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Spring Awakening
In which my thoughts turn to studying Chinese, Arabic, and Russian.
Last week I thought to myself, it would be cool to learn some Chinese characters right around now. Even though I spent a little time on Chinese some years back, I focused on spoken skills and pinyin and never learned…
Reviews
Your First 100 Words in Greek: Beginner’s Quick & Easy Guide to Demystifying Greek Script
Greek, Books, Flashcards, Vocabulary
Your First 100 Words in Greek by Ioanna Psalti helps you develop basic vocabulary and a familiarity with Greek script. The vocabulary is divided into various thematic categories, such as animals, clothing, household items, etc.—helpful stuff…
Flushing, Queens, for Korean
Korean, Neighborhoods
Korean is certainly not the only language in Flushing, but it is well represented. Take the 7 train to the end of the line in Queens and you will see a ton of Korean. This neighborhood is home to a large…
Portuguese American Journal
Portuguese, News, Websites
Portuguese American Journal is an online publication “dedicated to the Portuguese-American heritage with the purpose of informing and offering an insight into the Portuguese-American experience.” The publication is written in English, so it won’t…
Teach Yourself Greek (with CDs)
Greek, Books, Multimedia
This Teach Yourself Greek book-CD combination is one of numerous offerings for different languages in the Teach Yourself series from McGraw-Hill. To date I have not found any book-CD combination products in this series that…
SparkNotes More Spanish Vocabulary Study Cards
Spanish, Flashcards, Vocabulary
I love this SparkNotes product. It is a well-constructed box of 1,000 well-constructed Spanish vocabulary cards, and is the successor to another box of 1,000 cards, Spanish Vocabulary Study Cards, from the same company. Unfortunately, since using them, I have learned…