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Do you dream of learning another language, but never seem to find the time? Would you like to get the basics of a language before you visit the place where it is spoken? Want to brush up on a language you learned in school, but which you are now a bit rusty at? Perhaps it is time that you took a look at some of the resources that are available on the web, and one resource I find indispensable is the BBC Languages website.

Here you can find beginners’ lessons in French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Greek. Having tried out these beginners’ courses for French, Spanish and German, I found them to be fun, interactive, and you hear plenty of the language as spoken by native speakers. The courses take you through basic sentence structures, and you learn loads of new words. There are also intermediate courses available, again with plenty of listening to the language as it is spoken.

As an avid language learner, I find these interactive website-based courses more motivating than teaching yourself from a textbook and tapes, and also the courses are very easy to just dip into in any odd moment, such as your lunchbreak, coffee break, or whenever you have a spare five minutes.

The site also includes learning resources for Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Welsh, English for Speakers of Other Languages, Polish, Urdu, Japanese and Mandarin Chinese.

If you are a bit of a languages anorak, you can have a great time at this website.