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New Tools for the Language Student

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010

(A post about how to use the Google Translate Tool to practice a language.) I recently decided to brush up on my Chinese. I always roll with laughter when I see “Learn Chinese in 7 days” programs being advertised.

Whenever you learn a language, the great limitation is vocabulary – in speaking and also in understanding. Trying to increase my own fluency, I just created the following technique for  practice.

I was listening to a guided meditation in English and was trying my best to translate what I… Continue reading