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Learning a Language in the Digital Age

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the my-excuse-is-laziness dept.

UmmRa points out his discussion of four flash-card programs for language learning, excerpting "As someone who has learned three dead languages in the past six years (Latin, Egyptian, and Akkadian) I have had my share of experience with language software....If there is one thing I have learned from the experience, it is that no program is a panacea. Until we all have Matrix-esque jacks at the base of our skulls, learning a language will be a process that requires some amount of work and time. However that does not mean there isn't cheap (or free!) software out there to greatly simplify the process." None of the program compared are free (or Free), though two are shareware; two of them are for Windows only, one is Mac-only, and the other is "Java based, so it can operate on any platform." Update: 03/21 02:34 GMT by T : The actual link got dropped -- my fault -- in editing this post; now fixed.

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  1. Stupid by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Fuck Taco in the ass with a big rubber dick!

  2. Re:Is that so? by BoomerSooner · · Score: -1, Troll

    Lol, welcome to slashdot. Where different opinions are frequently moderated as troll.

  3. Re:Is that so? by Lord+Byron+II · · Score: 0, Troll

    That's Timothy for you. What did you expect? At least it isn't a dupe.

  4. Uhh... by Xepherys2 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yeah... links are a beautiful thing in contect-based stories.

  5. Ive always had languages as a hobby by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Ive found simulatedlucidity.com to be very helpful.

  6. This is the WORST and most useless by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    article ever.

    What kind of drugs are you people on ?

  7. Life Experience by pipingguy · · Score: 0, Troll


    I learned French by banging a French girl.

    Oh crap, I forgot that this is Slashdot.