractor]

I tried doing the Michael Thomas Italian course in the car on the way to and from work. It's not easy to concentrate properly while driving. I also found that his voice made me quite sleepy, which was concerning.

[Bunk]

Carry a black backpack and practice your Arabic. People will make way for you.

And make sure you turn the volume up so that you can't hear them shouting "Freeze!".

[Ignis Fatuus]

Yeah, walk two miles while talking to yourself in a foreign language. No one will stare.

Carry a black backpack and practice your Arabic. People will make way for you.

[doodab]

Well yeah ok. At present it's a two mile drive but I might start walking it.

Yeah, walk two miles while talking to yourself in a foreign language. No one will stare.

[Ignis Fatuus]

Forgot to mention: ISTM that one of the big plus points is that when driving alone, you can play a language CD that asks you questions, or gets you to repeat phrases, and can allow yourself to practice your execrable pronounciation loudly and with gusto (¡con mucho gusto!).

[MarillionFan]

Is this for your two mile commute? It will take you a year to learn to count to 10.

Well yeah ok. At present it's a two mile drive but I might start walking it.

[MrMark]

It's not something that can be used when commuting, but it's an excellent way to learn a (European) language if you have time in front of the PC. Heralded as one of the best Euro start-ups :

Learn languages for free online | Learn English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese | busuu.com

[VectraMan]

I finally found a decent intermediate German audio course and have been listening to that whilst driving 3 hours a day the last few weeks. I did the same with French a while back. I'm at the stage where I want to hear as much as possible to get used to it, which works quite well, but I think if you're beginning a language it'll either distract you too much from driving or you won't be able to pay enough attention to the course.

The Michel Thomas ones only work when you pause and try to repeat, which will be difficult in a car. I started with the French and German Michel Thomas courses, and I'd highly recommend them, but they're really for beginners. Even his "advanced" courses aren't really very advanced.

[mudskipper]

Has anyone tried learning a language in the car while driving to a gig?

Are the linguaphone cds any good?

Is this for your two mile commute? It will take you a year to learn to count to 10.

[TheFaQQer]

Has anyone tried learning a language in the car while driving to a gig?

Are the linguaphone cds any good?

I found that I wasn't concentrating properly when I tried the Linguaphone CD when I was driving. Whether that was because I was driving and concentrating on the road, or whether it was the French CD and I already speak reasonable French but wanted to brush up a bit, I don't know.

I wouldn't recommend it, though.