Foreign Language Geeks

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Do you love learning foreign languages? Are you bilingual? Are you a polyglot?! Then this is the group for you! Come and meet other geeks who share the love of learning foreign languages! :)

Location: Worldwide
Members: 85
Latest Activity: Sep 25

Additional Information

polyglot
Adjective
1. able to speak many languages
2. written in or using many languages
Noun
a person who can speak many languages

General links of interest
* How to Learn Any Language forums - This may be the best site for language enthusiasts!
* FSI Language Courses - Free extensive language courses developed by the Foreign Service Institute.
* LiveMocha - A social networking site devoted to learning languages. Includes lessons on the most popular languages. A very nice community site that gives you the ability to speak to natives of your target language as well as the ability to assist others learning your native language.
* Omniglot - A guide devoted to writing systems and languages of the world.
* Unilang - Free resources for a variety of languages, created for and by members.

Articles worth reading
* "20+ Ways to Learn a Language Online" from ReadWriteWeb

Discussion Forum

Esperanto or Interlingua?

Started by Loren Singh Aug 11.

What Languages do You Speak? 19 Replies

Started by Beans. Last reply by CJFMix !!! Aug 1.

What would you like to see in Foreign Languages Geeks? 3 Replies

Started by Kat M. Last reply by HonRevJoWazzoo Jul 26.

What languages are you studying? 45 Replies

Started by Kat M. Last reply by Helen May 18.

WHY are you learning the languages you're learning? 6 Replies

Started by Morticia. Last reply by The 64-bit geek Dec. 6, 2008.

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Comment by Garrett W. on September 4, 2009 at 12:07pm: check out LiveMocha

Comment by Pete Johnson on September 4, 2009 at 10:14am: I speak English and French fluently, some Spanish and a smattering of German

Comment by Pete Johnson on September 4, 2009 at 10:08am: What free language resources work the best?

Comment by Marc Rosner on September 4, 2009 at 5:49am: hello geekz,
my name is marc and i can speak english, spanish, german and I do understand dutch and a bit of french (If I read it).

Pienso que mi espanol funcionar y los otras personas pueden entender ;)
No soy un geek de lengua, pero pienso que es interessante para entender los varias lenguas.
regards

Comment by Loren Singh on August 11, 2009 at 3:03pm: I speak English, Cantonese, and Mandarin. I can also read French, Spanish, and Portuguese.

Comment by Vivien on July 17, 2009 at 2:05pm: I speak English, Cantonese and Mandarin. Very little Japanese as well...

Comment by Johannes S. on July 17, 2009 at 9:09am: I can speak four languages:
English,
Estonian,
Russian,
French.

Comment by TheGratefulNed on July 17, 2009 at 8:53am: Sorry, here's the link. LiveMocha Momentary brain-fart...forgot these posts were HTML driven.

Comment by TheGratefulNed on July 17, 2009 at 8:51am: A co-worker recently introduced me to a great, free language-learning website that allows and encourages you to interact with other speakers/learners of your various languages. Check out LiveMocha

Comment by Chris Nesbitt on July 17, 2009 at 8:40am: I studied German in high school and college, but haven't been able to use it much, unfortunately.

I also can say a couple of words in Russian, French, Spanish, a word or two in Polish, Japanese, and am hoping to learn Scots Gaelic.