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Following this list of ten universities that offer free online courses, I sorted through the sites and found which ones offer free language courses:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Language Index
- Chinese
- French
- German
- Japanese
- Spanish

Open University
- Language Index
- French
- German
- Spanish

Carnegie Mellon University
- French

Utah State University
- Chinese

I don’t know about you, but I am pretty excited that these courses are out there for anybody to take advantage of. 

Recommended reading to get started!!
- How I Skipped An Entire Semester of Japanese in One Month
- Tips in Building Up Vocabulary in a Foreign Language
- Improve Your Foreign Language Skills By Being Consistent
- Why You Should Learn a Foreign Language
- Improve Your Listening Skills in a Foreign Language
- Speak a Foreign Language Fluently, or at Least Pretend You Can
- Learn Gestures to Improve Fluency in a Foreign Language

Learning a Foreign Language for Beginners
- Part I: Getting Started
- Part II: Dictionaries

3 Comments »

OH YESS! This is so cool!! I’m definitely going to try the MIT Japanese course once I get home and have more time this summer. Is that the same book you used, or did you have a different one? I’d love recs from you, goddess of Japanese-learnin’..
I owe you some entries on Italian fashion!! I have been taking mental notes on that and also on Amsterdam and London fashion, where I was for spring break! As soon as I have a moment I’ll email you a little something.. hopefully this weekend because I have a day off and it’s Easter :):) It’s coming I promise!
PS: I ADORE your blog. You write the most interesting things!! I hope to write stuff as interesting this summer when I get back into my art history blog…

Said by Chelsea | March 18, 2008 @ 10:13 am

Hey Chelsea! Thanks for your comments–they are always so uplifting!
I actually used two different textbook series, and am now using ones provided by my school that the teachers have compiled there. I am currently working on a post about finding good learning materials, so hopefully you’ll find that helpful as well.
Thanks again, and I am looking forward to your posts!!

Said by Foxes | March 18, 2008 @ 10:23 am

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