I want to get started to learn some French for traveling, where do I start?
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If I understand you correctly, you are going to be traveling to a francophone country, right? If so, consider carefully what you want. A traveler's guide may help you master vocabulary, but it may provide few explanations of grammar. Grammar or language learning books will help you once you begin to communicate in french, especially when you need to go beyond your immediate survival needs.
Another suggestion might be to get pronunciation help through
http://www.about.com
or purchase French lessons from Pimslar or Living Language.
I hope this helps,
Elizabeth
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http://www.livemocha.com/
It's also free.
I would say it's one of the best ways to learn a language because of the fact that you can get feedback with pronunciation and hear different people pronouncing the same word. It's a lot like facebook for language, the social interaction is the key to learning and keeps it from getting to be tedious or boring.
Here is a helpful videos that has some more free online resources:
http://www.sheentv.com/view/9i5453k6n/top-5-ways-to-learn-foreign-languages-for-free-online/
Yeah don't forget you can download podcasts and put them on your mp3 player and take them with you(I learned a few Japanese phrases like this).
Also the wikibooks example would be good to save to a laptop or print out and take with you as well.
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The other resource I have used is the “Coffee Break” podcasts from the Radio Lingua Network. These podcasts provide 15-20 minute lessons on various languages. They are often geared toward conversations, shopping, hotels, etc. which are important for any trip abroad.
I have used both (depending on what format was most accessible) and think they improved my language skills in each case.
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